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Dr. F. Handan Tezel, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering

Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering Department

Director, SMART (Separations and Modeling for Adsorption Research and Technology) Group

B.Sc., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

M.Sc.E., University of New Brunswick

Ph.D., University of New Brunswick

Tel: (613) 562-5915

Fax: (613) 562-5174

Address: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

University of Ottawa

161 Louis-Pasteur (Colonel by Building, Room: CBY A-305)

Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 CANADA

E-mail: handan.tezel@uottawa.ca

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Teaching:

CHG 3316

Research Interests

Energy Storage for Solar and Waste Heat Applications
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Recycle of Carbon Dioxide as Synthetic Fuel
Natural Gas Production from Landfill Gas
Production of Bio-ethanol and Bio-butanol as fuel
Adsorbent Membranes for Gas Separations
Adsorption and Diffusion for separation applications
Gas and Liquid Separations for industrial applications
Environmental Air and Water Pollution Control

Funding

Summary of Projects

Energy Storage for Solar Applications

Solar radiation is an abundant and renewable energy source. For standard photovoltaic panels there is 60% excess heat that could be collected which dissipates and can not be utilized unless it is stored properly. The purpose of this project is to develop a safe and clean renewable energy storage system for residential and industrial use that enables the stored energy to be used later.

Production of Bio-Ethanol and Bio-Butanol from Agricultural Waste to be Used as Fuel

Human activity is changing the composition of the atmosphere. The generation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is a major environmental concern. The public and the governments at different levels are seeking solutions to this problem. There is an increasing consensus to promote the use of renewable and sustainable energy sources. Canada has targeted transportation, which contributes currently to 25% of CHGs, as a key sector. There is an impetus to increase the proportion of biofuels such as bio-ethanol and bio-butanol used either by itself or blended with gasoline. Bio-ethanol and bio-butanol have the advantage of being produced from cellulosic biomass (feedstocks that have cellulose as a primary constituent) that uses nearly the same amount of CO₂ to grow as the CO₂ generated by their production and combustion. Therefore, the net production of CO₂ is nearly zero when their overall cycle is considered. They are renewable resources and do not contribute to the production of GHGs. This is the main motivation for the keen interest in the production of alcohol-based fuels. Biomass can potentially be produced from dedicated energy crops and agricultural materials or can be available as a by-product of many industrial processes. The main objective of this study is the use of an adsorption system for improved production during fermentation.

Production of Natural Gas from Landfill Gas as a Sustainable Energy Source

Municipal landfills produce methane (CH₄) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) gases and they need to be separated and removed for 2 reasons. The first is the greenhouse gas reduction. Since CO₂ is a green house gas and CH₄ has 20 times the greenhouse gas effect as CO₂, technologies and techniques to reduce CH₄ and CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere are of interest. The second is developing a technology to recover both pure CO₂ and pure CH₄ from the landfill gas streams. The CH₄ can be dispensed directly into natural gas pipelines if the purity is high enough and pure CO₂ can be obtained for commercial use, enhanced oil recovery or sequestration. So the nature of the problem is to identify an optimal technique (low capital cost, low operating cost) to recover both pure CO₂ and CH₄ from these gas sources. This project looks at the separation and recovery of CO₂ and CH₄ from landfill gas by using different adsorbent materials to be used by an adsorption process. The results of this project will help our society to be much more sustainable.

Adsorption Separation of Gases and VOC's

Different graduate and undergraduate students have been working in this area under Dr. Tezel's supervision. These projects include adsorbent screening, and adsorbent tailoring for different separations. Pure and mixture isotherms are determined experimentally. Different adsorption models have been used for the prediction of mixture isotherms and compared to the experimental ones. Modeling of the adsorption process has been carried out for different scenarios. Adsorbents used include ZSM-5, silicalite, Zeolite 4A, Zeolite 5A, Zeolite 13X, erionite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, mordenite, different activated carbons, carbon molecular sieve, activated carbons, AlPO₄-11, AlPO₄-17, AlPO₄-18. Some of these synthetic and natural adsorbents have been modified, ion-exchanged and treated under different conditions to improve the separation before they are used as adsorbents.

Inorganic Adsorbent Membranes

The possibility of improving both the selectivity and the flux for gas separation applications with inorganic adsorbent membranes has been looked at for separation of CO₂, CH₄, H₂, N₂ and other gases by synthesizing crystalline zeolites on top and in the pores of different inorganic support materials. Preliminary results are very promising, with observed separation factors much higher than membranes alone or adsorbents alone.

