Member Profile
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Funmilayo Osuolale
Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: Nigeria, Ogbomoso General field of specialization: Engineering sciences-
Degrees
2015 Doctorate Engineering sciences2011 Doctorate Engineering sciences2006 Master Engineering sciences1998 Undergraduate Engineering sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
Biomass gasification- modelling, experimentation, and analysis
Publications resulting from Research:
• Anozie, A.N, Osuolale, F.N and Osunleke (2009) “ Exergy Analysis of Binary Plate Distillation Column Operations” International Journal of Exergy vol.6(5) 715-728.
• Osuolale, F.N; Anozie, A.N and Obisanya, A.A (2009) “ Energy and Exergy Analyses of a 220MW Steam Power Plant” LAUTECH Journal of Engineering and Technology. Vol5(1)1-6
• Osuolale, F.N and Ogunleye, O.O (2009) “Relationship between Exergy, Energy, Economics and Environment” LAUTECH Journal of Engineering and Technology. Vol5(1)36-42
• Ogunleye, O.O and Osuolale, F.N (2009) “Complexity of Numerical Solution of Constrained Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems ” Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences Vol3(2) 224-231.
• Anozie, A.N, Okuhon, E.E, Osuolale, F.N. and Adewole, J.K. (2010) Dehydration of ethanol-water mixture using activated carbons from sawdust and palm kernel shells Separation Science and Technology Vol 45(10) 1482-1489
• Anozie, A.N; Osuolale, F.N and Asepeeri,T.C“ (2010) Exergy analysis and optimization of binary plate distillation column operations. International journal of Exergy Vol 7(5) 593-606.
• Anozie, A.N. and Osuolale, F.N (2010) "Thermodynamic analysis of a crude oil distillation unit." Ife Journal of Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 53-57.
• Anozie, A.N; Osuolale, F.N and Asepeeri,T.C“ (2010) “Use of stage-exergy rate profiles in determining binary plate distillation column reflux ratio. LAUTECH journal of engineering and technology, Vol 6(1) 79-86.
• Alade A. O and Osuolale F.N. (2012) Biogas production from brewery waste spent, In: Building a Non-Oil Export Based Economy for Nigeria: The Potential of Value-Added Products from Agricultural Residues. (Ed. Simeon Olatayo Jekayinfa) Göttingen: Cuvellier. pp113-120.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and Jie Zhang (2014) “Energy efficient control and optimisation of distillation column using artificial neural network” Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol 39, 37-42.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and Jie Zhang (2015), “Distillation control structure selection for energy efficient operations”, Chemical Engineering and Technology Vol.38, No.5, 907-916, (DOI): 10.1002/ceat.201400707.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and Jie Zhang (2015) “Multiobjective optimisation of atmospheric crude distillation system operations based on bootstrap aggregated neural network models” Computer aided chemical engineering, vol 37, 671-676.
• Babatunde, K.A., Ogunleye, O.O., Osuolale, F.N and Agbede, O.O. (2015). Kinetics and Thermodynamics Studies of Oil Transesterified from Castor Seeds. Journal of Scientific Research and its Applications 2. No. 1 Pp 139-146.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and Jie Zhang (2016), “Energy Efficiency Optimisation for Distillation Column Using Artificial Neural Network Models”, Energy 106, 562-576.
• Funmilayo N. Osuolale (2016) Thermodynamic Analysis of Cement production Process Plant in Nigeria, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research. Vol 7 issue 9, 820-825.
• Funmilayo N. Osuolale and Olukorede M. Osuolale (2016) Thermo-economic and environmental assessment of cement production plant. Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy. Vol. 6, No11, 42-50.
• Osuolale O.M, Agbede O. A and Osuolale F.N (2016) Environmental pollution from road transport system in Ogbomosoland, Southwestern Nigeria. Civil and Environmental Research. Vol. 8, N0 12, 97-102.
