Dr Nima Pourali
Dr Nima Pourali
Assistant Professor
0000-0002-0962-5926 
Biography
-Assistant Professor: School of Engineering, University of Warwick (Coventry, England), Sep2022-present
-Research Fellow: School of Engineering, University of Warwick (Coventry, England), 2019-Sep2022
-Postdoctoral Associate: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Western University (London, Ontario, Canada), 2018- 2019.
Research Interests
- Experimental and Computational Plasma Science and Plasma Engineering
- Plasma and Electrochemical Reactors
- Magneto-hydrodynamics
- Plasma-catalyst interaction and Plasma Chemistry
- Electromagnetics
- Gas discharge
- Plasma-assisted nanofabrication and plasma processing
Teaching Interests
Recent Publications
- , Lauren Scott, Nam N. Tran, Liangliang Lin, Marc Escribà Gelonch, Evgeny V. Rebrov, Volker Hessel. Critical review: ‘Green’ ethylene production through emerging technologies, with a focus on plasma catalysis". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2024). (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- , , , , "Nonoxidative methane coupling in a micro-DBD with enhanced secondary electron emission", Plasma. Process. Polym (2023). (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Lamichhane, P., Pourali, N., Rebrov, E.V. et al. "Energy Intensified Nitrogen Fixation Through Fast Modulated Gas Discharge from Pyramid-shaped Micro-electrode". Plasma Chem Plasma Process (2023). (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- De Felice, G., Li, S., Gallucci, F., Pourali, N., & Rebrov, E. . On the design of plasma jet reactor for non-oxidative methane conversion. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (2023). (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Nima Pourali, K. T. Lai, J. Gregory, Y. Gong V. Hessel, E.V. Rebrov “Study of plasma parameters and gas heating in the voltage range of non-discharge to full‐discharge in a methane‐fed dielectric barrier discharge” Plasma. Process. Polym.(2023) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Nguyen Long, Mohamad Al-Bared, Liangliang Lin, Kenneth Davey, Nam N.Tran, Nima Pourali, Kostya Ken Ostrikov, Evgeny Rebrov, Volker Hessel ''Understanding Plasma-Assisted Ammonia Synthesis via Crossing Discipline Borders of Literature: A Critical Review'', Chemical Engineering Science,(2022) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Nima Pourali, Maksim Vasilev, Rufat Abiev, and Evgeny Rebrov " Development of a microkinetic model for non-oxidative coupling of methane over a Cu catalyst in a non-thermal plasma reactor", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (2022) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Nima Pourali, Volker Hessel, and Evgeny V Rebrov, "The effects of pulse shape on the selectivity and production rate in non-oxidative coupling of methane by a micro-DBD reactor, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2022) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Nima Pourali, Kevon Alexander, Volker Hessel, and Evgeny V Rebrov, " Tunable enhanced Faraday rotation in a defected plasma photonic crystal under external magnetic field with different declinations", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (2021) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Liangliang Lin, Hue Quoc Pho, Lu Zong, Sirui Li, Nima Pourali, Evgeny Rebrov, “Microfluidic plasmas: Novel technique for chemistry and chemical engineering” Chemical Engineering Journal. (2021) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- N. Pourali, M. M. Sarafraz, V. Hessel, E.V. Rebrov, " Simulation study of a pulsed DBD with an electrode containing charge injector parts, Physics of Plasma (2021) (LinkLink opens in a new window)
- Sarafraz, N. Pourali, E.V. Rebrov, M. V. Hessel, " Thermodynamic potential of a novel plasma-assisted sustainable process for co-production of ammonia and hydrogen with liquid metals", Energy Conversion and Management (2020) (LinkLink opens in a new window)