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Refereed Journal Publications

Eman khder; Thamer J. Mohammed; Hamed N Harharah; Abdelfattah Amari; Talib M. Albayati, Noori Cata Saady; Sohrab Zendehboudi. Current trends for Wastewater Treatment Technologies with Typical Configurations of Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor Hybrid Systems: A Review. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, Manuscript Number: CEPPI-D-23-00432R2  
Ali, N.S.; Salih, I.K.; Harharah, H.N.; Majdi, H.S.; Salih, H.G.; Kalash, K.R.; Al-Shathr, A.; Al-Sudani, F.T.; Abdulrahman, M.A.; Alrubaye, J.M.; Noori M. Saady; Sohrab Zendehboudi. Utilization of Loaded Cobalt onto MCM-48 Mesoporous Catalyst as a Heterogeneous Reaction in a Fixed Bed Membrane Reactor to Produce Isomerization Product from n-Heptane. Catalysts 2023, 13, 1138. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13071138
Nisreen S. Ali, Hamed N. Harharah, Issam K. Salih, Noori M. Cata Saady, Sohrab Zendehboudi & Talib M. Albayati. Applying MCM-48 mesoporous material, equilibrium, isotherm, and mechanism for the effective adsorption of 4-nitroaniline from wastewater. Scientific Reports 13(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37090-4
Niroomand, K., Saady, N.M.C., Bazan, C., Zendehboudi, S., Soares, A., Albayati, T.M. Smart Investigation of Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy System Technologies by Natural Language Processing: Insightful Pattern for Decision-Makers. International Scientific Journal Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Submission: EAAI-22-3885- Accepted).
Jasim I Humadi, Saad A Jafar, Nisreen S Ali, Mustafa A Ahmed, Mohammed J Mzeed, Raheem J Al-Salhi, Noori M Cata Saady, Hasan Sh Majdi, Sohrab Zendehboudi, Talib M Albayati. Recovery of fuel from real waste oily sludge via a new eco-friendly surfactant material used in a digital baffle batch extraction unit. Scientific Reports 13(1), 9931. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37188-9
Ghorbani, B., Zendehboudi, S., Saady, N.M.C., Dusseault, M.B. Hydrogen Storage in North America: Status, Prospects, and Challenges. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(3):109957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.109957.
Ghorbani, Bahram; Zendehboudi, Sohrab; Saady, Noori; Duan, Xili; Albayati, Talib M. Strategies to Improve the Performance of Hydrogen Storage Systems by Liquefaction Methods: A Comprehensive Review. ACS Omega 2023, 2023, 8, 21, 18358–18399. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.3c01072.
Neisan, R.S., Saady, N.M.C., Bazan, C., Zendehboudi, S., Al-nayili, A., Abbassi, B., Chatterjee, P. Arsenic Removal by Adsorbents from Water for Small Communities’ Decentralized Systems: Performance, Characterization, and Effective Parameters. Clean Technologies. 2023, 5(1), 352-402; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol5010019
Alsudani, F.T., Saeed, A.N., Ali, N.S., Majdi, H.Sh., Salih, H.G., Albayati, T.M., Saady, N.M.C., Shakor, Z.M. Conversion of Methane into Liquid Hydrocarbons and Oxygenates Through Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) Process: A review. Methane 2023, 2(1), 24-43; https://doi.org/10.3390/methane2010002
Abbood, NS, Ali, NS, Khader, EH, Majdi, HSh, Albayati, TM, Saady, NMC. Photocatalytic Degradation of Cefotaxime Pharmaceutical Compounds onto a modified Nanocatalyst. Research on Chemical Intermediates 2022, 49(2):1-14
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-022-04879-3
Rajagopal, R.; Bele, V.; Saady, N.M.C.; Hickmann, F.M.W.; Goyette, B. 2022. Anaerobic Digestion of Pig-Manure Solids at Low Temperatures: Start-Up Strategies and Effects of Mode of Operation, Adapted Inoculum, and Bedding Material. Bioengineering 2022, 9, 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090435
Avargani, V.M., Zendehboudi, S., Saady, N.M.C., Dusseault, M.B. 2022. A comprehensive review on hydrogen production and utilization in North America: Prospects and challenges. Energy Conversion and Management 269, 115927 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115927
