Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Biosurfactant as a Promoter of Methane Hydrate Formation: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies2016 / Amit Arora, Swaranjit Singh Cameotra, Rajnish Kumar, Chandrajit Balomajumder, Anil Kumar Singh, et al.
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A dilation-driven vortex flow in sheared granular materials explains a rheometric anomaly2016 / K. P. Krishnaraj, Prabhu R. Nott
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Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from wet nitrogen via a dual-chamber reactor using La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ-Ce0.8Gd0.18Ca0.02O2−δ composite cathode
Abstract A La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ-Ce0.8Gd0.18Ca0.02O2−δ composite cathode was used to investigate the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from wet nitrogen. Wet nitrogen was flown through a dual chamber reactor under atmospheric pressure leading...
2016 / Ibrahim A. Amar, Rong Lan, John Humphreys, Shanwen Tao -
Effect of the Different Shapes of Air Diffuser on Oxygen Mass Transfer Coefficients in Microporous Aeration Systems
Abstract It is common to apply aeration facility in lakes, rivers, estuaries and ponds where the dissolved oxygen concentration needs to be increased. Among sufficient aeration facilities, the microporous aeration systems, with advantaged...
2016 / Xiangju Cheng, Yuning Xie, Huaiqiu Zheng, Qian Yang, Dantong Zhu, et al. -
A Study on the Mixing Characteristics of Thin Liquid Film Flows over Horizontal Spinning Disk Surface
Abstract A reactor based on spinning disk technology offered an intensified mass transfer and rapid mixing in the liquid film with short liquid residence time. This paper reports the outcome of the experimental study of mixing visualization by dye...
2016 / Mohd Fadhil Majnis, Nurhazwani Yusoff Azudin, Syamsul Rizal Abd Shukor, Abdul Latif Ahmad -
Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for the Control of Crystallization Fouling2016 / Tomer Lapidot, Jerry Y. Y. Heng
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Preparation of slab-shaped lactose carrier particles for dry powder inhalers by air jet milling
Abstract Dry powder inhalers are often formulated by attaching micronized drug particles onto carrier particles, which are generally lactose. In this study, commercially available lactose was air jet milled to produce unique slab-like coarse carrier ...
2016 / Xiang Kou, Lai Wah Chan, Changquan Calvin Sun, Paul Wan Sia Heng -
Thermodynamic Properties of Liquid Silver-Antimony-Tin Alloys Determined from Electrochemical and Calorimetric Measurements2016 / Joanna Łapsa, Bogusław Onderka
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Influence of Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Road Marking Paints on Ground-level Ozone Formation: Case Study of Kraków, Poland
Abstract Ground-level ozone, worldwide recognised amongst key pollutants responsible for smog and a significant pulmonary irritant is formed in troposphere via a photolytic process from nitrogen oxides (NOx). Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) during...
2016 / Tomasz E. Burghardt, Anton Pashkevich, Lidia Żakowska -
Spiral Motion of Air Bubbles in Multiphase Mixing for Wastewater Treatment
Abstract Vortex flow forms due to spiral motion of the air bubbles around water in the aeration tank. The formation of vortices would indicate the mixing pattern of water and air in the aeration tank. The mixing of two phases such as air-water or...
2016 / Siti Aslina Hussain, Azni Idris -
Diagnosing Plant Pipeline System Performance Using Radiotracer Techniques
Abstract This study presents an experimental work in a petrochemical company for scanning a buried pipeline using Tc99m radiotracer based on the measured velocity changes, in order to determine the flow reduction along a pipeline. In this work,...
2016 / H. Kasban, Elsayed H. Ali, H. Arafa -
Velocity distribution measurements in a fishway like open channel by Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA)2016 / S.M. Sayeed-Bin-Asad, T. S. Lundström, A.G. Andersson, J. G. I. Hellström
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MHD flow of Jeffrey liquid due to a nonlinear radially stretched sheet in presence of Newtonian heating
Abstract This communication describes the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of Jeffrey liquid persuaded by a nonlinear radially stretched sheet. Heat transfer is characterized by Newtonian heating and Joule heating effects. The transformed nonlinear...
2016 / T. Hayat, Gulnaz Bashir, M. Waqas, A. Alsaedi -
Enhancement of Downward-facing Saturated Boiling Heat Transfer by the Cold Spray Technique
Abstract In-vessel retention by passive external reactor vessel cooling under severe accident conditions is a viable approach for retention of radioactive core melt within the reactor vessel. In this study, a new and versatile coating technique...
2016 / Faruk A. Sohag, Faith R. Beck, Lokanath Mohanta, Fan-Bill Cheung, Albert E. Segall, et al. -
Enhanced waste activated sludge digestion using a submerged anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor: performance, sludge characteristics and microbial community2016 / Hongguang Yu, Zhiwei Wang, Zhichao Wu, Chaowei Zhu
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Graphene oxide and H2 production from bioelectrochemical graphite oxidation2015 / Lu Lu, Cuiping Zeng, Luda Wang, Xiaobo Yin, Song Jin, et al.
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New insights in Microbial Fuel Cells: novel solid phase anolyte2016 / Tonia Tommasi, Gian Paolo Salvador, Marzia Quaglio
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Oberbeck–Boussinesq free convection of water based nanoliquids in a vertical channel using Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions on temperature
Abstract A numerical investigation is carried out into the flow and heat transfer within a fully-developed mixed convection flow of water–alumina (Al2O3–water), water–titania (TiO2–water) and water–copperoxide (CuO–water) in a vertical channel by...
2016 / Nur Asiah Mohd Makhatar, P.G. Siddheshwar, Habibis Saleh, Ishak Hashim -
Study of the Toxicity of Ionic Liquids towards Green Microalgae to Enable Two Phase Partitioning Bio Reactors Applications
Abstract Owing to their remarkable physical-chemical properties, Ionic Liquids are considered as very promising capturing/transportation fluids in biotechnological applications for gaseous pollutants such as Carbon dioxide (CO2) which can be then...
2016 / K.S. Quraishi, S. Krishnan, M.A. Bustam, Y. Uemura, C.D. Wilfred, et al. -
Numerical analysis of hydromagnetic micropolar fluid along a stretching sheet embedded in porous medium with non-uniform heat source and chemical reaction
Abstract This paper presents the effects of non-uniform heat source and chemical reaction on the convected flow, heat and mass transfer of a micropolar fluid along a stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium in the presence of a volumetric...
2016 / R.S. Tripathy, G.C. Dash, S.R. Mishra, Mohammad Mainul Hoque