Rafat Al Afif
Rafat Al Afif Ph.D.
Institute of Chemical and Energy Engineering
Location Muthgasse 107, 1190 Wien
Email rafat.alafif@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-89360
Career
- 2016 - 2020 Lecturer at FH Campus Wien, Austria
- 2015 Senior Scientist and lecturer at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria
- 2009 - 2019 Associate Professor, Department of Rural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, Syria
- 1998 - 2009 Assistant Prof., Department of Rural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, Syria.
- 1994 - 1998 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Agriculture, Al Baath University, Homs, Syria.
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Year: 2024 - The Impact of Local Resistance on the Accuracy of Airflow Velocity Measurements with an ATP Damper (Talk)
Autoren: Vukadin, N; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R; Radojčin, M; Pavkov, I
Event: 36th Scientific-Professional Conference on Process Engineering and Energy in Agriculture 2024
Period: 15.04.2024 - 28.04.2024 | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
NACIONAL SOCIETY OF PROCESSING AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTUR
Year: 2024 - Reduction of Airflow in the System Using an ATP Damper (Talk)
Autoren: Osmanagić, A; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R; Hasečić, A; Radojčin, M; Pavkov, I
Event: 36th Scientific-Professional Conference on Process Engineering and Energy in Agriculture 2024
Period: 15.04.2024 - 28.04.2024 | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
NACIONAL SOCIETY OF PROCESSING AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTUR
Year: 2024 - The Impact of Overpressure on the Accuracy of Airflow Velocity Measurements with an ATP Damper (Talk)
Autoren: Karajčić, E; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R; Hasečić, A; Radojčin, M; Pavkov, I
Event: 36th Scientific-Professional Conference on Process Engineering and Energy in Agriculture 2024
Period: 15.04.2024 - 28.04.2024 | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
NACIONAL SOCIETY OF PROCESSING AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTUR
Year: 2024 - Improvement of biogas efficiency, conversion, and utilization: a case study (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Bikić, S; Radojčin, M
Event: 36th Scientific-Professional Conference on Process Engineering and Energy in Agriculture 2024
Period: 15.04.2024 - 28.04.2024 | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
NACIONAL SOCIETY OF PROCESSING AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTUR
Year: 2024 - Trabulsi, A., Abou Chakra, S., Pfeifer, C., Abi Hussein, M., Al Afif, R., 2024, “Photo Voltaic Panels Floating on Qaraoun Lake – Lebanon", in: Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Power and Energy Sustainability (RCPES) 2024, Beirut, pp 118 – 122. (Talk)
Autoren: Trabulsi, A; Abou Chakra, S; Pfeifer, C; Abi Hussein, M; Al Afif, R;
Event: Regional Conference on Power and Energy Sustainability 2024
Period: 19.09.2024 - 20.09.2024 | Location: Libanon | Organizer:
Lebanese center for energy conservation
Year: 2024 - Techno-economic evaluation of biogas production from olive mill waste and cattle manure – a case study (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C
Event: 10th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials 2024
Period: 15.05.2024 - 17.05.2024 | Location: 105 57 Athen, Griechenland | Organizer:
University of Athens
Year: 2024 - Experimental Study and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion of Sugar Production By-products with Co-fermentation for Enhanced Methane Production and Sustainable Waste Management (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Design and Modeling of an Energy Village for rural Communities in Uganda (Talk)
Autoren: Kasedde, H; Kumakech, K; Baptist Kirabir, J; Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Integration of Anaerobic Digestion and Hydrothermal Carbonization for Brewery Digestates: Process Optimization and Circular Economy Feasibility (Talk)
Autoren: Tondl, G; Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C; Gabauer, W; Beer, B; Fuchs, W
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Assessing the competitiveness and trade-offs of national hydrogen strategies in the Maghreb: times scenario-based analysis (Talk)
Autoren: Ayed, Y; Fortes, P; Al Afif, R
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Enhancing photovoltaic efficiency through phase change materials integration with domestic solar hot water storage systems: a case study (Talk)
