Employment

  • Assistant Professor2015-Present
  • Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  • Post Doctoral Fellow2014-2015
  • Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  • Graduate Research Assistant2010-2014
  • Biosystems Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  • Graduate Research Assistant2008-2010
  • Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • Process Engineering/Quality Control Co-op Intern2005
  • Rock Tenn (formerly Solvay PaperBoard LLC), Syracuse, New York

Education

  • PhD., Biosystems Engineering2014
  • Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  • M.S., Biological Systems Engineering2010
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  • B.S., Paper and Bioprocess Engineering2008
  • SUNY, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY

Publications

  • Book & Book Chapters
    1. 4. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Sushil Adhikari, Hyungseok Nam and Oluwafemi Oyedeji. 2017. Syngas cleaning system for power generation in Bioenergy Systems for the Future: Prospects for Biofuels and Biohydrogen. Angelo Basile, Francesco Dalena and Claudio Rossi (Ed.). Elsevier, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
    2. 3. Sushil Adhikari, Avanti Kulkarni and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. 2016. Combustion in Bioenergy: Principles and Applications. Yebo Li and Samir Khanal (Ed.). John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
    3. 2. Sushil Adhikari, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Avanti Kulkarni. 2016. Gasification in Bioenergy: Principles and Applications. Yebo Li and Samir Khanal (Ed.). John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
    4. 1. Sushil Adhikari and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. 2015. Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis in Handbook of Clean Energy Systems. Jinyue Yan (Ed.). John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
  • Refereed Journal Articles
    1. 24. Ross Houston, Nicole Labbé, Douglas Hayes, Stuart Daw and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Intermediate temperature water-gas shift kinetics for hydrogen production. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 10. || Weblink.
    2. 23. Preenaa Moyer, Keonhee Kim, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Stephen Chmely, Brian Long, Danielle Julie Carrier and Nicole Labbe. Structural changes in lignocellulosic biomass during activation with ionic liquids comprising 3-methylimidazolium cations and carboxylate anions. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018, 11(265).|| Weblink.
    3. 22. Hyungseok Nam, Saravanan Ramiah Shanmugam, Zhouhong Wang, Sushil Adhikari and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Gasification benzene conversion with iron and nickel on silicon carbide catalysts in a fluidized bed reactor. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018.|| Weblink.
    4. 21. Pyoungchung Kim, Holly L.Haber, Jeff Lloydd, Jae-Woo Kim, Nourredine Abdoulmouminec and Nicole Labbé. Optimization of thermal desorption conditions for recovering wood preservative from used railroad ties through response surface methodology. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 221, pp 802-811 || Weblink.
    5. 20. Ross Houston, Holly Haber, Pyoungchung Kim, Nicole Labbe, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Jeff Lloyd, Jae-Woo Kim. Rail road tie preservative recovery and conversion to hydrocarbon fuels: A Conceptual process design and economics. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, 2018 || Weblink.
    6. 19. Qiaoming Liu, Nicole Labbé, Sushil Adhikari, Stephen Chmely, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Hot water extraction as a pretreatment for reducing syngas inorganics impurities - A parametric investigation on switchgrass and loblolly pine bark. Fuel, 2018, 220, pp 177-184|| Weblink.
    7. 18. Preenaa Moyer, Micholas Dean Smith, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Stephen C. Chmely, Jeremy C. Smith, Loukas Petridis and Nicole Labbe. Relationship between lignocellulosic biomass dissolution and physicochemical properties of ionic liquids composed of 3-methylimidazolium cations and carboxylate anions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018|| Weblink.
    8. 17. Holly L. Haber, Pyoungchung Kim, Stephen Chmely, Jeff Lloyd, Yagya Regmi, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, and Nicole Labbé. Environmentally Friendly Process for Recovery of Wood Preservative from Used Copper Naphthenate-Treated Railroad Ties. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2017 || Weblink.
