RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Prof. Adefila has been teaching Chemical Engineering at ABU Zaria, Nigeria the same time, he engaged in research in the areas of the interaction between energy and environment for over 20 years. While, teaching he also supervised more than 20 postgraduate theses that lead to the award of PhD and M.Sc. degrees and over a hundred undergraduate projects. He was also at various times, the Head of Chemical Engineering Department, Dean Faculty of Engineering and Chair Occupant, Petroleum Technology development Fund Professorial Chair in Chemical Engineering. He also served on a number of university boards and committees. He was also a visiting fellow/ external examiner to the following, Kaduna Polytechnic, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Federal University of Technology, Yola, University of Benin, Benin, and University of Lagos, Lagos.

PROJECTS

• Review of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of The Proposed Cawthorne Channel/Akaso Integrated Oil Development and Gas Utilization Project by SPDC East.

• Review  of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on The Proposed Waste Incinerator Project at Aker Base Rumuolemeni, Rivers State by it’s Drilling Services Limited.

• Review of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of The Proposed Abo Field  

•  Development Project Located in OPL 316 by Nigerian AGIP Exploration.

•  Health, Safety and Environmental Review at the Nigerian Tobacco Company Factories in Ibadan and Zaria

•  Feasibility study on the Local Production of Lime for the Federal Ministry of  Water Resources

•   Environmental Impacts assessment of British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory, Ibadan

•   Environmental Post Impact Assessment of Crude Oil spillage Site at km 198  Izom-Sarkin Pawa, PPMC pipeline (System 2C)

•   Natural Gas Utilization for Oxygen Flame Cutting and Welding, for the Nigerian Gas Company (Subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC

•  Laboratory course for the National Diploma Students, Kaduna State Polythenic,

•  Feasibility study on the Production of Solvents for the Nigerian Solvent Industries   Ltd., Kaduna,

•   Investment profile on an 80 TPD Lime Plant for the Federal Department of  Water Resources.

•  Feasibility study on Lime production in Kwara Investment Company, Ltd

•  UNIDO Consultant on Sugar, to the Policy Analysis Department, Federal  Ministry of Industry, Ibadan.

•  Feasibility study on the Local Manufacture of Caustic Soda for NNDC, Kaduna,

•  Feasibility study for the Third Fertilizer Plant in Nigeria for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Abuja,

•  Monthly Environmental Monitoring at the Nigerian Tobacco Company Factories at Ibadan and Zaria,

•  Ambient Air Quality Monitoring, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Kaduna,

•  Development and Establishment of Groundnut Oil Refinery for Golden Nuts, Minna

•  Analysis of Oils for Integrated Oil Mills, Kaduna.

•  Environmental Audit for:

  (a)        Nigerian Tobacco Company, Zaria
  (b)        International Beer and Beverage Industries, Kaduna
  (c)        Blanket Manufacturing Company, Kaduna
  (d)        Electricity Meter Company Ltd., Zaria
  (e)        Zaria Industries Ltd., Zaria
  (f)        Arewa Metals Company Ltd., Kaduna.
  (g)        British American Company
  (h)        NASCO Household Products Limited, Jos
  (i)        Grand Cereal & Oil Mills, Jos (UAC subsidiary)
  (j)        AshakaCem Plc
  (k)        United Nigeria Textiles Plc

• Review of Waste Water Treatment Plant of the Electricity Meter Company Ltd., Zaria.

• World Bank Assisted Project on the Development of Strategies for the Cleaning up of Kaduna River

• Workshop on Review of Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit for the Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority, Kaduna

• Workshop for Industrial Safety and Environment for the Zaria Industries Ltd., Zaria.