Nisreen S Ali, Ziad T Alismaeel, Hasan Sh Majdi, Hussein G Salih, Mahir A Abdulrahman,Noori M Cata Saady, Talib M Albayati. 2022. Modification of SBA-15 Mesoporous Silica as an Active Heterogeneous Catalyst for theHydroisomerization and Hydrocracking of n-Heptane. Heliyon, e09737. https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(22)01025-8.pdf

AT Khadim, TM Albayati, NMC Saady. 2022. Removal of sulfur compounds from real diesel fuel employing the encapsulated mesoporous material adsorbent Co/MCM-41 in a fixed-bed column. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume 341, August 2022, 112020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1387181122003389
Al-Nayili, A., Majdi, H.S., Albayati, T.M., Saady, N.M.C. 2022. Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Using Noble-Metal Nanoheterogeneous Catalysts: Towards Sustainable Hydrogen-Based Energy. Catalysts 2022, 12, 324. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030324
Hajizadeh A., Mohamadi-Baghmolaei, M., Saady, N.M.C., Zendehboudi, S. 2022. Hydrogen production from biomass through integration of anaerobic digestion and biogas dry reforming. Applied Energy, Vol. 309, article number 118442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118442
Khadim, A.T., Albayati, T.M., Saady, N.M.C. 2021. Desulfurization of actual diesel fuel onto modified mesoporous material Co/MCM-41. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, Vol. 17, 100635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2021.100635
Mashhadi, A.S., Saady, N.M.C., Bazan, C. 2021. Predicting Cost of Farm-based Biogas Plants. Journal of Energy Systems 5(4):365 - 375. https://doi.org/10.30521/jes.980467 URL: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jes/issue/67039/980467
Saady, N.M.C.; Rezaeitavabe, F.; Ruiz Espinoza, J.E. 2021. Chemical Methods for Hydrolyzing Dairy Manure Fiber: A Concise Review. Energies 2021, 14, 6159. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196159
Nazifa, T.H., Saady, N.M.C., Bazan, C., Zendehboudi, S., Aftab, A., Albayati, T.M. 2021. Anaerobic Digestion of Blood of Slaughtered Livestock: a Review. Energies 2021, 14(18), 5666; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185666.
Mohamadi-Baghmolaei, Mohamad; Hajizadeh, Abdollah; Zendehboudi, Sohrab; Duan, Xili; Shiri, Hodjat; Saady, N.M.C. 2021. Exergy and exergoeconomic assessment of an acid gas removal unit in a gas refinery plant. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02499
Adnan Aftab, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Arif, Sallahudin Panhwar, Emad Al-Khdheeawi, Saady, N.M.C., Omar Mahmoud, Alireza Keshavarz, Stefan Iglauer. 2020. Influence of Tailor-Made TiO2/API Bentonite Nanocomposite on Drilling Mud Performance: Towards Enhanced Drilling Operations. Applied Clay Sciences Vol. 199, 1 December 2020, 105862. link
Ali, M., Jarni, H.H., Aftab, A., Ismail, A.R., Saady, N.M.C., Sahito, M.F., Keshavarz, A., Iglauer, S., Sarmadivaleh, M. 2020. Nanomaterial-Based Drilling Fluids for Exploitation of Unconventional Reservoirs: A Review. Energies 13, 3417. link
Ahmad, A.M.S., Kovasky Alfonso Buezo, K.A., Saady, N.M.C. 2019. Adapting anaerobic consortium to pure and complex lignocellulose substrates at low temperature: Kinetics evaluation. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture 8: 99. link
Massé, D.I. Jarret, G., Benchaar, C., Hassanat, F., Saady, N.M.C. 2016. Effect of increasing levels of corn silage in an alfalfa-based dairy cow diet and of manure management practices on manure fugitive methane emissions. Agricultural, Ecosystems & Environment 221(1):109–114. link
Saady, N.M.C., Masse, D.I. 2016. Feasibility and performance of high rate psychrophilic dry anaerobic digestion of high solids content dairy manure. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture. 5(1):33–42. link
Saady, N.M.C., Masse, D.I. 2016. Starting-up low temperature dry anaerobic digestion of cow feces and wheat straw. Renewable Energy 88, 439-444. link
Saady, N.M.C. and Massé, D.I. 2015. A start-up of psychrophilic anaerobic sequence batch reactor digesting a 35% total solids feed of dairy manure and wheat straw. AMB Express 5:55. link
Massé, D.I., Gilbert, Y., Saady, N.M.C. 2015. Psychrophilic dry anaerobic digestion of cow manure and wheat straw: Feasibility studies. Biomass & Bioenergy 77, 1-8.
