BOOK CHAPTERS
Khalil, Y. F. (2009). Risk assessment and safety analysis for nuclear power reactors,
Chapter 16, In: Nuclear Engineering Handbook, ISBN/ISSN 1420053906, Taylor &
Francis, CRC Press.
SELECTED REFEREED JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS OF PEER-REVIEWED
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Boo, C., Khalil, Y.F., and Elimelech, M. (2015). Performance evaluation of
trimethylamine– carbon dioxide thermolytic draw solution for engineered
osmosis. J. Membrane Science, 473, 302-309.
2. Khalil, Y.F. (2014). Dust cloud combustion characterization of a mixture of LiBH4
destabilized with MgH2 for reversible H2 storage in mobile applications
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, 16347-16361.
3. Khalil, Y.F. (2014). Risk quantification of hydride-based hydrogen storage
systems for light-duty vehicles. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process
Industries (in press).
4. Khalil, Y.F., (2013). Experimental determination of dust cloud deflagration
parameters of selected hydrogen storage materials: Complex metal hydrides,
chemical hydrides, and adsorbents. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process
Industries, 26 (1), 96–103.
5. Khalil, Y.F., et al., (2013). Experimental and theoretical investigations for
mitigating NaAlH4 reactivity risks during postulated accident scenarios involving
exposure to air or water. Journal of Process Safety and Environmental
Protection, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), 91, 463-475.
6. Khalil, Y.F., (2013). Experimental investigation of the complex deflagration
phenomena of hybrid mixtures of activated carbon dust/hydrogen/air. Journal of
Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 26 (1), 1027-1038.
7. Khalil, Y.F., et al. (2011, May 9-13). Quantifying and addressing the DOE
material reactivity requirements with analysis and testing of hydrogen storage
materials and systems. DOE Hydrogen Program, Annual Merit Review (AMR)
and Peer Evaluation, Arlington, VA.
8. Khalil, Y.F. (2011). Risk mitigation tests for selected hydrogen storage in solidstate media. The International Energy Agency (IEA), Task 31 (Hydrogen Safety)
meeting, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
9. Khalil, Y. F. (2011, April 13-15). Risk mitigation of hydrogen storage in solid-state
media. 2011 International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
10. Khalil, Y.F. and Rafinejad, D. (2011, March 28). Energy sustainability: criteria,
eco-system designs and environmental impact assessment. Invited Paper, H.
Manchester College, Oxford University, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD, UK.
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11. Khalil, Y.F. and Mendelsohn, R. (2011, March 29). Economic viability of green
electricity generation from wind farms. Invited Paper, H. Manchester College,
Oxford University, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD, UK.
12. Khalil, Y.F., et al. (2010, November 7-12). Potential diffusion-based failure modes
of hydrogen storage vessels for on-board vehicular use. Proceedings of the
AIChE Conference, Hydrogen Storage System Engineering and Applications –
Risk Reduction Session, Salt Lake City, UT.
13. Khalil, Y.F. (2010, October 4-6). Selected risk mitigation tests and failure
mechanisms of on-board vehicle hydrogen storage systems. Invited
Presentation, Hydrogen Safety Task 19, International Energy Agency, Rome,
Italy.
14. Khalil, Y.F. (2010, October 4-6). Analysis of selected failure mechanisms of onboard vehicle hydrogen storage systems. Invited paper, Proceedings of the
International Energy Agency (IEA), Rome, Italy.
15. Khalil, Y.F., et al. (2010, July 4-8). Adverse reactivity effects and risk mitigation
methods for candidate hydrogen storage materials. Proceedings of the 1st
International Conference on Materials for Energy, Karlsruhe, Germany.
16. Khalil, Y.F. and Modarres, M. (2010, July 4-8). Safety importance measures for
conceptual baseline designs of an on-board reversible hydrogen storage system.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Materials for Energy,
Karlsruhe, Germany.
17. Khalil, Y.F. and Mosher, D.A. (2009, September 16-18). Risk quantification of
hydride based hydrogen storage systems for automotive applications.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS),
Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
18. Khalil, Y.F. and Mosher, D.A. (2008, September 7-11). Probabilistic treatment of
expert judgment on aleatory and epistemic uncertainties associated with onboard vehicle hydrogen storage systems. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment, PSA08, Knoxville, TN, USA.
19. Khalil, Y.F. and Cerbino. A.L. (2007, October 23-24). “Simultaneous removal of
SO2 and CO2 from flue gases at large coal-fired stationary sources. OLI’s 24th
Chemical Engineering Simulation Conference, Hyatt Hotel, Morristown, NJ, USA.
