Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Saiful Alam

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801711954946
  • Email: saifulraju-pme@sust.edu, saifulraju@yahoo.com

Biography

Md. Saiful Alam graduated in Chemical Engineering & Polymer Science in 2000 from the Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh and then completed Doctor of Engineering on 'Study on Coal Gasification under CO2 Atmosphere' from Kyushu University, Japan. Dr. Alam joined in Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh in 2004 and is currently holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering.

Education

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering
  • B.Sc. Engineering in Chemical Engineering & Polymer Science

Research Interests

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Multiphase flow modeling
  • Coal/Biomass Gasification
  • Drilling Fluid Characterization
  • Petroleum Refining

Active Research Project

  • 1. Use of Aluminium Doped Bismuth Ferrite Tri-metal Composite Nanoparticles in Drilling Fluids to Reduce the Filtrate Loss, Funded by SUST Research Center.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Conversion of Plastic Waste into Liquid Fuel by Pyrolysis, Funded by SUST Research Center (2017-18).
  • 2. Biodiesel Production from Waste Palm Oil by Transesterification Process, Funded by SUST Research Center (2018-19).
  • 3. Effect of Biomass Waste on the Conversion of Mixed Plastic Wastes into Liquid Fuel, Funded by SUST Research Center (2019-20).
  • 4. Effect of Bismuth Ferrite Bi-composite Nanoparticles on Rheological and Filtration Properties of Drilling Fluids, Funded by SUST Research Center (2022-23)

External Affiliations

  • Life member of Bangladesh Chemical Society
  • Member of Society of Chemical Engineering Japan

Journal Publications

  • 1. Rheology and lubricity characteristics study at different temperatures using synthesized SnO2 nanoparticles in KCl free bentonite water base mud, Petroleum Research, 2023.
  • 2. An investigation of the effects of synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles on the properties of water-based drilling fluid, Petroleum Research, 2021.
  • 3. Study on rheology and filtration properties of field used mud using iron (III) oxide nanoparticles, Upstream Oil and Gas Technology, Volume 7, 2021.
  • 4. Experimental analysis of drilling fluid prepared by mixing iron (III) oxide nanoparticles with a KCl–Glycol–PHPA polymer-based mud used in drilling operation. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 10(8), 3389-3397, 2020
  • 5. Bioreactors-Design and Industrial Applications in Mitigation of GHG Emissions (Chapter 5 - Conversion of biomass into biofuel: A cutting-edge technology), Elsevier Publisher, 2020, Pages 55-74.
  • 6. Experimental analysis of drilling fluid prepared by mixing iron (III) oxide nanoparticles with a KCl–Glycol–PHPA polymer-based mud used in drilling operation, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 10, 3389-3397, 2020
  • 7. Single Well Simulation Study of a Gas Well under Active Water Drive, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume: 06 Issue: 12, pp. 1861-1865, 2019.
  • 8. Sensitivity analysis of coal gasification in two-stage entrained-flow gasifier: syngas and carbon conversion prediction. Journal of Thermal Engineering, 3(6), 1574-1587, 2017
  • 9. Study on coal gasification with soot formation in two-stage entrained-flow gasifier, International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, vol 6(3), pp. 255-265, 2016.
  • 10. Numerical Simulation of Entrained-flow Coal Gasification: A Study on Particles History, Journal of Energy Environment and Carbon Credits, 6(3): pp. 9–18, 2016
  • 11. Effect of variation in LPG composition on heating value using Aspen HYSYS, Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology, vol 5(1), pp. 51-57, 2015.
  • 12. Combustibility of biochar injected into the raceway of a blast furnace, Fuel processing technology, vol 117, pp. 53-59, 2014
  • 13. Numerical Study on Pulverized Biochar Injection in Blast Furnace, ISIJ International, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 1521–1529, 2014.
  • 14. Optimized combustion of biomass volatiles by varying O2 and CO2 levels: A numerical simulation using a highly detailed soot formation reaction mechanism, Bioresources Technology, vol. 110, pp. 645-651, 2012.
  • 15. Numerical investigation of syngas production from coal gasification under various CO2/O2 Mixtures, Canadian Journal on Computing in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, vol 3, No 4, pp. 88-97, 2012.
  • 16. Numerical investigation on combustion of coal volatiles under various O2/CO2 mixtures using a detailed mechanism with soot formation, Fuel, vol. 93, pp. 670-676, 2011.
  • 17. A Reduced mechanism for primary reactions of coal volatiles in a plug flow reactor, Combustion Theory and Modelling, vol 14, No. 6 , pp 841-853, 2010.
  • 18. Detailed reaction mechanisms of coal volatile combustion: Comparison between without soot and soot models, Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences (ISSN: 1884-6300), Vol. 2, pp. 17-20, 2010.
  • 19. Predictions of O2/N2 and O2/CO2 mixture effects during coal combustion using probability density function, Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences(ISSN: 1884-6300), Vol. 2, pp. 21-25, 2010.
  • 20. Use of biomass wastes for the adsorption of cromium (VI), Bangladesh J. of Environmental Science, Vol 12, No. 1, pp 40-43, 2006