    9. 16. Pyoungchung Kim; Adam Taylor; Jeff Lloyd; Jae-Woo Kim; Nourredine Abdoulmoumine; Nicole Labbe. A two-step thermochemical process for adding value to used railroad wood ties and reducing environmental impacts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5 (10), pp 9485-9493.|| Weblink.
    10. 15. Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Stuart Daw, Nicole Labbe, Paul Ayers and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Kinetics of the release of elemental precursors of syngas and syngas contaminants during devolatilization of switchgrass. Bioresource Technology, 2017, 244 (1), pp 525-533. || Weblink.
    11. 14. Qiaoming Liu, Stephen Chmely, and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Biomass Treatment Strategies for Thermochemical Conversion. Energy Fuels, 2017, 31 (4), pp 3525–3536. || Weblink.
    12. 13. Pyoungchung Kim, Jeff Lloyd, Jae-Woo Kim, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Nicole Labbé. Recovery of creosote from used railroad ties by thermal desorption. Energy 2016, 111, 226–236. || Weblink
    13. 12. Nourredine Abdoulmomine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Effects of temperature and equivalence ratio on mass balance and energy analysis in loblolly pine oxygen gasification. Energy Science and Engineering 2016. || Weblink
    14. 11. Avanti Kulkarni, Ryan Baker, Nourredine Abdoulmomine, Sushil Adhikari, Sushil Bhavnani. Experimental study of torrefied pine as a gasification fuel using a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier. Renewable Energy 2016, 93, 460–468. || Weblink
    15. 10. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Sushil Adhikari, Avanti Kulkarni and Shyamsundar Chattanathan. A review on biomass gasification syngas cleanup. Applied Energy 2015, 155, 294–307. || Weblink
    16. 9. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Effect of temperature and equivalence ratio on pine syngas primary gases and contaminants in a bench-scale fluidized bed gasifier. Industrial Engineering Research and Chemistry, 2014. || Weblink
    17. 8. Chad Carter, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Physicochemical Properties of Thermally Treated Biomass and Energy Requirement for Torrefaction. Transactions of the ASABE, 2013, 56 (3), 1093-1100.
    18. 7. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni, Sushil Adhikari, Steven Taylor and Edward Loewenstein. Economic analysis of municipal power generation from gasification of urban green wastes: case study of Fultondale, Alabama, USA. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2012.
    19. 6. Shyamsundar Chattanathan, Sushil Adhikari and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. A review on current status of hydrogen production from bio-oil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2012, 16 (5), 2366-2372.
    20. 5. Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Luke Achenie and Foster Agblevor. Mechanistic Modeling of Palmitic Acid Esterification via Heterogeneous Catalysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2010, 50:1177-86.
    21. 4. Foster Agblevor, Ofei Mante, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Ron McClung. 2010. Production of Stable Biomass Pyrolysis Oils Using Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis. Energy & Fuels 2010, 24 (7), 4087-4089.
    22. 3. Foster Agblevor, Sedat Beis, Ofei Mante and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis of Hybrid Poplar Wood. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2010, 49 (8), 3533-3538.
    23. 2. Raymond Francis, Todd Bolton, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Nataliya Lavrykova and Samar Bose. Positive and negative aspects of soda/anthraquinone pulping of hardwoods. Bioresource Technology 2008, 99(17):8453-8457.
    24. 1. Raymond Francis, Todd Bolton, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Nataliya Lavrykova. A standard approach in comparing the bleachability of hardwood chemical pulps. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science 2008, 34(2): 134-138.
  • Conference Proceedings
    1. 3. Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Luke Achenie, Foster Agblevor, "Mechanistic Modeling of Palmitic Acid Esterification", Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Hangzhou, China, May 2010.
    2. 2. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan, Foster Agblevor and Luke Achenie. Kinetic Study of Palmitic Acid Esterification on Sulfated Zirconium Oxide. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 2010. Annual International Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 20 – 23. (Paper #1009392).
    3. 1. Shijie Liu, Kate Gratien, Yang Wang, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Thomas E. Amidon. Hot-water extraction prior to pulping: Turning a pulp mill into biorefinery. 2nd International Papermaking and Environment Conference, Tianjin, China. January 2008.