20. Khalil, Y.F. and Rostkowski, K.H. (2006, July 17-20). Nuclear-driven copperbased hybrid thermo/electro chemical cycle for hydrogen production. Paper #
ICONE14-89691, Proceedings the 14th ASME International Conference on
Nuclear Engineering, Miami, FL, USA.
21. Khalil, Y.F., Elimelech, M. and McGinnis, R. (2006, July 17-20). A novel, safe,
and environmentally friendly technology for water production through recovery of
rejected thermal energy from nuclear power plants. Paper # ICONE14-89663,
Proceedings the 14th ASME International Conference on Nuclear Engineering,
Miami, FL, USA.
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22. Khalil, Y.F. and Johnson, K.M. (2004, April 25-29). Industry-specific risk models
for numerical scoring of hazards and prioritization of safety measures.
Proceedings of the 12th ASME International Conference, Paper # ICONE1249283, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
23. Khalil, Y.F., et al. (2002, April 14-18). History of fire events in the U.S.
commercial nuclear industry. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on
Nuclear Engineering, Paper # ICONE10-22587, Arlington, VA, USA.
24. Khalil, Y. F., et al. (2002, April 14-18). Modeling characteristics of an operational
probabilistic safety assessment (PSA). Proceedings of the 10th International
Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Paper # ICONE10-22010, Arlington, VA,
USA.
25. Rosner, D.E. and Khalil, Y.F. (2000). Particle morphology and Knudsen transition
effects on the thermophoretically dominated total mass deposition rates from
coagulation-aged aerosol population. J. Aerosol Science, 31 (3), 273-292.
26. Khalil, Y.F. (2000, April 2-6). Risk-informing the management of nuclear assets.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE8), Baltimore, MD, USA.
27. Khalil, Y.F. and Rosner, D.E. (1998, May 10-15). Knudnsen transition effects on
nuclear aerosol mass deposition rates by convective-Brownian diffusion from
self-preserving log-normal size distribution. Proceedings of the Sixth International
Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-6), San Diego, California, USA.
28. Khalil, Y.F. and Rosner, D.E. (1998, May 10-15). Knudnsen transition effects on
nuclear aerosol mass deposition rates by the mechanism of particle
thermophorsis from self-preserving log-normal size distribution. Proceedings of
the Sixth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-6), San
Diego, California, USA.
29. Khalil, Y.F. and D.E. Rosner, D.E. (1997, November 16-20). Effects of fractal
aggregates morphology on nuclear aerosol deposition rates. Twelfth Proceedings
of Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Sponsored by the Thermal Hydraulics Division of
the American Nuclear Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
30. Khalil, Y.F. and D.E. Rosner, D.E. (1996, December). Erosion rate prediction
technique for ceramic surfaces exposed to high speed flows of abrasive
suspensions. Wear Journal, 201(1-2), 64-79.
31. Khalil, Y.F. and Radzicki, M.J. (1996, July 22-25). The dynamics of the zero
emission vehicle industry. The Fourteenth International Conference of the System
Dynamics Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
32. Rosner, D.E., Khalil, Y.F., and Tandon, P. (1996, July 14-18). Prediction/correlation
of erosion rates and shape evolution for ceramic surfaces exposed to fLows of
abrasive suspensions. Paper #112e, Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of
Chemical Engineering, Vol. IV, pp. 1013-1018, San Diego, CA.
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33. Rosner, D.E., Tandon, P. and Khalil, Y.F. (1995, November). Erosion rate
predictions for ceramic cylinder exposed to abrasive suspensions. Proceedings of
the AIChE 1995 Conference, Miami, FL.
34. Khalil, Y.F. and Schneider, R.E., (1995, August 5-9). CE/Bechtel-design
containment response to severe accident phenomenology: A comparison among
several Combustion Engineering plants. AIChE Proceedings, National Heat
Transfer Conference, Portland, Oregon.
35. Khalil, Y.F. and J. C. Raines, J.C. (1994, April 11-15). Severe accident
management tools at Northeast Utilities. XI International Simulators Conference, the
Society for Computer Simulation SCS, 26(3), 163-165, La Jolla, California.
36. Khalil, Y.F. and Jondle, D.D. (1993, November). Severity of radionuclide releases: A
comparative study of Mark-I containments. Transactions of the American Nuclear
Society (ANS), 69, 287-289.
37. Khalil, Y.F. et al. (1993, June 8-10). MARS - An accident management tool.
Proceedings of the Specialist Meeting on Operator Aids for Severe Accidents
Management and Training, Organized by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in
Collaboration with OECD Halden Reactor Project, pp. 164-174, Halden, Norway.
