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Dr.Ibrahim Mansir Balarabe Balarabe

PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering

Al Kharj
011-588-8293
i.balarabe@psau.edu.sa

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 2018.
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2012.
B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University Kano, 2006.

Research Interests

Thermofluids
Renewable Energy
Nuclear Energy

Experience

2014 - 2019 - Lecturer-B - King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2008 - until now - Senior Research Fellow - Center for Energy Research and Training
2012 - 2014 - Visiting Lecturer - Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

Responsibilities

Member of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Committee, 2012 - 2014.
Member of Junior Staff Promotion Committee, 2010 – 2014.

Publications

Published Papers:
Yan Cao, Hayder A. Dhahad, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Ahmed G. ABo-Khalil, Sagr Alamri, Ali A. Rajhi, Ali E. Anqi, Farah Qasim, Development of a combined system based on a PEMFC and hydrogen storage under different conditions equipped with an ejector cooling system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Available online 23 November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.195
Farayi Musharavati, Shoaib Khanmohammadi, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Design, exergy analysis, and optimization of a hydrogen generation/storage energy system with solar heliostat fields and absorption-ejector refrigeration system, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Available online 17 November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.087
Goodarzi, M., Elkotb, M.A., Alanazi, A.K., Abo-Dief, H.M., Mansir, I.B., Tirth, V. and Gamaoun, F., 2021. Applying Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) modeling to predict the melting behavior of phase change materials. Journal of Energy Storage, Available online 16 November 2021, p.103570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.103570
Yan Cao, Ehab H. Bani Hani, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Chidiebere Diyoke, Hayder A. Dhahad, Exergy and exergo-economic investigation of a novel hydrogen production and storage system via an integrated energy system, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Available online 9 November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.121.
El Manaa Barhoumi, Paul C. Okonkwo, Slah Farhani, Ikram Ben Belgacem, Manaf Zghaibeh, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Faouzi Bacha, Techno-economic analysis of photovoltaic-hydrogen refueling station case study: A transport company Tunis-Tunisia, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Available online 9 November 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.111
Okonkwo, Paul C., Wilfred Emori, Paul C. Uzoma, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Ahmed Bahgat Radwan, Oladeji O. Ige, and Aboubakr M. Abdullah. "A review of bipolar plates materials and graphene coating degradation mechanism in proton exchange membrane fuel cell." International Journal of Energy Research. Available online 2 November 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7428
Cao, Y., Hani, E.H.B. and Mansir, I.B., 2021. Design analysis and tri-objective optimization of a novel integrated energy system based on two methods for hydrogen production: By using power or waste heat. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Available online 31 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.257.
Mohammad Reza Safaei, Mohamed Abdelghany Elkotb, Abdullah M. Alsharif, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Sagr Alamri, Vineet Tirth, Marjan Goodarzi, An innovative design of a high strength and low weight sudden micro expansion by considering a nanofluid: Electronic cooling application, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28 (2021) 101637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101637
Paul C. Okonkwo, Himangshu Bhowmik, Ibrahim B. Mansir, Mohammed Ahmed Awadh Al Sarj AlMarhoon, Naif Fawaz Ahmed AlSfarini, Effect of electrode spacing on hydrogen production using a home-made alkaline electrolyzer. Materials Letters, 306 (2021) 130841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130841.
Mansir, I. B., Ben-Mansour, R. and Habib, M.A., Numerical modeling of heat transfer characteristics in a two-pass oxygen transport reactor for fire tube boilers under oxy-fuel combustion. Applied Thermal Engineering, 195 (2021) 117248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117248.
A.S. Abdullah, Z.M. Omara, F.A. Essa, A. Alarjani, Ibrahim B. Mansir, M.I. Amro. “Enhancing the solar still performance using reflectors and sliding-wick belt”, Solar Energy, 214 (2021) 268–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.11.016.
Haque, M.A., Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A.A., Mansir, I.B. and Habib, M.A. Review of fuel/oxidizer-flexible combustion in gas turbines. Energy & Fuels, 2020 34 (9), 10459–10485. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c02097.
Farouk, N., Elmardi, O., Alzeber, H. and Mansir, I.B., Effects of electric power blackouts on steam turbine power plants. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 2020 17 (6), 8174-8181.
Mansur Aliyu, Ahmed Abdelhafez, Syed A. M. Said, Mohamed A. Habib, Medhat A. Nemitallah, and Ibrahim B. Mansir. Characteristics of Oxyfuel Combustion in Lean-Premixed Multihole Burners. Energy & Fuels, 2019 33 (11), 11948-11958, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b02821.
Nemitallah, Medhat A., Ahmed A. Abdelhafez, Asif Ali, Ibrahim Mansir, and Mohamed A. Habib. Frontiers in combustion techniques and burner designs for emissions control and CO2 capture: A review. International Journal of Energy Research, (2019) 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4730.
