UCL Department of Chemical Engineering

Education
PhD in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
MSc in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College

Awards

• Young Author Award, Royal Society of Chemistry Particle Characterisation Group
• DTI SMART Merit Award for Research & Technology
• DTI SPUR Award for Research & Technology
• DTI World Class Manufacturing Award: Frontier Science and Measurement Prize, (joint 1^st place)
• Royal Society New Frontiers in Science Exhibition
• IChemE EuroChem Award for Excellence in Safety and the Environment (2^nd place) 
• IChemE Haden Freeman Engineering Excellence Award (2^nd place)
• IChemE Frank Lees Medal in Safety and Loss Prevention

Professional Affiliations
CEng, MIChemE, FIChemE

Research Interests

• CO2 Pipeline Transportation Safety
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• High Pressure Pipelines Failure Consequence CFD Modelling  

Research Group

• Multiphase Systems

• Publications

Selected

• Mahgerefteh, H. Brown, S., and Martynov, S., Numerical modelling of rapid decompression of pressurised CO2 Pipelines, Proceedings of International Pipeline Conference, 24 – 28 Sept 2012, Calgary, Canada.
• Martynov, S., Brown, S., and  Mahgerefteh, H. (2012),  ‘An extended Peng-Robinson equation of state for carbon dioxide solid-vapour equilibrium’, AIChE Journal (under review)
• Mahgerefteh, H., Brown, S., and Denton, G., ‘Modelling the impact of stream impurities on ductile fractures in CO2 pipelines’, Chem.Eng.Sci., 74, 200–210 (2012). 
• Mahgerefteh, H., Brown, S.and Zhang, P.,  ‘A dynamic boundary ductile-fracture-propagation model for CO2 pipelines’, Journal of Pipeline Engineering, 9(4), 265 – 276 (2011).
• Mahgerefteh, h., Fernandez, M. and Jalili, N., ‘When does a vessel become a pipe, AIChE Journal,  57(12), 3305–3314 (2011).
• Mahgerefteh, H., & Denton, G., & Rykov, Y., ‘A hybrid multiphase flow model, AIChE Journal, 54(9), 2261-2268 (2008).
• Mahgerefteh, H., & Abbasi, M., Modeling blowdown of pipelines under fire attack AIChE Journal, 53(9), 2443-2450 (2007).
• Mahgerefteh, H., & Oke, A., 'An efficient numerical simulation for highly transient flows' Chem.Eng.Sci., 61(15), 5049-5056 (2006).
• Mahgerefteh,H. & Atti, O, 'Modeling low-temperature-induced failure of pressurized pipelines' AIChE Journal, 52(3), 1248-1256 (2006).
• Mahgerefteh, H., Oke, A., & Atti, O, 'Modelling outflow following rupture in pipeline networks', Chem.Eng.Sci., 61(6) , 1811-1818 (2006).
• Mahgerefteh, H., Atti, O., & Denton, G, An interpolation technique for Rapid CFD simulation of highly transient flows Trans.IChemE., Part B, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, 84(B6), 1- 6 (2006).
• Mahgerefteh, H. & Falope, G.B.O. 'Modelling thermal response of spherical vessels during blowdown under fire attack', AIChE Journal, 49(5), 1307-1316 (2003).
• Mahgerefteh, H., Oke, A., Economou, I. & Rykov, Y., 'A transient outflow model for pipeline puncture', Chem. Eng. Sci., 58(20), 4591- 4604 (2003).