Dr Abarasi Hart BEng, MSc, PhD, AMIChemE

Dr Abarasi Hart

School of Chemical Engineering
Research Fellow

Contact details

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+44 (0) 121 414 5081
Email
a.hart@bham.ac.uk
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School of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Abarasi is a research fellow dealing with the application of heterogeneous nanocatalyst for in situ upgrading in combination with thermal improved oil recovery. Abarasi has published over 21 papers in scientific journals and over 7 conference papers in the fields of applied catalysis, heavy oil recovery and upgrading, and particle technology. Abarasi frequently communicates his research works through invited talks, international and local conferences and also with potential industries. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2014
  • MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, 2010
  • BEng in Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, Niger Delta University, 2006

Biography

Dr. Abarasi Hart graduated with a BEng in Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering from Niger Delta University in 2006, where he was awarded the Vice Chancellors medal for best graduating student. He qualified with MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering from University of Birmingham, UK in 2010, on the award of Joint University of Birmingham and Allan Nesta Ferguson Charitable Scholarship. He obtained his PhD in the same institution with a thesis on advanced studies of catalytic upgrading of heavy oils under the supervision of Prof. Joseph Wood (2011-2014).

Abarasi was an assistant lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt (2008-2012). After his PhD, he accepted a postdoctoral research position on the application of bionanoparticles for in situ upgrading of heavy oil in the THAI-CAPRI process at the University of Birmingham, UK (4/2014 – 9/2015).

The research project involved four partners: School of Biosciences UoB, University of Nottingham, University of Manchester, and Touchstone Exploration Inc, Canada. He is currently a research fellow on Electromagnetically-assisted Catalytic-upgrading of Heavy Oil (ECHO), which is in partnership with University of Nottingham and PetroChina, and he also coordinates research students.

Research

Research themes

  • Thermal improved oil recovery and in situ upgrading
  • Biomass conversion technologies
  • Catalyst design
  • Particle technology

Other activities

  • AMIChemE
  • MNSE

Publications

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=DKTlwSwAAAAJ&hl=en

Journal Papers

1. Omajali, B.J, Hart A., Walker, M., Wood, J., Macaskie, E.L, (2016) In-Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil Using Dispersed Bionanoparticles Supported on Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.10.074.

2. Brown, R.A., Hart, A., Coker, S. V., Lloyd, R.J., Wood, J., (2016) Upgrading of heavy oil by dispersed biogenic magnetite catalysts, Fuel, 185, 442-448.

3. Hart, Omajali, B.J., Murray, J.A., Macaskie, E.L., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2016)Comparison of  the Effects of Dispersed Noble Metal (Pd)  Biomass Supported Catalysts with Typical Hydrogenation (Pd/C, Pd/Al2O3) and Hydrotreatment Catalysts (CoMo/Al2O3) for In-Situ Heavy Oil Upgrading with Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI), Fuel, 180, 367-376.

4. Kenoll, B.O., Hart, A., Kuye, A., (2016) Correlations for Some Thermal Hydraulic Parameters for a Pressurized Water Reactor, Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology, 6 (1), 1-10.

5. Almarshed, A.,  Hart, A., Leeke, A.G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2015) Effectiveness of Different Transition Metal Dispersed Catalysts for In Situ Heavy Oil Upgrading, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (43), 10645-10655.

6. Almarshed, A.,  Hart, A., Leeke, A.G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2015) Optimization of Heavy Oil Upgrading using Dispersed Nanoparticulate Iron Oxide as a Catalyst, Energy & Fuels, 29 (10), 6306-6316.

7. Hart, A., Lewis, C., White, T., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2015)Effect of Cyclohexane as Hydrogen-donor in Ultradispersed Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil, Fuel Processing Technology, 138, 724-733.   

8. Dim, P., Hart, A., Wood, J., Macnaughtan, B., Rigby, P.S., (2015) Characterization of pore coking in catalyst for thermal downhole upgrading of heavy oil, Chemical Engineering Science, 131, 138-145.