Recent Papers in Refereed Journals

M. Tawalbeh, F. H. Tezel, B. Kruczek, S. Letaief, and C. Detellier, “Synthesis and Characterization of Silicalite-1 Membrane Prepared on a Novel Support by the Pore Plugging Method”, submitted to Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, (July 2011).

M. Tawalbeh, B. Kruczek, F. H. Tezel, S. Letaief, and C. Detellier, “Separation of CO₂ and N₂ Gases Using a Novel Zeolite Membrane”, submitted to Journal of Membrane Science, (July 2011).

M. Hashi, F.H. Tezel and J. Thibault, “Economic analysis of an ethanol production plant coupled with carbon dioxide stripping and adsorption” submitted to Chemical Engineering Journal, (June 2010).

D. Dicaire and F.H. Tezel, “Use of adsorbents for thermal energy storage of solar or excess heat: improvement of energy density” submitted to International Journal of Energy Research (March 2010).

K.Volchek, M.Y. Miah, W. Kuang, Z. DeMaleki and F.H. Tezel, “Adsorption of Cesium on Cement Mortar from Aqueous Solutions”, accepted to be published in Journal of Hazardous Materials (2011).

V.P. Mulgundmath, R.A. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault, “Fixed Bed Adsorption for the Removal of Carbon Dioxide: Breakthrough Behaviour and Modelling for Heat and Mass Transfer”, accepted to be published in Separation and Purification Technology (2011).

V.P. Mulgundmath, F.H. Tezel, F.Hou and T.C. Golden, “Binary Adsorption Behaviour of Methane and Nitrogen Gases” accepted to be published in Journal of Porous Materials (2011).

R. A. Jones, J. A. Gandier, J. Thibault, and F. H. Tezel, “Enhanced Ethanol Production through Selective Adsorption in Bacterial Fermentation”, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 16, pp. 531-541 (2011).

V.P. Mulgundmath, F.H. Tezel, T. Saatcioglu and T.C. Golden, “Adsorption and Separation of CO₂/N₂ And CO₂/CH₄ by 13X Zeolite” accepted to be published in Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2011).

D. Dicaire and F.H. Tezel, “Regeneration and efficiency characterization of hybrid adsorbent for thermal energy storage of excess and solar heat”, Renewable Energy, 36, pp. 986-992 (2011).

G. Morse, R. Jones, J. Thibault, and F.H. Tezel, “Neural Network Modelling of Adsorption Isotherms”, Adsorption, 17, 303-309 (2011).

F.H. Tezel, “Editorial for a Special Edition”, Adsorption, 16, pp. 495-496 (2010).

M. Hashi, J. Thibault, and F.H. Tezel, “Recovery of ethanol from carbon dioxide stripped vapor mixture: Adsorption prediction and modeling”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, pp. 8733-8740 (2010).

M.Y. Miah, K.Volchek, W. Kuang, and F.H. Tezel, “Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies of Cesium Adsorption on Ceiling Tiles from Aqueous Solution”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 183, pp. 712-717 (2010).

V.P. Mulgundmath, and F.H. Tezel, “Optimisation of Carbon Dioxide Recovery from Flue Gas in a TPSA System”, Adsorption,16, pp. 587-598 (2010).

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Simulation and Validation of Ethanol Removal from Water in an Adsorption Packed Bed: Isotherm and Mass Transfer Parameter Determination in Batch Studies”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 88, pp. 889-898 (2010).

M. Hashi, F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Ethanol Recovery from Fermentation Broth via Carbon Dioxide Stripping and Adsorption”, Energy Fuels, 24, pp. 4628-4637 (2010).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Pure and Binary Adsorption of Methane and Nitrogen by Silicalite”, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 54, pp. 8-15 (2009).

V.P. Mulgundmath, M. Kunkel, F.H. Tezel, T.C. Golden, J. Mogan, and B. Morin, “Adsorption Equilibrium Parameters of Trace Impurities”, Separation Science and Technology 44, pp. 874-893 (2009).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Pure and Binary Adsorption Equilibria of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen on Silicalite”, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 53, pp. 2479-2487 (2008).

Shahriari, H., Fernandes, L. and F.H. Tezel, “Investigation of Organic, Inorganic and Synthetic Adsorbents for the Pre‑Treatment of Landfill Leachate”, Environmental Technology, 29, pp. 543-552 (2008).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Pure and Binary Adsorption Equilibria of Methane and Carbon Dioxide on Silicalite”, accepted to be published in Separation Science and Technology, (2007).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Equilibrium and Kinetic Analysis of CO₂-N₂ Adsorption Separation by Concentration Pulse Chromatography” accepted to be published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, (2007).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Adsorption Separation of N₂, O₂, CO₂, and CH₄ Gases by b-Zeolite”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 98, pp. 94-101 (2007).

