Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
207 Othmer Hall
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
ydemirel2@unl.edu
Research Interests:
Thermodynamic analysis of energy systems
Thermodynamic approaches of pinch technology and exergy (availability) analysis may reduce the cost of energy utilization. Such approaches may be helpful in designing environmentally friendly systems and sustainable development.
2019
Comparative Kinetic Modeling of Growth and Molecular Hydrogen Overproduction by Engineered Strains of Thermotoga maritima, Raghuveer Singh, Rahul Tevatia, Derrick White, Yaşar Demirel, and Paul H. Blum
2018
Integration of Biology, Ecology and Engineering for Sustainable Algal‑based Biofuel and Bioproduct Biorefinery, James Allen, Serpil Unlu, Yaşar Demirel, Paul N. Black, and Wayne R. Riekhof
Induction of Oil Accumulation by Heat Stress is Metabolically Distinct from N Stress in the Green Microalgae Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C169, James W. Allen, Rahul Tevatia, Yaşar Demirel, Concetta C. DiRusso, and Paul N. Black
Uncoupling Fermentative Synthesis of Molecular Hydrogen from Biomass Formation in Thermotoga maritima, Raghuveer Singh, Derrick White, Yaşar Demirel, Robert Kelley, Kenneth Noll, and Paul H. Blum
2017
Sugar versus Lipid for Sustainable Biofuels, Yaşar Demirel
Use of Natural Ores as Oxygen Carriers in Chemical Looping Combustion: A Review, Michael J. Matzen, Jessica Pinkerton, Xiaomeng Wang, and Yaşar Demirel
2016
Methanol and Dimethyl Ether from Renewable Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide: Alternative Fuels Production and Life-cycle Assessment, Michael J. Matzen and Yaşar Demirel
2015
Energy Intensity and Environmental Impact Metrics of the Back-end Separation of Ethylene Plant by Thermodynamic Analysis, Mahdi H. Alhajji and Yaşar Demirel
Chemical Storage of Wind Energy by Renewable Methanol Production: Feasibility Analysis Using a Multi-criteria Decision Matrix, Michael J. Matzen, Mahdi H. Alhajji, and Yaşar Demirel
Technoeconomics and Sustainability of Renewable Methanol and Ammonia Productions Using Wind Power-based Hydrogen, Michael J. Matzen, Mahdi H. Alhajji, and Yaşar Demirel
The Taurine Biosynthetic Pathway of Microalgae, Rahul Tevatia, James Allen, Deepak Rudrappa, Derrick White, Thomas E. Clemente, Heriberto Cerutti, Yaşar Demirel, and Paul H. Blum
2014
Information in Biological Systems and the Fluctuation Theorem, Yaşar Demirel
Student Self-Assessment of ACE 10 Outcomes, Yaşar Demirel
2013
Sustainable Operations for Distillation Columns, Yaşar Demirel
2011
Using Thermally Coupled Reactive Distillation Columns in Biodiesel Production, Nghi Nguyen and Yaşar Demirel
A Novel Biodiesel and Glycerol Carbonate Production Plant, Nghi T. Nguyen and Yaşar Demirel
2010
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics Modeling of Coupled Biochemical Cycles in Living Cells, Yaşar Demirel
Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Industrial Gas Production and Combined Heat and Power Generation from Gasification of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains, Ajay Kumar, Yaşar Demirel, David D. Jones, and Milford Hanna
Retrofit of Distillation Columns in Biodiesel Production Plants, Nghi Nguyen and Yaşar Demirel
2009
Thermodynamically Coupled Heat and Mass Flows in a Reaction-Transport System with External Resistances, Yaşar Demirel
Simulation of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains Gasification with Aspen Plus, Ajay Kumar, Hossein Noureddini, Yaşar Demirel, David Jones, and Milford Hanna
2008
Modeling of Thermodynamically Coupled Reaction-Transport Systems, Yaşar Demirel
Thermodynamically Coupled Transport in Simple Catalytic Reactions, Yaşar Demirel
2007
Thermoeconomics of Seasonal Latent Heat Storage System, Yaşar Demirel and H. Hüseyin Öztürk
2006
Non-Isothermal Reaction-Diffusion Systems with Thermodynamically Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer, Yaşar Demirel
Retrofit of Distillation Columns Using Thermodynamic Analysis, Yaşar Demirel
2005
Stability of Transport and Rate Processes [Review], Yaşar Demirel
Phase Stability Analysis Using Interval Newton Method with NRTL Model, Hatice Gecegormez and Yaşar Demirel
2004
Exergy Use in Bioenergetics, Yaşar Demirel
Teaching Coupled Transport and Rate Processes, Yaşar Demirel
Teaching Engineering Courses with Workbooks, Yaşar Demirel
Thermodynamic Analysis of Separation Systems, Yaşar Demirel
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Engineering and Science, Yaşar Demirel and Stanley I. Sandler
2002
Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics, Yaşar Demirel and Stanley I. Sandler
Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics, Yaşar Demirel and Stanley I. Sandler
2001
Effects of Concentration and Temperature on the Coupled Heat and Mass Transport in Liquid Mixtures, Yaşar Demirel and Stanley I. Sandler
Linear-nonequilibrium thermodynamics theory for coupled heat and mass transport, Yaşar Demirel and Stanley I. Sandler
1998
Entropy Generation in a Rectangular Packed Duct with Wall Heat Flux, Yaşar Demirel and Ramazan Kahraman
1996
Heat Transfer in Rarefied Gas at a Gas-Solid Interface, Yaşar Demirel and Satish C. Saxena
1995
Excess Heat Capacity Surfaces for Water-Alkanol Mixtures by the UNIQUAC Model, Yaşar Demirel and Halime Ö. Paksoy
1989
Simultaneous Correlation of Excess Gibbs Energy and Enthalpy of Mixing by the UNIQUAC Equation, Yaşar Demirel and Hatice Gecegörmez