Conference

  • 1. Impact of Bismuth Ferrite Bi-Composite Nanoparticles on Rheological and Filtration Properties of Drilling Fluids, International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (ICERIE 2023), 12-14 January, 2023, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 2. Effect of Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3) Nanoparticles on Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Class G Oil Well Cement, International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE) 2023, 20-21 December 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 3. Rheological Model Identification of High Viscous Bentonite Water-Based Drilling Fluid Prepared with Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticles., International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (ICERIE 2021), 26-28 February, 2021, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 4. Effect of Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticles without Sonication on Properties of High Viscous Bentonite Water Base Mud, International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE) 2020, 19-21 December, 2020, Khulna, Bangladesh.
  • 5. Identification of Rheological Model for KCl-Glycol-PHPA Mud Blended with Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticles. The International Conference on Materials, Energy, Environment and Engineering (ICMEEE) 2020, 29-30 November, Jessore, Bangladesh.
  • 6. Study on the characteristics of soybean oil biodiesel-diesel fuel blend. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education ICERIE 2019, 25-27 January, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 7. Production of liquid fuel from various types of waste plastic by thermal pyrolysis. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education ICERIE 2019, 25-27 January, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 8. Effect of Nanoparticles on Filtration Loss Control of Drilling Fluids – A Review. International Conference on Petroleum Engineering (ICPE), 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 9. A comprehensive study of fatty acid methyl ester produced from used soyabean oil by transesterification process. In International Conference on Energy and Environment, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh, 28-29 September, 2018.
  • 10. Synthesis of plastic oil from low density polythylene by pyrolysis. In International Conference on Energy and Environment, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh, 28-29 September, 2018.
  • 11. Numerical study of coal particle behavior during coal gasification in an air-blown two-stage coal gasifier (2013), 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Toronto, Canada, Paper No. 143, 8-9 August 2013.
  • 12. Numerical study on combustibility of biochar in raceway, Symposium on Green Energy and Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-14 December 2013.
  • 13. Bio-char Injection for Ironmaking Blast Furnace, 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, Singapore, February 21-24, 2012 pp 159-160.
  • 14. Biochar Combustion in Blast Furnace Ironmaking, The Energy and Materials Research Conference - EMR2012, Torremolinos (Spain), 20-22 June 2012, pp 56.
  • 15. Investigation of brown coal char-CO2 gasification in a laboratory scale drop tube furnace, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. No 128a, 2012, October 28-November 2, 2012.
  • 16. Numerical investigation of particle properties on coal gasification under CO2 atmosphere, Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education 2011, pp. 1011-1016, 11-13 January, 2011,, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 17. Syngas prediction from coal gasification with CO2 rich gas mixtures, 7th International Symposium on Coal Combustion (7thISCC), Harbin, China, July 17 – 20, 2011 (Book pages 1103-1108 in Cleaner Combustion and Sustainable World published by Springer 2013).
  • 18. Gasification reaction rate analysis of O2/CO2 coal combustion, 6th International Symposium on Novel Carbon Resource Sciences: Aiming toward low-carbon Society, No. O-11, Fukuoka, Japan, November, 2010.
  • 19. Numerical predictions of syngas from mild combustion of pulverized coal, 2nd International Symposium on Gasification and Its Application (ISGA 2010), No. 88, December 5-8, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • 20. Sensituvity analysis of primary reactions of coal volatiles in a plug flow reactor, 3rd International Symposium on Novel Carbon Resource Sciences: Advanced Materials, Processes and Systems toward CO2 Mitigation, pp. 298-305, Fukuoka, Japan, November, 2009.
  • 21. Soot formation on primary reactions of coal volatiles in a Plug Flow Reactor, Proceedings of Fourth International Symposium on Novel Carbon Resource Sciences: Environmental Science and Technology, pp. 155-162, Shanghai, China, December, 2009.

Teaching

  • Thermodynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Natural Gas Engineering
  • Petroleum Refining
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Transmission and Distribution of Natural Gas
  • Oil Field Chemistry

Awards & Recognition

  • Researcher: (May, 2009 – March, 2010), G-COE Novel Carbon Resource Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
  • Research Assistant: (April, 2010 – March, 2012), G-COE Novel Carbon Resource Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
  • JSPS Young Scientist Research Fellow: (April, 2012 – September, 2013), Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan.
  • JSPS Post Doctoral Fellow: (October, 2013 – December, 2013), Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan.

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. M.Sc. (Engg.) on Filtration and Rheological Properties of Drilling Fluid Prepared by Mixing Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticles in Various Types of Water Base Mud System. (Nayem Ahmed, Session: 2017-18)