A. Mukhaimer, Abdelsalam Al-sarkhi, M. El Nakla, Wael H. Ahmed, Luai Al-Hadhrami, Pressure drop and flow pattern of oil–water flow for low viscosity oils: Role of mixture viscosity, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 73, pp. 90-96, 2015.
Wael H. Ahmed, Hassan M. Badr and Abdelsalam Al-Sarkhi, Experimental Investigation of Oil-Water Separation Using a Controlled Tee Junction, submitted to Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015.
P. Hanafizadeh, J. Eshraghi, E. Kosari, and Wael H. Ahmed, The Effect of Gas Properties on Bubble Formation, Growth and Detachment, Available online, Particulate Science and Technology: An International Journal, 2015
Abdelsalam Al-sarkhi, A. Mukhaimer, M. El Nakla, Wael H. Ahmed, Luai Al-Hadhrami, Effect of Water Salinity on Flow Pattern and Pressure Drop in Oil-Water Flow, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 128, pp. 145-149, 2015.
M.A. Nemitallah, R. Ben-Mansour, M.A. Habib, Wael H. Ahmed, I.H. Toor, Z.M. Gasem and H.M. Badr, Numerical Investigations of Solid Particle Erosion Downstream of an Orifice, AMSE Fluids Engineering, Vol. 137, No. 2, 021302, 2015.
Jahanzib Malik, Ihsan H. Toor, Wael H. Ahmed, Zuhair M. Gasem, Mohamed A. Habib, Rachid Ben-Mansour, and Hassan M. Badr, “Evaluating the Effect of Hardness on Erosion Characteristics of Aluminum and Steels”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 23, Issue 6, pp. 2274-2282, 2014.
Wael H. Ahmed, Mufatiu M. Bello, A. Al-Sarkhi, M. El Nakla, and Hassan M. Badr, “Experimental Investigation of Flow Accelerated Corrosion under Two-phase Flow Conditions”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 267, pp. 34-43, 2014.
M. El Nakla, Wael H. Ahmed, and A. Al-Sarkhi, “Effect of Carbon Nanotube Additive on the Thermal Performance of a Horizontal V-Grooved Heat Pipe”, Journal of Nano Research, Vol. 26, pp. 83-86, 2014.
Mohamed A. Habib, Rached Ben Mansour, Wael H. Ahmed, Abdullah M. Al-Otaibi, A. Al-Sarkhi, and Zuhair Gasem “Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow Redistribution in Horizontal and Near Horizontal Pipelines”, International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 494-511. 2013.
M. El Nakla, Wael H. Ahmed, and A. Al-Sarkhi, “Application of the Critical Heat Flux Look-Up Table to Large Diameter Tubes”, Journal of Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, DOI.org/10.1155/2013/868163, 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed, Mufatiu M. Bello, A. Al-Sarkhi, and M. El Nakla, “Flow and Mass Transfer Downstream of an Orifice under Flow Accelerated Corrosion Conditions”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 252, pp. 52-67, 2012.
Wael H. Ahmed, Atef M. Mohany, and Yehia A. Khulief, “An Innovative Vibration Sensor for Flow Accelerated Corrosion Measurement”, Recent Patent on Corrosion Science, Vol. 2, pp. 61-65, 2012.
M. Al-Gammal, Wael H. Ahmed, and C. Y. Ching, "Investigation on Wall Mass Transfer Characteristics Downstream of an Orifice", Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 242, pp. 353-360, 2012.
Wael H. Ahmed, and Hassan M. Badr, “Dual-injection Airlift Pumps: an Enhanced Performance”, Particulate Science and Technology, Vol. 30, pp. 497–516, 2012.
Wael H. Ahmed, “Experimental investigation of Air-Oil Slug Flow Using Capacitance Probes, Hot-Film Anemometer, and Image Processing”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 876-887, 2011.
A. Al-Sarkhi, M. El Nakla, and Wael H. Ahmed, “Friction Factor Correlations for Gas-Liquid/Liquid-Liquid Flows with Drag-Reducing Polymers in Horizontal Pipes”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 501-506, 2011.
Wael H. Ahmed, “Evaluation of the Proximity Effect on Flow Accelerated Corrosion”, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 37, pp. 598-605, 2010.
Wael H. Ahmed, M. El Nakla, and B. Ismail, “Towards Understanding the Critical Heat Flux for Industrial Applications”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 153-165, 2010.
A. A. Nassr, W. W. El-Dakhakhni, and Wael H. Ahmed, “Biodegradation and De-bonding Detection of Composite-wrapped Wood Structures”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 29, No. 15, pp. 2296-2305, 2010.
B. Ismail, Wael H. Ahmed, “Thermoelectric Power Generation using Waste-Heat Energy as an Alternative Green Technology” Recent Patents in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Journal, Vol. 2, pp 27-39, 2009.
Kassab, S. Z., Kandil, H. A., Warda, H. A., and Wael H. Ahmed, “Air-Lift Pumps Characteristics under Two-Phase Flow Conditions” ”, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 30, pp. 88-98, 2009.
Amr A. Nassr, Wael H. Ahmed, and W. W. El-Dakhakhni, “Coplanar-Capacitance sensors for detecting water intrusion in composite structures”, Measurement Science and Technology. Vol. 19 No. 7, 075702, 2008.
Wael H. Ahmed, and B. Ismail, “Innovative Techniques for Two-Phase Flow Measurements", Recent Patents in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 1-13, 2008.