R.A. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault and J. Tolan, “Ethanol Removal from Water for Bio-Ethanol Production Using Silicalite, Activated Carbon and ZSM-5 Adsorbents: Adsorption Isotherms and Kinetics”, accepted to be published in Journal of Energy Research (2007).

S. Giraudet, P. Pré, F.H. Tezel and P. Le Cloirec, ‘Estimation of Adsorption Energies Using Physical Characteristics of Activated Carbons and VOCs Molecular Properties” Carbon, 44, pp. 1873-1883 (2006).

I. Toreci, F.H. Tezel, Y. Yang, and A. Sayari, “Adsorption Separation of Methyl Chloride from Nitrogen by Using ZSM-5 and Mesoporous SBA-15”, Adsorption Science and Technology, 24, pp. 79-99 (2006).

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, “Equilibrium Analysis of Cyclic Adsorption Processes: CO₂ working Capacities with NaY”, Separation Science and Technology, 40, pp. 2569-2591 (2005).

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, “An Experimental Adsorbent Screening Study for CO₂ Removal from Nitrogen”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 76, pp. 71-79 (2004).

Roostaei, N., and F.H. Tezel, "Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption", Journal of Environmental Management, 70 (2), pp. 157-164 (2004).

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Use of Concentration Pulse Chromatography for Determining Binary Isotherms: Comparison with Statically Determined Binary Isotherms" Adsorption, 9, pp. 275-286 (2003).

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrogen: Pure and Binary Mixture Adsorption for ZSM-5 with SiO₂/Al₂O₃ Ratio of 280" Separation and Purification Technology, 33, pp. 199-210 (2003).

S. Singh, F.H. Tezel, and P.J.E. Harlick, "Adsorption of Tetrafluoromethane and Nitrogen by various Adsorbents", Separation Science and Technology 37, pp. 2763-2784 (2002).

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrogen: Pure and Binary Mixture Adsorption by ZSM-5 with SiO₂/Al₂O₃ Ratio of 30" Separation Science and Technology 37, pp. 33-60 (2002).

Recent Papers in Conference Proceedings (Refereed Full Papers)

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Simulating Multi-Component Liquid Phase Adsorption Systems: Ethanol and Residual Sugar”, Proceedings of International Green Energy Conference held in Eskisehir, Turkey, June 5-9, 12 pages (2011).

Jones, R.A., J. A. Gandier, J. Thibault, and F. H. Tezel, “Enhanced ethanol production through selective adsorption in bacterial fermentation”, Proceedings of the 23^rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2010) held in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 14-17, 22 pages (2010).

Dicaire, D.N., and Tezel, F.H., “Thermal Energy Storage Systems using Adsorption by Hydrated Salt Impregnated Adsorbent”, Proceedings of the CLIMA 2010: 10^th REHVA World Conference: Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings, held in Antalya, Turkey, May 9-12, 5 pages (2010).

Jones R., Thibault J., Tezel F.H. and Tolan J.S. “Renewable Energy from Ethanol: Process Improvement Through Selective Adsorption.” Proceedings of the XXII Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct 4 - 10, 19 pages (2006).

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault and J.S. Tolan, “Enhancement of Bio-Ethanol Production by Adsorption”, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-2) held in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, 11 pages (2006).

Recent Papers in Other Conference Proceedings (Refereed Abstracts)

S. Stephens, and F. H. Tezel, “Modelling Thermal Energy Storage in Adsorbent Beds for Solar Heat”, to be presented in 6^th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference to be held in Berlin, Germany, November 28-30, 2011.

F. H. Tezel, and S. Stephens, “Long Term Solar Energy Storage in Adsorbent Beds”, to be presented in 61^st Canadian Chemical Engineers Conference to be held in London, Ontario, October 23-26, 2011.

Dicaire, D.N., and Tezel, F.H., “Long Term Thermal Energy Storage by Adsorption: Improving Adsorbent Energy Density by Salt Impregnation”, presented at the 10^th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption held in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, May 23-28, 2010.

Jones, R., Gandier, J.A., Tezel, F.H., and Thibault, J., “Enhanced production of bio-ethanol using E.Coli KO11 with online ethanol extraction by adsorption", presented at the 10^th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption held in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, May 23-28, 2010.

