Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Comparative studies of Pd, Ru, Ni, Cu/ZnAl2O4 catalysts for the water gas shift reaction2013 / Pawel Mierczynski, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Tomasz P. Maniecki
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Techno-economic performance analysis of biofuel production and miniature electric power generation from biomass fast pyrolysis and bio-oil upgrading
Abstract The techno-economic performance analysis of biofuel production and electric power generation from biomass fast pyrolysis and bio-oil hydroprocessing is explored through process simulation. In this work, a process model of 72 MT/day pine...
2014 / Mobolaji B. Shemfe, Sai Gu, Panneerselvam Ranganathan -
Ex-situ characterisation of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Abstract This paper presents the first part of a complete ex-situ characterisation of a wide range of commercial Gas Diffusion Layers (GDLs) used in low temperature and high temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Physical and...
2012 / Ahmad El-kharouf, Thomas J. Mason, Dan J.L. Brett, Bruno G. Pollet -
Simulation of Blood Flow and Nanoparticle Transport in a Stenosed Carotid Bifurcation and Pseudo-Arteriole2012 / Graham Doig, Guan Yeoh, Victoria Timchenko, Gary Rosengarten, Tracie Barber, et al.
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Visibility and Potential of Solar Energy on Horizontal Surface at Kuwait Area
Abstract In this paper, an overview of the production and consumption of Kuwait electrical energy, installed capacity and peak loads are presented. The results show that Kuwait has a serious situation because of the electrical energy lacking and...
2011 / F.Q. Al-Enezi, J.K. Sykulski, Nabil A. Ahmed -
Sulfur Release from Oil shale in Retort
Abstract An on-line H2S testing equipment is used to measure H2S release during oil shale retort. Heating rate was arranged by 5°C/min, 10°C/min and 15°C/min, 20°C/min, while 0.2-0.6mm, 0.6-1mm, 1-2.18mm of particle size were taken as samples in...
2012 / Hong Qin, Zhejing Hao, Qing Wang, Jingru Bai -
Effect of Heating Rate on the Municipal Sewage Sludge Pyrolysis Character
Abstract In this paper, the TG and DTG curve of sewage sludge from Xi’an Business Water Limited Corporation were derived from tests of thermogravimetric analyzer. Pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics of dried sludge were investigated using...
2012 / Wang Xiaohua, Jia Jiancheng -
Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel and Biorefinery Applications – A Renaissance for the Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis?
Abstract Hydrolysis of lignocelluloses using concentrated acids achieves near-theoretical sugar yields, and with fewer degradation products than the more commonly employed dilute acid hydrolysis process. In this paper, the dependence of sugar yield...
2012 / Størker T. Moe, Kando K. Janga, Terje Hertzberg, May-Britt Hägg, Karin Øyaas, et al. -
Adsorption, absorption, and biological degradation of ammonia in different biofilter organic media2006 / Estela Pagans, Xavier Font, Antoni Sánchez
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Capillary wave propagation during the delamination of graphene by the precursor films in electro-elasto-capillarity2012 / Xueyan Zhu, Quanzi Yuan, Ya-Pu Zhao
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Lab Scale Study of HRT and OLR Optimization in UASB Reactor for Pretreating Fortified Wastewater in Various Operational Temperatures
Abstract This study was carried out for examination of a lab-scale UASB reactor for optimization of organic loading rate and hydraulic retention time in various operational temperatures. The total volume of the reactor was 5 l with an effective...
2012 / Soheil Farajzadehha, S.A. Mirbagheri, Soroush Farajzadehha, Jalal Shayegan -
Numerical Simulation Study on Sprinkler Control Effect in UBS Fuel Tank Room of Nuclear Power Plants
Abstract FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) is the software to computing fluid dynamics which taking the flowing in fire as the main simulation target. In this paper, a model closed to real fire scenario of UBS (emergency diesel generator) fuel tank room ...
2012 / Shi Qiang, Ma Rongyi, Li Juan, Zuo Jiaxu, Zhang Chunming, et al. -
Mutual Solubilities of Ammonium-Based Ionic Liquids with Water and with Water/Methanol Mixture
Abstract Over the last two decades, ionic liquids have gained importance as alternative solvents to conventional VOCs in the field of homogeneous catalysis. This success is not only due to their ability to dissolve a large amount of metal catalysts, ...
2012 / K. Machanová, J. Jacquemin, Z. Wagner, M. Bendová -
Kinetical Study of the Decomposition of Djebel ONK Phosphates by Nitric Acid
Abstract The development of industrial processes designed to produce efficient fertilizers is nowadays of great importance, particularly in the field of farming. One way of producing phosphate fertilizers is by reacting phosphate rocks with nitric...
2012 / Allal Khoudir -
Prediction of gasoline yield in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser using k-epsilon turbulence and 4-lump kinetic models: A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach
Abstract Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is an essential process for the conversion of gas oil to gasoline. This study is an effort to model the phenomenon numerically using commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, heavy density...
2013 / Muhammad Ahsan -
The Suspension of Sand in Water2006 / H. E. Hurst
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Shallow Flows Over a Permeable Medium: The Hydrodynamics of Submerged Aquatic Canopies2009 / Marco Ghisalberti, Heidi Nepf
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Engineering the mechanical and physical properties of organic–inorganic composite microcapsules
Abstract Double-shell composite microcapsule with a ripened CaCO3 nanoparticle outer shell and melamine formaldehyde (MF)/copolymer inner shell shows advantages in adjustable permeability and mechanical strength, comparing with single shell...
2013 / Yue Long, Kai Song, David York, Zhibing Zhang, Jon A. Preece -
Correlation between Reynolds Number and Limit Flux During Skim Milk Microfiltration2012 / C. Astudillo, B. Cancino
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Adjustable trapping position for single cells using voltage phase-controlled method
Abstract We present an advanced technique improving upon the micron-sized particle trap integrated in biochip systems using a planar structure to generate an adjustable trapping position by utilizing voltage phase-controlled (VPC) method and...
2013 / Chun-Chih Wang, Kung-Chieh Lan, Ming-Kun Chen, Min-Haw Wang, Ling-Sheng Jang