Wael H. Ahmed, C.Y. Ching and M. Shoukri, “Development of Pressure, Void Fraction and Liquid Turbulence for Air-Oil Two-Phase Flow across Sudden Expansions”, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 29, pp. 194-206, 2008.
Wael H. Ahmed, C.Y. Ching and M. Shoukri, “Pressure Recovery of Two-Phase Flow across Sudden Expansions”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 33 pp. 575–594, 2007.
Kassab, S. Z., Kandil, H. A., Warda, H. A., and Wael H. Ahmed, “Experimental and analytical investigations of airlift pumps operating in three-phase flow” Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 131 pp. 273–281, 2007.
Wael H. Ahmed, “Capacitance Sensors for Void-Fraction Measurements and Flow-Pattern Identification in Air–Oil Two-Phase Flow” IEEE sensors Journal, Vol. 6 No. 5, pp. 1153-1163, 2006.
Wael H. Ahmed, C.Y. Ching and M. Shoukri, “Local Void Fraction and Liquid Turbulence Measurements of Two-Phase Flow Downstream of a Sudden Expansion” Trans. Inst. of Fluid Flow Machinery (118), 3-14, 2006.
Patents
Wael H. Ahmed, Amro Al Qutub, Hassan Badr, “Multistage Pulsating Airlift Pump”, US. patent 872,129,7B1, 2014.
Wael H. Ahmed, Abdelsalam Al Sarkhi, and Meamer El Nakla, “Gas-Oil-Water Multiphase Flow Detection”, US. Patent 20140060204 A1, 2014.
Yehia A. Khuelif, and Wael H. Ahmed, “Two-Phase Flow Sensor Using Cross Flow Induced Vibration” Patent Pending, US. 14/258148, 2014.
Hassan M. Badr, and Wael H. Ahmed, “Dual-injection Airlift Pumps”, US. Patent 8,596,989 B2, 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed, Hassan Badr, Amro Al Qutub, “Airlift Pump with Helical Flow Pattern”, Patent pending, US. 13/910,106, 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed, Abdelsalam Al Sarkhi, Meamer El Nakla, Hassan Badr, “Heat Transfer-Based Device for Two-phase flow Measurements”, Patent Pending, US. 14/023,451, 2013.
Recent Conference Publications
Jahanzib Malik, Ihsan H. Toor, Wael H. Ahmed, Zuhair M. Gasem, and Hassan M. Badr, “Corrosion-Enhanced Erosion behavior of Carbon Steel AISI 1020 and Stainless Steel AISI 316”, NACE International Corrosion Conference, San Antonio, Texas, US. 9-13 March, 2014.
M. El Nakla, Wael H. Ahmed and A. Al-Sarkhi, “Effect of Carbon Nanotube Additive on the Thermal Performance of a Horizontal V-Grooved Heat Pipe”, 9th International Conference on Diffusion in Solid and Liquid, Madrid, Spain, 24–28 June 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed and Hassan Badr, “Experimental Investigation of Oil-Water Separation Using an Innovative Tee-Separator”, 9th International Conference on Diffusion in Solid and Liquid, Madrid, Spain, 24–28 June 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed, M. El Nakla, and A. Al-Sarkhi, Hassan Badr “On the Development of Integrated Multiphase Flow Sensors”, 7th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Methods in Multiphase and Complex Flow, A Coruña, Spain, 2–5 July, 2013.
Wael H. Ahmed, Mufatiu M. Bello, M. El Nakla, and A. Al-Sarkhi, “Effect of Two-Phase Flow On Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)”, 23rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Auckland, New Zealand, 19–22 November 2012.
Wael H. Ahmed, A. Al-Sarkhi, M. El Nakla, and Mufatiu M. Bello, “Effect of Mass Transfer On Flow Accelerated Corrosion Downstream an Orifice”, The World Congress on Engineering and Technology, Shanghai, China, Oct. 28 - Nov. 2, 2011.
Mufatiu, M. Bello, and Wael H. Ahmed, “On the Effect of Hydrodynamic Parameters on Flow Accelerated Corrosion through Pipes with Sudden Area Change”, 21st International Symposium of Transport Phenomena, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Nov. 2-5, paper No. 113, 2010.
Industrial Technical Reports
Luai Al Hadrami, Abdelsalam Al Sarkhi, and Wael H. Ahmed, “Two-phase flow through annulus” ARAMCO Oil Company, Report Project No. CER2386, 2014.
Wael H. Ahmed, “Trending Flow Accelerated Corrosion in CANDU Reactors” CANDU Owner Group Report No. 07-4065, 2008.
Wael H. Ahmed and Christopher S. Schefiski, “Review of the CHECWORKS Model and Design Basis for Darlington Nuclear Generating Station” AECL, 2006
Wael H. Ahmed, and C.Y. Ching, “Pressure Drop of Two-Phase Flow through a Pipe Restriction ", GasTOPS Ltd, report May 2005.
Wael H. Ahmed, C.Y. Ching and M. Shoukri, “Air-Oil Two-Phase Flow Characteristics through Horizontal Pipes with Sudden Expansions”, Pratt & Whitney Canada report Nov. 2002.
Wael H. Ahmed, C.Y. Ching and M. Shoukri, “Void Fraction Measurement Using Capacitance Sensors”, Pratt& Whitney Canada report May 2002.
