Recent publications
Article
Hehar, R, Burges, W, Fender, T, Radcliffe, J & Mehta, N 2025, 'Data-Based Modelling for Quantifying Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction Potential by Using Heat Pumps', Energies, vol. 18, no. 3, 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18030738
Rendell-Bhatti, F, Appel, M, Inglis, CS, Dilshad, M, Mehta, N, Radcliffe, J, Moya, X, MacLaren, DA & Boldrin, D 2025, 'Direct Observation of Thermal Hysteresis in the Molecular Dynamics of Barocaloric Neopentyl Glycol', ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 4793-4802. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.5c00495
Akor, CI, Osman, AI, McCallum, C, Mehta, N, Morgan, K, Walsh, P, Smyth, B, Rooney, DW & Sheldrake, GN 2023, 'Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of solid anaerobic digestate waste to biofuels and value-added chemicals', Materials Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00811D
Halawy, SA, Osman, AI, Mehta, N, Abdelkader, A, Vo, DVN & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Adsorptive removal of some Cl-VOC's as dangerous environmental pollutants using feather-like γ-Al2O3 derived from aluminium waste with life cycle analysis', Chemosphere, vol. 295, 133795, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133795
Fawzy, S, Osman, AI, Mehta, N, Moran, D, Al-Muhtaseb, AH & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Atmospheric carbon removal via industrial biochar systems: a techno-economic-environmental study', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 371, 133660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133660
Mehta, N, Anderson, A, Johnston, CR & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Evaluating the opportunity for utilising anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis of livestock manure and grass silage to decarbonise gas infrastructure: A Northern Ireland case study', Renewable Energy, vol. 196, pp. 343-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.115
Osman, AI, Elgarahy, AM, Mehta, N, Al-Muhtaseb, AH, Al-Fatesh, AS & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Facile Synthesis and Life Cycle Assessment of Highly Active Magnetic Sorbent Composite Derived from Mixed Plastic and Biomass Waste for Water Remediation', ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 10, no. 37, pp. 12433-12447. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04095
Al-Muhtaseb, AH, Osman, AI, Jamil, F, Mehta, N, Al-Haj, L, Coulon, F, Al-Maawali, S, Nabhani, AA, Kyaw, HH, Myint, MTZ & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Integrating life cycle assessment and characterisation techniques: a case study of biodiesel production utilising waste Prunus Armeniaca seeds (PAS) and a novel catalyst', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 304, 114319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114319
Mehta, N, Cunningham, E, Doherty, M, Sainsbury, P, Bolaji, I, Nejad, BF & Smyth, BM 2022, 'Using regional material flow analysis and geospatial mapping to support the transition to a circular economy for plastics', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 179, 106085, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106085
Nejad, BF, Smyth, BM, Bolaji, I, Mehta, N, Billham, M & Cunningham, E 2021, 'Carbon and energy footprints of high-value food trays and lidding films made of common bio-based and conventional packaging materials', Cleaner Environmental Systems, vol. 3, 100058, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2021.100058
Al-Muhtaseb, AH, Osman, AI, Kumar, PSM, Jamil, F, Al-Haj, L, Al Nabhani, A, Kyaw, HH, Myint, MTZ, Mehta, N & Rooney, DW 2021, 'Circular economy approach of enhanced bifunctional catalytic system of CaO/CeO2 for biodiesel production from waste loquat seed oil with life cycle assessment study', Energy Conversion and Management, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114040
Comment/debate
McDonald, LJ, Hernandez Galvan, JL, Emelue, C, Pinto, ASS, Mehta, N, Ibn-Mohammed, T, Fender, T, Radcliffe, J, Choudhary, A & McManus, MC 2024, 'Towards a unified carbon accounting landscape', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , vol. 382, no. 2282, 20230260. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0260
Conference contribution
Hehar, R, Burges, W, Fender, T, Radcliffe, J & Mehta, N 2024, Evaluating the greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential due to the use of heat pumps. in Proceedings of the 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference., 133, 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 9/09/24. <https://more.bham.ac.uk/ukhtc-2024/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/UKHTC-2024_paper_133.pdf>
Review article
Osman, AI, Farghali, M, Ihara, I, Elgarahy, AM, Ayyad, A, Mehta, N, Ng, KH, Abd El-Monaem, EM, Eltaweil, AS, Hosny, M, Hamed, SM, Fawzy, S, Yap, PS & Rooney, DW 2023, 'Materials, fuels, upgrading, economy, and life cycle assessment of the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass: a review', Environmental Chemistry Letters, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1419-1476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-023-01573-7
Osman, AI, Mehta, N, Elgarahy, AM, Hefny, M, Al-Hinai, A, Al-Muhtaseb, AH & Rooney, DW 2022, 'Hydrogen production, storage, utilisation and environmental impacts: a review', Environmental Chemistry Letters, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 153-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01322-8
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