Hydrogen liquefaction: a review of the fundamental physics, engineering practice and future opportunities

SZS Al Ghafri, S Munro, U Cardella, T Funke… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is emerging as one of the most promising energy carriers for a decarbonised
global energy system. Transportation and storage of hydrogen are critical to its large-scale …

Measurements of boil-off gas and stratification in cryogenic liquid nitrogen with implications for the storage and transport of liquefied natural gas

F Perez, SZS Al Ghafri, L Gallagher, A Siahvashi… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The boil-off gas (BOG) produced from liquefied natural gas (LNG) mixtures in cryogenic
storage tanks must be predicted reliably as a function of tank shape, heat ingress, thermal …

Solid-fluid equilibrium measurements of benzene in methane and implications for freeze-out at LNG conditions

A Siahvashi, SZS Al Ghafri, EF May - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information about the solubility of benzene in light hydrocarbons is particularly
important for the prediction of freeze-out risk in LNG production. Engineering models …

Hydrogen production via propane dry reforming: Carbon deposition and reaction-deactivation study

A Siahvashi, AA Adesina - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon deposition during carbon dioxide reforming reaction of C 3 H 8 has been studied
over alumina-supported bimetallic Mo/Cosingle bondNi catalysts. To better understand the …

Measurements of solidification kinetics for benzene in methane at high pressures and cryogenic temperatures

CC Sampson, PJ Metaxas, A Siahvashi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A stirred, high-pressure, visual microscopy-based apparatus was used to investigate solid-
formation kinetics in LNG-relevant binary mixtures. The apparatus can detect solid crystals …

[HTML][HTML] Optical measurements of solid nitrogen solubility in hydrogen at cryogenic temperatures

MTJ Barwood, PJ Metaxas, PE Falloon… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The solubility of impurities in hydrogen at cryogenic temperatures is essential information for
the design of liquid hydrogen plants. However, large data scatter and inconsistent …

Solubility of p-xylene in methane and ethane and implications for freeze-out at LNG conditions

A Siahvashi, SZS Al Ghafri, TJ Hughes… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Even at trace concentrations the presence of heavy hydrocarbons such as BTEX
compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) in liquefied natural gas (LNG) …

Prediction of solid formation conditions in mixed refrigerants with iso-pentane and methane at high pressures and cryogenic temperatures

MS Sadaghiani, A Siahvashi, BWE Norris… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
High boiling-point components in mixed refrigerants can improve the performance of natural
gas and hydrogen liquefaction facilities. However, such heavy compounds can freeze out …

Experimental study of impurity freeze-out in ternary methane+ ethane+ benzene mixtures with applications to LNG production

A Siahvashi, SZS Al Ghafri, BF Graham… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
The freeze-out of impurities in LNG production can pose significant operational risks and
lead to costly blockage-induced plant shutdowns. Study of ternary and higher-order …

Avoiding costly LNG plant freeze-out-induced shutdowns: Measurement and modelling for neopentane solubility at LNG conditions

A Siahvashi, SZS Al Ghafri, X Yang, D Rowland… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a visual high pressure sapphire cell was employed to measure the solid-fluid
equilibrium (SFE) of methane+ neopentane binary systems at temperatures down to 90 K …