PUBLICATIONS
ADEFILA, S. S., Development of a small-scale gasification unit, M.Sc. Thesis,Department of Chemical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria, Nigeria (January 1977)

ADEFILA, S. S., Studies on high temperature heat pump, Ph.D. thesis,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Salford, U.K. (June, 1983)

Referred Papers
ADEFILA, S. S., GROENEVELD, M. J. and VAN SWAAIJ, W. P. M., Development of a small-scale co-current
gasifier, Journal of Engineering and Technology, 32 (1 and 2), May/June, 1980

ONAJI, P. B., ADEFILA, S. S. and BEENACKERS, A. A. C. M., Feasibility of gasification in Nigeria, Chemical Age of India, (3), 198, (1980).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., WATSON, F. A. and HOLLAND, F. A., Thermodynamic design data for heat pump systems operating on R505, Heat Recovery Systems, 2 (5 and 6), 453-462, (1980).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., WATSON, F. A. and HOLLAND, F. A., Thermodynamic design data for heat pump systems operating on R717, Heat Recovery Systems, 3 (1), 11 - 17, (1983).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., and HOLLAND, F. A., Derived design data for Rankine power cycle systems
operating on R12, Heat Recovery Systems, 3 (2), 63 - 67, (1983).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., and HOLLAND, F. A., Derived design data for Rankine power cycle systems
operating on R113, Heat Recovery Systems, 3 (2), 103 - 107, (1983).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., and HOLLAND, F. A., Derived design data for Rankine power cycle systems
operating on R152a, Heat Recovery Systems, 5 (1), 1 - 4, (1985).

ADEFILA, S. S., DEVOTTA, S., and HOLLAND, F. A., Derived design data for Rankine power cycle systems
operating on R717, Heat Recovery Systems, 5 (1), 5 - 8, (1985).

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., FOLAYAN, C. O., BUGAJE, I. M., and AJIBOYE, V. A., Solar powered
ammonium-water absorption heat pump for cooling, Nigerian Journal of Solar Energy, 5 42 - 49 (1986)

ADEFILA, S. S., EBEWELE, R. O. and OLADELE, A. R., Local production of solvents from petroleum products, Raw Material Journal of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, 1 (1), 2.1 - 2.9, 1988.

BEECROFT, G. A. and ADEFILA, S. S. Investment profile for an 80 TPD lime plant, Raw Materials Journal of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, 1 (1), 4.1 - 4.19, 1988.

ADEFILA, S. S., ARINZE, E. A., and MUMAH, S. N., Thermodynamic data correlations for water-ammonia mixtures based on Chebyshev Polynomials, J. NSChE, 8 (1) 1989

ADEFILA, S. S., ARINZE, E. A., and MUMAH, S. N., Thermodynamic data correlations for water-ammonia
absorption heat pump systems, Nigerian Journal of Engineering, Jan. 1989.

ARINZE, E. A., MUMAH, S. N, and. ADEFILA, S. S., Augmentation of energy collection systems in flat plate solar collectors by sun for various locations in northern Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of Solar Energy, 7 94 -104, (1988).

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., and MUMAH, S. N., Sizing and evaluation of flat plate collector for a solar
absorption system, Journal of Solar Energy

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., and MUMAH, S. N., Design and investigation of flat plate solar collectors using dynamic model, accepted for publication by the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria.

ARINZE, E.A., ADEFILA, S. S., SOKHOHANSANJI, SHAHAB, SCHOENAU, G. J., and MUMAH, S. N., A synamic performance simulation model of flat plate solar collectors for a heat pump system, Energy Conversion Management, 34 (1), 33 - 49, 1994.

MUMAH, S. N., ADEFILA, S. S., and ARINZE, E.A., Properties generation procedure for first and second law
analyses of ammonia-water absorption heat pump systems, Energy Conversion Management, 35 (8), 727 - 737, 1994.

MUMAH, S. N., ADEFILA, S. S., and ARINZE, E.A., First law thermodynamic evaluation and simulation of ammonia-water absorption heat pump systems, Energy Conversion Management, 35 (8), 737 - 750, 1994.

OLAWALE, A. S. and ADEFILA, S. S., Improved Energy Efficiency in absorption heat pump through process
modification, Part I: Solvents for Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Ammonia-water Mixture, Energy Conversion
Management 39 (1), 1015 - 1025, 1998.

OLAWALE, A. S. and ADEFILA, S. S., Improved Energy Efficiency in absorption heat pump through process
modification, part II: Thermodynamic Potential of Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Ammonia-water Mixtures, Energy Conversion Management, 39 (1), 1027 - 1044, 1998.

Conference Papers
ADEFILA, S. S. and STASEN, H. E. B., Development if a gasification unit, 8th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, (November), 1977.

