Ahmed Elwardany

Assistant Professor
ahmed.elwardany@ejust.edu.eg

Personal Info

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Energy resources Engineering

Dr. Ahmed Elwardany received his BSc and MSc from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University at Egypt in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He then moved to UK in June 2009 and obtained his PhD in March 2012 from Centre for Automotive Engineering, University of Brighton, UK. He go postdoctoral fellowships at university of Brighton, UK and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) From January 2012 to June 2015. He moved back to Alexandria University as assistant professor in mechanical engineering department till August 2018. He is currently leading the Fuel and Combustion Engine Laboratory, Energy Resources Engineering Department at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt. His main experience is in spray/engine experiments and simulations along with biomass gasification and carbonization. He has about 40 research paper on Scopus and more than 10 conference paper.

Impacted Journal

1. Amer, M., Nour, M., Ahmed, M., Ookawara, S., Nada, S. and Elwardany, A., 2019. The effect of microwave drying pretreatment on dry torrefaction of agricultural biomasses. Bioresource technology, 286, pp.121400-121400.

2. M Hawi, A. Elwardany, S Ookawara, and M Ahmed, 2019. Effect of compression ratio on performance, combustion and emissions characteristics of compression ignition engine fuelled with jojoba methyl ester. Renewable Energy (2019) 141,p. 632-645.

3. M Hawi, A. Elwardany, M. Ismail and M Ahmed,. Experimental Investigation on Performance of a Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel–Diesel Blend Enhanced with Iron-Doped Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. Energies, 2019 12(5), p.798.

4. I. Kabil, J. Sim, J. A. Badra, Y. Eldrainy, W. Abdelghaffar, M. Jaasim Mubarak Ali, A. Ahmed, S. M. Sarathy, H. G. Im, and A. Elwardany, A surrogate fuel formulation to characterize heating and evaporation of light naphtha droplets, Combustion Science and Technology (2018) 190, no. 7 1218-1231.

5. O. Rybdylova, Poulton, L., Al Qubeissi, M., Elwardany, A.E., Crua, C., Khan, T. and Sazhin, S.S., A model for multi-component droplet heating and evaporation and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (2018), 90, pp.29-33.

6. M Al Qubeissi, SS Sazhin, AE Elwardany, Modelling of blended Diesel and biodiesel fuel droplet heating and evaporation, Fuel (2017) 187, 349-355.

7. D Kim, I El Gharamti, M Hantouche, AE Elwardany, A Farooq, F Bisetti A hierarchical method for Bayesian inference of rate parameters from shock tube data: Application to the study of the reaction of hydroxyl with 2-methylfuran, Combustion and Flame (2017) 184, 55-67.

8. Elwardany A., Sazhin S, Im H., A new formulation of physical surrogates of FACE A gasoline fuel based on heating and evaporation characteristics, Fuel 176 (2016) 56–62.

9. Elwardany A., Badra J., Sim J., Khurshid M., Sarathy M., and Im H., Modeling of Heating and Evaporation of Multi-component FACE I Fuel Droplets. No. 2016-01-0878. SAE Technical Paper, 2016.

10. Badra J.A., Sim J., Elwardany A., Jaasim M., Viollet Y., Chang J., Amer A.A., Im H.G., Numerical Simulations of Hollow Cone Injection and Gasoline Compression Ignition Combustion With Naphtha Fuels, Journal OF Energy Resources Technology 2016 (In Press).

11. Elwardany A., Es-sebbar Et., Nasir E., Farooq A. (2016), A chemical kinetic study of the reaction of hydroxyl with furans, Fuel, 166 245-252.

12. Elwardany A., Badra J., Farooq A. (2015), High Temperature Rate measurements of OH + Xylenes: Shock Tube/Laser Diagnostics Study, Combustion and Flame, 162 6 2348-2353.

13. Elwardany A., Es-sebbar Et., Nasir E., Farooq A. (2014), Unimolecular decomposition of formic and acetic acids using shock tube and laser diagnostics, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35 1 429-436.

14. Badra J., Elwardany A., Farooq A. (2014), Shock tube measurements of the rate constants for seven large alkanes + OH, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35 1 189-196.

15. S.S. Sazhin S.S, Al Qubeissi M, Nasiri R, Gun’ko V.M, Elwardany A.E, F. Lemoine F, F. Grisch F, M.R. Heikal M.R, A multi-dimensional quasi-discrete model for the analysis of Diesel fuel droplet heating and evaporation, Fuel (129) 238-266.

16. Badra J., Elwardany A., Khaled F., Subith V., Farooq A. (2014), A shock tube and laser absorption study of ignition delay times and OH reaction rates of ketones: 2-Butanone and 3-Buten-2-one, Combustion and Flame, 161 (3) 725-734.

17. Sarathy M., Javed T., Karsenty F., Heufer A., Wang W., Park S., Elwardany A., Farooq A., Westbrook C., Pitz W., Oehlschlaeger M., Dayma G, Curran H, Dagaut P. (2014), A comprehensive combustion chemistry study of 2,5-dimethylhexane, Combustion and Flame, 161 (6) 1444-1459.