9.  Hart, A., (2015) Effect of Particle Size on Detergent Powders Flowability and Tabletability, J. Chem. Eng. Process Technol. 6: 215. doi: 10.4172/2157- 7048.1000215.

10. Hart, A., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2015) A comparative study of fixed-bed and dispersed catalytic upgrading of heavy crude oil using CAPRI, Chemical Engineering Journal, 282, 213-223.

11. Hart, A., (2014) A comparative study of surface and downhole heavy oil upgrading processes: Case study of the THAI-CAPRI Process, Journal of Applied Chemical Science International, 1 (1), 14-29.

12.Hart, A., Leeke, G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2014) Downhole Heavy Crude Oil Upgrading Using-CAPRI: Effect of Steam upon Upgrading and Coke Formation, Energy & Fuels, 28 (3), 1811-1819.

13. Hart, A., Leeke, G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2014) Down-hole heavy crude oil upgrading by CAPRI: Effect of hydrogen and methane gases upon upgrading and coke formation, Fuel, 119, 226-235.

14.Hart A., (2014) The novel THAI–CAPRI technology and its comparison to other thermal methods for heavy oil recovery and upgrading, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 4 (3), 327-336.

15.  Hart, A., (2014) A  review of technologies for transporting heavy crude oil and bitumen via pipeline, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 4 (3), 327-336.

16.Hart, A., Shah, A., Leeke, G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2013) Optimization of the CAPRI process for heavy oil upgrading: Effect of hydrogen and guard bed, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 (44), 15394-15406.

17.Hart, A., (2012). The catalytic upgrading of heavy crude oil in situ: - the role of hydrogen, International Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 6 (2), 79-96.

18. Hart, A., Wu, C.Y., (2011). The Impact of Dry Granulation on Detergent Powder Properties, In Particulate Materials: Synthesis, Characterisation, Processing and Modelling, Wu, C.Y. & Ge, W. Eds. RSC Publishing, pp.233-239. DOI: 10.1039/9781849735148-00102

Conference Papers

1.  Murray, J.A., Omajali, J., Del Mastio, Y., Hart, A., Wood, J., Macaskie, E.L., (2015) Potential for conversion of waste platinum group metals in road dust into biocatalysts for cracking heavy oil, 21st International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS), Bali, Indonesia, 5-9 October.

2. Hart, A., Omajali, B.J., Macaskie, E.L., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2015) In-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using nanoparticulate catalysts during Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI), Proceeding of the World Heavy Oil Congress 2015, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 24-26.

3. Dim, P., Rigby, S., Hart, A., Wood, J., (2014) Optimization of Coke Resistant Catalyst for Thermal Down-hole Upgrading, Proceedings of SPE Heavy Oil Conference-Canada, 10-12 June, Alberta, Canada, (2), 772-779, http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/170070-MS

4. Hart, A., Al-Marshed, A., Leeke, G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2014) A comparative study of fixed-bed and dispersed catalytic upgrading of heavy crude oils using CAPRI, Proceeding of the International Conference Chemical Reactors CHEMREACTOR-21, Delft, the Netherlands, September 22-25 (oral presentation and paper on CDROM).

5. Hart, A., Leeke, G., Greaves, M., Wood, J., (2013) Down-hole catalytic upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen to meet tomorrow’s energy needs: the THAI-CAPRI process, Proceedings of the 3rd North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Houston, Texas, March 17-20 (oral presentation and paper on CDROM).

6. Hart Abarasi, Leeke Gary, Greaves Malcolm, Wood Joseph, (2012) Control of Catalyst Deactivation in THAI-CAPRI Process for In-Situ Oilsand Recovery and Upgrading, Paper presented at the World Heavy Oil Congress Conference, Aberdeen, 10-13 September, 2012 (oral presentation and paper on CDROM).

7. Hart, A., Wu, C.-Y., (2011) Make-up during roll compaction of detergent powders, Advancements in Particle Technology, Proceedings of the UK-China Particle Technology Forum III, 3-6 July 2011, United Kingdom, p.132.

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