Massé, D.I., Saady, N.M.C. 2015. High rate psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of undiluted dairy cow feces. Bioresource Technology 187, 128–135. link
Saady, N.M.C. and Massé, D.I. 2015. Dry anaerobic digestion of high solids content dairy manure at high organic loading rates in psychrophilic sequence batch reactor. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology 99(10):4521-9. link
Saady, N.M.C., Massé, D.I. 2015. Impact of organic loading rate on psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of solid dairy manure. Energies 8, 1990-2007. link
Saady, N.M.C. and Massé, D.I. 2015. High rate psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of high solids (35%) dairy manure in sequence batch reactor. Bioresource Technology 186, 74-80. link
Saady, N.M.C., Massé, D.I. 2015. On-farm applications of cattle manure fiber hydrolysis biotechnologies: A review. Int. J. Environment & Waste Management 15(4):327 – 346. link
Saady, N.M.C. and Massé, D.I. 2015. Impact of organic loading rate on the performance of psychrophilic dry anaerobic digestion of dairy manure and wheat straw: Long-term operation. Bioresource Technology 182:50–57. link
Saady, N.M.C. and Hung, Y-T. 2014. Energy recovery through biohydrogen production for sustainable anaerobic waste treatment: an overview. Int. J. Environment & Waste Management (in press).
Rajagopal, R., Massé, D.I., Saady, N.M.C. 2014. Low-Temperature anaerobic co-digestion of swine carcass and pig manure: Impact of high swine carcass loading rate. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1811-1816. link
Massé, D.I., Saady, N.M.C., Rajagopal, R. 2014. Psychrophilic dry anaerobic digestion of high solids content dairy manure: long term operation. Biological Engineering Transactions 7(3): 99-112. link
Massé, D.I., Saady, N.M.C. 2015. Psychrophilic dry anaerobic digestion of dairy cow feces: long-term operation. Waste Management 36, 86–92. (Impact Factor 3.496). link
Massé, D.I., Saady, N.M.C., Gilbert, Y. 2014. Potential of biological treatment to eliminate antibiotics in livestock manure: An overview. Animals 4:146-163. link
Massé, D.I., Jarret, G., Benchaar, C., Saady, N.M.C. 2014. Effect of corn dried distiller grains with soluble (DDGS) in dairy cow diets on manure bioenergy production potential. Animals 4:82-93. link
Saady, N.M.C. 2013. Homoacetogensis during hydrogen production by mixed cultures dark fermentation: Unresolved challenge. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 38(30):13172-13191. (Impact Factor 4.086). link
Saady, N.M.C. and Masse, D.I. 2013. Psychrophilc anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass: Characterization study. Bioresource Technology 142:663-671. (Impact Factor 4.98) link
Massé, D.I., Gilbert, Y., Saady, N.M.C., Liu, C. 2013. Low temperature anaerobic digestion of swine manure in a plug-flow reactor. Environmental Technology 34(17-20):2617-24. (Impact Factor 1.41) link
Rajagopal R., Saady N.M.C., Torrijos M., Thanikal J.V., Hung Y-T. 2013. Sustainable agro-food industrial wastewater treatment using high rate anaerobic process. Water 5:292-311. link
Saady, N.M.C, Chaganti, S.R., Veeravalli, S.S., Shanmugam, S.R., Lalman, J.A. and Heath, D.D. 2012. Assessing the impact of palmitic, myristic and lauric acids on hydrogen production from glucose fermentation by mixed anaerobic granular cultures. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37(24):18761–18772. link
Saady, N.M.C, Chaganti, S.R., Veeravalli, S.S., Shanmugam, S.R., Lalman, J.A. and Heath, D.D. 2012. Effects of linoleic acid and its degradation by-products on mesophilic hydrogen production using flocculated and granular mixed anaerobic cultures. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37(24):18747-18760. link
Saady, N.M.C. 2012. Utilizing settling tests to design a conventional upflow settling tank modified with inclined plates. Water Science & Technol. 66(4):858–864.
