Abdelmalek Bellal
- Research Engineer/Scientist II, CEM Research Institute
Contact Info
- Email: abdelmalek.bellal@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.3216
Office Address
Institute of Energy Studies
Collaborative Energy Complex Room 246G
2844 Campus Road Stop 8153
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8153
Biography
Dr. Abdelmalek Bellal is a research scientist II with the Center for Process Engineering Research (CPER), where his work primarily involves managing projects with a significant focus on large-scale process engineering, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessments. He received his second Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from the University of North Dakota and his first Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ferhat Abbas, Algeria. At CPER, he has concentrated on advancing applied research projects, particularly within clean energy technology initiatives. He led the development of research data for various projects from engineering scale to pilot scale, with a focus on modeling, process design, techno-economic assessment, and life cycle assessment. Recently, he served as CPER’s technical lead for upscaling the design of a novel decarbonization technology that utilizes plasma pyrolysis to convert the flare-associated petroleum gas, which is a by-product of oil production, to high-value carbon black and turquoise hydrogen. He also served as the key investigator for the design, construction, and operation of CPER's pilot plant demonstration for rare earth element extraction.
2023-Current: Research Engineer/Scientist II, College of Engineering & Mines Research Institute
2018-2019: Laboratory Head and Quality Controller, SIPLAST, Setif, Algeria
- Hou, X., Bellal, A., Nasah, J., Van der Watt, J. 2025.
A Potassium Carbonate-Based Sorbent for CO2 Capture. US20250256261A1 (link). - Nasah, J., Bellal, A. 2025.
Flow Regulation of Produced Associated Petroleum Gas. IP on file with USPTO.
- Eddi, E., Alihellal, D., Bellal, A., Chibane, L. 2025. Thermochemical hydrogen production from biomass via the water gas shift reaction and its
purification: a review. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 219, 367-387. - Bellal, A., Hou, X., Nasah, J., Van der Watt, J., Laudal, D., Hoffman, J. 2024. Performance and economic viability assessment of a novel CO2 adsorbent for manufacturing and integration with coal power plants. Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155604.
- Xu, S., Zhou, J., Zuin, L.,Sun, D., Zhao, J., Bellal, A., Hou, X. 2024. Synthesis of hierarchical graphene coated porous Si anode for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage, 97, 112789.
- Hou, X., Pushparji, RI., Xu, S., Zhang, X., Bellal, A., Zhang, R. 2024. Coal-derived porous carbon anodes for Na-ion batteries. Renewable & Sustainable Energy.2(1):0004.
- Bellal, A., Hou, X., Nasah, J., Van der Watt, J., Xu, X., Laudal, D. Underreview. 2024. Kinetic and numerical modeling of fixed-bed post-combustion CO2 capture on novel microspherical K2CO3/Humic-acid adsorbent. Preprint.
- Bellal, A., Hou, X., Nasah, J., Van der Watt, J., Laudal, D., Hoffman, J. Synthesis of a novel microspherical cost-effective and high-performing sorbents for carbon dioxide capture via a spray drying technique. Under review.
- Bellal, A., 2021. Wet hydrogen peroxide catalytic oxidation of malachite green over Fe2O3/Kaolin catalyst: optimization of reaction parameters. International Journal of Engineering Research And Development, 17(10), 01-07.
- Bellal, A., Chibane, L. 2020. A new concept for control and orientation of the distribution of clean hydrocarbons produced by Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over an industrial iron catalyst. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms Catalysis. 129, 725–742.
- Bellal, A., Chibane, L. 2020. Fischer-Tropsch reaction mixture permeation through a silicalite-1 membrane reactor and its effect on the produced hydrocarbons distribution. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 18(9),20200062.
- Bellal, A., Chibane, L., 2020. On the effect of the inlet hydrogen amount on hydrocarbons distribution produced via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Advances in Renewable Hydrogen and Other Sustainable Energy Carriers, Springer Proceedings in Energy, 451–458.
- Bellal, A., Khetib, Y. 2022. Prediction of discrete and continuous wellbore logs values using artificial neural network, decision trees and support vectors machine algorithms. Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. ARMA-2022-0031.
- Bellal, A., Assady, A. 2022. Molecular simulation of adsorption and diffusion behavior of CO2 in Bakken nano-porous media for enhanced oil recovery assessment. Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. ARMA-2022-0336.
- Assady, A., Bellal, A., Rasouli, V., Jiang. T. 2021. Effect of stress dependent permeability evolution on CO2 EOR in unconventional reservoirs. Paper presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual. ARMA-IGS-21-041.
- Assady, A., Sagar, S., Bellal, A., Jabbari, H. 2021. Application of digital rock analysis (DRA) in pore-scale characterization of the Bakken formation. Paper presented at the 55th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Virtual. ARMA-2021-1245.
University of North Dakota, United States Energy Engineering Ph.D. 2021 - 2023
University of Ferhat Abbas, Alegria Chemical Engineering Ph.D. 2017 - 2021
University of Skikda, Algeria Catalysis in Petrochemical Engineering M.S. 2015 - 2017
University of Skikda, Algeria Oil Refining and Petrochemistry B.Sc. 2012 - 2015