Hashi, M., Tezel, F. H., and Thibault, J., “Production of ethanol as a renewable energy source: Recovery from fermentation broth via CO₂ stripping and adsorption: Modeling and economic analysis”, presented at the 10^th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption held in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, May 23-28, 2010.

Jones, R., Hashi, M., Gandier, J.A., Tezel, F.H., and Thibault, “J. Producción de bioetanol a partir de la biomasa lignocelulosa”, presented at Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Química de Perú. Trujillo, Perú, September 28 - October 5, 2009.

Hashi M., Tezel F.H. and Thibault J. “Ethanol Recovery from Carbon Dioxide Stripped Ethanol-Water Vapour Mixtures Using Adsorption”, presented at AIChE annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, November 8-13, 2009.

Jones R.A., Gandier, J.A., Tezel F.H., Thibault J., and Poupore, J. “Adsorption of Ethanol from Fermentation Broth: Breakthrough and Equilibrium Behaviour”, presented at the 8^th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, Canada, August 23-27, 2009.

Hashi M., Tezel F.H. and Thibault J., “Ethanol Recovery from Carbon Dioxide Stripped Ethanol-Water Vapour Mixtures Using Adsorption”, presented at the 8^th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, Canada, August 23-27, 2009.

Hashi M., Tezel H.F. and Thibault J. “Ethanol recovery from carbon dioxide stripped ethanol-water vapour mixture using adsorption technology”, presented at University Industry Partnerships for the Development of Clean Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, June 9, 2009.

Jones R., Gandier J.A., Tezel F.H. and Thibault J. “Enhanced bioethanol production: immobilized E. Coli KO11 with on-line ethanol extraction activated carbon”, presented at University Industry Partnerships for the Development of Clean Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, June 9, 2009.

Dicaire, D., and F.H. Tezel, “Regeneration Characterization of Adsorbents in Thermal Energy Storage of Solar and Waste Heat”, presented at the 58^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, October 19-22, 2008.

Bestfather, C.B., F.H. Tezel, and T.C. Golden, “Bulk Landfill Gas Separation by Adsorption”, presented at the 58^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, October 19-22, 2008.

Jones, R., J. Poupore, F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Competitive Ethanol Adsorption: Equilibrium and Dynamic Multi-solute Adsorption Behaviour” , presented at the 58^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, October 19-22, 2008.

Mulgundmath, V.P., F.H. Tezel, and T.C. Golden, “Optimisation of Carbon Dioxide Recovery in a TPSA System for the Separation of CO₂ from Air”, presented at the 58^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, October 19-22, 2008.

Tezel, F.H., “Use of Adsorbents for Thermal Energy Storage for Solar Radiation and Production of Natural Gas from Landfill Gas”, presented at the OCE Research Show-case in Toronto, Ontario, November 14, 2007 (invited).

Tezel, F.H., “Use of Adsorbents for Thermal Energy Storage for Solar Radiation and Production of Natural Gas from Landfill Gas”, presented at the Bio-North Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, November 19-20, 2007 (invited).

Jones, R., F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Enhanced Bio-Ethanol Production via Adsorption – Mass Transfer Modelling and Recovery Techniques”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 4-9, 2007.

Nassara, R. and F.H. Tezel, “Olefin Paraffin Separations by Hybrid Systems”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 4-9, 2007.

Dicaire, D., and F.H. Tezel, “Preliminary Study on the Use of Adsorbents for Thermal Energy Storage from Solar Radiation”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 4-9, 2007.

Jones, R., F.H. Tezel, and J. Thibault, “Enhanced Bio-Ethanol Production via Adsorption – Mass Transfer Modelling and Recovery Techniques”, presented at the 57^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, October 28-31, 2007.

Dicaire, D., F.H. Tezel, and P. Lee, “Adsorbent Beds for Heat Storage Applications in Solar Energy”, presented at the 57^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, October 28-31, 2007.

Nassara, R., and F.H. Tezel, “Olefin Paraffin Separations by Hybrid Systems”, presented at the 57^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, October 28-31, 2007.

Mulgundmath, V.P, Li, P., Tezel, F.H., Hou, F., Mogan, J., Golden, T.C., Morin, B. “Binary Adsorption Behavior of Methane and Nitrogen Gases”, presented at the Fundamentals of Adsorption Conf., Sicily, Italy, May 20-25 (2007).