18. Sazhin S.S., Al Qubeissi M., Kolodnytska R., Elwardany A.E., Nasiri R., Heikal M.R. (2014), Modelling of Biodiesel Fuel Droplet Heating and Evaporation, Fuel, 115, 559-572.

19. Sazhin S.S., Elwardany A.E., Gusev I.G., Xie J-F, Shishkova I.N., Cao B-Y., Snegirev A.Y., and Heikal M.R. (2013), New Models for Droplet Heating and Evaporation. Asian Journal of Scientific Research, 6: 177-186.

20. Elwardany A.E., Sazhin S.S., Farooq, A. (2013), Modelling of Heating and Evaporation of Gasoline Fuel Droplets: A Comparative Analysis of Approximations, Fuel, 111, 643-647.

21. Sazhin S. S., Xie J. F., Shishkova I. N., Elwardany A. E., Heikal, M. R. (2013), A kinetic model of droplet heating and evaporation: Effects of inelastic collisions and a non-unity evaporation coefficient, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 56, 525-537.

22. Elwardany A.E., Sazhin S.S., (2012), A quasi-discrete model for heating and evaporation: application to Diesel and gasoline fuels, Fuel 97, 685-694.

23. Gusev I.G., Krutitskii P.A., Sazhin S.S. and Elwardany A.E. (2012), New solutions to species diffusion equation in the presence of the moving boundary, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 55, 2014-2021.

24. Elwardany A.E., Gusev I.G., Castanet G., Lemoine F., Sazhin S.S. (2011), Mono- and multi-component droplet cooling/heating and evaporation: comparative analysis of numerical models, Atomization and Sprays 21 (11) 907-931.

25. Sazhin S.S., Elwardany A.E., Sazhina E.M., Heikal M.R. (2011), A quasi-discrete model for heating and evaporation of complex multi-component hydrocarbons fuel droplets, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 54, 4325-4332.

26. Sazhin S.S., Elwardany A.E., Krutitskii P.A., Deprédurand V., Castanet G., Lemoine F., Sazhina E.M., Heikal M.R. (2011), Multi-component droplet heating and evaporation: numerical simulation versus experimental data, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, 50(2011) 1164-1180.

27. Abdelghaffar, W.A., Elwardany, A.E., Sazhin, S.S. (2011), Modelling of the processes in Diesel engine-like conditions: effects of fuel heating and evaporation, Atomization and Sprays, 53(13-14), 2826-2836.

28. Sazhin S.S., Elwardany A.E., Krutitskii P.A., Castanet G., Lemoine F., Sazhina E.M. and Heikal M.R. (2010), A simplified model for bi-component droplet heating and evaporation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 53, 4495–4505.

29. Kristyadi T., Deprédurand V., Castanet G., Lemoine F., Sazhin S.S., Elwardany A., Sazhina E.M. and Heikal M.R. (2010), Monodisperse monocomponent fuel droplet heating and evaporation, Fuel 89 (2010) 3995–4001.

International Conference

1. Mahmoud Ashour, Yehia Eldrainy, Mohamed El-Kassaby and Ahmed Elwardany. “INVESTIGATING COMBUSTION AND EMISSIONS CHARACTERISTICS OF DIESEL-BIODIESEL-NAPHTHA BLENDS IN CI ENGINE”, 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, Spain, June 16-20 June 2019.

2. Mohamed Nour, Mahmoud Omar, Sameh A. Nada and Ahmed Elwardany. “PYROLYSIS CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND WOODY BIOMASS USING TGA AND DTA”, 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, Spain, June 16-20 June 2019.

3. Yusuf Bello Habib, Mahmoud Ahmed and Ahmed Elwardany. “A NUMERICAL MODEL OF RICE HUSK COMBUSTION IN BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR”, 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, Spain, June 16-20 June 2019.

4. Mahmoud Omar, Mohamed Nour, Mahmoud Ahmed, Shinichi Ookawara, Sameh Nada, and Ahmed Elwardany. ‘’THE INFLUENCE OF MICROWAVE DRYING PRETREATMENT ON THE DRY TORREFACTION OF AGRICULTURAL BIOMASSES”, 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, Spain, June 16-20 June 2019.

5. Ahmed Elwardany, M. Nagy, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed El-Kassaby, EFFECT OF FERROCENE NANOPARTICLES AS ADDITIVES ON DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS, Sep 2017 MCS-10: Tenth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Naples, Italy.

6. M Marei Y Eldrainy, Ahmed Elwardany, Mohamed El-Kassaby, An experimental study of the influence of Al2O3 nanoparticles fuel additives on the working characteristics of CI engine, Sep 2017 MCS-10: Tenth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Naples, Italy.

7. Badra J., Sim J., Elwardany A., Jaasim M., Viollet Y., Chang J., Im H., Numerical Simulations of Hollow Cone Injection and Gasoline Compression Ignition Combustion with Naphtha Fuels, Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. November 2015. Houston, Texas, USA.

