Samy Yousef

Dr. Samy Yousef

Kaunas University of Technology
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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 May 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
MTMartynas Tichonovas
Martynas Tichonovas
LKLinas Kliucininkas
Linas Kliucininkas
SLStasė-Irena Lukošiūtė
Stasė-Irena Lukošiūtė
Libo YanLibo Yan
Libo Yan

1 June 2019 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
MTMartynas Tichonovas
Martynas Tichonovas
ZSZahid Sarwar
Zahid Sarwar
IJIlona Jonuškienė
Ilona Jonuškienė
LKLinas Kliucininkas
Linas Kliucininkas

29 June 2018 in Green Chemistry
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TMTamari Mumladze
Tamari Mumladze
Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
RKRita Kriūkienė
Rita Kriūkienė
VMVidas Makarevicius
Vidas Makarevicius
GDGintaras Denafas
Gintaras Denafas
Multilayer Flexible Packaging Waste (MFPW) represents the largest fraction of packaging waste and is mainly composed of multiple plastic films laminated with Al foil. In the EU, mechanical and chemical recycling technologies are usually used to separate polymeric fractions from Al; however, these recycling practices have inherent crucial restrictions related to the recycling rate (<66%), energy consumption, CO2 emissions, sustainability, and immiscibility of the recovered polymer blends, which is contrary to the aims for a circular economy strategy recently introduced in the EU. As part of this strategy implementation, the current research aims to develop a sustainable chemical-ultrasonic treatment approach for the recycling of packaging waste (including MFPW) while overcoming the above-mentioned limitations. In the developed approach, switchable hydrophilicity solvents (SHSs) were used as sustainable chemicals to break the chemical and mechanical bonds between MFPW layers, thus allowing separating all the layers individually and achieving a recycling rate >99% while making the reprocessing of extracted polymers much simpler. Dissolved plastic materials could easily be recovered in the form of solid residues without heating through saturation of an adhesive polymer/SHS solution by CO2 under cooling, thus changing the hydrophilicity of the solvent and converting it into a polar water-miscible form. Although the experiments were conducted on the lab-scale on six different types of MFPW, selected depending on the most active packaging technologies in the EU (as used for potato chips, chocolate, bakery goods, ground coffee, ice cream, and biscuits), the authors took into account the possibility of technology implementation at the industrial scale through designing a technology layout for the developed approach (based on the sequence of treatment processes and the obtained results). Metallographic microscopy, SEM-EDS, FTIR, and TGA were used to examine the materials recovered from each MFPW type as well as the changes in the SHS solvent. Lastly, the CO2-equivalent emissions and economic performance of the developed technology were evaluated.

1 September 2019 in Energy Conversion and Management
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
JEJustas Eimontas
Justas Eimontas
NSNerijus Striūgas
Nerijus Striūgas
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
MAMohammed Ali Abdelnaby
Mohammed Ali Abdelnaby
LKLinas Kliucininkas
Linas Kliucininkas

1 July 2017 in Separation and Purification Technology
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AMAlaa Mohamed
Alaa Mohamed
Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MAMohammed Ali Abdelnaby
Mohammed Ali Abdelnaby
TOT.A. Osman
T.A. Osman
Bejan HamawandiBejan Hamawandi
Bejan Hamawandi
AUA. Uheida
A. Uheida

1 December 2020 in Fuel
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
JEJustas Eimontas
Justas Eimontas
NSNerijus Striūgas
Nerijus Striūgas
KZKęstutis Zakarauskas
Kęstutis Zakarauskas
MPMarius Praspaliauskas
Marius Praspaliauskas
MAMohammed Ali Abdelnaby
Mohammed Ali Abdelnaby