Dr Mahmoud Khader
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Dr. Khader studied Mechanical Engineering at Birzeit University, Palestine. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in 2010 when he start working there as a teaching assistant. In 2013 he moved to City, University of London to start his PhD which was sponsored by the European Commission funded Project OMSoP “Optimised Microturbine Solar Power System “. Within his PhD, he focused on developing an accurate method for predicting radial turbomachinery performance, and improving radial turbines performance using passive control end wall features. Dr Khader was a member of a team who developed and tested a 6kWe gas turbine which was integrated to a solar dish system. In 2017 he was granted his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and started working as a post-doctoral research associate at City, University London for an EPSRC UK project called SolGATS “Concentrated Solar Power Micro Gas Turbine with Thermal Energy Storage”. In 2019 he started a new position as a research fellow working for an EU project called "Supercritical Carbon Dioxide/Alternative Fluids Blends for efficiency upgrade solar power plants (SCARABEUS)" His research interests lie in power generation, gas turbines development and flow control methods. His current research focuses on developing axial turbines working with supercritical carbon dioxide doped with different blends in order to improve solar power plant capital and operational costs.
Qualifications
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering, City, University London, United Kingdom, September 2013 - October 2017
- BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Birzeit University, Palestinian Territory, September 2005 - June 2010
Employment
- Research Associate, City, University London, United Kingdom, July 2017 - present
- PhD Researcher, City, University London, United Kingdom, September 2013 - June 2017
- Teaching Assistant, Birzeit University, Palestinian Territory, August 2010 - August 2013
Publications
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Conference papers and proceedings (2)
- Sathish, S., Khader, M., Sayma, A. and Shah, S. (2024). Centrifugal Compressor Design and Surge Simulation for Active Inference Based Control. ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 24-28 June.doi:10.1115/gt2024-124905
- Sayma, A.I., Iaria, D., Khader, M. and Al Zaili, J. Multi-Objective Optimisation of A Centrifugal Compressor for a Micro Gas Turbine Operated by Concentrated Solar Power. .
Journal articles (8)
- Sekhar, C., Farahani, A.S., Khader, M.A., Kalyvas, C. and Chizari, M. (2026). Simulation and Optimisation of Hydrogen Production from Biogas via Steam–Methane Reforming and Cryogenic Liquefaction Using DWSIM. Processes, 14(3), pp. 532-532. doi:10.3390/pr14030532
- Khader, M.A., Sayma, A.I., Al-Zaili, J., Ghavami, M. and Wu, H. (2025). Aerothermal Investigation of the Effect of Endwall Structures on Radial Turbine Heat Losses. Energies, 18(16), pp. 4366-4366. doi:10.3390/en18164366
- Khader, M.A., Ghavami, M., Al-Zaili, J. and Sayma, A.I. (2024). Residential Micro-CHP system with integrated phase change material thermal energy storage. Energy, 300, pp. 131606-131606. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.131606
- Khader, M.A. and Sayma, A.I. (2022). Drag reduction within radial turbine rotor passages using riblets. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 236(1), pp. 14-25. doi:10.1177/0954408918819399
- Khader, M.A., Ghavami, M., Al-Zaili, J. and Sayma, A.I. (2021). Heat Transfer Effect on Micro Gas Turbine Performance for Solar Power Applications. Energies, 14(20), pp. 6745-6745. doi:10.3390/en14206745
- Aqel, O.A., White, M.T., Khader, M.A. and Sayma, A.I. (2021). Sensitivity of transcritical cycle and turbine design to dopant fraction in CO2-based working fluids. Applied Thermal Engineering, 190, pp. 116796-116796. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116796
- Salah, S.I., Khader, M.A., White, M.T. and Sayma, A.I. (2020). Mean-Line Design of a Supercritical CO2 Micro Axial Turbine. Applied Sciences, 10(15), pp. 5069-5069. doi:10.3390/app10155069
- Khader, M.A. and Sayma, A.I. (2017). Effect of end-wall riblets on radial turbine performance. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 232, pp. 012075-012075. doi:10.1088/1757-899x/232/1/012075