Abstracts at Conferences, Workshops and Meetings

  • Conference presentations
    1. 28. Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Simulation of nitrogen contaminants during biomass gasification using CFD-DEM approach. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
    2. 27. Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Simulation of biomass gasification performance using non-stoichiometric equilibrium method. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
    3. 26. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Benjamin Cruz, Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Emilio Ramirez and Charles Daw. Determining and modeling the residence time distribution of biomass particles in a bench-scale bubbling fluidized bed reactor. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
    4. 25. Ross Houston, Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Catalytic Hydrous Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor to Produce Refinery-Ready Bio-crude Oil. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
    5. 24. Ross Houston, Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Development of a Comprehensive Computational Fluid Dynamic and Discrete Element Model of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor. 2017 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science, August 8th-10th, 2017 Morgantown, WV.
    6. 23. Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. CFD-DEM Modeling of the Formation of Producer Gas Contaminants During Biomass Gasification. 2017 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science, August 8th-10th, 2017 Morgantown, WV.
    7. 22. Miles Ownby, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Qiaoming Liu and Oluwafemi Oyedeji. Devolatilization kinetics of high ash containing switchgrass and pine bark by differential thermogravimetry (DTG). ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 16th-19th, 2017 Spokane, WA.
    8. 21. Qiaoming Liu, Stephen Chmely, Nicole Labbé and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Synthesis and Evaluation of Sorbents for Hot Gas Cleanup Cleanup of Hydrogen Chloride in Producer Gas. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 16th-19th, 2017 Spokane, WA.
    9. 20. Taylor Spivey and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Evaluation of fuel characteristics of legacy fine coal refuse. The 21st Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURÄ“CA) at the University of Tennessee. April 17th-21st, 2017 Knoxville, TN.
    10. 19. Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Kinetic investigation of the formation of biomass syngas precursors. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 16th-19th, 2017 Spokane, WA.
    11. 18. Ross Houston, Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Development of a comprehensive computational fluid dynamic and discrete element model of biomass fast pyrolysis in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 16th-19th, 2017 Spokane, WA.
    12. 17. Qiaoming Liu, Stephen Chmely, Nicole Labbé and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Effect of Hot Water Extraction on Inorganics Removal in Switchgrass. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17th-20th, 2016 Orlando, FL.
    13. 16. Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Computational fluid dynamics modeling of a bench-scale fluidized bed gasifier. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 17th-20th, 2016 Orlando, FL.
    14. 15. Narendra Sadhwani, Mario Eden, Sushil Adhikari, Shyamsundar Chattanathan and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Effect of Temperature and Oxidizing medium on Syn-gas composition in Southern Pine Gasification. AIChE Annual Meeting, October 28th-November 2nd, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.
    15. 14. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Suchithra Thangalazhy Gopakumar and Sushil Adhikari. Comparative Study of Southern Pine Fast Pyrolysis Bio-oil. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2012. Dallas, TX.
    16. 13. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni, Sushil Adhikari and Narendra Sadhwani. Effect of Gasification Parameters on Syngas Contaminants. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2012. Dallas, TX.
    17. 12. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Economic Analysis of Power Generation from Urban Green Wastes. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Alabama Section Meeting, April 13th-14th, 2012, Auburn, AL.
    18. 11. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Economic Analysis of Power Generation from Urban Green Wastes: Case Study of Fultondale, AL. Auburn University Graduate Scholars Forum, Second Round Student Presentation Competition. April 2nd, 2012, Auburn, AL.
    19. 10. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Economic Analysis of Power Generation from Urban Green Wastes: Case Study of Fultondale, AL. Auburn University Graduate Scholars Forum, First Round Student Presentation Competition. February 28th, 2012, Auburn, AL.
    20. 9. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Sushil Adhikari. Pyrolysis of Canola Cake: Kinetic Investigation. ASABE Annual International Meeting, August 7-10, 2011. Louisville, KY.
    21. 8. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Foster Agblevor, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan and Luke Achenie. Kinetics of Free Fatty Acid Esterification On SO4/ZrO2 and Al2O3. AIChE Annual Meeting, November 7-12, 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.
    22. 7. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Foster Agblevor, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan and Luke Achenie. Kinetic Study of Palmitic Acid Esterification on Sulfated Zirconium Oxide. ASABE Annual International Meeting, June 20th-23rd, 2010, Pittsburg, PA.
    23. 6. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan, Foster Agblevor and Luke Achenie. Free Fatty Acid Esterification on Acidic Heterogeneous Catalysts: Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism. 3rd Biological Systems Engineering GSO Research Symposium, April 4th 2010, Blacksburg, VA.
    24. 5. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Foster Agblevor. Heterogeneous basic catalyst for biodiesel production. 26th Annual Graduate Student Assembly Research Symposium, March 24th 2010, Blacksburg, VA.
    25. 4. Foster Agblevor, Ofei Mante and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Production of Stable Distillable Biomass Pyrolysis Oils. 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, April 19th-22nd 2010, Clearwater, FL.
    26. 3. Jingai Shao, Foster Agblevor, Ofei Mante and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. New Rapid Method for the Determination of the Total Acid Number (TAN) of Fast Pyrolysis Oils. 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, April 19th-22nd 2010, Clearwater, FL.
    27. 2. Foster Agblevor, Sedat Beis, Ofei Mante, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine and Junia Pereira. Low Temperature Catalytic Gasification of Biomass for Syngas and Chemicals Production. AICHE Annual Meeting, November 8th-13th, 2009. Nashville, TN.
    28. 1. Raymond Francis, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Nataliya Lavrykova and Samar Bose. An Attempt at Quantifying Bleachability of Hardwood Chemical Pulps. Manuscript 39-1, Tappi Engineering, Pulping, Environment Conference., November 5th -8th 2006., Atlanta, GA.
  • Poster presentations
    1. 4. Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Design, Integration, and CFD Modeling of a Bench-Scale Fluidized Bed Reactor for Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Knoxville-Oak Ridge section meeting, Knoxville, TN, March 17th, 2016.
    2. 3. Qiaoming Liu, Stephen Chmely, Nicole Labbé and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Effect of Hot Water Extraction on Inorganics Removal in Switchgrass. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Knoxville-Oak Ridge section meeting, Knoxville, TN, March 17th, 2016.
    3. 2. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni, Sushil Adhikari, Steven Taylor and Edward Loewenstein. Economic Analysis of Municipal Power Generation from Gasification of Urban Green Wastes: Case Study of Fultondale, Alabama, USA. Lignocellulosic Biofuels Conference, June 13th – June 15th 2012, Auburn, AL.
    4. 1. Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Avanti Kulkarni and Sushil Adhikari. Gasification of Pine Wood to Biofuels and Bioenergy. Engineering Graduate Student Poster Session, March 2nd, Auburn, AL.

Professional Membership & Activities

  • Professional Membership
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Awards

  • Research Award of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture 2017
  • Outstanding Graduate Student - Biosystems Engineering Department at Auburn University 2013
  • Graduate Student Bioeconomy Conference Awards 2012
  • Auburn University Dissertation Research Award 2012
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers New Faces of Engineering 2012 2012