Anish Varghese is a senior Research Associate in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Khalifa University, where he joined in April 2015. He is also a member of the CeCaS research center, which focuses on decarbonization, net-zero emissions, sustainable green energy options, and energy efficient separation processes.
Varghese is working on advanced materials for separation and purification applications, with a particular emphasis on pore structure and surface functionality tuning for carbon capture and utilization, hydrogen storage, gas separation and purification, catalytic processes, and water treatment. He developed scalable technologies for producing adsorbent systems for a variety of gas capture and storage applications.
He worked on research projects led by Prof. Vikas Mittal (Polymer Nanocomposites and Graphene Nanostructures) and Prof. Georgios Karanikolos (Gas Separation Processes and Purification Technology, and Porous Adsorbent Materials), and is now a member of Prof. Nahla Alamoodi's team, which is focusing on developing energy efficient separation processes.
Carbon Capture and Utilization:
Enhancing effect of UV activation of graphene oxide on carbon capture performance of metal-organic framework/graphene oxide hybrid adsorbents (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.129677)
Performance enhancement of CO2 capture adsorbents by UV treatment: the case of self-supported graphene oxide foam (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124022)
Polymer-aided microstructuring of moisture-stable GO-hybridized MOFs for carbon dioxide capture
3D-Printed zeolite 13X gyroid monolith adsorbents for CO2 capture
A combined experimental and simulations assessment of CO2 capture and CO2/H2 separation performance of aminosilane-grafted MCM-41 and pore-expanded MCM-41
Hydrogen Storage Adsorbents:
An In-Situ-Grown Cu-BTC Metal–Organic Framework / Graphene Oxide Hybrid Adsorbent for Selective Hydrogen Storage at Ambient Temperature (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04710)
Metal-and MOF-Doped Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Selective Hydrogen Storage at Ambient Temperature (https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2023/prelim.cgi/Paper/667771)
Gas Separation and Purification:
Ionic liquid - grafted mesoporous silica exhibiting reverse selectivity for ethane/ethylene separation (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124324)
Functionalized and Hybridized ZIF鈥�7 Adsorbents for Ethane-Ethylene Separation
Polymer Nanocomposites and Graphene Materials:
Effect of Graphene on Polypropylene/Maleic Anhydride-graft-Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (PP/EVA-g-MA) Blend: Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological, and Rheological Properties (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04932)
Two鈥恉imensional mullite nanostructure: Synthesis and reinforcement effect on polypropylene/maleic anhydride graft ethylene vinyl acetate matrix (https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48233)
CeCaS Theme 2 projects are dedicated to developing technologies for separating hydrocarbons, removing carbon, producing blue energy, removing contaminants, and purifying products. Adsorption, membranes, and absorption are the three primary technology families. Because of their nature, the developed technologies are integrated with the other themes in a complementary and mutually beneficial manner, resulting in integrated technology platforms.