• Babatunde, K.A., Ogunleye, O.O., Osuolale, and F.N. and Agbede, O.O. (2016). Comparative Study of Different Concentrations of NaOH and KOH Embedded Bentonite Clay as Heterogeneous Catalyst on Transesterification Variables of the Methyl Esters of Castor Seed Oils in Nigeria. Advances in Multidisciplinary Research Journal. Vol 2: No. 1 Pp 135-146.
• Babatunde, K. A., Osuolale, F.N., Agbede, O.O.and Olafimihan, E.O. (2016). Optimization of Solvent Extraction of Oil from Watermelon (Citrullus lanata) and Its Free Fatty Acid Characterizations. Journal of Scientific Research and its Applications. 3: No. 1 Pp 107-116.
• Funmilayo N. Osuolale and Jie Zhang, (2017) Thermodynamic optimization of atmospheric distillation unit. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 103, 201-209.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and A. N. Anozie (2017) Optimization of Atmospheric Distillation Unit Using Artificial Neural Network and Exergy Rate Profiles. Covenant Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 1 no 2, 1-15.
• Funmilayo Osuolale and Jie Zhang (2017), Energy efficiency optimization for crude distillation systems. (Submitted for publication)
Funmilayo Osuolale and A. N. Anozie (2017) Thermodynamic assessment of crude distillation units: Case studies of Nigerian Refineries (Submitted for publication
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationTeaching
Workshop and Conference Attended
2018 Barcelona, Spain International conference on renewable energy31May -4th June, 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark 12th PSE and 25th ESCAPE joint conference27-30, April, 2015 Valenciennes, France The seventh international exergy, energy and environment symposium, IEEES723-27 August 2014 Prague, Czech Republic 21st International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2014 Prague 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014November 3-8, 2013 San Francisco, California, USA 13AIChE Annual meeting8-9,August, 2013 Newcastle University, UK. Northern Postgraduate Chemical Engineering Conference (NPCEC)Sep.25-28,2011 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria International Conference of the Faculty of TechnologySep. 28- 30, 2010 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso 1st International Conference on Engineering and Technology ResearchSep. 5-9, 2010 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria International Conference of the Faculty of TechnologyAffiliations
Nigerian Society of EngineersNigerian Society of Chemical EngineersAmerican Institute of Chemical EngineersChemical Institute of Canada (CIC) and Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering (CSChE)Presentation given
25th-27th April, 2018Comparative studies of Cu-Cl Thermochemical Water Decomposition Cyles for Hydrogen ProductionBarcelona, SpainEvent: International conference on renewable energy2015Multiobjective optimisation of atmospheric crude distillation system operations based on bootstrap aggregated neural network modelsCopenhagen, DenmarkEvent: 12th PSE and 25th ESCAPE joint conference2015Exergetic Optimisation of Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation System Based on Bootstrap Aggregated Neural Network ModelsValenciennes, France.Event: The seventh international exergy, energy and environment symposium, IEEES72013Energy efficient control of distillation processSan Francisco, California, USAEvent: 13AIChE Annual meeting2013Energy efficient operations of binary distillation columnNewcastle University, UKEvent: Northern Postgraduate Chemical Engineering Conference2011Quantifying the contribution of chemical exergy in thermodynamic analysis of atmospheric distillation unit of Kaduna refineryObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaEvent: International Conference of the Faculty of Technology2010Use of stage exergy rate profiles in determining binary plate distillation column reflux ratioLadoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, NigeriaEvent: 1st International Conference on Engineering and Technology Research2010Thermodynamic analysis of a crude oil distillation unitObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaEvent: International Conference of the Faculty of Technology -
Other Awards
Nov 2011Commonwealth scholarship commission in the United KingdomPhD scholarship award in the United Kingdom from 2011-2014Aug 2011Chief Ojebola awardBest performance in Senior secondary school certificate exam, Ibarapa local Govt., Oyo state, NigeriaApr 1989County Club Scholarship AwardBest student in senior secondary school 1.Nov 2021Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the USAThe award is for research fellowship to conduct advance research in a US institution. I am at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City conducting research on biomass gasification.