Professor Guniz Guruz

Visiting Professor
g.guruz@neu.edu

Ph.D. 1974, Chemical Engineering
University of New Brunswick, Federiction, Canada

B.S. 1969, Chemical Engineering
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Middle East Technical University, Chemical Engineering, Ankara, Turkey

Hacettepe University, Chemical Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Chemical Engineering, Worcester, MA

Hacettepe University, Chemical Engineering

Coal Conversion Processes
Surface Characterization
Production of Active Carbon from Lignites
Energy and Process Flow Sheet Optimization

Publications (Last 5 Years)

Guruz, A.G., Uctepe, U., and Durusoy, T., "Mathematical modeling of thermal decomposition of coal," J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 71, 537 - 551 (2004).

Dogan, I., and Guruz, A.G., "Waste minimization in a bleach plant," Advances in Environmental Research, 8, 359-369 (2004).

Dogan, I., and Guruz, A.G., "Oxygen delignification kinectics at ultra-low consistency," AIChE Annual Meeting (2003).

Orbey, H., Balci, C., and Guruz, A.G., "Phase equilibrium of asymmetric systems by predictive equations of state models," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 963-967 (2002).

Senel, I.G., Guruz, A.G., Yucel, H., Kandas, A.W., and Sarofim, A.F.,"Characterization of pore structure of Turkish coals," Energy and Fuels, 15, 331-338 (2001).

Guruz, A.G., and Toppare, A., "The energy analysis and the multivariable energy optimization of a Yankee Hood dryer," AIChE Annual Meeting (2001).

Guruz, A.G., and Dogan, I., "Flow sheet optimization by the concept of sustainable development in pulp and paper industry," AIChE Annual Meeting (2000).

Orbey, H., Guruz, A.G., and Balci, C., "Phase equilibrium of asymmetric systems by predictive equations of state models," AIChE Annual Meeting (2000).

Onel, S., and Guruz, A.G., "Energy optimization in a Yankee-Hood dryer," ITSS-International Thermal Science Seminar, Bled, Slovenia (2000).

Onel, S., and Guruz, A.G., "Energy optimization of the Yankee-Hood dryer," Proceedings of the ASME Int. Thermal Science Seminar, 2, 61-67 (1999).

Guruz, A.G., and Cakal, T., "Combustion of nutshells in a tubular furnace," AIChE Annual Meeting (1999).

Guruz, A.G., Yucel, G., and Yucel, H., "Study of reactivity of coal in carbonization and gasification by thermogravimetric analysis," AIChE Annual Meeting (1999).

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