Saady, N.M.C. 2012. Effects of inclined plates and polyelectrolyte on the performance of settling tanks. J. Appl. Sci. Environmental Sanitation 7(1):35-42. link
Saady, N.M.C, Chaganti, S., Heath, D. and Lalman, J.A. 2011. Impact of culture source and linoleic acid (C18:2) on biohydrogen production from glucose under mesophilic conditions. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37(5):4036–4045. (Impact Factor 4.05). link
Saady, N.M.C. 2011. Modeling bioremediation at abandoned waste dumping and landfill site using MODFLOW and RT3D packages. J. Environmental Hydrology 19(9):1-10, Paper # 20. link
Saady, N.M.C. 2011. Experimental verification of inclined plate settling models. J. Appl. Sci. in Environmental Sanitation 6(3):309-315, (Impact Factor 2.3). link
Ray, S., Saady, N.M.C. and Lalman, J.A. 2010. Diverting electron fluxes to hydrogen in mixed anaerobic communities fed with glucose and unsaturated C18 long chain fatty acids, J. Environmental Engineering. ASCE 136(6):568-575. link
Al-Ani, F.G., Saady, N.M.C., and Medan, T. 2005. Environmental assessment of Ganfuda solid waste landfill in Benghazi city. Proceeding of the First Scientific Congress of Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi-Libya. pp.39-50.
Al-Ani, F.G., and Saady, N.M.C. 2003. Pollution of Benghazi ground water at Qanfuda site. Forum of water pollution-primary health care. Benghazi-Libya. June 2003. pp. 11-15.

Selected Conference Publications

Mashhadi, A. S.; Saady, N.M.C., Bazan, C. 2021. Predicting Cost of Farm-based Biogas Plants. The 9th European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems (ECRES 2021); 21-23 April 2021, Istanbul-Turkey.
Hajizadeh, A., Saady, N.M.C., Zendehboudi, S. 2020. Biogas Production Potential of Dairy Manure and Agricultural Wastes in a Typical Dairy Farm in Newfoundland and Labrador. Oral presentation. In the 70th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CSChE), Oct. 26-30, 2020. Abstract ID: 372. Session: B3 - Renewable Energy. Won the Energy Oral Presentation Excellence Award. link
Abdollah Hajizadeh, Arash Samizadeh Mashhadi, Noori Saady, Sohrab Zendehboudi, Carlos Bazan. 2020. Cost Analysis of On-Farm Biogas Plants for Dairy Farms. 1st Virtual Eastern Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research organized by the Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ). Date: November 6, 2020.
Radhakrishnan, A., Buezo, K.A., Saady, N.M.C. 2018. Theoretical methane yields of feedstock. Poster presentation. The International Conference on Biofuel and Bioenergy. 12-13 November 2018, Athens, Greece.
Li, Z., Qiao, H., Saady, N.M.C. 2018. Modelling Marine Oil Spill: A Case study. Poster presentation. The 9th International Conference and Expo on Oil and Gas. 15-16 October 2018, Holiday Inn Rome Aurelia, Rome, Italy. 2018. link
Buezo, K.A., Saady, N.M.C. 2018. Potential of livestock blood from slaughterhouses. Poster presentation. The 3rd Annual Research Conference of the FEAS. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL. 31 May 2018.
Radhakrishnan, A., Saady, N.M.C. 2018. Theoretical methane yields of biomass: Elemental analysis approach. Poster presentation. The 3rd Annual Research Conference of the FEAS. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL. 31 May 2018.
