Farooq's group for Advanced Sensing Technology & Energy Research (FASTER )
Research Interests
Experimental measurements of ignition delay time in Shock Tube.
Chemical kinetics studies of pyrolysis and oxidation combustion using laser diagnostic techniques.
Evaluation of kinetic models to predict combustion properties such as ignition delays as function of time or temperature using Shock tube or Rapid compression machine.
Selected Publications
Ignition Delay Measurements of a Low-Octane Gasoline Blend, Designed for Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) Engine... M. Alabbad, J. Badra, K. Djebbi, A.Farooq Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37(1) 171-178, (2018)Autoignition of straight-run naphtha: A promising fuel for advanced compression ignition engines. M. Alabbad, G. Issayev, J. Badra, A. K. Voice, B. R. Giri, K. Djebbi, A. Ahmed, S. M. Sara... Combustion and Flame, 189, 337-346, (2018)Ignition delay time measurements of primary reference fuel blends M. AlAbbad, T. Javed, F. Khaled, J. Badra, A. Farooq Combustion and Flame, 178, 205-216, (2017)A high-temperature kinetic study for the thermal unimolecular decomposition of diethyl carbonate M. AlAbbad, B. R. Giri, M. Szőri, B. Viskolcz, A. Farooq Chemical Physics Letters, 684, 390-396, (2017)On the high-temperature unimolecular decomposition of ethyl levulinate M. AlAbbad, B. R. Giri, M. Szőri, A. Farooq Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36(1), 187-193, (2016)
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2018 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2013 BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia, 2010
Research Interests Keywords
Fuels and combustion