Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Preparation and characterization of pelletized solid dispersion of resveratrol with mesoporous silica microparticles to improve dissolution by fluid-bed coating techniques
Abstract With hydrophilic surface and high surface area, porous silica has been applied to load insoluble drugs. Compared to solvent equilibrium method, resveratrol (RES)–mesoporous silica microparticles (MSM) solid dispersion prepared by fluid bed...
2015 / Jian Li, Xiaoqing Miao, Tongkai Chen, Defang Ouyang, Ying Zheng -
Particle size distribution of brominated flame retardants in house dust from Japan
Abstract The present study was conducted to examine the concentrations, profiles, and mass distributions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs), and polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PBDD/Fs) based on the...
2016 / Natsuko Kajiwara, Hidetaka Takigami -
Diffusion-thermo and Radiation Effects on MHD Free Convection Flow of Chemically Reacting Fluid Past an Oscillating Plate Embedded in Porous Medium
Abstract The logical investigation has been accomplished in closed-form to analyze the radiation and diffusion-thermo effects on a free unsteady convective flow with mass and heat transfer of a viscous, electrically conducting and incompressible...
2015 / R. Swetha, G. Viswanatha Reddy, S. Vijaya Kumar Varma -
Bacterial Reduction Of Barium Sulphate By Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria2016 / Alena Luptáková, Ingrida Kotuličová, Magdaléna Bálintová, Štefan Demčák
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Exergetic and Economic Analysis of Energy Recovery from the Exhaust Air of Organic Waste Aerobic Bioconversion by Organic Rankine Cycle
Abstract The amount of heat rejected by the exhaust air generated by the aerobic treatment of organic waste (OW) was investigated with the aim of evaluating the amount of electrical energy recoverable by a micro organic Rankine cycle (micro-ORC)....
2015 / Francesco Di Maria, Caterina Micale -
Dynamic Operation and Simulation of Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
Abstract Thermal power need to operate, on a daily basis, with frequent and fast load changes to balance the large variations of intermittent energy sources, such as wind and solar energy. To make the integration of carbon capture to power plants...
2016 / Jozsef Gaspar, Arne Gladis, John Bagterp Jørgensen, Kaj Thomsen, Nicolas von Solms, et al. -
Optimizing a Hydrofoil for Industrial Use
Abstract In a previous work, Spogis and Nunhez (2009) proposed an optimization procedure for mixing tanks in which optimization methods inside modeFRONTIER were used with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. The optimization software was used ...
2016 / N. Spogis, J.R. Nunhez -
Chemical reaction effect on MHD free convection flow in a micropolar fluid
Abstract The present study analyses the chemical reaction effect on a boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid subject to transverse magnetic field along a vertical plate with variable wall temperature and concentration....
2016 / P.K. Rout, S.N. Sahoo, G.C. Dash, S.R. Mishra -
Environmental Comparison of Metal Coating Processes
Abstract Taking into account the expected growth of the world's population and increasing welfare level in developing countries, the global energy and material resource demand can be expected to increase significantly. Therefore, the environmental...
2015 / Karel Kellens, Dimos Paraskevas, Wim Dewulf, Joost R. Duflou -
Numerical Investigation on the Effect of the Particle Feeding Order on the Degree of Mixing Using DEM
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the particle feeding order on the degree of mixing in the industrial compound ribbon mixer. The Discrete Element Method (DEM) was adopted to simulate the particle feeding process...
2015 / Xiangwu Xiao, Yuanqiang Tan, Hao Zhang, Shengqiang Jiang, Jiaqian Wang, et al. -
Sensitivity of chemical-looping combustion to particle reaction kinetics
Abstract A simple simulation for chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is discussed: two, coupled fluidised reactors with steady circulation of particles of oxygen carrier between them. In particular, the sensitivity of CLC to different particle...
2016 / M.A. Schnellmann, S.A. Scott, G. Williams, J.S. Dennis -
Optimal vibration control and co-design of very flexible actuated structures
Abstract The single shooting method is applied to the optimal control and combined structural and control design (co-design) of very flexible beams. The objective is to assess feasibility, advantages and limitations of an integrated design approach...
2016 / S. Maraniello, R. Palacios -
Global and Local Thresholding Methods Applied to X-ray Microtomographic Analysis of Metallic Foams2016 / Bartosz Leszczyński, Anna Gancarczyk, Andrzej Wróbel, Marcin Piątek, Joanna Łojewska, et al.
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Multidimensional Joint Scale and Cluster Analysis
Abstract This paper proposes a joint scaling and clustering method for dissimilarity (or similarity) data. Dissimilarity (or similarity) data is obtained as showing dissimilarity (or similarity) relationship among objects that are target data....
2015 / Mika Sato-Ilic -
Response surface methodology (RSM) and its application for optimization of ammonium ions removal from aqueous solutions by pumice as a natural and low cost adsorbent2016 / Masoud Moradi, Mehdi Fazlzadehdavil, Meghdad Pirsaheb, Yadollah Mansouri, Touba Khosravi, et al.
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Innovative Oxygen Carriers Uplifting Chemical-looping Combustion
Abstract This paper reports on the main results of the EU-financed project INNOCUOUS (Innovative Oxygen Carriers Uplifting Chemical-Looping Combustion). The project follows a series of successful projects with the aim of developing chemical-looping...
2014 / Tobias Mattisson, Juan Adánez, Karl Mayer, Frans Snijkers, Gareth Williams, et al. -
Sub-CMC solubilization of dodecane by rhamnolipid in saturated porous media2016 / Hua Zhong, Hui Zhang, Zhifeng Liu, Xin Yang, Mark L. Brusseau, et al.
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Single Bubble Dynamic Behavior in AL2O3/H2O Nanofluid on Downward-facing Heating Surface
Abstract After a severe accident to the nuclear reactor, the in-vessel retention strategy is a key way to prevent the leakage of radioactive material. Nanofluid is a steady suspension used to improve heat-transfer characteristics of working fluids,...
2016 / Yun Wang, Junmei Wu -
Simulation on a Novel Solar High-temperature Thermochemical Coupled Phase-change Reactor
Abstract Solar high-temperature thermochemical process is a promising concept to produce hydrogen as well as basic chemical materials by concentrated solar energy. An important feature of this technology is the design of a satisfactory reactor. A...
2015 / T.T. Ma, Y.Z. Zhu, H.J. Chen, Y. Ma, L. Yang -
Chemical-looping Combustion of Solid Fuels – Technology Overview and Recent Operational Results in 100kW Unit
Abstract Chemical-looping combustion is a new combustion principle that uses metal oxides for oxygen transfer from air to fuel. Fuel is never mixed with combustion air and the combustion products, CO2 and steam, are recovered in a separate flow...
2014 / Anders Lyngfelt, Carl Linderholm