Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

• Fang, J. X. Cheng, H. Gai, S. Lin, and H. H. Lou, “Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Internal Corrosion of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines,” Computers & Chemical Engineering,177, 108358, 2023. DOI: /10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108358.
• Cai, T., Fang, J., Daida, S., & H. H. Lou. "Review of Synergy between Machine Learning and First Principles Models for Asset Integrity Management". Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 5, 1138283.
• Rao, B., D. Reible,  D. Athanasiou, H. H. Lou, et al., “Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Neches-Brakes Bayou River System in Beaumont, Texas,” Environmental Management, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01743-3
• H. H. Lou, J. Fang, H. Gai, R. Xu, and S. Lin, “A Novel Zone-Based Machine Learning Approach for the Prediction of the Performance of Industrial Flares,” Computers & Chemical Engineering, 162, 107795, 2022. (Note: This paper received the 2022 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Best Student Paper Award).
• H. H. Lou, R. Mukherjee, Z. Wang, T. Olsen, U. Diwekar, and S. Lin, “A New Area of Utilizing Industrial Internet of Things in Environmental Monitoring,” Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 4, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fceng.2022.842514.
• H. H. Lou, Y. Chen, R. Singh, “Problem-Based Learning on Incorporation of Data Analysis Skills into Chemical Engineering Senior Advanced Analysis Course,” Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, 2021. DOI: 10.1520/SSMS20200027.
• Fang, J., R. Zhao, B. Rao, M. Rakowska,  D. Athanasiou, K. Millerick, S. Wei, X. Lei, H. H. Lou and D. D. Reible, “Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Water Using Mn(III)-Based Advanced Oxidation Process,” J. Environ. Eng., 147(3), 04021002, 2021.
• H. H. Lou, H. Gai, “How can AI Better Serve Chemical Process Industry,” Hydrocarbon Processing, 37-39, July 2020.
• Gai, H., A. Wang, J. Fang, H. H. Lou, D. Chen, X. Li, C. Martin, “Clean Combustion and Flare Minimization to Reduce Emissions from Process Industry,” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 23, 38-45, 2020.
• Gai, H., J. Beath, J. Fang, H. H. Lou, “Alternative Emission Monitoring Technologies and Industrial Internet of Things–based Process Monitoring Technologies for Achieving Operational Excellence,” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 23, 31-37, 2020.
• Damodara, V. D., A. Alphones, D. H. Chen, H. H. Lou, C. Martin, and X.Li, Flare Performance Modeling and Set Point Determination using Artificial Neural Networks, Int J. Energy Environ Eng, 2019. doi:10.1007/s40095-019-00314-3. 
• Wang, J., H. H. Lou, F. Yang, F. Cheng, “Numerical Simulation of a Decoupling and Re-burning Combinative Low-NOx Coal Grate Boiler,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 188, 977-988, 2018. 
• Gai, H., K. Zheng, J. Lin, H. H. Lou, “Process Simulation, Economic and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of a Gas-To-Liquids Process,” J. Chem Eng Process Technol 9: 373. 2018. doi: 10.4172/2157-7048.100037.
• Chen, L., P. Gangadharan, and H. H. Lou “Sustainability Assessment of Combined Steam and Dry Reforming vs. Tri-reforming of Methane for Syngas Production,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 13, 10.1002/apj.2168, 2018.
• Damodara, V., D. H. Chen, H. H. Lou, K. Ma Rasel, P. Richmond, A. Wang and X. Li, “Reduced Combustion Mechanism for C1–C4 Hydrocarbons and its Application in Computational Fluid Dynamics Flare Modeling, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 67(5), 599-612, 2017.
• Wang, J., K. Zheng, R. Singh, H. H. Lou, J. Hao, B. Wang, F. Cheng, “Numerical Simulation and Cold Experimental Research of a Low-NOx, Combustion Technology for Pulverized Low-volatile Coal,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 114, 498–510, 2017.
• Wang, A., H. H. Lou, D. Chen, A. Yu, W. Dang, X. Li, C. Martin, V. Damodara, A. Patki, “Combustion Mechanism Development and CFD Simulation for the Prediction of Soot Emission during Flaring,” Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 10 (4), 459-471, 2016. 
• Chen, L., Q. Xu, J. L. Gossage, H. H. Lou, “Simulation and Economic Evaluation of a Coupled Thermal Vapor Compression Desalination Process for Produced Water Management,” Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 36, 442-453, 2016.
• Wang, J., H. H. Lou, F. Yang, F. Cheng, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Clean-burning Stove, Journal of Cleaner Production, 134， Part B (15), 447-455, 2016.
• Wu, J., B. Wang, H. H. Lou, F.  Yang, F.  Cheng, “Effects of CaO-K2CO3 on combustion behavior and emission properties of SO2 and NOX during coal sludge combustion,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 11(5), 735-742, 2016.