Autoren: Beih, O; Abou Chakra1, S; Al Afif, R; Abi Hussein M; Pfeifer, C
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Energy production via expanding water during freezing (Talk)
Autoren: Vinu Alungalparambil, V; Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Studies on the influence of the mechanical damage of biological objects on their biopotential (Talk)
Autoren: Kharchenko, SO; Samborski, S; Al Afif, R; Pankova, OV; Kharchenko, FM; Kłonica, M
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2024 - Valorization of potato pulp through hydrothermal carbonization: impact of temperature on hydrochar properties and yields (Talk)
Autoren: Joka Yildiz, M; Marzena Smolewska, M; Al Afif, R
Event: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 12.09.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
BOKU University | Organizer:
BOKU Vienna
Year: 2023 - Carbonized biogenic residues for cost-reduced carbon dioxide capture (Talk)
Autoren: Tondl, G; Al Afif, R; Kroiß, C; Pröll, T; Pfeifer, C; Weinberger, C;
Event: 15th Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP)
Year: 2023 - Techno economic evaluation of biogas production from olive mill waste- case study Montenegro (Talk)
Autoren: Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R
Event: 15th Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP) 2023
Period: 25.07.2023 - 28.07.2023 | Location: London, United Kingdom | Location: London, UNITED KINGDOM
Year: 2023 - Check of Device for Gas Leak Detection (Talk)
Autoren: Bikić, S; Bubnjević, L; Gavrilov, A; Al Afif, R; Radojčin, M
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2023 - Natural gas odor control using gas detection tubes (Talk)
Autoren: Budošan, D; Branković, S; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2023 - Utilizing on grid renewable energy power system for Gaza Strip (Talk)
Autoren: El-Khozandar, H; El-Batta, F; El-Khozandar, R; Nasser, Y; Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R
Event: 15th Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP) 2023
Period: 25.07.2023 - 28.07.2023 | Location: London, United Kingdom | Location: London, UNITED KINGDOM
Year: 2023 - Bioenergy conversion technologies: A case study (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R
Event: SCIENTIFIC - PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCEPROCESSING AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTURE (P T E P 2023)
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.01.2023 | Location: Palic, Serbia
Year: 2023 - Natural gas odor control using gas detection tubes (Talk)
Autoren: Budošan, D; Branković, S; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2023 - Al Afif, R., Bikić, S., Radojčin, M. (2023). Bioenergy conversion technologies: a cace study, 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies - INOPTEP 2023, Republic of Serbia, Subotica – (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Bikić, S; Radojčin, M
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2023 - Bioenergy conversion technologies: a cace study, 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies - INOPTEP 2023 (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Bikić, S; Radojčin, M;
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2023 - Energy recovery from organic waste (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R
Event: 4th International Conference on Agriculture and Life Sciences 2023
Period: 01.11.2023 - 03.11.2023 | Location: Tirana, ALBANIA | Location: Tirana | Location: Tirana, RUMANIA | Organizer:
Agricultural University of Tirana
Year: 2023 - Morphology and Chemical Composition of the Black Powder Collected at the Gas Metering and Regulating Station "Jarak" (Talk)
Autoren: Budošan, D; Bikić, S; Al Afif, R; Baloš, S; Radojčin, M
Event: 8th International Conference Sustainable Postharvest and Food Technologies 2023
Period: 23.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 | Location: Palic, SERBIA | Location: Serbien | Location: Serbien | Organizer:
ISEKI - Food Association
Year: 2022 - Biomass characterization for their potential application as biofuels (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R
Event: CEEPUS 2022
Period: 14.12.2022 | Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Year: 2022 - Energy recovery technologies (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R;
Event: Workshop on Experimental and Computational Mechanics (WECM ’22)
Period: 01.06.2022 | Location: Lublin, Poland
