Lecturer Dr. Amil Mohammed Rahman, a faculty member in the Department of Biochemical Engineering at Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, obtained a patent issued by the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control at the Ministry of Planning, jointly with engineer Rafal Fouad Ghanim of the Ministry of Environment. The patent was granted for an invention titled “Electromagnetic Wave-Assisted Pyrolysis of Biomass from Water Hyacinth (Shamblan) Plants for the Production of Sustainable Biochar.”
This achievement comes within the framework of supporting scientific research and innovation and developing technical solutions that contribute to enhancing environmental sustainability, and making use of biological resources through modern methods that serve the trend toward reducing environmental impact and improving resource-use efficiency.
This activity contributes to achieving a number of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 4 (Quality Education) and Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), in addition to Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
