Dr. Tarek Rashwan is currently researching a range of environmental engineering topics that support a low-carbon and circular economy, such as assessing hydrogeological conditions for safe used nuclear fuel storage, large-scale hydrogen storage systems, and scaling-up a novel thermochemical waste-to-energy technique based on smouldering combustion. These projects primarily focus on understanding heat and mass transfer dynamics in porous media systems via experimental, analytical, and numerical methods.
Investigation of applied smouldering in different conditions: The effect of oxygen mass flux (2023-11)
Miry, Seyed Ziaedin; Zanoni, Marco A.B.; Rashwan, Tarek L.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Fuel Processing Technology, 250
Elucidating the characteristic energy balance evolution in applied smouldering systems (2023-06-15)
Rashwan, Tarek L.; Zanoni, Marco A.B.; Wang, Jiahao; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Energy, 273, Article 127245
Modelling oxygen-limited and self-sustained smoldering propagation: Thermochemical treatment of food waste in an inert porous medium (2023-05-20)
Song, Zeyang; Zanoni, Marco A.B. and Rashwan, Tarek L.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 468
Smouldering to treat PFAS in sewage sludge (2023-04-19)
Fournie, T.; Rashwan, T. L.; Switzer, C. and Gerhard, J. I.
Waste Management, 164 (pp. 219-227)
Applied smouldering for co-waste management: Benefits and trade-offs (2023-02)
Rashwan, Tarek L; Fournie, Taryn; Green, Megan; Duchesne, Alexandra L.; Brown, Joshua K.; Grant, Gavin P.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Fuel Processing Technology, 240, Article 107542
Investigating bisulfide sorption onto bentonite through laboratory batch experiments (2023)
Papry, Sifat Azad; Rashwan, Tarek L.; Mondal, Pulin; Behazin, Mehran; Keech, Peter G. and Krol, Magdalena
Applied Geochemistry, Article 105626(152)
Investigation of multi-dimensional transfer effects in applied smouldering systems: A 2D numerical modelling approach (2022-12)
Miry, Seyed Ziaedin; Zanoni, Marco A.B.; Rashwan, Tarek L.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Combustion and Flame, 246, Article 112385
Exploring PCDD/Fs and potentially toxic elements in sewage sludge during smouldering treatment (2022-09-01)
Fournie, T.; Rashwan, T. L.; Switzer, C.; Grant, G. P. and Gerhard, J. I.
Journal of Environmental Management, 317, Article 115384
Exploring the governing transport mechanisms of corrosive agents in a Canadian deep geological repository (2022-07-01)
Rashwan, Tarek; Asad, Md. Abdullah; Molnar, Ian L.; Behazin, Mehran; Keech, Peter G. and Krol, Magdalena M.
Science of The Total Environment, 828, Article 153944
Phosphorus recovery and reuse potential from smouldered sewage sludge ash (2022)
Fournie, T.; Rashwan, T. L.; Switzer, C. and Gerhard, J. I.
Waste Management, 137 (pp. 241-252)
Scaling up self-sustained smouldering of sewage sludge for waste-to-energy (2021-11)
Rashwan, Tarek L.; Fournie, Taryn; Torero, José L.; Grant, Gavin P. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Waste Management, 135 (pp. 298-308)
The improved energy efficiency of applied smouldering systems with increasing scale (2021-10)
Rashwan, Tarek L.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 177, Article 121548
Heat losses in applied smouldering systems: Sensitivity analysis via analytical modelling (2021-06)
Rashwan, Tarek L.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 172, Article 121150
Heat losses in a smouldering system: The key role of non-uniform air flux (2021-05)
Rashwan, Tarek L.; Torero, José L. and Gerhard, Jason I.
Combustion and Flame, 227 (pp. 309-321)
Processes defining smouldering combustion: Integrated review and synthesis (2020-11)
Torero, José L.; Gerhard, Jason I.; Martins, Marcio F.; Zanoni, Marco A.B.; Rashwan, Tarek L. and Brown, Joshua K.
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 81, Article 100869
Application of self-sustaining smouldering combustion for the destruction of wastewater biosolids (2016-04)
Rashwan, Tarek; Gerhard, Jason I. and Grant, Gavin P.
Waste Management, 50 (pp. 201-212)
Measuring Key Parameters Governing Anion Transport Through Mx-80 Bentonite (2023)
Chowdhury, F.; Rashwan, T. L.; Papry, S. A.; Behazin, M.; Keech, P. G.; Mondal, P.; Sharma, J. and Krol, M.
In : Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 (26-29 May 2021, Online) (pp. 547-558)