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Ammar Bany Ata

Dr. Ammar Bany Ata

Academic Rank/Date: Assistant Professor
Email: a.banyata@aum.edu.jo
Ext. Number: +962 (5) 3294444 – Ext. 5507

Degrees with fields, institution, and date:

Degree Discipline/Field Institution Country Year
PhD Mechanical Engineering/ Thermal and Energy Technical University of Darmstadt Germany 2022
Master Mechanical Engineering/ Renewable Energy Mutah University Jordan 2016
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering Mutah University Jordan 2013

Other Related Experience-Teaching, Industrial, etc.:

Period Position Institution Country Year
08/2022-07/2023 Postdoctoral Fellow Khalifa University United Arab Emirates
10/2018 – 02/2022 Research Associate Institute for Energy systems and Technology (EST), Technical University of Darmstadt Germany
06/2013 – 02/2018 Performance & Efficiency Engineer Korea Southern Power Company (KOSPO) Jordan

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years:


Publication Year
Optimization of Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Power Plant for Polygeneration of Power and Chemicals. Energies 2021, 14, 7285. 2021
Assessment of integrating hybrid solar-combined cycle with thermal energy storage for shaving summer peak load and improving sustainability. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2021, 47, 101505 2021
Comparison and validation of three process simulation programs during warm start-up procedure of a combined cycle power plant. Energy Conversion and Management, 2020, 207, 112547 2020
CFD Comparison of Al2O3 and ZnO Ceramic Coatings on Non-Insulated Copper Heat Exchangers. Energies 2026, 19, 2110. 2026
Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Life Cycle-Wide Additive Manufacturing: A Comprehensive Review. Machines 2026, 14, 550. 2026
Multi-objective optimisation and exergoeconomic analysis of ammonia-based organic Rankine cycles for waste heat recovery in a Power-to-Ammonia-to-Power system. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 365, 1 October 2026, 121738 2026
A scale-native 4E framework for sub-MW biogas-to-ammonia polygeneration: Coking boundaries, turbomachinery penalties, and cascade routing. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 92(2026):105142 2026
Dynamic Exergoenvironmental Priority Inversion in Power-to-Ammonia-to-Power Systems: The Static T0 Fallacy in Hot-Arid Climates. Clean Technol. 2026, 8, 120. 2026
Physics-Grounded Deep Reinforcement Learning for Transient Control of a Ca₂Fe₂O₅ Circulating Fluidized Bed Coupled to sCO₂/ORC Under Stochastic Solar Forcing. Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media - An International Journal 2026