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Dr. Waheed Afzal
Assistant Professor
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Introduction
Dr. Waheed Afzal has been working at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology and the Institute of Quality and Technology Management since 2004. During 2004 to 2006, he served as (founding) coordinator for undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at the IQTM. In 2010, he worked as Deputy Director of what is new called the Office for Research, Innovation, and Commercialization.
Waheed attended University of the Punjab, Lahore for BSc Eng and MS degrees, and Ecole des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech) for PhD degree. He was also awarded “Le Label de Docteur de L’Union Européenne” from France. |  |
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Designation:- Assistant Professor
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PhD (MINES ParisTech), MS (PU), BSc Eng (PU) 
Under Progress / Will be Available Shortly
Journal Publications
1. Afzal W., Yoo B., Prausnitz J. M., An exponential-striping method for measuring solubilities of sparingly-soluble gases in liquids. Solubilities of some gases in protic ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-hydrogen-imidazolium acetate, Submitted, Ind. Eng. Chem. Research. 2011 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
2. Rosenboom J.G., Afzal W., Prausnitz J. M., Solubilities of some organic solutes in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate. Chromatographic measurements and predictions from COSMO-RS, Accepted, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2011 (Publisher: Elsevier)
3. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Tsivintzelis I., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G.M., Richon D. Phase Equilibria of Mixtures Containing Glycols and Acid Gases: Experimental Data and Modeling Using the CPA EoS, Submitted Fluid Phase Equilib. 2011 (Publisher: Elsevier).
4. Khawaja S.Y., Usman M.R., Khan S., Afzal W., Akhtar N.A. Dispersed Phase Holdup and Slip Velocity in a Tall and Low Plate-Free Area Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column, Submitted, Separation Science and Technology, 2011.
5. Khawaja S.Y., Usman M.R., Khan S., Afzal W., Akram M.S., Khan R.U., Akhtar N.A. On the Factors Influencing the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column: Dispersed Phase Holdup, Journal of Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Vol 18, No 1, 2011, Pages 1-11 (Publisher: Punjab University, Lahore).
6. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Théveneau P., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G.M., Richon D. Phase Equilibria of Mixtures Containing Glycols and n-Alkanes: Experimental Study of Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients and Modeling Using the Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of Sate, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009 48 (24), 11202–11210 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
7. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., and Richon D., Volumetric Properties of Mono-, Di-, Tri-, and Polyethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions from (273.15 to 363.15) K: Experimental Measurements and Correlations, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2009, 54, 1254–1261(Publisher: American Chemical Society).
8. Usman M.R., Sattar H., Hussain S.N., Asghar A., Afzal W., Drop Size in a Liquid Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column, Braz. J. Chem. Eng. 2009, 26 (4), 677 - 683 (Publisher: Brazilian Society for Chemical Engineering).
9. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D., Gas Hydrates of Methane, Ethane, Propane and Carbon Dioxide in the Presence of Single NaCl, KCl and CaCl2 Aqueous Solutions: Experimental Measurements and Predictions of Dissociation Conditions, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 40, 1693-1697, 2008 (Publisher: Elsevier).
10. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D., Determination of Critical Properties and Ascentric Factors of Petroleum Fractions Using Artificial Neural Networks. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 3225-3232 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
11. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D., Experimental Data and Predictions of Dissociation Conditions for Ethane and Propane Simple Hydrates in the Presence of Methanol, Ethylene Glycol, and Triethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2008, 53, 683-686 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
12. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D., Experimental Measurements and Predictions of Dissociation Conditions for Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Carbon Dioxide Simple Hydrates in the Presence of Diethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions. J. Chem. Eng. Data 2008 53, 663-666 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
13. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D. Experimental Data and Predictions of Dissociation Conditions for Ethane and Propane Simple Hydrates in the Presence of Distilled Water and Methane, Ethane, Propane, and Carbon Dioxide Simple Hydrates in the Presence of Ethanol Aqueous Solutions, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2008 53, 73–76 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
14. Afzal W., Valtz A., Coquelet C., Richon D, Volumetric Properties of (Piperidine + Water) Binary System: Experimental Measurements and Modeling, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 40, 2008, 47–53 (Publisher: Elsevier).
15. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H. Richon D, Experimental Measurements and Predictions of Dissociation Conditions for Carbon Dioxide and Methane Hydrates in the Presence of Triethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2007, 52, 2053-2055 (Publisher: American Chemical Society).