• Patki, A., X. Li, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, P. Richmond, V. Damodara, L. Liu, K. Rasel, A. Alphones, J. Zhou, “Numerical Simulation of Black Carbon (Soot) Emissions from Non-Premixed Flames,” Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2, 15-24, 2014.
• Singh, K. D., P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X. Li, P. Richmond, “Parametric Study of Ethylene Flare Operations and Validation of a Reduced Combustion Mechanism,” Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2(8), 8, 211–228, 2014.
• Singh, K. D., P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X.  Li, P. Richmond, “CFD Modeling of Laboratory Flames and an Industrial Flare,” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(11), 1328-1340, 2014.
• Guo, Y., K. Yan, F. Cheng, H. H. Lou, “Effect of Na2CO3 Additive on the Activation of Coal Gangue for Alumina Extraction,” International Journal of Mineral Processing, 131( 10), 51–57, 2014.
• Vaid, H. S., K. D. Singh, H. H. Lou, D. Chen, P. Richmond, "A Run Time Combustion Zoning Technique towards the EDC Approach in Large-Scale CFD Simulations," International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 24(1), 2014, 21-35.
• Guo, Y., K.Yan, Q. Zhao, F. Cheng, H. H. Lou, “A Novel Process for Alumina Extraction via the Coupling Treatment of Coal Gangue and Bauxite Red Mud,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (11), 4518-4521.
• Zhang, Y., S. Zhang, J. L. Gossage, H. H. Lou, and T. J. Benson, “Thermodynamic Analyses of Tri-reforming Reactions to Produce Syngas,” Energy Fuels, 28(4), 2717-2726, 2014.
• Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, J. Wang, F. Cheng, ”A Method for Flexible Heat Exchanger Network Design under Severe Operation Uncertainty, " Chemical Engineering & Technology, 36(5), 757–765, 2013.
• Gangadharan, P., R. Singh, F. Cheng, and H. H. Lou, “Novel Methodology for Inherent Safety Assessment in the Process Design Stage,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52, 5921−5933, 2013.
• Zhang,  Y., J. Cruz, S. Zhang, H. H. Lou, T. J. Benson, "Process simulation and optimization of methanol production coupled to tri-reforming process," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy，38（31）, 13617–13630， 2013.
• Gangadharan, P., A. Zanwar, K. Zheng, J. Gossage and H. H. Lou , “Sustainability Assessment of Polygeneration Processes Based on Syngas Derived from Coal and Natural Gas,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, 39(6), 105–117, 2012.
• Gangadharan, P., Krishna C. Kanchi, H. H. Lou, “Evaluation of the Economic and Environmental Impact of Combining Dry Reforming with Steam Reforming of Methane,” Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 90(11), 1956–1968, 2012.
• H. H. Lou, D. Chen, C. B. Martin, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, K. D. Singh, and P. Gangadharan, “Optimal Reduction of the C1−C3 Combustion Mechanism for the Simulation of Flaring,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.,51 (39), 12697–12705, 2012.
• Lou, H. H., D. Chen, C. B. Martin, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, A. T. Kumar, K. D. Singh, “Validation of a Reduced Combustion Mechanism for Light Hydrocarbons”, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 14(1) 1-12, 2012. doi:10.1007/s10098-011-0441-6.
• Singh, K. D., T. Dabade, H. Vaid, P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X. Li, K. Li, C. B. Martin, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Industrial Flares Operated in Stand-By Mode,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51 (39), 12611–12620, 2012.
• Lou, H. H., C. B. Martin, D. Chen, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, A. T. Kumar, K. D. Singh, D. P. Bean, Jr, “A Reduced Reaction Mechanism for the Simulation in Ethylene Flare Combustion,” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 14(2), 229-239, 2012.
• Li, X., A. Zanwar, A. Jayswal, H. H. Lou and Y. Huang, “Incorporating Exergy Analysis and Inherent Safety Analysis for Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels, "Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50(5), 2981-2993, 2011.
• Jayswal, A., X. Li, A. Zanwar, H. H. Lou and Y. Huang, “A Sustainability Root Cause Analysis Methodology and its Application,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, 35(12), 2011, 2591-3048 (Recognized in 2014 as one of the Most Downloaded authors for Computers & Chemical Engineering).
• Zheng, K., D. J. Bean, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Education Modules for Teaching Sustainability in A Mass and Energy Balance Course,” Chemical Engineering Education, 45(4), 265-284, 2011.
• Schulte, C., J. Curry, V. Zaloom, W. Zhu, H. H. Lou, and A. Marquez, “Scheduling Hazardous Waste Incinerators Using a SA-LP Heuristic,” Environmental Engineering Science. 27(7): 569-575, 2010.
