University of Toronto
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Applied Chemistry
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Abdul-Sattar Nizami, PhD
200 College Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3E5
T: +1- 416-617-0341
E: abdulsattar.nizami@utoronto.ca, nizami_pk@yahoo.com
W: http://individual.utoronto.ca/Nizami/
Biography
Dr. Abdul-Sattar Nizami has a
PhD in green grass:
developing grass for sustainable gaseous biofuel (2008-2011). He has published 15 peer
review journal papers (total impact factor of 58.9), 8 international conference
papers, 4 book chapters and a further 2 invited lectures; his work has been
cited over 120 times in peer review press (H factor of 7). He is the reviewer for high impact journals like Biofuels,
bioproducts and biorefineries, Bioresource technology, Energy, Bioprocess and
biosystems engineering, International journal of
life cycle assessment & Clean technologies and environmental policy. He
was the reviewer for world renewable energy congress 2011, Sweden bioenergy technology (BE), 8-11 May 2011, Linköping, Sweden. He is currently
working with Prof. Brad Saville and Prof. Heather MacLean of the Dept. of
Chemical Eng. & Applied Chemistry and Civil Engineering as a Post-doctoral
Fellow.
Research Interests
§ Generation of bioenergy from high solid content feedstocks
§ Designing anaerobic digestion systems for biofuel and value added
products
§ Producing biodiesel from waste oil and grease
§ Biomass and bioproducts: integrated biorefineries
§ Life cycle and policy analysis of bioproducts and biofuels
Education
§ PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering in Green Grass: Developing Grass for Sustainable Gaseous Biofuel. University
College of Cork (UCC), Ireland. 2008-2011.
§ Master of Science in Engineering (MScEng.) in Applied Environmental
Measurement Techniques, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. 2005-2007.
§ Bachelor of Science B.Sc. (Hons.) in
Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. 2001-2004.
Affiliation with Scientific Journals
§ Reviewer for Bioresource Technology (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefineries (Wiley)
§ Reviewer for Energy (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (Springer)
§ Reviewer for International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Springer)
§ Reviewer for Journal Environmental Management (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer)
§ Reviewer for Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer for International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Technology (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer for Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces ((Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (Wiley)
§ Reviewer for African Journal of Biotechnology (Academic Journals)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Institutul Politehnic din Iasi)
§ Reviewer for African Journal of Microbiology Research (Academic Journals)
§ Reviewer for Scientific Research and Essays (Academic Journals)
§ Reviewer for Journal of Bioprocessing and Biotechnology (OMICS Publishing)
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
1.
Y Hong, AS Nizami, M Pourbafrani, BA Saville, HL MacLean. 2012. Environmental-financial analysis of cellulase
production for cellulosic ethanol. In preparation, Potential Journal , Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefinery (SCI
impact factor 5.515)
2.
T Thamsiriroj, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2012. Why does mono-digestion of grass silage
fail in long term operation? Appl Energy,
DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.008 (SCI impact factor 3.915)
3.
T Thamsiriroj, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2012. Use of modeling to aid design of
a two-phase grass digestion system, Bioresource
Technology, 110 379–389. (SCI
impact factor 4.365)
4.
AS
Nizami, A Orozcoc, E Groom, B Dieterich,
JD Murphy. 2012. How much gas
can we get from grass? Applied Energy.
92, 783–790 (SCI impact factor 3.888)
5.
AS
Nizami, JD Murphy. 2011. Optimizing the operation of a
two-phase anaerobic digestion system digesting grass silage. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 (17),
7561–7569 (SCI impact factor 4.825)
6.
AS
Nizami, A Singh, JD Murphy. 2011.
Design, commissioning, and start-up of a sequentially fed leach bed reactor
complete with an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digesting grass silage. Energy and Fuels, 25 (2),
823–834. (SCI impact factor 2.444)
7.
A Singh, AS Nizami, NE Korres, JD Murphy. 2011. The effect of reactor design
on the sustainability of grass biomethane. Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15 (3), 1567-1574. (SCI impact factor 4.
567)
8.
AS
Nizami, Molander S, Asam ZZ,
Rafique R, Korres NE, Kiely G, Murphy JD. 2011. Comparative Analysis of the
EIA system of Developed and Developing Countries: Cases of Hydroelectric Power
Plants in Pakistan, Norway and Sweden. International
Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 18 (2), 134-142.
(SCI impact factor 0.518)
9.
J Brown, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2011. Assessing the cost of biofuel
production with increasing penetration of the transport fuel market: a case
study of gaseous biomethane in Ireland. Renewable
and Sustainable Reviews, 15 (9), 4537-4547. (SCI impact
factor 4.567)
10.
Z Asam, TG Poulsen,
AS Nizami, R Rafique, G Kiely, JD Murphy.
2011. How can we improve biomethane production per unit of feedstock
in biogas plants? Applied Energy, 88
(6), 2013-2018. (SCI impact factor 3.915)
11.
AS
Nizami, T Thamsiriroj, A Singh, JD Murphy. 2010. The role of leaching
and hydrolysis in a two phase grass digestion system. Energy and Fuels, 24 (8), 4549–4559. (SCI impact
factor 2.444)
12.
NE Korres, A
Singh, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2010. Is grass biomethane a
sustainable transport biofuel? Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefinery, 4:310–325. (SCI impact factor
5.515)
13.