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., FOLAYAN, C. O., AJIBOYE, V. A., BUGAJE, I. M., Solar-powered ammonia-water refrigeration system for agricultural products, Regional Seminar on the Application of Energy for Rural Development, Solar Energy of Africa, Cameroon (1986).

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., FOLAYAN, C. O., AJIBOYE, V. A., BUGAJE, I. M., Design and construction of a solar-powered system for the preservation of agricultural products, ANSTI-UNESCO Conference on the Role of Agricultural Engineering and Food in Food Production in Africa, Lome, Togo (1987).

ADEFILA, S. S., The teaching of chemical engineering in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, Seminar on Chemical Engineering Profession, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, February 4, 1988.

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., FOLAYAN, C. O., AJIBOYE, V. A., BUGAJE, I. M., Experimental evaluation of a solar-powered absorption refrigeration system for preservation of agricultural products, ANSTI-UNESCO International Conference on Appropriate Technologies in Agricultural Production and processing in Africa, Arusha, Tanzania, April4 - 7, 1988.

BUGAJE, I. M., MUMAH, S. N. ARINZE, E. A. and ADEFILA, S. S., Performance of a solar powered ammonia-water absorption cooling system, National Solar Energy Forum, Kaduna, Nigeria 25 - 28 May 1988.

ADEFILA, S. S., Energy conservation by use of heat pumps, a lecture delivered at the Mid-Year Dinner Party of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineering, 20 August 1988.

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., EKE, E. A., Development of centrifugal fans from local materials for forced
circulation solar air heating and drying systems, National Solar Energy Forum, Nsukka, 17 - 20 May, 1989.

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., AKACHUKWU, B. A. and AKANNI, A., Experimental evaluation of various designs of free convective solar crop dryers with and without thermal storage, Paper presented at the National Conference of the Nigerian Society of Agricultural Engineers, at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, 12 - 12 September, 1990.

ARINZE, E.A., ADEFILA, S. S., SOKHOHANSANJI, SHAHAB, SCHOENAU, G. J., and MUMAH, S. N., A dynamic performance simulation model of flat plate solar collectors for a heat pump system, Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 24 - 26 June, 1991.

MUMAH, S. N., and ADEFILA, S. S., Energy in relation to general environmental and conservational issues, Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Environmental and Behaviour Association of Nigeria, 21 - 23 October, 1991, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria.

MUMAH, S. N., ADEFILA, S. S., and ARINZE, E. A., Thermodynamic consideration for the optimisation of solar-powered absorption heat pump systems, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Lagos, Nigeria, 6 - 9 November, 1991.

MUMAH, S. N., ADEFILA, S. S., and ARINZE, E. A., Computer programme for the properties generation for second law analysis of ammonia-water heat pump systems, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, 6 - 9 November, 1991, Lagos, Nigeria.

OKONKWO, P. C., ADEFILA, S. S., and BEECROFT, G. A., An approach to the design of vertical shaft lime kiln, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, 6 – 9 November, 1999, Lagos Nigeria

ARINZE, E. A., ADEFILA, S. S., SOKHANSNAJ, Shahab, SCHOENAU, G. J., and MUMAH S. N., Simulation of solar-powered hybrid ammonia-water absorption heat pump system for cooling, Proceedings of the 2nd World Renewable Energy Congress, 13 - 18 September, 1992, Reading, U.K.

MUMAH, S. N., ADEFILA, S. S., and ARINZE, E. A., Computer programme for the properties generation for second
law analysis of ammonia heat pump systems, Proceedings of the 2nd World Renewable Energy Congress, 13 -18
September, 1992, Reading, U.K.

ADEFILA, S. S., and BEECROFT, G. A., Over of the environment for industrialisation of the northern states, Paper presented at the Mid-Year meeting of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, July 11, 1992.

ADEFILA, S. S., Heat recovery systems: Theory and Practice, Paper presented at the Nigerian Society of Chemical
Engineers International Workshop on Industrial Energy Management, 26 - 28 April, 1994, Ikeja, Nigeria.

AUDU, Y. B., and ADEFILA, S. S., Gasification of Kerosene, Paper Presented at the Department of Chemical
Engineering Seminar, August 31, 1995, Zaria, Nigeria.

