Abdul Ghani Olabi

University of the West of Scotland | UWS · Institute for Engineering and Industrial Management

With the growing demand for green technologies, hydrogen energy devices, such as Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells and water electrolysers, have received accelerated developments. However, the materials and manufacturing cost of these technologies are still relatively expensive which impedes their widespread commercialization. Additive Manu...

The parameter identification of a PEMFC is the process of using optimization algorithms to determine the ideal unknown variables suitable for the development of an accurate fuel-cell-performance prediction model. These parameters are not always available from the manufacturer’s datasheet, so they need to be determined to accurately model and predic...

Gasoline merit function is proposed to assist in ranking gasoline components additives in a methodical technique when various gasoline-type fuel characteristics are changing contemporaneously. The current research seeks to suggest a new parameter of a fuel merit function to rank several individual gasoline blendstocks, involving oxygenates, paraffi...

The main target is the maximization of the output power of PEM “proton exchange membrane” fuel cell via fuzzy modelling and optimization. In the beginning, using the experimental data, a robust fuzzy model is designed for simulating the PEM fuel cell using the relative humidity (%) and stoichiometric ratio at the anode and cathode. Then, the artifi...

Using waste heat generated by nuclear reactors for non-electric applications is vital for reducing environmental costs and thermal discharges. Waste heat is a significant portion of the reactor's overall energy and could reach up to two-thirds of the output power depending on the reactor design and efficiency. Despite the benefits of using waste he...

This study presents a set of guidelines for starting a water energy database (WEB). Implementing such a database helps decision-makers select appropriate energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for the water sector. The proposed guidelines encompass various aspects of the database structure including static data, dynamics data, water produc...

Herein, we present a detailed study of the structural, optical, and electrochemical responses of Gd$_2$O$_3$ doped with nickel zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Doping of Ni$_{0.5}$Zn$_{0.5}$Fe$_2$O$_4$ nanoparticles to Gd$_2$O$_3$ powder was done through thermal decomposition at 1000 C. The average grain size of the mixture was determined to be approxim...

Concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is a promising renewable energy technology worldwide. However, many challenges facing this technology nowadays. These challenges are mentioned in this review study. For the first time, this work summarized and compared around 143 CSP projects worldwide in terms of status, capacity, concentrator technologies...

This paper proposes a decentralized multiple-Direct-Current-Microgrid (multi-DCMG) system to supply affordable load demands while addressing challenges posed by Hybridized-Energy-Storage-Systems (H-ESS) limitations, consumption/generation complexities, and renewables volatility. The paper's contributions include a system feasibility assessment for...

Utilizing various renewable energy resources (RERs) for powering desalination plants is an encouraging choice, specifically in arid and remote areas where conventional resources are unavailable or costly. Various RERs were used to derive desalination systems such as solar, wind, geothermal, etc. Reverse osmosis, multi-stage flash, and multi-effect...

Fuel cell electric vehicles have the advantages of simple assembly, higher efficiency, and quiet operation compared to any other propulsion method. While there is a clear road map on the future of fuel cell electric vehicles, there is still a need for a paradigm shift to relent on using fossil fuels as soon as possible. The majority of the reviewed...

For many electrical systems, such as renewable energy sources, their internal parameters are exposed to degradation due to the operating conditions. Since the model’s accuracy is required for establishing proper control and management plans, identifying their parameters is a critical and prominent task. Various techniques have been developed to ide...

The use of green hydrogen as a fuel source for marine applications has the potential to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the industry. The development of a sustainable and cost-effective method for producing green hydrogen has gained a lot of attention. Water electrolysis is the best and most environmentally friendly method for producin...

A thermoelectric generator (TEG) is used for converting temperature difference and into DC directly to electric energy based on the Seebeck effect. This new technology has attracted researchers of sustainable energy. The energy obtained from the TEG depends on the temperature difference between the two sides of the TEG. A reliable MPP “maximum powe...

The increased interest in renewable-based microgrids imposes several challenges, such as source integration, power quality, and operating cost. Dealing with these problems requires solving nonlinear optimization problems that include multiple linear or nonlinear constraints and continuous variables or discrete ones that require large dimensionality...

Clean and safe energy sources are essential for the long-term growth of society. Wind energy is rapidly expanding and contributes to many countries’ efforts to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. In terms of sustainable development goals (SDGs), renewable energy development promotes energy security while also facilitating community development and e...

Nanomaterials have gained huge attention with their wide range of applications. This is mainly driven by their unique properties. Nanomaterials include nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanofibers, and many other nanoscale structures have been widely assessed for improving the performance of different applications. However, with the wide implementation and...

This investigation delves into the production of green hydrogen with the aid of a polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer with its source of energy harnessed from wind using a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The integrated numerical approach was adopted in the simulation environment of MATLAB, Simulink, and Simscape™ to develop the comprehensi...

Micromobility is dominant in urban areas, enhancing the transportation sustainability and assisting in fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This work provides an overall assessment of micromobility: its role under SDGs, policy options, micromobility regulations, emerging technologies, utilisation determinants, energy...