AS
Nizami, JD Murphy.
2010. What type of digester configurations should be employed to produce
biomethane from grass silage? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14:1558–1568. (SCI impact factor
4.567)
14.
A Singh, D Pant, NE Korres, AS Nizami, S Prasad and JD Murphy. 2010. Key issues in life
cycle assessment of ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: Challenges
and perspectives. Bioresource Technology, 101:5003–5012. (SCI impact factor 4.365)
15.
R Rafique, TG Poulsen,
AS Nizami, ZZ Asam, JD Murphy, G Kiely. 2010. Effect of thermal, chemical and
thermo-chemical pre-treatments to enhance methane production. Energy, 35:4556-4561. (SCI impact factor
3.565)
16.
AS
Nizami, NE Korres, JD
Murphy. 2009. A review of the integrated process for the production of
grass biomethane. Environmental Science and Technology, 43(22), 8496–8508. (SCI impact factor
4.825)
Peer
Reviewed Conference Papers
17.
A Orozcob, AS Nizami,
JD Murphy, E Groom. Evaluation of a pretreatment
process for
improved methane production from grass silage. Progress in Biogas II. Biogas
production from agricultural biomass and organic waste. International Congress,
March 30-April 1, 2011. University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany.
18.
JD Murphy, B Smyth, AS
Nizami, T Thamsiriroj, A Singh, N Korres. The
potential for biomethane as a transport fuel in Ireland. In, Biofuels Directive to bio based Transport Systems in 2020. IEA
Bioenergy Task 39 Subtask Policy and Implementation Workshop, Dresden, Germany,
June 2-5, 2009.
19. A Singh, NE Korres, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. Biomethane from agricultural waste: A clean
vehicular biofuel. International Conference on Environment Energy and
Development from Johensberg to Kopenhagen
ICEED-2010, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India.
December 10-12, 2010.
20. NE Korres, CO’Brien, B Smyth, AS
Nizami, T Thamisirioj, R Schulte, JD Murphy. A
preliminary analysis of energy balance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of
biomethane production as a transport fuel from grass/silage. A case study for
Ireland. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference,
Goteborg, Sweden, 31 May – 4 June, 2009.
21. R Rafique, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami
and ZZ Asam. 2009. Pre-treatment of de-watered pig manure to enhance methane
yield in anaerobic digestion plants. The 3rd International Conference on
Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP 2009). Dublin, Ireland.
Volume 2, pp 70-75.
22. AS Nizami, S Molander, ZZ Asam and R Rafique. 2009. The differences between EIA systems ‘In
paper’ and ‘In practice’ in developed and developing countries for
hydroelectric power plants. The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable
Energy and Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp 314-318.
23. ZZ Asam, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami,
Rafique R. 2009. Optimization of biogas plants using energy crops and manure
separation technologies. The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy
and Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp
108-114.
24. K Shahzad, I Ulfat, AS Nizami.
The Issues of Sustainable Solid Waste Management System in Developing
Countries. International seminar on ‘Societies of Tomorrow’, held in
Regina-Saskatchewan, Canada on 12-16 May, 2008.
Book Chapters
1.
NE Korres, T Thamsiriroj, BM Smyth, AS Nizami, A Singh, JD Murphy. 2011. Grass
biomethane for agriculture and energy. Chapter in, ‘Sustainable Agriculture
Reviews’. Volume 7, 5-49, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1521-9_2. Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
2.
AS Nizami. Anaerobic digestion:
processes, products, and applications. Chapter in ‘Potential of Activated
Sludge Utilization’. ISBN: 978-1-61324-420-3. Nova Science, Commack, New York.
3.
AS Nizami. Life cycle assessment of
biogas from high solid substrates. Chapter in ‘Renewable energy sources: A life
cycle assessment perspective’. Green Energy and Technology book series. In
preparation, Publisher: Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
4.
AS Nizami. Digesters
design/configuration. Chapter in ‘Biomethane production and related technology:
Issues and concerns’. In preparation, Publisher: Earthscan,
UK.
Published Reports
1.
JD Murphy, NE Korres, A Singh, B Smyth, AS
Nizami, T Thamsiriroj. 2010. Grass Biomethane. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Ireland. EPA Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013.
(2007-CCRP-1.7),
Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Invited Lectures
1.
AS
Nizami. 2010. Potential digester
configuration for Grass Biomethane. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
conference on ’Grass as a source of
renewable gaseous fuel’. EPA Grass Biomethane, University Collge Cork
(UCC), Cork, Ireland. 15 April. 2010.
2.
A Singh, NE Korres, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2010. Biomethane from agricultural waste: A clean
vehicular biofuel. International Conference on Environment Energy and
Development from Johensberg to Kopenhagen
ICEED-2010, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India.
December 10-12, 2010.
Poster Presentations
1.
AS
Nizami, JD Murphy. Anaerobic digestion of grass using a
continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). International Energy Agency Biofuels
Symposium, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. September 14, 2008.
2.
AS
Nizami, JD
Murphy. Leach Beds coupled with UASB digester for optimal biogas production
from Grass. In:
Biofuels Directive to bio based Transport Systems in 2020, IEA Bioenergy Task
39, Subtask Policy and Implementation Workshop, Dresden, Germany, June 2-5,
2009.