Mulgundmath, V.P, Li, P., Tezel, F.H., Saatcioglu, T., Golden, T.C., Mogan, J., Morin, B. “Adsorption Separation of CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/CH₄ by Zeolites”, presented at the Fundamentals of Adsorption Conf., Sicily, Italy, May 20-25 (2007).

Mulgundmath, V.P., Tezel, F.H, Golden, T.C., Mogan, J., Morin, B. “PTSA System for the Removal of CO₂ from Air”, presented at the Fundamentals of Adsorption Conf., Sicily, Italy, May 20-25 (2007).

P. Li, and F.H. Tezel, “Adsorption Separation of Methane and Carbon Dioxide from Landfill Gas”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in San Francisco, California, USA, November 12-17, 2006.

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault, and J.S. Tolan, “Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Bio-Ethanol Adsorption”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in San Francisco, California, USA, November 12-17, 2006.

F.H. Tezel, and P. Li, “Adsorption Separation of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen on Silicalite”, presented at the 56^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Sherbrooke, Quebec, October 15-18, 2006.

F.H. Tezel, and P. Li, “Adsorption Separation of Methane and Nitrogen with Silicalite”, presented at the 56^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Sherbrooke, Quebec, October 15-18, 2006.

F.H. Tezel, V.P. Mulgundmath, M. Kunkel, T.C. Golden, J. Mogan, and B. Morin, “Adsorption of Trace Impurities with Activated Alumina Composites and Other Adsorbents”, presented at the 56^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Sherbrooke, Quebec, October 15-18, 2006.

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault, R. El-Hawary, and J. Tolan, “Adsorption Separation of Ethanol from Water for Bio-Ethanol Production”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, October 30-November 4, 2005.

F.H. Tezel, T.C. Golden, J. Mogan, B. Morin, “Use of Composite Activated Alumina Adsorbents for Separation of Hydrocarbons from Olefin containing Streams”, presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, October 30-November 4, 2005.

R. Jones, F.H. Tezel, J. Thibault, and R. El-Hawary, “Industrial Bio-Ethanol: Selective Separation via Adsorption” presented at the 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Toronto, Canada, October 16-19, 2005.

V.P Mulgundmath, F.H. Tezel, T.C. Golden, J. Mogan, B. Morin, “Adsorption of Acetylene, Ethylene, Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide on Activated Alumina” presented at the 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Toronto, Canada, October 16-19, 2005.

P. Li, F.H. Tezel, “Equilibrium and Kinetic Analysis of CO₂-N₂ Adsorption Separation by Concentration Pulse Chromatography”, presented at the IUPAC-2005 organized by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry held in Beijing, China, August 14-19, 2005.

P.J.E.Harlick, F.H. Tezel, T.C. Golden, J. Mogan, R. Meikle, B. Morin, "Adsorption Separation of Carbon Dioxide and Other Impurities from Air by Modified Activated Alumina", accepted to be presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Austin, Texas, USA, November 7-12, 2004.

R. El-Hawary, F. H. Tezel and J. Thibault, "Adsorption of Ethanol from Aqueous Solutions for Fermentation Applications", accepted to be presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Austin, Texas, USA, November 7-12, 2004.

I. Toreci and F.H. Tezel, "Separation Of Methyl Chloride from Air by Activated Carbons", accepted to be presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Austin, Texas, USA, November 7-12, 2004.

I. Toreci, F.H. Tezel, Y. Yang, and A. Sayari, "Removal of Methyl Chloride from Air by Adsorption Separation" accepted to be presented at the 14th International Zeolite Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, April 25-30, 2004.

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Non-isothermal CO₂, N₂, and He Adsorption with NaY: Effect of the Carrier Gas on Breakthrough and Thermal Transients", accepted to be presented at the 8th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption in Sedona, Arizona, USA, May 23-28, 2004.

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Design and Study of Various Cyclic Adsorption Processes for Bulk Carbon Dioxide Separation from Nitrogen", presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in San Francisco, USA, November 16-21, 2003.

I. Toreci, and F.H. Tezel, "Adsorption Separations of Volatile Organic Compounds from Air" presented at the 53rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Hamilton, Canada, October 26-29, 2003.

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Temperature Dependent Adsorption Properties of CO2 Dynamic Adsorption with NaY: Henry's Constants, Binary Isotherms and Diffusivities" presented at the 53rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Hamilton, Canada, October 26-29, 2003.