The digitalization of engineering systems has attracted huge attention in the last years due to its wide benefits on the performance and cost of the overall system. Among these digitalization techniques, digital twins emerge as a potential technique for enhancing performance, lowering maintenance and operation costs, and ensuring safer operation fo...

The rapid growth in the consumption of fossil fuels resulted in climate change and severe health issues. Among the different proposed methods to control climate change, carbon capture technologies are the best choice in the current stage. In this study, the various membrane technologies used for carbon capture and their impact on achieving sustaina...

Increased consumption of fossil fuels has contributed to a rise in abnormal weather conditions. Utilizing renewable energy sources is one of the most effective methods for combating global warming. The intermittent nature of the majority of renewable energy sources could be mitigated through accurate weather forecasting and the integration of vario...

Membrane-based technologies are recently being considered conventional water and wastewater remediation processes to achieve the increasing demands for clean water and minimize the negative environmental effects. Although there are numerous merits of such technologies, some major challenges like their high capital and operating costs exist. This st...

Microbial fuel cells convert the chemical energy conserved in organic matter in wastewater directly to electrical energy through living microorganisms. These devices are environmentally friendly thanks to their ability to simultaneously produce electrical energy and wastewater treatment. The output power of the yeast microbial fuel cell (YMFC) depe...

Hydrogen is a new promising energy source. Three operating parameters, including inlet gas flow rate, pH and impeller speed, mainly determine the biohydrogen production from membrane bioreactor. The work aims to boost biohydrogen production by determining the optimal values of the control parameters. The proposed methodology contains two parts: mod...

In this paper, a modified bald eagle search optimization algorithm was applied for the first time to determine the parameters of the triple diode model (TDM) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Two experimental datasets are considered; the first is measured I–V points for a PSC at standard conditions. The second consists of the measured I–V points fo...

Herein, we present a detailed study on the structural, optical, and electrochemical responses of Gd2O3 doped with nickel zinc ferrite nanoparticles. Doping of Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticles to Gd2O3 powder was done through thermal decomposition at 1000 ֯C. The average grain size of the mixture was determined to be approximately 95 nm, and phases of...

Fossil fuels are no longer accepted as the sole energy source with their environmental impacts and fluctuating price. Green hydrogen is considered a potential candidate for fossil fuel soon—however, hydrogen is facing the challenges of storage and transportation. Green ammonia, with its ease of transport and storage, is another promising alternativ...

An optimal techno-economic multi-level energy management strategy (EMS) is designed for a DC microgrid applied to a commercial building. The proposed power system is a grid-connected microgrid composed of a fuel cell (FC) system, a photovoltaic (PV) array, and a battery storage unit. The interaction between various types of power sources may lead t...

The sudden increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere due to the high dependency on fossil products has created the need for an urgent solution to mitigate this challenge. Global warming, which is a direct result of excessive CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, is one major issue that the world is trying to curb, especia...

The world has heavily relied on fossil fuels for decades to supply energy demands. However, the usage of fossil fuels has been strongly correlated with impactful problems, which lead to global warming. Moreover, the excessive use of fossil fuels has led to their rapid depletion. Hence, exploring other renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossi...

Graphene is fundamentally a two-dimensional material with extraordinary optical, thermal, mechanical, and electrical characteristics. It has a versatile surface chemistry and large surface area. It is a carbon nanomaterial, which comprises sp2 hybridized carbon atoms placed in a hexagonal lattice with one-atom thickness, giving it a two-dimensional...

Nowadays the World faces critical issues, such as increasing power costs, environmental impacts of fossil fuel, and global warming. In this respect, scientists are trying to improve the efficiency of the energy harvesting. The enhancement of power generation sectors is focused on the waste heat recovery systems based on thermoelectric generators (T...

In this research, the main goal is to develop and apply a robust adaptive fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) models to predict the mass transfer during osmotically treated zucchini samples as a heat-sensitive product. Maltose, fructose, lactose, and fructo-oligosaccharide (FoS), as osmotic agents at various concentratio...

In order to prolong the cycle life of the battery pack for electric vehicles or hybrid electric vehicles, phase change materials (PCMs) are employed effectively for the battery thermal management (BTM) systems. Utilizing the cooling system based on PCMs for BTM can lead to the desired cooling effect yielding the most appropriate temperature distrib...

This study focuses on the performance analysis of a novel solar-assisted heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, using R407c as a refrigerant under United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate conditions. The energy recovery techniques and explicit passive techniques were investigated for reduction of energy consumption and overall cost by...

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging, efficient, cheap, and environmentally friendly water desalination technology. One of the most critical components of the CDI system is the electrodes; thus, improving their performance will promote its commercial application. The cost, efficiency, and availability of the electrode materials are the main...