Congress Communications (extended abstracts or full length articles appeared in conference proceedings, presenting author is underlined)
1. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Tsivintzelis I., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G.M., Richon D. Experimental Study and Phase Equilibrium Modeling of Systems Containing Acid Gas and Glycol, GPA Annual Convention 2010, Oral Presentation and full length article in Proceedings, March 2010.
2. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G. M., Richon D., Estimation of the Impact of Sulfur Species on Glycol Dehydration, EQUIFASE 2009, Oral Presentation and full length article in Proceedings, October 2009.
3. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D. Phase equilibria studies of carbonyl sulfide, hydrogen sulfide, and glycol aqueous solutions. GPA 992-3, Technical Session, 88th Annual GPA Convention (Technical Section F-II), San Antonio, TX, Oral Presentation and project evaluation discussion, March 2009.
4. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D. Measuring Vapor-liquid Equilibria in Sour Gas + Glycol Aqueous Solutions Using Static Techniques, AIChE Annual Meeting 2008, PA, USA, Oral Presentation and full length article in Proceedings, November 2008.
5. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D., Measuring Solubility of Natural Gases Containing Sulfur Species in Glycol Aqueous Solutions Using a Static Analytic Technique, in the Proceedings of 23rd ESAT 2008 Cannes, France, Oral Presentation, Poster, extended abstract in the Proceedings, May 2008 (Finalist –France- for the Best Young Researcher Award).
6. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D., Measuring Solubilities of Carbonyl Sulfide Containing Gaseous Mixtures in Glycol Aqueous Solutions Using a Static Analytic Technique with Two Micro Samplers, EQUIFASE 2009, Poster, October 2009.
7. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Tsivintzelis I., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G.M., Richon D. Solubility of Sulfur Species in Glycols: Experimental Measurements Using Static Techniques and Modeling Using the Cubic-Plus-Association Model, IVC-SEP Annual Meeting 2009, Poster, June 2009.
8. Kontogeorgis G.M., Folas G., Tsivintzelis I., Breil M.P., Afzal W., Michelsen M.L., Stenby E H., Recent Developments with the CPA Equation of State, IVC-SEP Annual Meeting 2009, Poster, June 2009.
9. Afzal W., Breil M.P., Tsivintzelis I., Mohammadi A.H., Kontogeorgis G.M., Richon D. Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Carbonyl Sulfide and Glycols: Experimental Measurements and Modeling Using CPA-EoS, SPE Meeting at DTU Lyngby 2009, Poster, May 2009.
10. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D., Measuring Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Glycol Aqueous Solutions Using a Static Synthetic Technique, ICCT 2008, Warsaw, Poland, Poster, August 2008.
11. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D. Extension of a Model for Predicting the Dissociation Heat of Gas Hydrates, AIChE Annual Meeting 2007, TX, USA, Poster, November 2007.
12. Mohammadi A.H., Afzal W., Richon D. Useful Remarks to Reduce Experimental Information Required Determining Water Content of Gas Near and Inside Hydrate or Ice Formation Regions, AIChE Annual Meeting, TX, USA, Poster, November 2007.
Invited Talks, Lectures, Other Communications
1. Phase Equilibria of Hydrocarbons and Glycol Mixtures using Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients: Experimental Measurements and Thermodynamic Modeling using CPA EoS. ChiGP-Chemical in Gas Production, IVC-SEP, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. 19 May 2009.
2. Static Techniques for Measuring Phase Equilibria of Systems Involving Glycols. IVC-SEP, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. 30 April 2009.
Research Projects/ Reports/ Academic Reports
1. Afzal W. and Prausnitz J.M., Selective Absorption of Krypton Using New Solvents, LBNL-DoE Project via the Windows and Daylighting Group at LBNL. Ongoing.
2. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Richon D., Impact of sulfur species on glycol dehydration: solubility of carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide in glycol aqueous solutions. GPA 992-3, Gas Processors Association, USA 2010 Completed.
3. Afzal W., Phase Equilibria of Glycol-Natural Gas Systems, Ph.D. Dissertation (Supervisor: Prof. D. Richon), 2009. Completed.
4. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Théveneau P., Coquelet C., Richon D, Experimental Measurement of COS Solubility in PEG-400 at Low Pressures, Institut Français du Pétrole - Armines 2008 Completed.
5. Afzal W., Mohammadi A.H., Théveneau P., Coquelet C., Richon D, Etude de l’hydrolyse du COS, Institut Français du Pétrole – Armines, 2007 (In French) Completed.
Phone Number: 92-42-99230462
Fax: +92 42 99231159
E-mail Address: waheed.iqtm@pu.edu.pk
Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology
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