Hassan Aghdasinia

Associate Professor

University of Tabriz

Iran

Dr. Hassan Aghdasinia holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tehran, where his doctoral research focused on the management and treatment of produced water associated with oil and gas production. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tabriz.


His professional expertise lies in the design and analysis of oil, gas, and petrochemical processes, with a strong emphasis on techno-economic feasibility studies of industrial projects. Over the past years, he has been actively involved in both academic and applied research related to process design, optimization, and sustainability assessment in the energy sector.


Dr. Aghdasinia’s main research interests include separation processes, transport phenomena, and environmental engineering challenges relevant to the process industries. A significant part of his work is dedicated to water and wastewater treatment, using chemical (AOP, photocatalytic,...) and physical (adsorption, membrane, ...) processes, particularly in the context of oil and gas operations, produced water management, and pollution control. His research aims to develop efficient, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable solutions for complex industrial separation and treatment problems.


He has authored and co-authored several scientific publications and has contributed to research and consultancy projects bridging academia and industry. Through his teaching and research activities, he seeks to advance sustainable process engineering practices and to train the next generation of chemical and petroleum engineers.

Participates in

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME | Primary Energy Supply

Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel
Forum 04 | Hall 5 Digital Poster Plaza 1
29
April
14:00 16:00
UTC+3
Natural gas (NG) is increasingly vital as a cleaner energy source due to its lower carbon emissions compared to other fossil fuels. Liquefaction facilitates efficient long-distance transportation. While numerous studies address NG liquefaction's technical aspects, holistic research remains limited. This study presents a comprehensive 4E (energy, exergy, exergoeconomic, and exergoenvironmental) analysis of five conventional NG liquefaction processes (including SMR-Linde, SMR-APCI, C3MR-Linde, DMR-APCI, and MFC-Linde), employing production volume-independent parameters for comparison. Simulations show that  the MFC-Linde cycle as the most efficient regarding specific energy consumption (0.2563  ), coefficient of performance (3.184), and exergy efficiency (52.32%). It also demonstrates the lowest unit exergy cost ( ) and environmental impact ( ). Multi-objective optimization, considering both exergetic-economic and exergetic-environmental criteria, using neural networks and genetic algorithms in MATLAB identifies Pareto-optimal conditions for all processes. For the MFC-Linde, as the most efficient process, optimal operating conditions in the exergetic-economic trade off scenario are:   and   ; at  ,  , and  . Finally, a feasibility study for large-scale LNG production in Iran shows promising results, with a return on investment of 32.24   and a payback period of 2.34 years, indicating the project's potential success in regions with abundant NG reserves.
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