Publications

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Journal Papers (peer-reviewed)

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2017) Utilization of waste natural fishbone for heavy metal stabilization in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash. Journal of Cleaner Production (Article in Press).

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Nakayama, H., and T. Komiya (2017) Tasks and problems involved in the handling of disaster waste upon April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan. Natural Hazards, 89, 1273–1290.

Nithiya, A., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2017) Hydrogen gas generation from metal aluminum-water interaction in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. Waste Management (Article in Press).

Inkaew, K., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2017) Characterization of residues involved in the ash quenching system: A material recycling perspective. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 866, 112-115.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Influence of ignition process on mineral phase transformation in municipal solid waste incineration fly ash: Implications for estimating loss-on-ignition (LOI), submitted to Waste Management, 59, 222–228.

Yang, S., Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Kawano, T., and Y. Kakuta (2016) The impact of thermal treatment and cooling methods on municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash with an emphasis on Cl, Environmental Technology, 37 (20) 2564-71.

Inkaew, K., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Modeling the formation of the quench product in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash, Waste Management, 52, 159-168.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Feasibility of using natural fishbone apatite on removal of Pb from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash, Procedia Environmental Sciences, 31, 345-350.

Saffarzadeh, A., Arumugam, N., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Aluminum and aluminum alloys in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash: A potential source for the production of hydrogen gas, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41, 820-831.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Kakuta, Y., and T. Kawano (2014) Cesium distribution and phases in proxy experiments on the incineration of radioactively contaminated waste from the Fukushima area, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 136, 76-84.

Inkaew, K., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2014) Characterization of grate sifting deposition ash, unquenched bottom ash and water-quenched bottom ash from mass-burn moving grate waste to energy plant, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 70, No. 7, III_469-III_475.

Watanabe, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., Tojo, Y, and T. Shimaoka (2014) Identification of the existing form of cesium in bottom ash and fly Ash in municipal solid wastes (in Japanese), SPring-8/SACLA Research Report, Section B: Industrial Application Report, 2, No. 1, 89-93.

Wei, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Zhao, C., Peng, X., and J. Gao (2014) Geoenvironmental weathering/deterioration of landfilled MSWI-BA glass, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 278, 610–619.

Yang, S., Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., and T. Kawano (2014) Existence of Cl in municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash and dechlorination effect of thermal treatment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 267, 214- 220.

Shimaoka, T and A. Saffarzadeh (2012) Formation of secondary products under natural weathering and their affinity with heavy metals in landfilled MSWI bottom ash (in Japanese with English Abstract), Material Cycles and Waste Management Research  23, No.5, 401-407.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Wei, Y, Gardner, K. H., and C. N. Musselman (2011) Impacts of natural weathering on the transformation/neoformation processes in landfilled MSWI bottom ash: A geoenvironmental perspective, Waste Management, 31, 2440–2454.

Wei, Y., Shimaoka, T., Saffarzadeh, A. and F. Takahashi (2011) Alteration of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash focusing on the evolution of iron-rich constituents, Waste Management, vol. 31, Issues 9-10, 1992-2000.

Wei, Y., Shimaoka, T., Saffarzadeh, A. and F. Takahashi (2011) Mineralogical characterization of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash with an emphasis on heavy metal-bearing phases, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 187, Issues 1-3, 534-543.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Motomura, Y., and K. Watanabe (2009) Characterization study of heavy metal-bearing phases in MSW slag, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 164, Issues 2-3, 829-834.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Motomura, Y., and K. Watanabe (2009) Petrogenetic characteristics of molten slag from the pyrolysis/melting treatment of MSW, Waste Management, vol. 29, 1103–1113.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Motomura, Y., and K. Watanabe (2006) Chemical and mineralogical evaluation of slag products derived from the pyrolysis/melting treatment of MSW. Waste Management, vol. 26, Issue 12, 1443-1452.

Sahabi, F., and A. Saffarzadeh (1996) Petrology and petrogenesis of the Gateh – deh Subvolcanic Dome, Taleghan, Central Alborz, Iran. Geosciences Quarterly Journal, Geol. Survey of Iran (in Persian with English Abstract), vol. 6, No. 21- 22, p. 32 – 39.

Conference papers

Miyake, M., Komiya, T., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2017) Evaluating the crucial factors affecting hydrogen gas generation from municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWIBA). 16^th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Oct. 2-6, Cagliari, Italy.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2017) Utilization of waste natural fishbone for heavy metal stabilization in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash. The 8th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Waste Management, Sept. 16-20, Hangzhou, China.