• Xu, Q., X. Yang, C. Liu, K. Li, H. H. Lou, and J. L. Gossage, “Chemical Plant Flare Minimization via Plant-wide Dynamic Simulation,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (7), 3505–3512, 2009.
• Yang, X., Q. Xu, C. Zhao, K. Li, and H. H. Lou, “Pressure-driven Dynamic Simulation for Improving the Performance of A Multi-stage Compression System during Plant Startup”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (20), 9195-9203, 2009.
• Sun, L. and H. H. Lou, “A Strategy for Multi-objective Optimization under Uncertainty in Chemical Process Design,” Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 16(1), 39-42, 2008.
• Piluso, C., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Ecological Input-Output Analysis-Based Sustainability Analysis of Industrial Systems,” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Research, 47(6), 1955-1966, 2008. [This paper received the 2008 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum's Student Best Paper Award]
• Li, X., H. H. Lou, J. Xiao, and Y. Huang, “Surface Coating Thickness Distribution in Electrodeposition: A Case Study on Copper Plating of Tube Inner Surface,” J. of Applied Surface Finishing, 95 (3), 39-47, 2008.
• Lou, H. H., R. W. Pike, A. Agboola, A. Singh, X. Li, J. R. Hopper and C. L. Yaws, “Environmental Impact Assessment for Potential Continuous Processes for the Production of Carbon Nanotubes,” American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4(5): 522-534, 2008.
• Li, J., J. Xiao, Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Integrated Process and Product Analysis: A Multiscale Approach to Automotive Paint Spray,” AIChE J., 53 (11), 2841-2857, 2007.
• Xiao, J., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “A Probability Distribution Estimation Based Method for Dynamic Optimization,” AIChE J., 53 (7), 1805-1816, 2007.
• Xiao, J., Y. Huang, Y. Qian, and H. H. Lou, “Integrated Product and Process Control of Single-Input-Single-Output Systems,” AIChE J., 53 (4), 891-901, 2007.
• Singh, A., K. Li, H. H. Lou, J. R. Hopper, H. B. Golwala, and S. Ghumare, “Flare Minimization via Dynamic Simulation,” Int. J. Environment and Pollution, 29(1/2/3), 2007.
• Singh, A., H. H. Lou, C. L. Yaws, J. R. Hopper, and R. W. Pike, “Environmental Impact Assessment of Different Design Schemes of an Industrial Ecosystem,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 51, 294-313, 2007.
• Agboola, A. E., R. W. Pike, T. A. Hertwig and H. H. Lou, “Conceptual Design of Carbon Nanotube Processes,” Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, 9, 289-311, 2007.
• Lou, H. H. and A. Singh, “Hierarchical Pareto Optimization for the Sustainable Development of Industrial Ecosystems,” 45, 3265-3279, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2006.
• Lou, H. H., J. Chandrasekaran, and R. A. Smith, “Large-Scale Dynamic Simulation for Security Assessment of an Ethylene Oxide Manufacturing Process,” 30, 1102-1118, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2006.
• Xiao, J., J. Li, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Cure-Window-Based Proactive Quality Control in Topcoat Curing,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(7), 2331-2340, 2006.
• Xiao, J., J. Li, H. H. Lou, Q. Xu, and Y. Huang, “Ant-Colony-System-Based Product-Performance-Focused Energy Optimization of Reactive Drying of Clearcoat,” AIChE J., 52(4), 1410-1422, 2006. [This paper received the 2006 AIChE Process Development Division's Best Student Paper Award]
• Uygun, K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “An Improved -Analysis Method for Process Security Analysis,” Trans. IChemE, Part B, 84(2), 92-100, 2006. [This article was selected by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, as a featured article that was highlighted in The Chemical Engineer, a key magazine of the Institution.]
• Xu, Q., A. Telukdarie, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Integrated Electroplating System Modeling and Simulation for Near Zero Discharge of Chemicals and Metals,” 44(7), 2156-2164, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 2005.
• Yang, Y., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “A Structural Disturbance Propagation Model for the Conceptual Design of Highly Controllable Heat-Integrated Reaction Systems,” Chemical Engineering Communications, 192(8), 1096-1115, 2005.
• Piluso, C., K. Uygun, Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Process Security in Chemical Engineering Education,” Chemical Engineering Education, 39(1), 48-55, 2005.
• Yaws, C. L., P. K. Narasimhan, H. H. Lou and R. W. Pike, “Solubility and Henry's Law Constants for Chlorinated Compounds in Water,” Chemical Engineering, 50-56, February, 2005.
• Lou, H. H., M. A. Kulkarni, A. Singh, and J. R. Hopper, “Sustainability Assessment for Industrial Systems,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 43(15), 4233-4242, 2004.