Year: 2022 - Hybrid Energy Systems (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R;
Event: CEEPUS 2022
Period: 16.12.2022 | Location: Zagreb, Croatia | Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Year: 2021 - Hydrothermal carbonization of cotton stalks (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Experimental investigation on viscosity and thermal conductivity of dispersion of agricultural biomass particles in ethylene glycol (Talk)
Autoren: Bikić, S; Radojčin, M; Pavkov, I; Bukurov , M; Stamenković, Z; Despotović, B; Oluški, N; Al Afif, R;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - A new livestock feed intake diet with multi health and environmental impact (Talk)
Autoren: Mahjoub, K; Al Afif, R; Aljamali, M;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Investigating solar and wind energy coupling with fuel cell as green to green energy system (Talk)
Autoren: Ramadan, M; Haddad, A; Khaled, M; Al Afif, R;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Microgrid for remote area in gaza strip powered by solar energy and olive oil mill waste (Talk)
Autoren: El‐Khozondar, H; El-Batta, F; EL-Khozondar, R; Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Hydrothermal carbonization of corn cob (Talk)
Autoren: Radojčin, M; Pavkov, I; Bikić, S; Stamenković, Z; Bukurov , M; Despotović, B; Oluški, N; Al Afif, R;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Development of electronic control system and computer programs for the production of biogas from Biomass (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Aznakayev, E; Karpenko, V; Navrotskyi, D; Pfeifer, C; Yanovsky, F;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Techno-economic feasibility study of a hybrid wt/ bm system in thala, Tunisia (Talk)
Autoren: Ayed, Y; Al Afif, R; Fortes, P; Pfeifer, C;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2021 - Feasibility study of a hybrid Wt./ Bm. power system case study case study: al-karak, Jordan (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Ayed, Y; Maaitah, O;
Event: Conference of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP 2021
Period: 13.09.2021 - 16.09.2021 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Location: Online
Year: 2019 - Effects of temperature on the biochemical methane potential of three-phase olive mill solid waste (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: International Conference on Sustainable Energy&Environmental Protection SEEP 2019
Period: 18.11.2019 - 21.11.2019 | Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2019 - Solar Energy Powered Toilet for Emergency or Remote Areas Usage: Maker Movement innovation (Talk)
Autoren: El-Khozondra, R; El-Khozondar, H.J; Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R;
Event: 7th Palestinian International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering PICECE 2019
Period: 26.03.2019 - 27.03.2019 | Location: Gaza, Palestine | Organizer:
Islamic University of Gaza
Year: 2019 - Solar Energy Powered Toilet for Emergency or Remote Areas Usage: Maker Movement innovation (Poster)
Autoren: El Khozondar, R; El Khozondar, H; Pfeifer, C; Al Afif, R;
Event: 7th Palestinian International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering PICECE 2019
Period: 26.03.2019 - 27.03.2019 | Location: Gaza, Palestine | Organizer:
Islamic University of Gaza
Year: 2019 - Implementation of maker movement to renewable energy laboratory: case study of auto-tracking photovoltaic model (Poster)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C; El Khozondarl, H;
Event: 7th Palestinian International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering PICECE 2019
Period: 26.03.2019 - 27.03.2019 | Location: Gaza, Palestine | Organizer:
Islamic University of Gaza
Year: 2019 - Maker education for renewable energy: a case study of the Makerspace at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C; El‐Khozondar, H;
Event: International Conference on Sustainable Energy&Environmental Protection SEEP 2019
Period: 18.11.2019 - 21.11.2019 | Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2019 - Implementation of maker movement ot renewable energy laboratory: case study of auto-tracking photovolaic model (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C.; El-Khozondar, H.J;
Event: 7th Palestinian International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering PICECE 2019
Period: 26.03.2019 - 27.03.2019 | Location: Gaza, Palestine | Organizer:
Islamic University of Gaza
Year: 2019 - Proposed Solar cell design with antireflection coating and sol-ge (Talk)
