Publications

27 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapters and 28 conference contributions. The complete and current list is maintained on Google Scholar and ORCID. Selected work is listed below.

Selected journal articles

  1. Dihan, M.R., Hossain, M.S., Kamal, S., Kirtania, K. and Kabir, K.B. (2026). From waste to watt: evaluating HTC-based waste-to-energy systems in Bangladesh through techno-economic and sustainability lenses. Biomass and Bioenergy, 207, 108758.
  2. Salma, U., Kirtania, K. and Kabir, K.B. (2025). Recovery of carbon from HTL-derived liquid waste through hydrothermal carbonization. Cleaner Waste Systems, 12, 100436.
  3. Nayeem, S.M.A. et al., incl. Kabir, K.B. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of integrated biohydrogen generation process from biogenic residues of Bangladesh. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 145, 705-716.
  4. Rahman, K.F., Abrar, M.F., Tithi, S.S., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2024). Life cycle assessment of hydrothermal carbonization of municipal solid waste for waste-to-energy generation. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122850.
  5. Saha, C.K. et al., incl. Kabir, K.B. (2024). Technical prospects and challenges of anaerobic co-digestion in Bangladesh: a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 197, 114412.
  6. Sadab, I.H., Noor, M.S., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2023). Development of a spatial optimization model for MSW management by hydrothermal carbonization: a case study on Dhaka. Energy for Sustainable Development, 76, 101258.
  7. Hossain, S., Akter, S., Saha, C.K., Reza, T., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2023). A comparative life cycle assessment of anaerobic mono- and co-digestion of livestock manure in Bangladesh. Waste Management, 157, 100-109.
  8. Hossain, S., Saha, C.K., Ismail, M., Reza, T., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2023). Prospects and challenges of renewable hydrogen generation in Bangladesh. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48, 20588-20612.
  9. Kamal, S., Hossain, M.S., Sadab, I.H., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2023). Application of distributed activation energy model to predict hydrothermal carbonization kinetics of lignocellulosic biomass. Fuel Communications, 16, 100090.
  10. Dima, S.S., Arnob, A., Salma, U., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2022). Fate of nutrients during hydrothermal carbonization of biogenic municipal waste. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 12, 71-80.
  11. Kabir, K.B., Tahmasebi, A., Bhattacharya, S. and Yu, J. (2016). Intrinsic kinetics of CO2 gasification of a Victorian coal char. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 123, 1685-1694.
  12. Tanner, J., Kabir, K.B., Müller, M. and Bhattacharya, S. (2015). Low temperature entrained flow pyrolysis and gasification of a Victorian brown coal. Fuel, 154, 107-113.
  13. Kirtania, K., Tanner, J., Kabir, K.B., Rajendran, S. and Bhattacharya, S. (2014). In situ synchrotron IR study relating temperature and heating rate to surface functional group changes in biomass. Bioresource Technology, 151, 36-42.
  14. Kabir, K.B., Maynard-Caserly, H.E. and Bhattacharya, S. (2014). In situ studies of structural changes in DME synthesis catalyst with synchrotron powder diffraction. Applied Catalysis A: General, 486, 49-54.
  15. Kabir, K.B., Hein, K. and Bhattacharya, S. (2013). Process modeling of dimethyl ether production from Victorian brown coal: integrating drying, gasification and DME synthesis processes. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 48, 96-104.
  16. Bhattacharya, S., Kabir, K.B. and Hein, K. (2013). Dimethyl ether synthesis from Victorian brown coal through gasification: current status, and research and development needs. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 39, 577-605.

Book chapters

  1. Aurnob, A.K.M.K., Nahid, A., Kabir, K.B. and Kirtania, K. (2020). Multiscale modeling approaches for waste biorefinery. In: Waste Biorefinery: Integrating Biorefineries for Waste Valorisation, Elsevier, 425-453.
  2. Kabir, K.B. and Choudhury, M.A.A.S. (2012). Automation and process control. In: Handbook of Food Process Design, Wiley-Blackwell, 211-238.