Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
-
Model Discrimination in Water Distribution Systems
Abstract Model discrimination procedures are useful tools for selection of the best models to be used to represent a specific process. In the paper a sequential discrimination procedure is adopted in the water distribution system analysis for...
2014 / G. Darvini -
Agro-industrial lignocellulosic biomass a key to unlock the future bio-energy: A brief review
Abstract From the last several years, in serious consideration of the worldwide economic and environmental pollution issues there has been increasing research interest in the value of bio-sourced lignocellulosic biomass. Agro-industrial biomass...
2014 / Zahid Anwar, Muhammad Gulfraz, Muhammad Irshad -
Comparative Investigation of Polymer Membranes for Post-combustion Capture
Abstract Two potential polymer membranes, Polyactive® and PVAm/PVA are integrated into a cascaded membrane system used for a 600 MW (gross) reference power plant, respectively. Considering a real flue gas composition for the simulation, the...
2013 / Li Zhao, Michael Weber, Detlef Stolten -
Theoretical and Experimental Activity on Ejector Refrigeration
Abstract Ejector refrigeration has been studied at DIEF (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale Firenze) since the ‘90s. Use of environmentally safe fluids (steam) was addressed. A two-stage prototype with cooling capacity 5kW was optimized and...
2014 / Adriano Milazzo, Andrea Rocchetti, Ian W. Eames -
Kinetic Modeling of Ethanol Batch Fermentation by Escherichia Coli FBWHR Using Hot-Water Sugar Maple Wood Extract Hydrolyzate as Substrate2014 / Yang Wang, Shijie Liu
-
Influence of wall friction on flow regimes and scale-up of counter-current swirl spray dryers
Abstract The structure of the vortex flow in swirl spray dryers is investigated after having fouled the walls with deposits typical of detergent manufacture. The range of R e and ...
2015 / Victor Francia, Luis Martin, Andrew E. Bayly, Mark J.H. Simmons -
Carbon Dioxide Separation from Nitrogen/Hydrogen Mixtures over Activated Carbon Beads: Adsorption Isotherms and Breakthrough Studies2015 / Simon J. Caldwell, Bushra Al-Duri, Nannan Sun, Cheng-gong Sun, Colin E. Snape, et al.
-
Anaerobic up flow fluidized bed reactor performance as a primary treatment unit in domestic wastewater treatment
Abstract The fluidized bed UASB performance was studied in this experiment as a primary unit the anaerobic unit the advantage of better generated sludge characteristics and smaller tank volume. The reactor performance was...
2015 / M.A. Moharram, H.S. Abdelhalim, E.H. Rozaik -
Parametric evaluation of a micro-CHP unit with solid oxide fuel cells integrated with oxygen transport membranes
Abstract Paper presents parametric evaluation of a modified design of a conceptual micro-combined heat and power unit (micro-CHP) with solid oxide fuel cells. The system incorporates oxygen transport membranes to supply high purity oxygen for...
2015 / Jakub Kupecki, Janusz Jewulski, Konrad Motylinski -
Hydrothermal Carbonation of K–Rich Ash, Value Added Energy Engineering and CO2 Mineral Sequestration
Abstract In this paper, hydrothermal carbonation of raw K–rich ash derived from a palm oil plant factory in West Kalimantan, Indonesia had been studied and evaluated at varying temperatures of 50°C to 300°C, initial CO2 pressure at between 2MPa to...
2015 / Anggoro Tri Mursito, Anita Yuliyanti, Jakah -
Thermal Degradation Comparison of Amino Acid Salts, Alkanolamines and Diamines in CO2 Capture
Abstract In the selection of candidates for post-combustion CO2 absorption, solvent degradation has become a general concern due to the significant impact on operational cost and the intention to use thermal compression from high temperature...
2014 / Quanzhen Huang, Jesse Thompson, Levi M Lampe, John P. Selegue, Kunlei Liu -
Chemical reaction and radiation effects on mixed convection heat and mass transfer over a vertical plate in power-law fluid saturated porous medium
Abstract Mixed convection heat and mass transfer along a vertical plate embedded in a power-law fluid saturated Darcy porous medium with chemical reaction and radiation effects is studied. The governing partial differential equations are transformed ...
2015 / D. Srinivasacharya, G. Swamy Reddy -
Switching Oxygen Reduction Pathway by Exfoliating Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Phenol Degradation2015 / Hui Zhang, Liang-Hong Guo, Lixia Zhao, Bin Wan, Yu Yang
-
Nanoparticle transport in saturated porous medium using magnetic resonance imaging
Abstract Transport study of nanoparticle (NP) through matrix flow dominated aquifer sand and soils have significant influence in natural systems. To quantify the transport behaviour, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to image the iron oxide...
2014 / Susithra Lakshmanan, William M. Holmes, William T. Sloan, Vernon R. Phoenix -
Zero Valent Iron Significantly Enhances Methane Production from Waste Activated Sludge by Improving Biochemical Methane Potential Rather Than Hydrolysis Rate2015 / Yiwen Liu, Qilin Wang, Yaobin Zhang, Bing-Jie Ni
-
Potato starch consolidation of aqueous HA suspension
Abstract The influence of the addition of different amount of native potato starch on both the rheological properties and consolidation of the dispersed hydroxyapatite powder in aqueous media were thoroughly investigated. The amount of native potato ...
2014 / Y.M.Z. Ahmed, E.M.M. Ewais, S.M. El-Sheikh -
Enhancing nano-scale computational fluid dynamics with molecular pre-simulations: Unsteady problems and design optimisation
Abstract We demonstrate that a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model enhanced with molecular-level information can accurately predict unsteady nano-scale flows in non-trivial geometries, while being efficient enough to be used for design...
2015 / David M. Holland, Matthew K. Borg, Duncan A. Lockerby, Jason M. Reese -
Spreading behaviour of aqueous trisiloxane solutions over hydrophobic polymer substrates2009 / Caleb Chong Wei Ping, N. A. Ivanova, V. M. Starov, N. Hilal, D. Johnson
-
Hydrogen Storage and Release Properties of a Cu-Added Fe/YSZ Redox System2013 / Hyo-Sub Kim, Dong-Hee Lee, Hong-Soon Kim, Chu-Sik Park, Young-Ho Kim
-
Kinetics Study of Photocatalytic Activity of Flame-Made Unloaded and Fe-Loaded CeO 2 Nanoparticles2013 / D. Channei, B. Inceesungvorn, N. Wetchakun, S. Phanichphant