Autoren: El‐Khozondar, H; EL-Khozondar, R; Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: International Conference on Sustainable Energy&Environmental Protection SEEP 2019
Period: 18.11.2019 - 21.11.2019 | Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2018 - Pyrolysis of Cotton Stalks for Soil Application (Talk)
Autoren: Anayah, S; Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: International Energy Policy and Programme Evaluation Conference
Period: 25.06.2018 - 27.06.2018 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2018 - An experimental study on hydrothermal Carbonization of Cotton stalks (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C; Ramadan, M;
Event: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection, Biomass and Biofuel 2018
Period: 08.05.2018 - 11.05.2018 | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK | Organizer:
The University of the West of Scotland, UK
Year: 2018 - Evaluation of Bioenergy Sources in the Gaza Strip (Talk)
Autoren: Al Najar, H; Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: ICETI 2018, UCT Prague
Period: 20.11.2018 - 22.11.2018 | Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Year: 2018 - Using heat recovered from exhaust gases to dry fruits (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Murr, R; Wendland, M; Ramadan, M; Khaled, M;
Event: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection, Biomass and Biofuel 2018
Period: 08.05.2018 - 11.05.2018 | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK | Organizer:
The University of the West of Scotland, UK
Year: 2018 - Bioenergy recovery from lignocellulosic biomass: Case study of cotton stalk (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C; Pröll, T;
Event: ICETI 2018, UCT Prague
Period: 20.11.2018 - 22.11.2018 | Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Year: 2018 - Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cattle manure with three-phase olive mill solid waste: Effect of adding enzymes (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Amon T;
Event: Al Afif R., Amon T., Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cattle manure with three-phase olive mill solid waste: Effect of adding enzymes. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection, Biomass and Biofuel, Glasgow, UK, 8-11 May 2018.
Period: 08.05.2018 - 11.05.2018 | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Year: 2017 - Organosolv Plus Supercritival Carbon Dioxide Pre-Treatment of Cotton Stalks for Methane Production (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Wendland, M; Krapf, L.C; Amon T; Pfeifer. C;
Event: 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection, Bioenergy and Biofuels 2017
Period: 27.06.2017 - 30.06.2017 | Location: Bled, Slovenia
Year: 2017 - Biogas Production form Three-Phase Olive Mill Solid Waste in Lab-Scale Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, Rafat; Linke, Bernd;
Event: 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection, Bioenergy and Biofuels 2017
Period: 27.06.2017 - 30.06.2017 | Location: Bled, Slovenia
Year: 2017 - Pyrolysis of cotton stalks and utilization of pyrolysis char for sustainable soil enhancement and carbon storage (Poster)
Autoren: Schaffer, S; Pröll, T, Al Afif, R; Pfeifer, C;
Event: Electronic Proceedings of Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications
Period: 20.08.2017 - 25.08.2017 | Location: Alba, Italy
Year: 2017 - Organosolv Plus Supercritival Carbon Dioxide Pre-Treatment of Cotton Stalks for Methane Production (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Wendland, M; Krapf, L.C; Amon, T; Pfeifer, C;
Event: 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection, Bioenergy and Biofuels 2017
Period: 27.06.2017 - 30.06.2017 | Location: Bled, Slovenia
Year: 2017 - Biogas Production from Three-Phase Olive Mill Solid Waste in Lab-Scale Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (Talk)
Autoren: Al Afif, R; Linke, B;
Event: 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection, Bioenergy and Biofuels 2017
Period: 27.06.2017 - 30.06.2017 | Location: Bled, Slovenia
Year: 2016 - Reduced local emissions and long-term carbon storage through pyrolysis of agricultural waste and application of pyrolysis char for soil improvement (Talk)
Autoren: Pröll, T; Al Afif, R; Schaffer, S; Pfeifer, C;
Event: 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
Period: 14.11.2016 - 18.11.2016 | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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