Li, Z., Qiao, H., Wang, X., Saady, N.M.C., Shareef, M., Husain, T. 2018. Modelling Early Stage of Marine Oil Spill: Galveston Bay Case study. Poster presentation. The 3rd Annual Research Conference of the FEAS. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL. 31 May 2018.
Saady, N.M.C. and Masse, D.I. 2013. Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass: Characterization study. The 10th Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Montreal 16-19 June 2013.
Saady, N.M.C. and Lalman, J.A., 2011. Effects of linoleic acid on hydrogen consumption during hydrogen production in mixed anaerobic culture. 8th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocesses, Toronto, ON, 8-11 May, 2011.
Lalman, J.A., Shewa, W.A., Saady, N.M.C., Chaganti, S. and Kim, D-H., Using Metabolic flux analysis to assess the effects of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) on H2 consuming microorganisms during H2 production. Indo-Canada Workshop, January 27-28, 2011.
Saady, N., Thadikamala, S., Chaganti, S.R. and Lalman, J.A. 2011. Effect of linoleic acid on enhancing sulphate reduction by mixed anaerobic cultures. University of Windsor Students Conference, 4 February 2011.
Lalman, J.A., Saady, N.M.C., and Chaganti, S.R. 2010. Renewable fuels from agriculture materials and residues. Canada Research Chairs–10th anniversary event, Toronto, 24-25 November, 2010.
Saady, N.M.C., and Lalman, J.A., 2009. Influence of lauric acid on hydrogen production from glucose by mesophilic anaerobic mixed culture. 6th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocesses, Montreal, 2009.
Saady, N.M., and Lalman, J.A., 2008. Effects of lauric acid (C12) on hydrogen production from glucose by an anaerobic mixed culture. 24th Eastern Canada Symposium of the Canadian Association for Water Quality, Montreal, 2008. link
Cata, N.M., and Ghaweel, I.A., 2005. Liquid wastes in the hospitals of Benghazi city, the First national conference on municipal and industrial wastewater techniques. June 2005, Benghazi- Libya.
Cata, N.M. 2003. Africa Water Resources, Forum of the environment department, Faculty of public health-University of Garyounis, March 2003.

Technical Reports

Mashhadi, Arash Samziadeh; Saady, N.M.C. 2021. Phase II of On-Farm Evaluation of Biogas Potential of Dairy Manure from a Typical Dairy Farm in St. John’s Area: Cost Analysis and Economic Evaluation. Department of Fisheries and Land Resources; Provincial Government Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Agricultural Partnership CAP.
Hajizadeh, A., Saady, N.M.C., Zendehboudi, S. 2020. Evaluating biogas potential of dairy manure from a typical dairy farm in St. John’s area using psychrophilic anaerobic digestion. Department of Fisheries and Land Resources; Provincial Government Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Agricultural Partnership CAP1920-0231.
Buezo, Kovasky, Saady, N.M.C., 2018. LESTER’S DAIRY FARM: A CASE STUDY.
Massé, D.I. and Saady, N. 2014. Final report: Operating strategies for the AAFC low temperature dry-anaerobic bioreactors (LTDAB) processing high solids content organic substrates. 78 pp.
Saady, N.M.C., and El-Omami, M., 2005. Flow analysis at Qawarsha wastewater treatment plant. A study to the Utilities Administration in Benghazi city-Libya. May-2005.

Book Chapters

Hajizadeh, A., Saady, N.M.C., Zendehboudi, S., Rajagopal, R., Hung, Y-T. 2021. Biohydrogen production through mixed culture dark anaerobic fermentation of industrial waste. Chapter 8 In Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, II. Taylor and Francis & CRC Press. Handbook of Environmental Engineering., Vol. 20, LawrenceK. Wang et al. (Eds): Integrated Natural Resources Management. ISBN: 978-3-030-55171-1. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-55172-8
Rajagopal R., Saady N.M.C., Torrijos M., Thanikal J.V., and Hung Y-T. 2016. Sustainable Agro-Food Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using High Rate Anaerobic Process; Chapter 6 in Victor M. Monsalvo (Ed.), Efficient Management of Wastewater from Manufacturing: New Treatment Technologies. Apple Academic Press. ISBN 9781771881715 - CAT# N11369. pp. 123-152. link