مؤتمر الهندسة الكيميائية األردني الدولي السادس THE SIXTH JORDAN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 12th-14th March 2012 Holiday Inn Hotel, Amman Conference Program Day one – Monday, 12th March 2012 INAUGURATION Registration 10:00 – 11:00 Opening Ceremony Under the Patronage of H.E. The Prime Minister Royal Anthem Holy Quran Organizing Committee Chairman Speech Head of Chemical Engineering Division Speech President of Jordan Engineers Association Speech Patron's Speech Exhibition Opening 11:00-11:30 Welcome Coffee Break Keynote lectures 11:30-12:15 Development of new catalyst-solvent systems for liquid phase heterogeneously catalyzed reactions Christopher Hardacre School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/CenTACat, Queen’s University, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK E-mail: c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk Day one – Monday, 12th March 2012 12:30 –12:50 12:50 –13:10 13:10–13:30 13:30-14:00 Room A Room B Session 1: Reaction and Catalysis I Session 2: Environmental Engineering: Applications, Legislations and Management I Muzher Ibrahem, Abbas Kanoosh, Saba Ghani Removal of Heavy Metals (copper, manganese and zinc) from Industrial Wastewater of Baiji Refinery By Granular Activated Carbon Benaïssa Houcine, Boumediene Maamar, Beatrice George, Andre Merlin, Jehad Abu-Dahrieha, David Rooney Stephane Molina Comparison of Gold-Based and Copper-Based Catalysts for the Influence of pH on methylene blue sorption kinetics from Low Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction and Methanol aqueous solutions using orange peels as a low-cost sorbent: Synthesis experimental and modeling studies and attempts of desorption Benaïssa Houcine, Boumediene Maamar, Andre Merlin, Stephane Molina, Jehad Abu-Dahrieha, David Rooney Beatrice George Dimethyl Ether (DME) Synthesis Preliminary study on copper ions removal from synthetic aqueous solutions using hard almond peels as a low-cost sorbent material Ahmed Alfatesh Effect of Mn Promoter on Ni-based Catalysts Supported on Al2O3 Coffee Break 15:00 –15:20 15:20–15:40 15:40–16:00 Room A Room B Session 3: Reaction and Catalysis II Session 4: Environmental Engineering: Applications, Legislations and Management II Saba Ghani, Mohamed Al Sarag, Ghassan Abdull Razaq, Sumaya ASe'ed Methane Decomposition Over Activated carbon - Deactivation Study Saba Ghani, Walid Jada' Ultra deep Hydrotreatment of Iraqi Vacuum Gas Oil Using Modified Catalyst Intisar Aljumiliy, Farah Al-Sudani , Zaidoon Muhsen Three - Way- Catalyst- Monolith Converters (Pt- Loaded) for Gasoline Engine: ExperimentalStudy and Modeling Khalid Aref, Ala'a Almuhtaseb, Jukka Seppäläb Synthesis of poly(fluorinated styrene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) amphiphilic copolymers via ATRP: Potential application as paper coating materials Maha Abdelkreem, Dalal Husein Removal of strontium from aqueous solutions by adsorption J. Hartmann, O. Gravenhorst Solar-photocatalysis for removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) in water Ahmad Mashal, Jehad Abu-Daherieh, Mohammad Ahmad,Farid Aiouache and David Rooney Fenton's catalytic oxidation process to treat landfill leachate Lunch -- Day Two – Tuesday, 13th March 2012 09:00–09:20 09:20–09:40 09:40–10:00 10:00–10:20 10:20–10:50 Room A Room B Session 5: Thermodynamics, Physical Properties and Their Correlation I Session 6: Environmental Engineering: Applications, Legislations and Management III Khalid Al-Jiboury Extraction Of Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Petroleum Products Using Sulfolane As Industrial Solvent Ali Al-Matar; and Shuruq Shawish Influence of cosolvents on the solubility of cholesterol in supercritical carbon dioxide Ali Al-Matar, Ahmad Tobgy, and Majdi Al-Faiad Self Diffusion Coefficient of Lennard-Jones Fluid Using Temperature Dependent Interaction Parameters At different pressures Ahmad Mashal, Jehad Abu-Daherieh, William Graham, Colin Kelsey, Mohammad Ahmad, Farid Aiouache and David Rooney Landfill Leachate Treatment using Plasma-Fenton’s Process Mohameed Abid, Orooba Abdullah, Kamal Alzaka, Hiba Abdullah Comparative Study For CWO Process Of Phenols in Falling Film and Back mix Reactors Florin Oprea, Elena Fendu, Marilena Nicolae New Processes for the Treatment of the Used Alkaline Solution from Merox and Exomer Plant Sarab Mohammed, Mahmoud Abdullah, Sarmad Najim, Shahad Atta Prediction and correlations of residual entropy of superheated Carbonation وRecarbonation تأثير المعالجة بعمليتي vapor for pure compounds على نوعية مياه الشرب المجهزة بوساطة انابيب شبكة التوزيع المحلية في مدينة بغداد Coffee break 10:50–11:10 11:10–11:30 11:30–11:50 11:50–12:10 12:10–12:20 Room A Room B Session 7: Thermodynamics, Physical Properties and Their Correlation II Session 8: Environmental Engineering: Applications, Legislations and Management IV Emad Hashim Mohammad Qasaimeh Pure Alkenes Viscosity-Temperature Correlation Depending on Characteristics of Floc: Interplay between Retention Aid and Pure Component Carbon Number Hydrodynamic Forces Effects in Fines Flocculation Mohammed Ajrash , Mahmod Abdallah Evaluation and prediction of latent heat of vaporization at various temperatures for pure component Dhuha Ismayyir and Lamyaa Dawood Assessment of gasoline major quality