Saffarzadeh, A., Arumugam, N. and T. Shimaoka (2016) Hydrogen generation from aluminum-water reactions in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. 6th International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste (Venice 2016), Nov. 14-17, Venice, Italy.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Evaluating the effectivity of using natural fishbone hydroxyapatite on lead stabilization in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash. 5^th International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management, Sept. 27-30, Chania, Crete, Greece.

Arumugam, N., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Effect of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash cooling methods on hydrogen evolution. The International Conference on Combustion, Incineration/Pyrolysis, Emission and Climate Change (9^th i-CIPEC), Sept. 20-23, Kyoto Research Park (KRP), Kyoto, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., Arumugam, N. and T. Shimaoka (2016) Hydrogen gas recovery from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. The 7th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Waste Management, July 18-21, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Feasibility of using natural fishbone apatite on removal of Pb from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash. The 7th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Waste Management, July 18-21, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2016) Effectivity of using natural fishbone hydroxyapatatite (HAP) on Ob removal from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash: Evaluating the influence of liquid/solid (L/S) ratio, The 9th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium (ICLRS), June 13-15, Noboribetsu Onsen, Hokkaido, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., Arumugam. N. and T. Shimaoka (2016) Enhancing hydrogen production from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash by adding metal aluminum as a promoter, 7th International Conference on Hydrogen Production (ICH₂P), May 8-11, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (Best paper award).

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2015) Feasibility of using natural fishbone apatite on removal of Pb from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash, The 10^th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology (ICWMT 10), October 28-30, Mianyang, China.

Mu, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2015) Influence of ignition process on mass loss and mineral phase change in MSWI fly ash, The 6th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Solid Waste Management, August 6-9, Qingdao, China.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Yang, S., and T. Kawano (2015) Distribution of chlorine in MSWI bottom ash and the possibility of chlorine reduction through thermal treatment, The 9th International  Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials (WASCON 2015), June 10-12, Santander, Spain

Kanawut, I., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2015) Impacts of water quenching on MSWI bottom ash characterization, IWWG-ARB2015, April 12-15, Shanghai, China.

Kanawut, I., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2014) Characterization of grate sifting deposition ash, unquenched bottom ash and water-quenched bottom ash from mass-burn moving grate waste to energy plant, The 51^st Forum on Environmental Engineering Studies, December 20-22, Yamanashi University, Tokyo, Japan.

Arumugam. N., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2014) Municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash: A potential source for hydrogen generation, The 2014 International Conference on Frontier of Energy and Environment Engineering (ICFEEE 2014), Dec 6-7, Taichung, Taiwan.

Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2014) Occurrence and forms of cesium compounds in bottom ash products derived from the thermal treatment of solid waste- Implications for radioactively contaminated waste from the Fukushima area, the 9^th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology (ICWMT), October 29-31, Beijing, China.

Arumugam. N., Shimaoka, T., and A. Saffarzadeh (2014) Hydrogen generation potential in MSW incinerator bottom ash, 2014 Conference on Korea Society of Waste Management, May 15-17, Busan, Korea (Best presentation award).

Shimaoka, T., and A. Saffarzadeh (2014) Chemical forms of cesium in the synthesized ash residues, Eurasia Waste Management Symposium, April 28-30, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.

Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2013) Partitioning behavior of Cs in the matrix of simulated ash residues, Goldschmidt Conference, August 25-30, 2013, Florence, Italy.

Yang, S., Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., and T. Kawano (2013) Distribution of Chloride in Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials & Technologies – SCMT3, 18-21 August 2013, Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan.

Yang, S., Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2012) Influence of ignition process on the weight loss and mineral phase change in MSWI ash: LOI of incineration ash, The 6th International Symposium on the East Asian Environmental Problems (EAEP 2012), Nov. 6-7, 2012, Fukuoka, Japan.

Shimaoka, T., and A. Saffarzadeh (2012) Stabilization of municipal solid
waste incineration residues in landfill, The 7th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, Sep. 5-7, 2012, Beijing, China.

Saffarzadeh, A., and T. Shimaoka (2012) Formation of secondary Fe-rich products in landfilled MSWI bottom ash as a result of natural weathering, the 8th International Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials (WASCON 2012), May 30- June 1, 2012, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Yang, S., Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., and T. Kawano (2012) Evaluating the impacts of thermal treatment on the chloride behavior in MSWI bottom ash products, the 16^th Korea-Japan Joint International Symposium, May 10, 2012, Wonju, Korea.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., and Y. Wei (2010) Microcharacterization study of secondary mineral phases during natural weathering of landfilled MSWI bottom ash, the 6^th Asian-Pacific Landfill Symposium (APLAS), October 27-29, 2010, Seoul, Korea.