• Uygun, K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Fast Process Security Assessment Theory,” AIChE J., 50(9), 2187-2202, 2004.
• Lou, H. H., R. Muthusamy, and Y. Huang, “Process Security Assessment: Operational Space Classification and Process Security Index,” Trans. IChemE, Part B, 81(6), 418-429, 2003.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Hierarchical Decision-Making for Proactive Quality Control: System Development for Defect Reduction in Automotive Coating Operations,” Int. J. Eng. Appl. Artificial Intelligence, 16(4), 237-250, 2003.
• Uygun, M. K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Process Security Analysis: -Analysis and -Map,” AIChE J., 49(9), 2445-2452, 2003.
• Lou, H. H., M. A. Kulkarni, A. Singh, and Y. Huang, “A Game Theory Based Approach for Energy Analysis of Industrial Ecosystem under Uncertainty,” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 6(3), 156-161, 2003.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Rapid Prediction of Disturbance Propagation in a Non-Sharp Ternary Separation System,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 33(1), 87-94, 2002.
• Zhou, Q., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Design of a Switchable Water Allocation Network Based on Process Dynamics,” 40(22), 4866-4873, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2001.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Profitable Pollution Prevention: Concept, Fundamentals, and Development,” J. of Plating and Surface Finishing, 87(11), 59-66, 2000.
• Huang, Y., H. H Lou, J. Gong, and T. F. Edgar, “Fuzzy Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 8(6), 665-678, 2000.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Integrated Modeling and Simulation for Improved Reactive Drying of Clearcoat,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 39(2), 500-507, 2000.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Fuzzy-Logic-Based Process Modeling Using Limited Experimental Data,” Int. J. Eng. Appl. Artificial Intelligence, 13(2), 121-135, 2000.
• Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Synthesis of an Optimal Wastewater Reuse Network,” Waste Management, 20(4), 311-319, 2000.
• Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Steady State Disturbance Propagation Modeling of Heat Integrated Distillation Processes,” Trans. IChemE., Part A, 78(2), 245-254, 2000.
• Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y.  Huang, “Optimal Design of a Water Reuse System in an Electroplating Plant,” J. of Plating and Surface Finishing, 86(4), 80-84, 1999.

Book Chapter Publications

• Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction using Advanced Heat Integration Techniques,” Handbook for Mitigating Climate Change, 2^nd edition, M. Lackner, B. Sajjadi and W. Y. Chen (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2021.
• Chen, L., Z. Tian, H. H. Lou, “Sustainable Manufacturing and Water Sustainability,” Chapter 12, Sustainable Water Management and Technologies, D. H. Chen (eds.), CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2016, ISBN 9781482215236. 
• Singh, R., Lou, H. H., “Safety and Efficiency Enhancement for LNG Terminals” in “Petrochemical Catalyst Materials, Processes, and Emerging Technologies, T. C. Xiao, H. A. Al-Megren (eds), IGI Global, 2016, ISBN13: 9781466699755.
• Lou, H. H., S. Dusija, X. Li, J. L. Gossage and J. R. Hopper, “Analysis of a Novel Method for Inhibiting Runaway Reaction via Process Modeling,” Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimization, D. C. Y. Foo, M. M. El-Halwagi, and R. R. Tan (eds.), World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011.
• Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Sustainability under Severe Uncertainty: A Probability Bounds Analysis Method,” Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering – Volume 1” S. Sikdar; Y. L. Huang, and I.S. Jawahir (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2013.
• Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction using Advanced Heat Integration Techniques,” Handbook for Mitigating Climate Change, W. Y. Chen and J. Seiner (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2012.
• Li, X., A. Singh and H. H. Lou, “Assessment of Regional Sustainability Associated with Biofuel Production”, in Design for Energy and the Environment, M. El-Halwagi and A. Linninger (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, NW, 2009.
• Xu, Q., C. Liu, X.  Yang, K. Li, H. H. Lou, Gossage J. L., “Study on Near-Zero Flaring for Chemical Plant Turnaround Operation”, in Design for Energy and the Environment, M. El-Halwagi and A. Linninger (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, NW, 2009.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Electroplating,” in Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, S. Lee (ed.), Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 2006.
• Huang, Y. and H. H. Lou, “Profitable Pollution Prevention in Electroplating: An In-Process Focused Approach,” in Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention, T. K. Das (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 2005.
• Uygun, K., Y.  Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Design for Process Security,” in Foundation of Computer Aided Process Design, C. Floudas, A. Agrawal (eds.), AIChE Symposium, AIChE, 2004.
• Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis for Environmentally Benign Electroplating Operations,” in Green Engineering, P. T. Anastas, L. G. Heine and T. C. Williamson (eds.), Chapter 5 (pp. 42-61), ACS, Washington D.C., 2001.