parameters -- Sihem Gouasmia Protection of water resources in international law Khaled Alnobani Integrated Hazardous Waste Management and Engineering Falak Abas The use of techniques in the management of waste plastic by reuse it in the asphalt mix break 12:20–12:40 12:40–13:00 13:00–13:20 13:20–13:40 13:40-14:10 Room A Room B Session 9: Process Modeling, Simulation and Control Session 10: Membranes: Theory, Applications and Implications I Ghanim Alwan, Farooq Mehdi, Murtadha Murtadha Rasha Hajarat, Alec James pH control of a wastewater treatment unit using LabVIEW and Effect of pH on separating ions from brackish water using genetic algorithm nanofiltration membrane Ghanim Alwan,Farooq Mehdi, Murtadha Murtadha Rasha Hajarat, Alec James Improving of pH control for a wastewater treatment unit using Modeling transport of salts through ceramic Nanofiltration genetic algorithm membranes Rasha Saffarini, Hassan Arafat, Rinku Thomas Karima Marogi, Derar Abd Al Karieem Influence of Pore Structure on Membrane Wettability in Implementation of Neural Control for Neutralizations Process Membrane Distillation Sanaa Pirani, Lakshmi Natarajan, Zeina Abbas, Hassan Arafat Mustafa Mustafa, J. A. Wilson Life Cycle Assessment of Membrane Bioreactor Versus CAS Application of Reinforcement Learning to Batch Distillation Wastewater Treatment Coffee break 14:10–14:30 14:30–14:50 14:50–15:10 15:10–15:30 Room A Room B Session 11: Pharmaceutical, Food and Biotechnology Engineering Session 12: Membranes: Theory, Applications and Implications II Katharina Germer, Bertram Wolf, Thomas Rockmann Fekri Ali, Sajjad Haider, Waheed Al-Masry, Yousef Al-Zeghayer Efficiency increase by transfer of a two-step process to a one-pot Fabrication of Chitosan Nanofibers Membrane and its fluid bed granulation Treatment Florian Priese, Bertram Wolf Qusay Alsalhy, Najat Saleh, Nisreen Ali Preparation of multi-particulate drug delivery systems by fluid Effects of osmotic agent concentration and type on the bed pellet coating performance of osmotic membrane distillation Aiman Al-Rawajfeh Susann Weinholz, Magdalena Wassermann, Christiana Cordes Prevention of scale deposits in desalination: pre-treatment of Viability tests for granulated microorganisms feed seawater by salts precipitation Assia Merzoug, Mohamed Messaadia, Hocine Merazig, Hocine merazig -Selenium plasma levels in a healthy population in Algeria Lunch Day Three – Wednesday, 14th March 2012 09:00–09:20 09:20–09:40 09:40–10:00 10:00–10:20 10:20–10:50 Room A Room B Session 13: Materials Engineering: Corrosion, polymers, nanotechnology I Session 14: Energy: Sources, Conversion, Systems and Optimization I Salam Swadi, Eman Othman Zayed Al-Hamamre Effect of bioceramic coatings on corrosion behavior for medical Biodiesel Production from Olive Cake Oil alloys used in orthopedics and dental applications Khalid Farhod Satyanrayanreddy Y. and Lyyaswami Regupathi The Effect of Heat and Mass Transfer on the Corrosion of Iron Microwave assisted batch and continuous transesterification of in Water Containing Sodium Chloride Karanja oil: optimization of process parameters Fadi Hanna, Mumtaz Zablouk, A. A. Kendoush Basim Hasan, Marwa Abdul-Jabbar Direct-Contact Heat Exchanger with Phase Change: Theoretical Cathodic protection of carbon steel in 0.1N NaCl solution and Expression for Heat Transfer Coefficient and Volumetric Heat the effect of flow velocity Transfer Coefficient of a Two-Phase Bubble Vldimir Saranchin Mumtaz Zablouk,Fadi Hanna,M. Hayek Production and study of cerium trifluoride single crystals for Experimental investigation of direct-contact heat transfer in isoionizing radiation detectors pentane/water Coffee break Room A Room B Session 15: Materials Engineering: Corrosion, polymers, Session 16: Energy: Sources, Conversion, Systems and Optimization II nanotechnology II 10:50–11:10 11:10–11:30 Alaa Aladdin, Salah Aldeen Taha Fabrication Al203 Nanopowder and study some of physical properties Ali Al-Mosawi, Mustafa Rijab , Naser Alwash , Ali Salaman Fire retardancy characteristics of polymeric composite materials 11:30–11:50 Rund Abu-Zurayk, Eileen Harkin-Jones The effect of processing route on structure and properties of HDPE/Clay nanocomposites 11:50–12:10 Ahmed Abdala Polymer graphene nanocomposites 12:10–12:20 Sadeq Emeish Energy Savings in Cement Industries Fahimah Halim, Umi Azmah Hasran, Mohd Shahbudin Study On A Passive Vapor Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cell With High Methanol Concentration Omar Al-Ayed Study of the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Thermal Decomposition of Ellajjun Oil Shale Florin Oprea, Elena Fendu, Marilena Nicolae Propenoxide Plant Energy Integration break Room A Room B Session 17 12:20–12:40 12:40–13:00 13:00–13:20 13:20–14:00 14:00–15:30 Mohammad A. Aliedeh and Nabeel A. Jarrah Application of full factorial design to optimize phosphogypsum beneficiation process (P2O5 Reduction) by using sulphuric and nitric acid solutions Motasem Saidan, Khaled Rawajfeh, Manar Fayyad Investigation of factors affecting THMs formation in drinking water Randa Tuffaha. Mustafa Al Kuisi,. Refaat Bani Khalaf, Lama Saleh Baseline determination of gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and petroleum derivatives (BTEX) in water resources Coffee break Closing