Nemitallah, M.A., Mansir, I.B. and Habib, M.A. Experimental and numerical study of oxy‐methane flames in a porous‐plate reactor mimicking membrane reactor operation. International Journal of Energy Research, (2019) 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4723.
Habib, M. A., Mansir, I. B., Nemitallah, M. A., & Khalifa, A. E. Experimental study on combustion characteristics and lean blow-out limits of non-premixed oxy-methane flames in a porous-plate reactor. Heat and Mass Transfer, 55, 3265–3274 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02639-5.
Ibrahim B. Mansir, Rached Ben-Mansour, Mohamed A. Habib. Oxy-fuel combustion investigation in a two-pass oxygen transport reactor for fire tube boiler application. Applied Energy, 229 (2018), 828-840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.057.
Ibrahim B. Mansir, Medhat A. Nemitallah, Mohamed A. Habib, and Atia E. Khalifa. Experimental and numerical investigation of flow field and oxy-methane combustion characteristics in a low-power porous-plate reactor. Energy, 160 (2018) 783-795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.070.
Said, Syed A., Mansur Aliyu, Medhat A. Nemitallah, Mohamed A. Habib, Ibrahim B. Mansir. Experimental Investigation of the stability of a turbulent diffusion flame in a gas turbine combustor. Energy, 157 (2018) 904-913, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.05.177.
Nemitallah, M.A., Rashwan, S.S., Mansir, I.B., Abdelhafez, A.A. and Habib, M.A. Review of novel combustion techniques for clean power production in gas turbines. Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32, 979−1004. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03607.
Medhat Nemitallah, Mohamed Habib, Shakiruddin Salahuddin, Ibrahim Mansir. Hydrogen production, oxygen separation and syngas oxy-combustion inside a water splitting membrane reactor. Renewable Energy, 113 (2017) 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.086.
Y. A. Ahmed, I. B. Mansir, B. B. M. Dewu. Installation of permanent cadmium-lined channel as a Means for increasing epithermal NAA capabilities of miniature neutron source reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 263 (2013) 70–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.03.058.
Y. A. Ahmed, I. B. Mansir, I. Yusuf, G. I. Balogun, S. A. Jonah. Effects of Core Excess Reactivity and Coolant Average Temperature on Maximum Operable Time of NIRR-1 Miniature Neutron Source Reactor. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 241, Issue 5 (2011) 1559–1564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.01.038.
M. I. Balarabe, G. Y. Pam, C. O. Folayan. Development of a Steady State Temperature Distribution Code (STD 1.0) for Predicting Thermal-Hydraulics Parameter of MNSR. Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology, Vol.3 Issue 2 (2013) 1-13. http://www.stmjournals.com/index.php?journal=JoNET&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=3584
Mansir I. B., Pam G. Y., Folayan C. O. Effects of Density Variation on the Cooling of the Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1). Advances in Applied Science Research, 2012, 3 (1):110-116. https://www.imedpub.com/abstract/effects-of-density-variation-on-the-cooling-of-the-nigeria-researchrnreactor1-nirr1-15845.html
S. A. Arabi, B. B. M. Dewu, A. M. Muhammad, M. B. Ibrahim and J. D. Abafoni,. Determination of Weathered and Fractured Zones in Part of the Basement Complex of North-Eastern Nigeria. Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, 2, Issue 11, (2010) 213-218. https://doi.org/10.5897/JETR.9000025.
G. Y. Pam, I. B. Mansir, M. I. Borok, Y. B. Kolo. Efficiency and Hydraulic Power of Poldaw Windpump Systems at some Locations in Northern Nigeria”, The International Journal of Engineering and Science, Vol. 2 Issue 8, (2013) 80-85. https://www.theijes.com/papers/v2-i8/Part.1/M0281080085.pdf
Conference Papers:
Ibrahim B. Mansir, Medhat A. Nemitallah, Mohamed A. Habib, Atia E. Khalifa. Experimental study on combustion characteristics and lean blow-out limits of non-premixed oxy-methane flames in a porous-plate reactor. The 37th International Symposium on Combustion, (PROCI-D-17-00109), Dublin, Ireland, 29 July - 3 August 2018.
J. Albinmousa, I. B. Mansir, S.H. Iftikhar, M. Basha, J. Jose, “Fatigue Crack Imaging of V-Notch Specimen using X-Ray Tomography”, The 6th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2018), Verona, Italy, 19 - 21 September 2018.
Mansir Ibrahim Balarabe, Mohamed A. Habib; Medhat A. Nemitallah; Atia E. Khalifa (2016). “Flow Characteristics in a Porous Plate Reactor for Oxy-fuel Combustion”, 6th Saudi Arabian Section of the Combustion Institute Annual Meeting, Saudi Aramco Technical Exchange Center, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 1 – 2.
Y. A. Ahmed, I. B. Mansir, (2012). “Increasing Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis Capabilities of a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor Using a Permanent Cadmium Lined Channel” The 7th African Conference on Research Reactor Utilization and Safety 14-15 October 2012, Cairo, Egypt
I. Yusuf, I. B. Mansir, B. B. M. Dewu, (2011). “Maintenance as a Tool for the Enhancement of Safety in the Operation of Nigeria Research Reactor”, International Conference on Research Reactors: Safe Management and Effective Utilization, 14-18 November 2011, Rabat, Morocco. IAEA-CN-188/B18
IAEA Technical Document Publication:
Ahmed, Y.A., Mansir, I.B., Oladipo, M.O.A, Balogun, G.I., Jonah, S.A., Dim, L.A., Muhammad, A.M., Ibahim, Y.V., Yusuf, I., Mati, A.A., Dewu, B.B.M., & Funtua, I.I. (2017). Enhancement of NIRR-1 Utilization and Quality Control through Participation in IAEA Interlaboratory Comparison and Proficiency Test (IAEA-TECDOC-1831). International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ISBN 978-92-0-108617-4; ISSN 1011-4289; Dec 2017; p. 75-84. https://www-pub.iaea.org/books/iaeabooks/Supplementary_Materials/files/12290/100000/Proficiency-Testing-Interlaboratory-Comparison-Performed-2010-2015-Neutron-Activation-Analysis-Other-Analytical-Techniques.

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