THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HARNESSING

TECHNOLOGY
OMAN DECEMBER 2ND 3RD 2013

2013-12-02 (Monday)
VENUE: Grand Hyatt Muscat, Oman
Afrah Ballroom
07:30 09:00

Registration

09:00 09.05

Recitation from the Holy Quran

09:05 09.15

Welcome Speech

Dr P Mohamed Ali
Chairman, Board of Directors, Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman

09:15 09.20

Inaugural Announcement

HE Dr Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Rumhi

Minister of Oil and Gas, Sultanate of Oman

09:20 09.25

Address

Mr. Hilal Bin Hamad Al Hasani

Chief executive Officer, PEIE

09:25 09.50

Key Note Speech 1

HE Mohammed Al Mahrouqi
Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW)

09:50 10:15

Key Note Speech 2

Dr Mustapha Taoumi
IRENA, UAE

10:15 10:20

Vote of Thanks

Dr Ahmed Bin Hassan Al Bulushi

Acting Dean, Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman

10:20 11:10

Tea Break

11:10 11:35

Key Note Speech 3

Prof Chem Nayar

Regen Group Pty Ltd, Australia

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Co-firing of biomass in coal fired boilers

status and lab scale studies
Dr Hari Babu Vuthaluru, Curtin University,
Australia

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Session II

Bio-fuel Crop: Jatropha Plantation in Oman

Ahmed Al-Busaidi
Application of Renewable Energy in Health Care
Industries in Sultanate of Oman
Ali Alawi
Optimization of Osmotic Dehydration of banana in Palm
Sugar Solution - a pretreatment measure for energy
conservation
Josephine Selvi. N

Solar Energy
and Wind
Energy

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speaker

Energy
Resources
and
applications
in Oman

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Design of Solar Hybrid Desalination System with

Pressure Modulation
Ravinder Kumar
SODAR (Sound Detection and Ranging) measurement
campaign - case study
Hatem Yazidi
Renewable energy in Saudi Arabia and Mauritania:
public attitudes towards solar electricity
Stas Burek

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Session III

Innovative
approaches
in alternative
and clean
energy

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Invited
speaker

1315 Lunch Break

The contributions of fossil fuels and renewable
resources to future energy supplies
Dr Stas Burek, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Scotland, UK

Volatile Organic Compounds in Car Cabin Based on

Variables of Time and Temperature
Ku Halim Ku Hamid
Removal of Zinc from aqueous solution by adsorption
using Citrus reticulata: Equilibrium, kinetic and
thermodynamic studies
Prof Feroz
Adsorption capacity of various refrigerant-adsorbent
pairs for an automotive adsorption system air
conditioning
Peethambaran K M

1600-1630 Poster Session

1630 1700 Tea Break & Closing

Some enabling technologies and

international grid codes for wind power
generators
Dr Syed Islam, Curtin University, Australia

1315 Lunch Break

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Session IV

Reliability,
maintenance
modeling of
renewable
energy plants

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Session I

Invited
speaker

2013-12-02 (Monday) HALL 1

Produced Water: From Problems to

Possibilities
Dr Mushtaque Ahmed, Associate Professor,
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Emission reduction of energy from waste gasification

plant through maintenance modeling
Babakalli Alkali
Assessing the reliability of seawater desalination plant
energy recovery through maintenance modeling
Ahmed Fadhil Said Al Hinai
Reliability analysis of a domestic waste water
treatment plant in France
Syed. Mohd. Rizwan

1600-1630 Poster Session

1630 1700 Tea Break & Closing

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2013-12-03 (Tuesday) MAIN HALL

08:30 09:00

Key Note Speech 4

Mr John Cunneen
Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER), Oman

09:00 09:30

Key Note Speech 5

Mrs Syham Bentouati

Head of New Technology Implementation, UCT PDO, Oman

09:30 10:15

Discussion

10:15 10:35

Tea Break

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Integration of
alternative
energy
systems

Invited
speaker

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Application of a Low Cost Ceramic Filter to Membrane

Bioreactor for Treating Greywater
Shafiq Uzzaman
Prospects and Challenges for Solar Desalination in
Oman
Widdad Al Harthy

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Business
opportunities
in alternative
energy
technologies

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speaker

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Flow analysis of low energy direct contact

membrane desalination
Dr Isam Janajreh, MASDAR (UAE)

A field investigation of the leachate quantity and quality

of Matuail sanitary landfill site in Bangladesh
Shafiq Uzzaman
Multi criteria decision support system for optimized
renewable energy resources utilization
Abraham Debebe Woldeyohannes
The role of vernacular building construction in
developing zero-energy homes in Saudi ARABIA
Farajallah Alrashed
Efficiency analysis of a flat plate solar collector using
water-based titanium oxide (TIO2) nanofluid
Zaffar Said

1315 Lunch Break

1315 Lunch Break

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Session VII

Estimation Models for the Global Solar

Radiation in the United Arab Emirates
Dr Hassan Hejase, College of Engineering at
UAE University

Sulfur tolerant catalysts as candidates for

application in producing clean fuels
Dr Hamdi Farag, Chemistry Dept., Faculty of
Science, Mansoura University 35516, Egypt

Production of bio-fuel from used cooking oil for

generation of electricity
Esmail Shubber
Energy-efficient residential buildings with water pipes
embedded mass concrete a critical review
T D John
Integration of alternative energy systems via smart grid
and smart homes: solar energy storage and peak load
management
Martin Anda

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Session VIII
Process

1600 Tea Break & Closing

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Session VI

Invited
speaker

Advanced thin films for surface passivation of

crystalline silicon solar cells
Dr Anil Kottantharayil, Department of
Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay, Powai,
Oman
Production of biogas from Co-digestion of Food Waste
and Wasted Sewage Sludge from NITK Campus- A Case
Study
Arun Kumar
Assessment of Fruit and Vegetable waste produced at
Al-Mawelah central vegetable market to evaluate the
Methane potential as renewable energy
Hatem Yazidi

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Renewable energy production by anaerobic

digestion of solid waste
Dr Michel Torrijos, INRA, LBE, Avenue des
Etangs, 11100, Narbonne, France

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speaker

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Session V

Waste
Management

2013-12-03 (Tuesday) HALL 2

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speaker

2013-12-03 (Tuesday) HALL 1

Photocatalytic water treatment: solar energy

applications
Prof Detlef Bahnemann, Leibniz University,
Germany

Concentrating Solar Power Its issues and prospects

Mriganka Kalita
Harnessing laterite soil as an iron source to catalyze
fenton process to degrade the mixture of halopyridine
pharmaceutical compounds in water bodies.
Rahul S. Karale
Commonality and Difference in Intercepting of Solar
Radiation by Flat Panels and 3-D Anthills: Lessons for
Engineers
Kasimova R.G