Biography

Prof. Badie I. Morsi

Swanson School of Engineering

University of Pittsburgh, USA

Professor and Director of the Petroleum Engineering Programs

Executive Director of the Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference (PCC)


Email: morsi@pitt.edu


Qualifications

1982 Sc.D., Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France, Chemical Engineering

1979 Ph.D., ENSIC, INPL - Nancy, France, Chemical Engineering

1977 M.S., ENSIC, INPL - Nancy, France, Chemical Engineering

1972 B.S., Cairo University, Egypt, Petroleum Engineering


Publications (Selected)

  1. INGA, J. R., and MORSI, B. I., 1999. Effect of operating variables on the gas holdup in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor operating with an organic liquid mixture. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 38(3), pp. 928-937. ISSN 0888-5885. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie980384q
  2. FILLION, B., and MORSI, B. I., 2000. Gas−liquid mass-transfer and hydrodynamic parameters in a soybean oil hydrogenation process under industrial conditions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 39(7), pp. 2157-2168. ISSN 0888-5885. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie990882e
  3. LAM, S. S. Y., SMITH, A. E., and MORSI, B. I., 2001. Estimation of a mass transfer coefficient for nylon manufacture using multiple neural networks. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 20(5), pp. 349-356. ISSN 0278-6125. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-6125(01)80053-4
  4. BEHKISH, A., MEN, Z., INGA, J. R., and MORSI, B. I., 2002. Mass transfer characteristics in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor with organic liquid mixtures. Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 57(16), pp. 3307-3324. ISSN 0009-2509. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00201-4
  5. MORREALE, B. D., CIOCCO, M. V., ENICK, R. M., MORSI, B. I., HOWARD, B. H., CUGINI, A. V., and ROTHENBERGER, K. S., 2003. The permeability of hydrogen in bulk palladium at elevated temperatures and pressures. Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 212(1–2), pp. 87-97. ISSN 0376-7388. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00456-8
  6. OZDEMIR, E., MORSI, B. I., and SCHROEDER, K., 2003. Importance of volume effects to adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide on coals. Langmuir, vol. 19(23), pp. 9764-9773. ISSN 0743-7463. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la0258648
  7. LEMOINE, R., BEHKISH, A., and MORSI, B. I., 2004. Hydrodynamic and mass-transfer characteristics in organic liquid mixtures in a large-scale bubble column reactor for the toluene oxidation process. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 43(19), pp. 6195-6212. ISSN 0888-5885. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie0400797
  8. LEMOINE, R., FILLION, B., and MORSI BADIE, I., 2004.Hydrodynamic and mass transfer parameters in agitated reactors part I: Critical mixing speed, induced gas flow rate, and wavy surface in SARs and GIRs. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 2(1), pp. A29. ISSN 15426580. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1542-6580.1155
  9. OZDEMIR, E., MORSI, B. I., and SCHROEDER, K., 2004. CO2adsorption capacity of Argonne premium coals. Fuel, vol. 83(7–8), pp. 1085-1094. ISSN 0016-2361. Available from:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2003.11.005
  10. WHITE, C. M., SMITH, D. H., JONES, K. L., GOODMAN, A. L., JIKICH, S. A., LACOUNT, R. B., SCHROEDER, K. T., 2005. Sequestration of carbon dioxide in coal with enhanced coalbed methane recovery - A review. Energy and Fuels, vol. 19(3), pp. 659-724. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef040047w
  11. LEMOINE, R., and MORSI, B. I., 2005. Hydrodynamic and mass transfer parameters in agitated reactors part II: Gas-holdup, Sauter mean bubble diameters, volumetric mass transfer coefficients, gas-liquid interfacial areas, and liquid-side mass transfer coefficients. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 3(1), pp. A20. ISSN 1542-6580. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1542-6580.1166
  12. BEHKISH, A., LEMOINE, R., SEHABIAGUE, L., OUKACI, R., and MORSI, B. I., 2005. Prediction of the gas holdup in industrial-scale bubble columns and slurry bubble column reactors using back-propagation neural networks. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 3(1), pp. A53. ISSN 1542-6580. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1542-6580.1193
