Eng. Syed Sadiq Ali

 ssali@kfu.edu.sa

RANK: Lecturer

EDUCATION:

·      M.Sc. Chemical  Engineering , King Saud University  ,KSA,  2011.

·      B.Sc.  Chemical  Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University , India,  2008.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

§  Process Modeling and Simulation

§  Process Control

§  Fluidization of nanopowders

Professional experience:

·   October 2013 to Present                                                                                              Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Faisal University

·  March 2011 to September 2013                                                                                   Researcher, Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University

·    September 2008 to December 2008                                                                              Process engineer, Reliance Industries Limited, Bharuch, India

Publications: 

 Journal Papers: 
 

·   Ebrahim H. Al-Ghurabi, Syed Sadiq Ali, Abdelhamid Ajbar,  Mohammad Asif, Experimental investigation of fluidized bed dynamics under resonant frequency of sound waves, Advanced Powder Technology, 30 (11), 2812-2822 (2019). (Impact Factor 2.942).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali*, Mohammed Asif, Avijit Basu, Design and simulation of high purity biodiesel reactive distillation process, Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 21 (3), 1-7 (2019) (Impact Factor 0.55).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Avijit Basu, Sulaiman M. Alfadul, Mohammed Asif, “Nanopowder fluidization using combined assisted fluidization techniques of particle mixing and flow pulsation”, applied sciences, 9 (3), 572 (2019) (Impact Factor 1.689).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Ebrahim H. Al-Ghurabi, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Mohammed Asif, “Effect of adding Geldart group A particles on the collapse of fluidized bed of hydrophilic nanoparticles”, Powder Technology, 330, 50-57 (2018) (Impact Factor 3.23).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Safdar Hossain, Mohammed Asif, Dynamic modeling of the isoamyl acetate reactive distillation process, Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 19 (1), 59-66 (2017) (Impact Factor 0.55).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Mohammed Asif, “Effect of particle mixing on the hydrodynamics of fluidized bed of nanoparticles”, Powder Technology, 310, 234-240 (2017) (Impact Factor 3.23).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Ebrahim H. Al-Ghurabi, Abdelhamid Ajbar, Yahya A.Mohammed, Mourad Boumaza, Mohammad Asif, Effect of Frequency on Pulsed Fluidized Beds of Ultrafine Powders Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2016, Article ID 4592501, 12 pages, 2016 (Impact Factor 2.207).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Mohammed Shahabuddin, and Mohammad Asif, “In Situ Monitoring of Dispersion Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes during Sonication Using Electrical Conductivity Measurements,” Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2015, Article ID 479053, 8 pages, 2015 (Impact Factor 2.207).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Mohammad Asif, “Bed Collapse Behavior of Pulsed Fluidized beds of Nano-powder”, Advanced Powder Technology, 25 (1), 331-337 (2014) (Impact Factor 2.943).

·   Mohammad Asif, Syed Sadiq Ali, “Bed Collapse Dynamics of Fluidized beds of Nano-powder”, Advanced Powder Technology, 24 (6), 939-946 (2013) (Impact Factor 2.943).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali, Mohammed Asif, “Fluidization of nano-powders: Effect of flow pulsation”, Powder Technology, 225, 86-92 (2012) (Impact Factor 3.23).

·   A Ajbar, Y. Bakhbakhi, S. Ali and M. Asif, “Fluidization of nano-powders: Effect of sound vibration and pre-mixing with group A particles”, Powder Technology, 206, 327–337 (2011) (Impact Factor 3.23).

·   M.A. Hakeem, Mohd. Masroor Ali, Richa Singhal and Syed Sadiq Ali, “Modeling of Non-Isothermal Batch Reactor Using Fuzzy Logic", Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 51, pp. 261-271 (2009).

·   Syed Sadiq Ali and Mohammed Asif, “Detailed bed collapse study of cohesive powder for different valve configurations", Powder Technology (Under review).

·    Syed Sadiq Ali, Effective plantwide control of reactive distillation process for biodiesel production, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. (Under study).

Conference Papers: 

·    M. Asif, Syed Sadiq Ali, Pulsed fluidization of highly porous nano-powders, 64^th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Niagara Falls. Paper No. 529, 19-22 October, 2014.

·    M. Asif, Syed Sadiq Ali, Disturbance Attenuation Using Fluidized Bed of Nanoparticles, Fundamentals and Applications 310, Prague, Czech Republic, 11–13 August 2014.

·    Syed Sadiq Ali, M. Asif, Improvement of Fluidization of Nano-particles Using Pulsated Flow, CSChE 2010 Conference Paper 449 24–27 Oct. 2010, Saskatoon, Canada.

·    II prize in Students’ Research Conference King Saud University II, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the topic, “Fluidization of Nano-Particles: Effect of Pulsed Flow”.

Professional Trainings Undertaken

v  EHY 202 Aspen HYSYS: Advanced Process Modeling Topics

v  EAP2411 Improved Process Operability and Control through Aspen Plus Dynamic Models.

v  EHY901 Multi-Stage Compressors in Aspen Hysys

v  EAP901 Dryer Optimization: Minimize Energy Demand of Belt Dryers using Aspen Plus