Reducing environmental footprint, energy consumption and resources in industrial wastes, water and greenhouse gas emissions

Novel materials for acid gas/ syngas cleanup and CO2 separation & purification

Physisorption/ Chemisorption, Surface analysis and Kinetic study

S. Rezaei, A. M. Avila, S. M. Kuznicki, Chemisorption of H₂S on Copper-ETS-2 packed-column: experiment and modeling,(Accepted for publication by J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2018). 

S. Rezaei, S. M. Kuznicki, Adsorption of Cu2+ Ions from Aqueous Solutions on Nano-titanate ETS-2, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2018 18(5), 3619.

S. Rezaei, F. Liu, S. Marcuson, M. Muinonen, V. L. Lakshmanan, R. Sridhar, and M. Barati,Canadian Pyrrhotite Treatment: The History, Inventory and Potential for Tailings Processing, Can. Metall. Quart., 2017, 1.

S. Rezaei, M. O. D. Jarligo, L. Wu, S. M. Kuznicki, Breakthrough Performances of Metal-exchanged Nanotitanate ETS-2 Adsorbents for Room Temperature Desulfurization, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015 (123), 444.

F. Yazdanbakhsh, M. Bläsing, J. A. Sawada, S. Rezaei, M. Müller, S. Baumann, S. M. Kuznicki, Copper Exchanged Nanotitanate for High Temperature H₂S Adsorption, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2014, 53, 11734.

B. Tanchuk, J. A. Sawada, S. Rezaei, S. M. Kuznicki, Adsorptive Drying of CO₂ Using Low Grade Heat and Humid, Ambient Air, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2013, 120(13), 354. 

S. Rezaei, M. Shahrokhi, Robust Controller Design for Discrete Unstable Non-minimum-phase Delayed Stochastic Processes, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 2013, 11(5), 893.

S. Rezaei, A. Tavana, J. A. Sawada, L. Wu, A. S. M. Junaid, S. M. Kuznicki, A Novel Copper-exchanged Titanosilicate Adsorbent for Low Temperature H₂S Removal, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2012, 51 (38), 12430.

Selected Project Reports andPresentations:

S. Rezaei, F. Liu, S. Marcuson, M. Muinonen,V. L. Lakshmanan, R. Sridhar, and M. Barati, Canadian Pyrrhotite Treatment: The History, Inventory and Potential for Tailings Processing, COM2017, Vancouver, Canada, August 2017.

S. Rezaei, M. Geramian, T. H. Etsell, Effect of Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of Mature Fine Tailings on its Settling Behavior and Consolidation, CMSC, Hamilton, Canada, June 2016.

S. Rezaei, A. M. Avila, S. M. Kuznicki, Chemisorption of H₂S on Copper-ETS-2: Experiment and Modeling, AIChE Meeting, Atlanta, US, November 2014.

S. Rezaei, A. M. Avila, S. M. Kuznicki, H₂S Breakthrough Performance with a Copper-ETS-2 Packed-bed: Experiment and Modeling, 64^th CSCHE Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, October 2014 and 4^th HAI-E&E Science Forum, Edmonton, Canada, September 2014.

S. Rezaei, M. O. D. Jarligo, L. Wu, S. M.Kuznicki, Breakthrough Performances of Metal-exchanged Nanotitanate ETS-2 Adsorbents for Room Temperature Desulfurization, 4^th HAI-E&E Science Forum, Edmonton, Canada, September 2014.

S. Rezaei, L. Wu, S. M. Kuznicki, Comparison of Metal Exchanged Forms of Nanotitanate ETS-2 Adsorbents for Room Temperature Desulfurization, 3^rd HAI Science Forum, Edmonton, Canada, September 2013.

S. Rezaei, L. Wu, S. M. Kuznicki,Introducing a State-of-Art Adsorbent for H₂S Removal, 2^nd HAI Science Forum, Potsdam, Germany, September 2012.

S. Rezaei, B. Tanchuk, J. A. Sawada, S. M.Kuznicki, Novel Low Energy Input Regenerable Desiccants for the Drying of Carbon Dioxide Streams, 62^nd CSCHE Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2012 and OilSands Conference, Edmonton, Canada, August 2012.

S. Rezaei, A Novel Copper-exchanged Titanosilicate Adsorbent for Low Temperature H₂S Removal, 3^rd HAI Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, May 2012.

S. Rezaei, J. A. Sawada, S. M. Kuznicki, A New Titanosilicate-Based Adsorbent for High Temperature H₂S Removal, 3^rd HAI Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, May 2012.

S. Rezaei, Effect of Calcination Temperature on Cu-ETS-2 for H₂S Adsorption, HAI Science Forum, Edmonton, Canada, September 2011.

S. Rezaei, M. Shahrokhi, “Comparison between proposed methods on control of unstable delayed system”, 12^th Iranian Chemical Engineering Congress” Tabriz, Iran, Fall 2008.