Saffarzadeh, A. and H. Hasandoost (2010) Evaluation of Semi-Aerobic Fukuoka Landfill Method for MSW Disposal and its Application in Northern Iran, Global Waste Management Symposium, Oct. 3-6, 2010, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Wei, Y., Shimaoka, T., Saffarzadeh, A. and F. Takahashi (2010) Weathering of MSWI bottom ash with emphasis on the evolution of Iron-rich constituents, The 4^th International Symposium on the East Asian Environmental Problems, 13-14 Sept. 2010, Shanghai, China.

Saffarzadeh, A. and T. Shimaoka (2010) Processes affecting the mineralogical evolution/behavior of MSWI bottom ash when submitted to natural weathering, the 6^th Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium (ICLRS), June 8-12, 2010, Kiroro, Hokkaido, Japan.

Wei, Y., Shimaoka, T., and A. Saffarzadeh (2009) Mineralogical characteristics of MSW incineration bottom ash from the viewpoint of environmental issue, the 3^rd International Symposium on the East Asian Environmental Problems, 3-4 Dec. 2009, Fukuoka, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A. (2008) Waste Management in Emergencies: Lessons Learnt from Bam and Lorestan Earthquakes, Iran, Global Waste Management Symposium, Sept. 7-10, 2008, Colorado, USA.

Saffarzadeh, A. and F. Gholamreza Fahimi (2008) Bam Earthquake Debris Cleanup and Environmental Consequences (in Persian with English abstract), The 26^th Symposium on Geosciences, Geological Survey of Iran (GSI), 17-19 Feb. 2008, Tehran, Iran.

Yousefi, H., Ehara, S., Noorollahi, Y., and A. Saffarzadeh (2007) Environmental aspects of geothermal energy development in Iran. Proceedings of 5^th International Workshop on Earth Sciences and Technology, Dec. 2007, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., Hosseini, K., and M. Fatemi Aghda (2007) Disaster wastes management: lessons learnt from Borujerd earthquake of March 2006, Lorestan Province (in Persian with English abstract). 2^nd International Conference on Integrated Natural Disaster Management (INDM 2007), 13-14 Feb. 2007, Tehran, Iran.

Saffarzadeh, A. and K. Hosseini (2006) Disaster wastes and their impact on reconstruction activities and environmental issues: lessons learnt from Borujerd earthquake of March 2006, Iran (in Persian with English abstract). First Disaster Management Conference, 26-27 Dec. 2006, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Sayadi, M. and A. Saffarzadeh (2006) Reinforcement of drinking water wells against probable earthquake: case study on rural areas of Tehran Province (in Persian with English abstract). First Disaster Management Conference, 26-27 Dec. 2006, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Motomura, Y., Saffarzadeh, A., Watanabe, K. and T. Shimaoka (2005) Characteristics and chemical composition of MSW slag. Annual Meeting of the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (proceedings), Sept. 2005, Sapporo, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., and K. Watanabe (2005) Petrologic modeling of melting treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW). Spring Annual Meeting of the Mining and Material Processing, Kyushu Branch (proceedings), May 2005, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., and Y. Noorollahi (2005) Geothermal Development in Iran: A Country Update. Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2005, 24-29 April 2005 Antalya, Turkey.

Kawagoe, T., Saffarzadeh, A., Zhang, R., Shimaoka, T., and K. Watanabe (2004) Compositional change of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash during initial stages of weathering. Proceedings of 2^nd International Workshop on Earth Sciences and Technology, Dec. 2004, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., Shimaoka, T., Motomura, Y., and K. Watanabe (2004) Metallic and non-metallic phases in municipal solid waste (MSW) slag. Proceedings of 15^th Annual Conference of The Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (International session), 17-19 Nov. 2004, Takamatsu, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., Watanabe, K., Shimaoka, T., and Y. Motomura (2004) Slag residues from high temperature treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Japan – A petrographic approach. 8^th international symposium on environmental issues and waste management in energy and mineral production (SWEMP Proceedings), May 17-20, Antalya, Turkey.

Saffarzadeh, A., Watanabe, K., Shimaoka, T., and Y. Motomura (2003) Mineralogical characteristics of municipal solid waste melting residues (SLAG) – Evidences from a high temperature treatment plant in Japan. Proceedings of International Workshop on Earth Sciences and Technology, Nov. 2003, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Saffarzadeh, A., (1995). An introduction to the processes affecting hill slopes and their erosion (in Persian), Journal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Special Issue, No. 15, p. 20 – 22.

Saffarzadeh, A., and A. Boroujerdi Alavi, (1995). Flood Hazard Zonation (in Persian), Journal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Special Issue, No. 15, p. 34 – 35.

Saffarzadeh, A. and F. Sahabi (1994) Pyroclastic deposits and their diagenesis with reference to economical aspects (abstract, in Persian). First Seminar on Graduate Students’ Research Activities, University of Tehran (UT), Tehran, Iran.