8. Elwardany A., Sazhin S., Im H., Modeling of Heating and Evaporation of Light Naphtha Fuel droplet: Formulation of New Surrogate, ICLASS 2015, 13th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Tainan, Taiwan, August 23-27, 2015.

9. Elwardany A., Badra J., Farooq A. (2015), High Temperature Rate measurements of OH + Xylenes, 9th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium in Sheraton Rhodes Resort, Rhodes, Greece, June 7-11 2015.

10. Elwardany A., Sazhin S., Im H., Modeling of Heating and Evaporation of Gasoline Fuel Surrogates, 8th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, Amman-Jordan May 18-21, 2015.

11. Elwardany A.E., Badra J., Farooq A. (2013), Shock tube study on the autoignition of n-pentane/air and iso-pentane/air mixtures, 8th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, September 8-13, 2013.

12. Badra J., Elwardany A.E., Farooq A. (2013), Shock Tube Measurements of the Ignition Delay Times and OH Time Histories of 2-Butanone and 3-Buten-2-one, 8th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, September 8-13, 2013.

13. Elwardany A.E., Sazhin S.S., Farooq A. (2013), Modelling of heating and evaporation of gasoline fuel: effects of input parameters, Proceedings of the ILASS--Europe 2013, Chania Crete, Greece, 1-4 September 2013.

14. Elwardany A.E., Sazhin S.S., Farooq A. (2013), Modeling of Heating and Evaporation of Primary Reference Fuels and Toluene Reference Fuels, Proceedings of 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Gyeongju Hilton, Gyeongju, Korea 19-22 May 2013.

15. Javed T., Elwardany A.E., Mani Sarathy s., Farooq A. (2013), Shock tube ignition measurements of 2,5 dimethylhexane, Proceedings of 8th US National Combustion Meeting, Uinversity of Utah, 19-22 May 2013.

16. Elwardany A.E., Badra, J., Farooq A. (2013), Shock Tube Study on the Auto-ignition Kinetic Targets of n-Pentane/Air and iso-Pentane/Air Mixtures at Different Conditions, Saudi Arabian Section of the Combustion Institute – 3rd annual meeting, Technical Exchange Center, Dhahran, Saudi Aramco, April 29th 2013.

17. Elwardany A.E., Sazhin S.S., Castanet G., Lemoine F., Heikal M.R. (2011), The modelling of heating and evaporation of mono-component, bi-component and multi-component droplets, Proceedings of the ILASS-Europe 2011, Estoril, Portugal, 5-7 September 2011, paper 1018 (CD).

18. Abdelghaffar, W.A., Elwardany, A.E., Sazhin, S.S. (2011), Effect of fuel droplet break-up, heating and evaporation in Diesel engines. World Congress on Engineering 2011, London, UK, 6-7 July 2011, Vol. 3, p. 2485-2490. Publisher: Newswood Limited International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong.

19. Sazhin, S.S., Shishkova, I.N., Elwardany, A., Gusev, I.G. and Heikal, M. (2011), Modelling of droplet heating and evaporation: recent results and unsolved problems. Journal of Physics, Conference Series, International Workshop on Multi-Rate Processes & Hysteresis in Mathematics, Physics and Information Sciences. University of Pecs, Hungary, May 31 – June 3, 2010. Published by Institute of Physics (UK).

20. Sazhin, S.S, Gusev, I.G., Xie, J.-F, Elwardany, A.E., Snegirev, A.Yu. and Heikal, M.R. (2011a) New approaches to modelling droplet heating and evaporation. Proceedings of DIPSI Workshop 2011 on Droplet Impact Phenomena & Spray Investigation, May 27, 2011, Bergamo, Italy. Dip. di Ingegneria industriale, Universita degli studi di Bergamo, pp. 59-65. ISBN-978 88 97413 03 5.

21. Sazhin, S.S., Shishkova, I.N., Gusev, I.G., Elwardany, A., Krutitskii, P.A. and Heikal, M. (2010c), Fuel droplet heating and evaporation: new hydrodynamic and kinetic models. Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conferences, Washington 8-13 August 2010, paper IHTC14-22320.

22. Sazhin, S.S., Krutitskii, P.A., Elwardany, A., Castanet, G., Lemoine, F. and Heikal, M. (2010d) An analytical solution to the spherically symmetric species diffusion equation: application to modelling of heating and evaporation of bi-component droplets. Proceedings of the ILASS--Europe 2010, Brno, Czech Republic, 6-8 September 2010, paper ID: 29.

23. Abdelghaffar, W.A., Elwardany, A.E., El-kassaby, M.M. (2007) Thermal radiation absorption in fuel droplets Alexandria Engineering Journal, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Vol 46 (2007) No.5&6 pp. 787-796.

24. Abdelghaffar, W.A., Elwardany, A.E., El-kassaby, M.M. (2007) Thermal radiation absorption in fuel droplets, The Fifth International Symposium On Radiative Transfer 17 - 22 June 2007 Bodrum, TURKEY (Poster).

Funded Research Grants

STDF 39410: A Novel Combined Gasifier/Carbonization Reactor for Production of Biogas and Biochar