• System dynamics modeling for mitigating energy use and CO2 emissions of freight transport in Lebanon 

  Haddad, Marc; Mansour, Charbel; Diab, Jad (IEOM Society International, )

  Lebanon's road transportation sector is one of the most unsustainable in the Middle East region due to the exclusive reliance on conventional engine vehicles for passenger mobility and freight. Previous studies showed that ...
• Rethinking bus transit in a developing country of the Middle East 

  Haddad, Marc; Mansour, Charbel (IAPE, )

  This study investigates the potential reductions in energy use, greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from natural gas, hybrid and battery electric buses compared to diesel bus in real driving conditions in Lebanon, a ...
• Potential of Fuel Consumption Saving of Brayton Waste Heat Recovery Systems on Series Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

  Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun (University of Minho, )

  In the global attempt to increase the powertrain overall efficiency of hybrid vehicles while reducing the battery size, engine waste heat recovery (WHR) systems are nowadays promising technologies. This is in particular ...
• Methodology for fuel saving assessment of a mild hybrid electric vehicle using organic Rankine cycle 

  Mansour, Charbel; Bou Nader, Wissam; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun (University of Minho, )

  Considerable efforts have been invested in the automotive industry on electrified powertrains in order to reduce passenger cars’ dependence on fossil fuels. Powertrains electrification resulted in a wide range of mass-production ...
• Methodology to Design an Optimal Rule Based Energy Management Strategy Using Energetic Macroscopic Representation 

  Basma, Hussein M.; Mansour, Charbel J.; Halaby, Houssam; Radwan, Anis Baz

  The energy management strategy implemented in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles largely affects their energy consumption and emissions. Rule-Based (RB) controllers are commonly used for their simplicity and suitability in ...
• Methodology for Fuel Saving Optimization of a Serial Hybrid Electric Vehicle using Gas Turbine as Energy Converter 

  Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Nemer, Maroun; Guezet, Olivier (San Diego State University, )

  Significant research efforts have been invested in the automotive industry on hybrid-electrified powertrains in order to reduce the passenger cars’ dependence on oil. Powertrains electrification resulted in a wide range ...
• Fuel Consumption Saving Potential of Stirling Machine on Series Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle 

  Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Nemer, Maroun; Dumand, Clément

  Investigations on alternative fuels and new hybrid powertrain architectures have recently undergone significant efforts in the automotive industry, in attempt to reduce carbon emissions from passenger cars. The use of these ...
• Exergo-Technological Explicit Selection Methodology for Vapor Cycle Systems Optimization for Series Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

  Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun (University of Minho, )

  Significant research efforts are considered in the automotive industry on the use of low carbon alternative fuels in order to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and to improve the fuel economy of future vehicles. Some of ...
• Comprehensive energy assessment of battery electric buses and diesel buses 

  Basma, Hussein; Mansour, Charbel; Haddad, Marc; Nemer, Maroun; Stabat, Pascal

  The drive to ban diesel vehicles is well underway in several major European cities with the aim of improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and similar plans have been announced by authorities around ...
• Analysis of heat pump performance in battery electric buses 

  Al Haddad, Rabih; Basma, Hussein; Mansour, Charbel

  Battery Electric Buses (BEB) driving range is one of the main challenges limiting their adoption at a massive scale. Heating and air conditioning of the bus cabin is an energy-intensive process that results in additional ...
• Adaptive Energy Management Strategy for a Hybrid Vehicle Using Energetic Macroscopic Representation 

  Mansour, C.; Salloum, N.; Francis, S.; Baroud, W. (IEEE, )

  The Energetic Macroscopic Representation is used in this paper to model a pre-transmission parallel hybrid electric vehicle and its control and energy management system. Since optimizing energy management onboard is among ...
• Waste heat recovery from engine coolant on mild hybrid vehicle using organic Rankine cycle 

  Mansour, Charbel; Bou Nader, Wissam; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun

  Considerable efforts have been invested in the automotive industry on electrified powertrains in order to reduce passenger cars’ dependence on fossil fuels. Powertrains electrification resulted in a wide range of mass-production ...
• Optimization of a Brayton external combustion gas-turbine system for extended range electric vehicles 

  Bou Nader, Wissam S.; Mansour, Charbel J.; Nemer, Maroun G.

  Significant research efforts are considered in the automotive industry on the use of low-carbon fuels in order to reduce the emissions and improve the fuel economy of vehicles. Some of these fuels, such as the solid fuels ...
• Future Trends and Mitigation Options for Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Developing Country of the Middle East Region 

  Haddad, Marc Georges; Mansour, Charbel Joseph; Afif, Charbel

  The road transport system in Lebanon is one of the most unsustainable in the Middle East region due to, in large part, the absence of a national transportation strategy. This study proposes mitigation measures based on ...
• Comprehensive energy modeling methodology for battery electric buses 

  Basma, Hussein; Mansour, Charbel; Haddad, Marc; Nemer, Maroun; Stabat, Pascal

  With the announced plans to ban diesel in major European cities from 2025, battery-powered electric buses (BEB) are attracting attention to replace diesel fleets, given their zero tailpipe emissions. However, their large-scale ...
• Brayton cycles as waste heat recovery systems on series hybrid electric vehicles 

  Bou Nader, Wissam; Mansour, Charbel; Dumand, Clément; Nemer, Maroun

  In the global attempt to increase the powertrain overall efficiency of hybrid vehicles while reducing the battery size, engine waste heat recovery (WHR) systems are nowadays promising technologies. This is in particular ...
• Assessing consumption, emissions and costs of electrified vehicles under real driving conditions in a developing country with an inadequate road transport system 

  Mansour, Charbel; Haddad, Marc; Zgheib, Elias

  This study assesses the tank-to-wheel savings in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as well as vehicle ownership and operating costs of electrified versus conventional midsize passenger vehicles in real-world driving ...
• Assessing additional fuel consumption from cabin thermal comfort and auxiliary needs on the worldwide harmonized light vehicles test cycle 

  Mansour, Charbel; Bou Nader, Wissam; Breque, Florent; Haddad, Marc; Nemer, Maroun

  Standards for fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions are implemented worldwide in most light-duty vehicle markets. Regulatory drive cycles, defined as specific time-speed patterns, are used to measure levels of fuel ...
• Computation of a subset of X-parameters using the adjoint method 

  Sidhu, Karanvir S.; Kassis, Marco T.; Toukhtarian, Raffi; Tannir, Dani; Khazaka, Roni (IEEE, )

  Sidhu, K. S., Kassis, M. T., Toukhtarian, R., Tannir, D., & Khazaka, R. (2018, October). Computation of a subset of x-parameters using the adjoint method. In 2018 IEEE 27th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic ...
• Efficient nonlinear distortion analysis of RF circuits 

  Tannir, Dani; Khazaka, Roni (IEEE, )

  Nonlinear distortion, typically defined using the third order intercept point (IP3), is one of the key figures of merit that are critical in the design of RF communication circuits. The calculation of IP3 is typically based ...

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