Bahar Forouzeshrad - NTNU

About

Research interests

Separation of crude oil from produced water via:
• Gas flotation
• Flocculation

Offshore water management

Subsea oil production and processing

Water and wastewater treatment via:
• Membrane processes
• Electrochemical techniques
• Surface adsorption process

Characterization of chemical compounds & materials

Research

Gas Flotation for Subsea Produced Water Treatment

This project aims to investigate how fluid properties affect oil removal efficiency in the flotation process, as well as to improve the separation by flocculation/flotation process and determination of the flocculant mechanisms.

Publications

Semicontinuous enhanced electroreduction of Cr(VI) in wastewater by cathode constructed of copper rods coated with palladium nanoparticles followed by adsorption

Shiva Tabatabaei, Bahar Forouzesh Rad, Majid Baghdadi

Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium from electroplating wastewater using polypyrrole coated on cellulose sulfate fibers

Alireza Hosseinkhani, Bahar Forouzesh Rad, Majid Baghdadi

Using Design-Expert to Optimize the Properties of a Polyethersulfone Ultrafiltration Membrane Through the Incorporation of NH2-MIL-53(Fe) and PVP for Maximum Cr(VI) Removal and Flux

Bahar Forouzesh Rad, Hossein Mahdavi, Mahsa Forouzesh Rad, Majid Baghdadi

Preparation and characterization of room-temperature chemically expanded graphite: Application for cationic dye removal

Mahnaz Movafaghi Ardestani, Shokouh Mahpishanian, Bahar Forouzesh Rad, Mehran Janmohammadi, Majid Baghdadi

A Surface Modification of Chemically Expanded Graphite with Pyrrole and Dithiocarbamate and Its Application for Adsorption of Hg2+ from Synthetic Wastewater: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamic Studies

Mahnaz Movafaghi Ardestani, Bahar Forouzesh Rad, Shokouh Mahpishanian, Majid Baghdadi, Behnoush Aminzadeh Goharrizi