High concentrations of isoolefinic hydrocarbons can adversely affect the physical, chemical, mechanical, and ecological characteristics of gasoline fuels. One of the solutions to reduce olefin contents is the utilization of the methoxylation process. The current paper declares a perspective toward a gasoline-component-first technique, revealing an...

Green hydrogen is considered to be one of the best candidates for fossil fuels in the near future. Bio-hydrogen production from the dark fermentation of organic materials, including organic wastes, is one of the most cost-effective and promising methods for hydrogen production. One of the main challenges posed by this method is the low production r...

Voltage, as well as current from proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), is reliant on various working and structural parameters, such as operating pressure, temperature, humidity, and membrane thickness. Optimizing such operating and structural parameters will significantly improve the cell's power output. Therefore, the primary goal of the...

This work discusses the novel application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) in the transport sector as well as portable applications. This kind of fuel cell produces a considerable quantity of heat while in operation. This quantity of heat is about 45–60% of entire energy composition of the hydrogen that is introduced into the cell. A...

Background The Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are rapidly growing in population with very limited access to freshwater resources. To overcome this challenge, seawater desalination is proposed as an effective solution, as most MENA countries have easy access to saline water. However, desalination processes require massive demand for...

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. These goals highlight key objectives that must be addressed. Each target focuses on a unique perspective crucial to meeting these goals. Social, political, and economic issues are addressed to comprehensively review the main i...

Internal combustion engines is gradually decreased with the recent evolution of electric vehicles (EVs) in the automotive industry. Electric motors are replacing the energy systems mainly to improve the powertrain's efficiency and ensure they are environmentally friendly. These novel powertrains are designed to operate solely on batteries or superc...

One of the primary issues in the modelling of fuel cell is the determination of specific boundary conditions often deduced from the manufacturer of the fuel cell. Realistically, not all data is available from the manufacturers data sheet hence to improve the accuracy as well as predict the performance of the cell, all these information need to be d...

Current petroleum issues, quickly raising its costs and uncertainties regarding petroleum fuels availability endanger the renewable and sustainable challenge of the worldwide economy. Both the ecological consideration and availableness of fuels highly impact fuel directions for transport vehicles. The current paper introduces the Prospects for prod...

Curtailed energy could be used to improve techno-economic aspects and minimize emissions. Jordan is look upon as a leading country in renewable energy in the Middle East, particularly in wind energy. In Jordan, due to the low energy demand during peak power generation, 17% of overall wind energy capacity is curtailed. In this study, several energy...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) are essential for controlling global warming. Among the different CCS technologies, adsorption using amines is promising and applied on an industrial scale. In this research work, the optimal values of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA), imidazole (Im) and temperature are identified to boost CO2 adsorption capacity. The...

Nowadays heat pipes are considered to be popular passive heat transfer technologies due to their high thermal performance. The heat pipe is a superior heat transfer apparatus in which latent heat of vaporization is employed to transfer heat for an extended distance under a limited operating temperature difference. Numerical simulation of heat trans...

Fuel cells (FCs) have received huge attention for development from lab and pilot scales to full commercial scale. This is mainly due to their inherent advantage of direct conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy as a high-quality energy supply and, hence, higher conversion efficiency. Additionally, FCs have been produced at a wide range o...

A thermal management system (TMS) is necessary for lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) used in electric vehicles/hybrid electric vehicles (EVs/HEVs), which generate excessive heat during fast discharging and charging. In order to provide low power consumption and efficient heat transfer, finding the most efficient, cheapest, and lightest solution like pha...

The growth in renewable energy (RE) projects showed the importance of utility electrical energy storage. High-capacity batteries are used in most RE projects to store energy generated from those facilities. High-capacity batteries require a compartment that satisfies the condition needed for the best operation and battery lifetime utilization. Batt...

This paper studies the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of a standalone adsorption cooling system thermally driven by biomass combustion and solar thermal energy. The developed cooling package was benchmarked against a baseline vapour compression refrigeration system, driven by grid electricity and the widely investigated adsorpti...

The recent progress in the electric vehicles requires developing an efficient battery that can be fast charged and having a longer lifetime. Proper thermal management of the battery systems plays a key factor in the performance and lifetime of batteries. Liquid cooling is one of the feasible methods for effective thermal management of battery syste...

One of the essential phases in delivering a precise simulation of the fuel cell system behavior is estimating the model parameters of the fuel cell system. A novel identification approach based on the bald eagle search algorithm (BES) is suggested in this study to reliably extract the best PEM fuel cell characteristics (PEMFC). BES is a modern meta...

In recent years, attention has been drawn to battery thermal safety issues due to the importance of personal safety and vehicle service security. The latest advancements in battery thermal management (BTM) are conducted to face the expected challenges to ensure battery safety. The BTM technology enhances battery safety with a heat transfer intensif...

The utilization of ethanol as a component of motor gasolines is an extremely effective way to increase the detonation resistance and environmental properties. In Russia, despite the existing prerequisites for the development of bioethanol industry, the real production of bioethanol is not executed, which is associated with its high price. One of th...