Professor Haroun Mahgerefteh

Haroun Mahgerefteh obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College. This was followed by a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Royal Society Paul Instrument Fund at the same institution.

Haroun Mahgerefteh is Professor of Chemical Engineering at University College London. His research interests are in Safety and Environmental Engineering and Instrumentation.  

His work in these areas particularly on pipeline rupture outflow modelling has led to a number of awards and prizes including important industrial applications by major organisations such as British Petroleum International, Royal Dutch Shell, UK Health and Safety Executive and Health and Safety Laboratories.

Whilst on industrial secondments, Professor Mahgerefteh has worked as Senior Safety Assessment Engineer during the design of a number of North Sea oil and gas platforms. Professor Mahgerefteh is the Graduate Admissions Tutor for MSc in Chemical Process Engineering at UCL. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and member of the IChemE Subject Group in Safety and Loss Prevention.

Contact:

• Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7679 3835
• Fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 2348
• Email: h.mahgerefteh@ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests:

• Instrumentation
• Safety and Environmental Engineering

Selected Publications

• Mahgerefteh, H., & Denton, G., & Rykov, Y., A hybrid multiphase flow model (2008), AIChE Journal, 54(9), 2261-2268.
• Mahgerefteh, H., & Abbasi, M., Modeling blowdown of pipelines under fire attack (2007), AIChE Journal, 53(9), 2443-2450.
• Mahgerefteh, H., & Oke, A., 'An efficient numerical simulation for highly transient flows' (2006), Chem.Eng.Sci., 61(15), 5049-5056.
• Mahgerefteh,H. & Atti, O., 'Modeling low-temperature-induced failure of pressurized pipelines' (2006), AIChE Journal, 52(3), 1248-1256.
• Mahgerefteh, H., Oke, A., & Atti, O., 'Modelling outflow following rupture in pipeline networks', (2006), Chem.Eng.Sci., 61(6) , 1811-1818.
• Mahgerefteh, H., Atti, O., & Denton, G., An interpolation technique for Rapid CFD simulation of highly transient flows (2006), Trans.IChemE., Part B, Process Safety & Environmental Protection, 84(B6), 1- 6.
• Mahgerefteh, H. & Falope, G.B.O. (2003) 'Modelling thermal response of spherical vessels during blowdown under fire attack', AIChE Journal, 49(5), 1307-1316.
• Mahgerefteh, H., Oke, A., Economou, I. & Rykov, Y. (2003) 'A transient outflow model for pipeline puncture', Chem. Eng. Sci., 58(20), 4591- 4604.
• Falope, G.B.O. & Mahgerefteh, H. (2003) 'Modelling ductile failure propagation during blowdown under localised jet fire attack', Journal of Process Mech Engng., Part E, 217, 93 - 101.
• Mahgerefteh, H., Falope, G.B.O & Oke, A.O. (2002) 'Modelling thermal response of cylindrical vessels during blowdown under fire attack', AIChE Journal, 48(2), 401-410.
• Mahgerefteh, H. & Shaeri, A. (2001) 'Modelling of a novel vibro-spring particle size distribution analyser' , AIChE Journal, 47(3), 562-571.
• Mahgerefteh, H., Saha, P., & Economou I.G. (2000) 'Modelling fluid phase transition effects on the dynamic behaviour of ESDV', AIChE Journal, 46(5), 997 - 1006 .
• Mahgerefteh, H., Saha, P., & Economou I.G. (1999) 'Fast numerical simulation for full bore rupture of pressurised pipelines', AIChE Journal, 45(6), 1191 - 1201