1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, P. O. Box 44, Sohar P.C. 311, Sultanate of Oman
2. Centre for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilisation (CCDCU), School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
3. Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, U.K.