  13. BEHKISH, A., LEMOINE, R., OUKACI, R., and MORSI, B. I., 2006. Novel correlations for gas holdup in large-scale slurry bubble column reactors operating under elevated pressures and temperatures. Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 115(3), pp. 157-171. ISSN 1385-8947. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2005.10.006
  14. BEHKISH, A., LEMOINE, R., SEHABIAGUE, L., OUKACI, R., and MORSI, B. I., 2007. Gas holdup and bubble size behavior in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor operating with an organic liquid under elevated pressures and temperatures. Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 128(2–3), pp. 69-84. ISSN 1385-8947. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2006.10.016
  15. SEHABIAGUE, L., LEMOINE, R., BEHKISH, A., HEINTZ, Y. J., SANOJA, M., OUKACI, R., and MORSI, B. I., 2008. Modeling and optimization of a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor for producing 10,000 bbl/day of Fischer–Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers, vol. 39, pp. 169-179. ISSN 0368-1653. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcice.2007.11.003
  16. PENNLINE, H. W., LUEBKE, D. R., JONES, K. L., MYERS, C. R., MORSI, B. I., HEINTZ, Y. J., and ILCONICH, J. B., 2008. Progress in carbon dioxide capture and separation research for gasification-based power generation point sources. Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 89(9), pp. 897-907. ISSN 0378-3820. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.02.002
  17. HEINTZ, Y. J., SEHABIAGUE, L., MORSI, B. I., JONES, K. L., and PENNLINE, H. W., 2008.Novel physical solvents for selective CO2capture from fuel gas streams at elevated pressures and temperatures. Energy and Fuels, vol. 22(6), pp. 3824-3837. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef800091e
  18. HEINTZ, Y. J., SEHABIAGUE, L., MORSI, B. I., JONES, K. L., LUEBKE, D. R., and PENNLINE, H. W., 2009.Hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide removal from dry fuel gas streams using an ionic liquid as a physical solvent. Energy and Fuels, vol. 23(10), pp. 4822-4830. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef900281v
  19. SEHABIAGUE, L., and MORSI, B. I., 2013. Hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics in a large-scale slurry bubble column reactor for gas mixtures in actual Fischer–Tropsch cuts. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 11(1), pp. 83-102. ISSN 2194-5748. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2012-0042
  20. BASHA, O. M., KELLER, M. J., LUEBKE, D. R., RESNIK, K. P., and MORSI, B. I., 2013. Development of a conceptual process for selective CO2capture from fuel gas streams using [hmim][Tf2N] ionic liquid as a physical solvent. Energy and Fuels, vol. 27(7), pp. 3905-3917. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef400650w
  21. SEHABIAGUE, L., and MORSI, B. I., 2013. Modeling and simulation of a Fischer–Tropsch slurry bubble column reactor using different kinetic rate expressions for iron and cobalt catalysts. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 11(1), pp. 309-330. ISSN 2194-5748. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2012-0017
  22. GÖTZ, M., ORTLOFF, F., REIMERT, R., BASHA, O., MORSI, B. I., and KOLB, T., 2013. Evaluation of organic and ionic liquids for three-phase methanation and biogas purification processes. Energy and Fuels, vol. 27(8), pp. 4705-4716. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef400334p
  23. ENICK, R. M., KORONAIOS, P., STEVENSON, C., WARMAN, S., MORSI, B., NULWALA, H., and LUEBKE, D., 2013. Hydrophobic polymeric solvents for the selective absorption of CO2from warm gas streams that also contain H2and H2O. Energy and Fuels, vol. 27(11), pp. 6913-6920. ISSN 0887-0624. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef401740w
  24. ASHA, O. M., HEINTZ, Y. J., KELLER, M. J., LUEBKE, D. R., RESNIK, K. P., and MORSI, B. I., 2014. Development of a conceptual process for selective capture of CO2from fuel gas streams using two TEGO ionic liquids as physical solvents. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 53(8), pp. 3184-3195. ISSN 0888-5885. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie403375m
  25. BASHA, O. M., SEHABIAGUE, L., ABDEL-WAHAB, A., and MORSI, B. I., 2015. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis in slurry bubble column reactors: experimental investigations and modeling–A review. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol. 13(3), pp. AOP. ISSN 1542-6580. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2014-0146

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