Dr. Azhar Uddin
Positions
Research Associate
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Postdoctoral Asosciate
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Contact information
Location
Office: EEEL417
Background
Educational Background
PhD Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 2019
MSc Thermofluids Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals , 2012
B.E Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, 2008
Biography
Dr. Azhar Uddin is a research associate at the Energy and Environmental Research Group at the University of Calgary. He works on developing hydrogen and carbon capture and utilization technologies (direct air capture, post-combustion CO2 capture) and improving their technology readiness level (TRL).
Earlier he was Mitacs Industrial Postdoctoral Associate in the same research group. His work involved designing a novel dual-spinning disc reactor (DSDR) concept for biomass conversion to produce bio-oil and upgrading.
Azhar earned his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University (2008) and
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (2011) respectively. He has a Dual Ph.D. in
Energy Engineering (Politecnico do Torino, Italy) and Environmental Engineering (Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) in 2019. Azhar also completed his doctoral training in
Entrepreneurial studies from the European Institute of Innovation Technology (E.I.T) as a part of
InnoEnergy Ph.D. School. He worked on multiple projects mainly focusing on carbon capture
technologies and hybridizing fossil-based technologies with renewable energy systems.
Later in 2019, he joined the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as a Research Fellow in advanced hydrogen technologies such as alkaline membrane electrolyzers and fuel cells for a year.
Azhar has more than five years of industrial experience in executing projects from the Front End
Engineering Design (FEED) to the commissioning stage. He worked for Reliance petroleum refinery
(RIL) (2008-09) and KFUPM (2012-2014) as a Process Engineer and later worked as a Technical
Specialist at AGH-UST, Poland (2014-2016).
Projects
Biomass is a key feedstock for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals with potential zero carbon emissions and at a low cost. State-of-the-art conversion of biomass to bio-fuels focuses on the pyrolysis of the feedstock at high temperatures in conventional reactors. However, current technologies face many challenges to achieving lower costs than fossil fuels, higher yields, improved energy efficiency, and product quality. This project aims to evaluate the production of renewable fuels from biomass using a dual spinning-disc reactor. With this technology, a combination of frictional pyrolysis and vortex mixing/separation offers the possibility to achieve high temperatures, shorter reactor residence, and controlled operating conditions resulting in higher yield and selectivity towards the desired products. This project will build from the proprietary knowledge of Vorsana Environmental Inc. and will set the grounds for use of novel reactor configurations for the production of renewable fuels with higher efficiency and lower costs than conventional technologies.
Awards
- DAAD-DLR Postdoc Fellowship, German Aerospace Center. 2019
- PhD Quality Award, Politecnico di torino. 2018
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