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  • Heat Integration using Pinch Analysis of Ammonia Plant 
    Khalid, Maqbool; Naveed, Sumiah; Mohammad, Talal (SCME,NUST, 2018)
    Around 80% of ammonia produced is being used for the manufacturing of urea-based fertilizers, however its production requires extensive amount of energy. Retrofitting of an existing ammonia plant for improving energy ...
  • Enhancing the Efficiency of Cooling Tower 
    Muhammad, Usman; Muhammad, Hamza Ashraf; Bin Zahid, Usama (SCME,NUST, 2018)
    ICI Soda Ash began its commercial production in 1944. Through various expansion projects plant’s original capacity of 18,000 tons/year has increased to 350,000 tons/year and by the end of 2018 it is expected to become a ...
  • Auxiliary Boiler Performance Evaluation and Enhancement 
    Khalid Butt, Ruhma; Ijaz, Harris; Mukhtar, Amna (SCME,NUST, 2018)
    Boilers are very important components in the industries. Usually, a fluid such as water is used to generate high pressure steam for the heating purposes. In a fertilizer plant, there is a large requirement of this ...
  • Production of Biodiesel from Algae 
    Zulfiqar, Ahmed; Azhar, Mufaddal; Karimjee, Sehr (SCME,NUST, 2015)
    Biodiesel is a diesel fuel derived from animal or plant lipids (oils and fats). With the need to reduce carbon emissions, and the dwindling reserves of crude oil, liquid fuels derived from plant material – biofuels – are ...
  • Developing a Technique for Organic Waste Composting at Engro 
    Ali, Ahsun; Ahmed, Waqas (SCME,NUST, 2016)
    Engro is currently incinerating all the waste generated from its residential colony. Due to emission of hazardous and toxic gases, an environment friendly solution is required. Composting is that alternative which not only ...
  • Design of flue gas condenser 
    Rizwan, Fatima; Mohammad, Muzammil; Afzal, Aqsa (SCME,NUST, 2018)
    Acid rain, caused by sulphur oxides in the atmosphere, and global warming, caused by high temperature emission and presence of various other oxides in the flue gases, is two of the many problems faced today. Engro Foods ...
  • Napthta Cracking to Produce Light Olefins 
    Muhammad, Ali Haider; Muhammad, Hamza Shahbaz; Javaid, Suleman (SCME,NUST, 2018)
    Light naphtha produced from the fractionation of crude oil is usually cracked to produce light olefins (Ethene, propene, Butene etc.). The demand for olefins particularly propylene is increasing day by day. This report ...
  • Designing of Haldor Topsoe Exchange Reformer for Ammonia Plant 
    Malik, Ayesha Azmat; Salahuddin, Zarar; Riasat, Usama (SCME,NUST, 2016)
    In any plant, the main objective is to increase the profit either by increasing the capacity of plant or by making the process energy efficient. In the front end of an ammonia plant, varieties of options are available for ...
  • Conversion of existing Bubble Cap Column to Packed Bed Column 
    Nadeem, Hassan; Qayum, Ali; Syed, Minhas Mehmood (SCME,NUST, 2017)
    ICI Soda Ash is the major producer of Soda Ash in the country and the absorption of ammonia into the brine is one of the major processes for the manufacturing of Soda Ash. The company is using Absorber with single Bubble ...
  • Study of Flare Gas Recovery through FRRS 
    Takreem, Alina; Maqbool, Sidra; Tariq, Zeeshan (SCME,NUST, 2017)
    Gas flaring in the petroleum industry not only causes economic losses, but is also detrimental to the immediate environment. According to various estimates, 150 billion cubic meters of gas is flared annually throughout the ...
  • Processing of Low BTU Gas 
    ABDULLAH, MUHAMMAD; SAJID, AHMAD; HASSAAN, MUHAMMAD (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel available yet geological sources of natural gas are not free of impurities which require extensive processing to be commercialized. Practical use of gas reserves with high impurities ...
  • Recycling of Industrial Waste Water, Feasible Technology and Economic Analysis 
    Akhtar, Syed Arsalan; Waheed, Baalaaj; Irfan, Muhammad Huzaifa (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    The wastewater that is contained in the equalization basin at Fatima fertilizers’ plant has the ability to be reused. The water that is being discharged to the scarp has potential to be utilized as cooling water makeup. ...
  • Manufacture of Green Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil 
    Nadeem, Kashif; Raza, Hasan; Mahmood, Hassnain (SCME-NUST, 2015)
    Renewable energy sources are the topic under consideration by researchers around the world whether it is environmentalists, economists or engineers. Biofuels from Algae, Biomass, Rice bran, Poultry feathers and many more ...
  • OPTIMIZATION OF THE PYROLYSIS PROCESS: Bio Oil Production 
    Unknown author (SCME-NUST, 2015)
    The fossil fuel reserves are exhaustible apart from the fact that they pose serious environmental and health issues like the emission of Green House Gases. Moreover, other sources of energy must be explored and exploited ...
  • Efficient Production of Hydrogen from Biomass 
    Ahmed, Moeez; Yousaf, Muhammad Usman; Mohammad, Saim (SCME-NUST, 2015)
    Hydrogen production from Biomass is under ever-increasing investigation as an environmentally clean fuel for future energy systems. Recently, due to the environmental considerations as well as the increasing demand for ...
  • Production of Methane from Anaerobic Digestion of Molasses 
    Raza, Muteeb; Munir, M. Hassaan; Ahmad, Shahroze (SCME-NUST, 2015)
    Molasses has been identified as one of the most potent sources of fermentable sugar among agri-based industrial waste. Therefore, in the wake of the current energy crisis in the country it was decided to produce methane ...
  • Industrial Scale Aluminum Sulfate Production Process from Locally Available Bauxite 
    Ansari, Fahad; Rehmani, Ibtisam Ahmad; Ali, Haseeb (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    Aluminum sulfate is a useful chemical used mainly in the water treatment process. With Pakistan being ranked the 3rd most affected country in the world by an acute water shortage, water treatment needs to be made more ...
  • Process Design and Simulation of Sulphuric Acid Plant 
    Anwar, Muhammad Ahmad; Ahmed, Muhammad Faizan; Zulfiqar, Muneeb (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    Sulphuric acid is an important chemical produced through Contact Process all over the world. Our study presents the steady state model, simulation for an industrial sulfuric acid plant. The model, implemented in Aspen-HYSYS ...
  • Use of local rock phosphate to manufacture Di-Ammonium Phosphate 
    Ali, Ch. Hasnain; Ahmad, Sharjeel; Mushtaq, Muhammad Saqlain (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    The document provides information about the work that was done on the process design of a Diammonium Phosphate Plant. With the growing economy and fast paced motion of the world towards more economically efficient and ...
  • Conversion of Ethanol to Ethylene 
    Tanweer, Ayesha; Awan, M. Shahadat; Abid, M. Sohair (SCME-NUST, 2019)
    Being a raw material for 75% of the petrochemicals, Ethylene is considered as the bedrock of chemical industry. Although its demand is increasing day by day, yet there is no industry in Pakistan producing Ethylene and ...

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