38. Khalil, Y.F. and D. A. Dube, D.A. (1993, January 26-29). Mark-I containment
performance improvements and their impact on source term releases. Proceedings
of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment International Topical Meeting, Vol. 1, pp.
389-401, Clearwater Beach, Florida.
39. Khalil, Y.F., Anderson, T.F., and Lfvland, J. (1990, August 26-31). Improved
temperature dependence for the attractive term in the Peng-Robinson equation of
state. Proceedings of the 200th American Chemical Society National Conference,
Washington, D.C.
40. Khalil, Y.F. and D. E. Vanover, D.E. (1991, July 24-26). Wetwell venting: MAAP
analyses and other thermal hydraulic treatment. Proceedings of the Modular
Accident Analysis Conference, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Canada.
41. Khalil, Y.F. and J. R. Gabor, J.R. (1990, November 15-16). MAAP code predictions
of in-vessel thermal hydraulics in boiling water reactors. MAAP Thermal-Hydraulic
Qualifications and Guidelines for Plant Applications, Conference Sponsored by the
Electric Power Research institute EPRI, Houston, Texas.
42. Khalil, Y.F. and D. A. Dube, D.A. (1988, June). Success criteria for containment
heat removal systems. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol.56.
43. Dube, D.A. and Khalil, Y.F. (1988). Assessment of containment spray designs for
station blackout mitigation. NUREG/CP-0095, SAND88-1836, pp.591-604.
44. Khalil, Y.F. (1988, March 27-30). Utilization of neutron activation analysis in
assessing inorganic elements concentration of different coals and chars.
Proceedings of the 9th Rocky Mountain ACS Regional Meeting, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
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45. Khalil, Y.F. (1988, March 27-30). Measured versus predicted tar yields from
pyrolysis of lignites and low rank coals. Proceedings of the 9th Rocky Mountain ACS
Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
46. Khalil, Y.F. and Kazimi, M.S. (1987, November). Importance of the virtual mass
force in accelerating steam/water mixtures. Transactions of the American Nuclear
Society, 55.
47. Khalil, Y.F., Stewart, W.A., and Driscoll, M.J. (1987, April). Waste disposal aspects
of the integral fast reactor (IFR) concept. Report Prepared for the Argonne National
Laboratory under DOE/University Technology Funding, MIT/NPI-TR-010.
48. Khalil, Y.F. (1987, November 8-11). Prediction of pyrolysis kinetic parameters of
lignites under various experimental conditions. Proceedings of the 17th Northeast
ACS Regional Conference, Rochester, New York.
49. Khalil, Y.F. (1987, November 8-11). Mechanism of catalyst deactivation by metal
deposition. Proceedings of the 17th Northeast ACS Regional Conference,
Rochester, New York.
50. Khalil, Y.F. (1987, November 8-11). Empirical one-step approximation to the
multiple parallel reactions model of coal pyrolysis. Proceedings of the 17th Northeast
ACS Regional Conference, Rochester, New York.
51. Khalil, Y.F., et al. (1986, February). Plastic behavior of coal under rapid heating high
temperature conditions. Fuel Journal, 65, 195-201.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
1. Khalil, Y. F., et al. (2008). Low power and shutdown PRA methodology. ANSI/ANS58.22-2008, American National Standard.
2. Khalil, Y. F., et al. (2005, November). Frequency determination methods for cascading
grid events: PRA Grid-LOOP modeling for the nuclear industry. Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI), Final Report # TR-1011759, Palo Alto, CA.
3. Khalil, Y. F., et al. (2004, December). Development of PRA qualification and curriculum
project plan. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Final Report # TR-1011413,
Palo Alto, CA.
4. Khalil, Y. F. (1996, August). Emerging issues under a competitive electricity generation
market. Yale School of Management (SOM), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
5. Khalil, Y. F. (1987, March). Devolatization kinetics of low rank coals and lignites. U.S.
Library of Congress, Copyright No. TXU-275-207, Washington, D.C.
6. Khalil, Y. F. (1987, June). A nucleation/ growth model describing surface coverage
by metal deposition. U.S. Library of Congress, Copyright No. TXU-286-181,
Washington, D.C.
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7. Khalil, Y. F. (1987, June). Preferential horizontal growth during atom deposition on a
metal surface. U.S. Library of Congress, Copyright No. TXU-286-599, Washington,
D.C.
8. Khalil, Y. F. and M. A. Ensio, M.A. (1985, February). Low-temperature cure zinc-rich
organic coating. Homer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
Bethlehem, PA.
9. Khalil, Y. F., et al. (1985, May). Reduction of Total Suspended Solids and free Cyanide
in the Bio-Oxidation Effluent. Homer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Bethlehem, PA.
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