P.J.E. Harlick, F.H. Tezel, and D.D. McLean, "Statistical Process Control Techniques in Concentration Pulse Chromatography", presented at the Conference on Statistics, Control and Optimization in Chemical Engineering held in Ottawa, Canada, June 2-3, 2003.

I. Toreci, and F.H. Tezel, "Adsorption Separations of Volatile Organic Compounds from Air", presented at the 52nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in Vancouver, Canada, October 20-23, 2002.

P.J.E. Harlick, and F.H. Tezel, "Heat Effects with Carbon Dioxide Adsorption by NaY in a Packed Column: Effect of Feed Concentration on Breakthrough and Thermal Transients", presented at the AIChE Annual meeting held in Indianopolis, Indiana, USA, November 3-8, 2002.

P.J.E. Harlick, F.H. Tezel, and D.D. McLean, "Incorporation of Statistical Process Control Techniques and the Effect of Objective Function in Determining Adsorption Parameters", presented at the AIChE Annual meeting in Indianopolis, Indiana USA, November 3-8, 2002.

Recent Theses under Dr. Tezel's Supervision

D. Decaire, “Long Term Thermal Energy Storage in Adsorbent Beds for Solar Heating Applications”, M.A.Sc. Thesis, 133 pages (2010).

M. Hashi, “Ethanol Recovery from Carbon Dioxide Stripped Ethanol-Water Vapor Mixture Using Adsorption”, M.A.Sc. Thesis, 158 pages (2010).

C. Bestfather, “Upgrading Landfill Gas to Natural Gas Quality: Bulk Separation by Pressure Swing Adsorption”, M.A.Sc. Thesis, 153 pages (2009).

V. Mulgundmath, “Thermal Pressure Swing Adsorption (TPSA) System for the Removal of Carbon Dioxide” Ph.D. Thesis, 236 pages (2009).

J. Poupore, “Adsorption Separation of Landfill Gas”, B.A.Sc. Thesis, 50 pages (2009).

E. Pacheco, “Modelling of Adsorption Processes Using COMSOL Multiphysics”, M. Eng. Report, 60 pages (2008).

E. Newell, “Mass Transfer Coefficient of N₂ for Air Separation by Adsorption”, B.A.Sc. Thesis, 39 pages (2008).

L. Monczak, “Adsorption Separation of Acetylene from Air”, B.A.Sc. Thesis, 39 pages (2008).

R. Nassara, “Adsorption Separation of Ethane and Ethylene Gases” M.A.Sc. Thesis, 69 pages (2008).

P. Li. “Adsorption and Separations for Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen and Oxygen Gases” Ph.D. Thesis, 235 pages (2007).

Clémence Fauteux-Lefebre, “Separation of Olefins and Paraffins”, B.A.Sc. Thesis (2007).

P. Lee, “Adsorption Heat Storage for Solar Applications”, B.A.Sc. Thesis (2007).

F. Hou, “Adsorption Separations for Binary Gas Mixtures”, B.A.Sc. Thesis (2006).

G. Morse, “Improving Bio-ethanol Production by Adsorption”, B.A.Sc. Thesis (2007).

D.Dicaire “Solar Energy Storage Systems Using Adsorption”, B.A.Sc. Thesis 46 pages (2006).

F. Harb, “Adsorption Heat Pumps”, M.Eng. Report, 120 pages (2006).

R. Nassara, “Adsorption-Distillation Hybrid Separation of Ethylene and Ethane”, B.A.Sc. Thesis, 30 pages (2006).

M. Kunkel, “Adsorption Equilibrium Constants for Various Trace Impurities”, B.A.Sc. Thesis (2005).

A. M. Jan, “ Hybrid Materials”, M.Eng. Report, 92 pages (2005).

R. Jones, “Industrial Bio-Ethanol: Selective Separation via Adsorption”, B.A.Sc. Thesis, 64 pages (2005).

R. El-Hawary "Enhancement of Bio-Ethanol Production by Adsorption", B.A.Sc. Thesis, 86 pages (2004).

I. Toreci "Adsorption Separation of Methyl Chloride from Air" M.A.Sc. Thesis, 113 pages (2004).

G. Kealey "Adsorption of Methanol by Activated Alumina", B.A.Sc. Thesis (2003).

M. Flynn "Coagulation and Filtration of Sugar Solutions", B.A.Sc. Thesis (2003).

Z. Rahim "Use of PFC's for Treatment of Respiratory Problems" M.Eng. Report, 166 pages (2003).

C. Sutyanto, "Separation of Benzene and Toluene from Aqueous Solutions", B.A.Sc. Thesis (2003).

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