ADEFILA, S. S., Global warming and its amelioration, Paper presented to the Industrial Pollution Abatement
Committee (IPAC), April 25, 1996

ADOGBO, G.M and ADEFILA, S.S., Towards an Object-Oriented Approach to the Development of Computer-Aided Modelling and Simulation Environment, Paper Presented at the 31st Annual Conference / AGM of Nigerian Society of
Engineers. 2001

ABDULAHI, K.M and ADEFILA, S.S., Energy Auditing and Saving of a Distillation Column Through Energetic Analysis, Paper Presented at the 31st Annual Conference/ AGM of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers. 2001   

AJAYI, O.A and ADEFILA, S.S., Waste as source of Power and Desired Product, Paper Presented at National
Engineering Conference at Arewa House, Kaduna on 6th December, 2001

Books
ADEFILA, S. S., Heat pump systems, Chapter 13 in Introduction to Thermodynamics, Commissioned Book by the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology; Coordinator - Asalor, J. O., Accepted for publication, 1989.

STAPEL, C. and ADEFILA, S. S., Introduction to management; in response to commission by the Ahmadu Bello University Press, in Press.

ADEFILA, S. S., Introduction to financial management; in press.

Technical Report (Book Size)
BEECROFT, G. A., and ADEFILA, S. S., Lime production feasibility study Report; Principal consultants: submitted to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, August 1984.

ADEFILA, S. S., and OBANDE, O. P., Manufacture of caustic soda, submitted to the New Nigerian Development Company, Kaduna, March 1990.

ADEFILA, S. S. et al., Health, Safety and Environment Review at the Nigerian Tobacco Company Factories at Ibadan and Zaria, July 1990.

ADEFILA, S. S., and OBANDE, O. P., Manufacture of caustic soda (CHLOR - ALKALI PROCESS), Preliminary report on raw materials and Market Survey, submitted to the New Nigerian Development Company, Kaduna May 1989.

ADEFILA, S. S., OBANDE, O. P., and BEECROFT, G. A, Comprehensive update on the manufacture of caustic soda feasibility study report (preliminary report) submitted to the New Nigerian Development Company, Kaduna, September,
1991.

ADEFILA, S. S., OWONUBI, J. J., and DERE, F. A., The Nigerian Sugar Sub sector, submitted to Policy Analysis Department, Federal Ministry of Industries YNDP/UNOIDO/ITAP, 1991.

ADEFILA, S. S., HUSEINI, A. A., ABUBAKAR, T. A. N., Report, Investigation of the Interim Joint Matriculation Board Examinations (IJMB) Task Force, 1993 (Confidential)

COURSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Courses

• UNESCO Course on Biochemical and Microbial Technology, University of Lagos, Lagos, 15 - 30 October 1978.

• Renewable Energy, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 20 - 25 April 1980.

• Advanced Fluid Mechanics, University of Manchester, U.K., 30th August to 4th September 1981.

Conferences

• Heat Pumps: Energy Savers, Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium, North Western Branch, University of Salford, U.K., 5 - 6 April, 1981.

• Golden Jubilee Symposium, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Hilton  Hotel, London, U.K., 11 - 14 October, 1982.

• 1st National Summit on Ecology and the Environment, Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, May 11 - 13, 1999

• 1st National Conference on Engineering Design, Le Eko Meridian Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos, 22 -29 September, 1999

• 1st National Technology Forum and techmart by National Office For Technology, Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), 26 - 29 June, 2000

• Workshop for Deans of Science and Engineering Faculties/Budget Officers of Nigerian Universities on The role of Information Technology in Science and Engineering Education, Organised by UNESCO and National Universities commission (NUC), Abuja, 28 - 29, March, 2001

• Stakeholder Workshop on Curriculum Review for University Education in Nigeria, 23 -25 April, 2001

• Review Workshop if Draft Report on water Quality Laboratories and Monitoring Network, 26 - 27 April, 2001

• Chairman, Review Panel on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on The Proposed Waste Incinerator Project at Aker Base Rumuolemeni, Rivers State by it’s Drilling Services Limited. 2000.

• Chairman, Review Panel Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of The Proposed Abo Field Development Project Located in OPL 316 by Nigerian AGIP Exploration, 2002.