Dr. Yaşar Demirel
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
Email: ydemirel2@unl.edu
Qualifications
1981 Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, University of
Birmingham, UK
1977 Dipl. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of
Manchester, UK.
1975 B.Sc.-M.Sc., Department of Chemical Engineering,
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Publications
(Selected)
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Kopac, T. Demirel, Y. (2024) Impact of thermodynamics and kinetics on the carbon capture performance of the amine‑based CO2 capture system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33792-y
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Alles, K., Demirel, Y. (2024) Measuring Risk of Renewable Diesel Production Processes using a Multi-Criteria Decision Strategy. chemosphere.2024.141695.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141695
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Demirel, Y. (2023) Thermodynamics and Biological Systems” for UNESCO-Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), EOLSSAA-11015-249.
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Demirel, Y., Rosen, M.A (2023) Sustainable Engineering. Process Intensification, Energy Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
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Demirel, Y. (2021) Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling, 3rd ed., Springer, London. ISBN 978-3-319-29650-0 (611 pages)
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Madden, S., Alles, K., Demirel, Y., (2021) Measuring sustainability of renewable diesel productions using multi-criteria decision-matrix, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Biofpr. 15, 1621-1637, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2272.
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Unlu, S., Niu, W., Demirel, Y. (2020) Bio-based adipic acid productions: Feasibility analysis using a multi-criteria decision matrix, Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Biofpr., 14, 794-807. DOI: 10.1002/bbb.2106.
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Demirel Y., Gerbaud V. (2019), Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems, 4th ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://www.elsevier.com/books/nonequilibrium-thermodynamics/demirel/978-0-444-64112-0
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Singh, R., Tevatia, R., White, D., Demirel, Y., Blum, P., (2019) Comparative kinetic modeling of growth and molecular hydrogen overproduction by engineered strains of Thermotoga maritima. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 7125-7136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.124
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Demirel, Y. (2018) Energy Conservation. In ‘Comprehensive Energy Systems’, I. Dincer (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Vol. 5, 45-90. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128095973005058
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Demirel, Y. (2018) Biofuels. In Comprehensive Energy Systems, I. Dincer (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Vol. 1, Part B, 875-908. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128095973001255
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Allen, J.W, Unlu S., Demirel, Y., Black P., Riekhof W., (2018) Integration of Biology, Ecology and Engineering for Sustainable Algal Based Biofuel and Bioproduct Biorefinery, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 5:47, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40643-018-0233-5.
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Allen, J.W., Tevatia R., Demirel, Y, DiRusso C.C., Black P.N. (2018) Induction of oil accumulation by heat stress is metabolically distinct from N stress in the green microalgae Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C169. PLoS ONE 13, e0204505: 1-20.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204505
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Wang, X., Demirel, Y. (2018) Feasibility of power and methanol production by an entrained-flow coal gasification system, Energy & Fuels 32, 7595-7610.https://doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03958
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Singh, R., White, D., Demirel, Y., Kelly, R., Noll, K., Blum, P. (2018) Uncoupling fermentative synthesis of molecular hydrogen from biomass formation in Thermotoga maritime, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84, e00998-18. https://doi:10.1128/AEM.00998-18
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Demirel, Y. (2018) Sugar versus lipid for sustainable biofuels. International Journal of Energy Research, 42, 881-884. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3914.
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Demirel, Y. (2017) Lignin for sustainable bioproducts and biofuels. Journal of Biochemical Engineering & Bioprocess Technology, 1.1-3.
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Cole, K.D., Cetin, B., Demirel, Y. (2017) Semi-analytical source method for reaction-diffusion problems. Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME: doi:10.1115/1.4038987
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Matzen, M., Pinkerton, J., Wang, X., Demirel, Y. (2017) Use of natural ores as oxygen carriers in chemical looping combustion: A review. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 65, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.008
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Matzen, M., Demirel, Y. (2016) Methanol and dimethyl ether from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide: Alternative fuels production and life-cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, 1068-1077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.163
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Alhajji, M., Demirel Y. (2016) Energy intensity and environmental impact metrics of the back-end separation of ethylene plant by thermodynamic analysis. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 7, 45-59. doi: 10.1007/s40095-015-0194-9.
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Matzen, M., Alhajji, M., Demirel, Y. (2015) ‘Technoeconomics and sustainability of renewable methanol and ammonia productions using wind power –based hydrogen.’ Advanced Chemical Engineering, 5: 128 (2015). . doi:10.4172/2090-4568.1000128
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Matzen, M., Alhajji, M., Demirel, Y. (2015) Chemical storage of wind energy by renewable methanol production: Feasibility analysis using a multi-criteria decision matrix. Energy, 93 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.043
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Alhajji, M., Demirel, Y. (2015) Energy and environmental sustainability assessment of crude oil refinery by thermodynamic analysis. International Journal of Energy Research. 39, 1925-1941.
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Demirel, Y. (2015) Sustainability and economic analysis of propylene carbonate and polypropylene carbonate production process using CO2 and propylene oxide. Chemical Engineering Process Technology, 6, 236. doi: 10.4172/2157-7048.1000236.
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Demirel, Y., Matzen, M., Winters, C., Gao, X. (2015) Capturing and using CO2 as feedstock with chemical-looping and hydrothermal technologies. International Journal of Energy Research, 39, 1011-1047. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3277.
Profile Details
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