Nirmal Ghimire

Professional process, energy and environmental engineer


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Asst. Professor
Chemical Engineering
Anaerobic digestion, Pretreatment, Wastewater treatment, Lignocellulosic biomass, Biogas, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Energy, Modelling and Simulation, Pollution Control
Research Profiles

van der Wijst, C., Ghimire, N., Bergland, W. H., Toven, K., Bakke, R., and Eriksen, Ø. (2021). ”Improving carbon product yields in biocarbon production by combining pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion,” BioResources 16(2), 3964-3977.

Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R.; Bergland, W.H. Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Hydrothermally Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass (Norway Spruce (Picea abies)). Processes 2021, 9, 190

Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R.; Bergland, W.H. Thermophilic Methane Production from Hydrother- mally Pretreated Norway Spruce (Picea abies). Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4989

Kenarsari, Z. N.; Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R.; Bergland, W.H. Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Modeling of Lignocellulosic Hot Water Extract using ADM1. Proceedings of The 60th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling SIMS 2019, August 12-16, Västerås, Sweden

Karlsen, V. B.; Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R.; Bergland, W.H. Anaerobic Digestion of Hemicellu- losic Sugars Implemented in ADM1. Proceedings of The 61st SIMS Conference on Simu- lation and Modelling SIMS 2020, September 22-24, Virtual Conference, Finland

Ghimire, N., Bakke, R., and Bergland, W.H., 2021. Liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass for methane production: A review. Bioresour. Technol. 332, 125068

Aryal, N., Ghimire, N., and Bajracharya, S., 2020. Chapter Three - Coupling of microbial electrosynthesis with anaerobic digestion for waste valorization, in: Li, Y., and Khanal, S.K.B.T.-A. in B. (Eds.), . Elsevier, pp. 101–127

Alengebawy, A., Ghimire, N., Abdelkhalek, S.T., and Samer, M., 2023. Chapter 2.3 - Conversion of bioenergy materials to secondary fuels, in: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, . Elsevier

Jaiswal, R., Bhattarai, S., Ghimire, N., Thapa, R.K., and Aryal, N., 2023. Biomass gasifica- tion and biological system for cleaning syngas from gasifiers, in: Material-Microbes Interactions, . Elsevier

Ghimire, N., and Wang, S. (2018). Biological Treatment of Petrochemical Wastewater. In (Ed.), Petroleum Chemicals - Recent Insight. IntechOpen

Wang, S., Ghimire, N., Xin, G., Janka, E., Bakke, R., 2017 Efficient high strength petrochem- ical wastewater treatment in a hybrid vertical anaerobic biofilm (HyVAB) reactor: a pilot study. Water Practice and Technology; 12 (3): 501–513

Raya, Dheeraj., Ghimire, N., FlatbØ, G. Ø., Bergland, W.H. (2019) ”Anaerobic Digestion of Aqueous Pyrolysis Liquid in ADM1.” Conference: The First SIMS EUROSIM Conference on Modelling and Simulation, SIMS EUROSIM 2021, and 62nd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society, SIMS 2021, September 21-23, Virtual Conference, Fin- land

Alengebawy, A., Mohamed, B. A., Jin, k., Liu, T., Ghimire, N., Samer, M., Ai, P. (2022). ”Un- derstanding the environmental impacts of biogas utilization for energy production through life cycle assessment: An action towards reducing emissions.” Environmental Research; 213: 113632

Alengebawy, A., Mohamed, B. A., Jin, k., Liu, T., Ghimire, N., Samer, M., Ai, P. (2022). ”A compar- ative life cycle assessment of biofertilizer production towards sustainable utilization of anaerobic digestate.” Sustainable Production and Environment; 33: 875-889.

Alengebawy, A.,Ran, Y., Ghimire, N., Osman, A.I., Ai, P. (2023). ”Rice straw for energy and value-added products in China: a review.” Environmental Chemistry Letters

Ghimire, N., van der Wijst, C., Toven, K., Eriksen, Ø., Bakke, R., and Bergland, W. H. (2022). ”Methane Production in Cascade Processing of Woody Biomass,” Submitted.