Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Environmental assessment of mild bisulfite pretreatment of forest residues into fermentable sugars for biofuel production2016 / Ikechukwu C. Nwaneshiudu, Indroneil Ganguly, Francesca Pierobon, Tait Bowers, Ivan Eastin
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Large Eddy Simulation for Dispersed Bubbly Flows: A Review2013 / M. T. Dhotre, N. G. Deen, B. Niceno, Z. Khan, J. B. Joshi
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hydrangea-Like F-Doped Titania Microspheres for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Carbamazepine under UV and Visible Light Irradiation2012 / Miaomiao Ye, Yulong Yang, Yan Zhang, Tuqiao Zhang, Weiyun Shao
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Lessons Learned from the Operation of a 70 Tonne per Day Post Combustion Pilot Plant at the Coal Fired Power Plant in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Abstract The paper describes experimental results obtained with CO2 capture from a coal fired power plant in Wilhelmshaven. After giving some basic information on the power and the pilot-scale carbon capture unit, findings on stress corrosion...
2014 / Peter Radgen, Helmut Rode, Satish Reddy, Joseph Yonkoski -
A Two-stage Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Paper-based and Software-based Business Cards
Abstract We conduct a comparative life cycle assessment of two business card options: a smartphone software and the common paper- based alternative. Life cycle impacts of production, distribution and use of business cards were compared and...
2015 / Areg Karapetyan, Waheeb Yaqub, Aram Kirakosyan, Sgouris Sgouridis -
Passive appendages generate drift through symmetry breaking2014 / U. Lācis, N. Brosse, F. Ingremeau, A. Mazzino, F. Lundell, et al.
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Mathematical modelling and simulation of multiphase flow in a flat plate solar energy collector
Abstract Non-conventional collectors where organic fluid or refrigerant experience a phase change have many advantages over conventional collectors which have either air or relatively high temperature boiling liquid. Increase in heat transfer...
2015 / H.U. Helvaci, Z.A. Khan -
Improving the Efficiency of a Chilled Ammonia CO2 Capture Plant Through Solid Formation: A Thermodynamic Analysis
Abstract Post-combustion chemical absorption is regarded as the state-of-the-art commercially-available CO2 capture process. The adoption of aqueous ammonia as solvent, leading to the so-called Chilled Ammonia capture Process (CAP), has long been...
2014 / Matteo Gazzani, Daniel Sutter, Marco Mazzotti -
Graphene oxide reduction during surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate: Controlling electro-responsive properties
Abstract Unique grafting of the poly(glycidyl methacrylate) from the surface of graphene oxide (GO) with the controllable reduction of GO particles was performed in a single-step reaction using atom transfer radical polymerization technique. The...
2015 / Miroslav Mrlík, Markéta Ilčíková, Tomáš Plachý, Vladimír Pavlínek, Zdenko Špitalský, et al. -
The Role of Water in Adsorption-based CO2 Capture Systems
Abstract Cyclic adsorption processes such as Pressure, Temperature, and Vacuum Swing Adsorption have received increased attention as potential techniques for the capture of CO2 from gas mixtures in industrial processes. A key challenge in the design ...
2013 / Dorian Marx, Lisa Joss, Max Hefti, Ronny Pini, Marco Mazzotti -
Landfill Leachate Treatment Over Nitritation/Denitritation in an Activated Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactor
Abstract It was studied the landfill leachate biological treatment by nitritation/in an activated sludge sequencing batch reactor. Treatment cycles were formed by an anoxic and an aerobic phase. The conditions for nitrogen oxidation with sustained...
2013 / Suher Carolina Yabroudi, Dione Mari Morita, Pedro Alem -
Evaluation of a highly reactive and sulfur resistant synthetic Fe-based oxygen carrier for CLC using gaseous fuels
Abstract Because of its low cost and environmental compatibility, Fe-based oxygen carriers are now being considered as an attractive option for chemical-looping combustion (CLC) applications. In this work, a synthetic Fe-based oxygen carrier made by ...
2013 / Arturo Cabello, Pilar Gayan, Miguel Angel Pans, Cristina Dueso, Francisco Garcia-Labiano, et al. -
Photocatalytic organic synthesis in an NMR tube: CC coupling of phenoxyacetic acid and acrylamide
Abstract NMR was used to study the semiconductor photocatalytic (SPC) CC coupling of phenoxyacetic acid (PAA) with acrylamide (ACM) in an NMR tube photoreactor. Using an NMR tube with a sol–gel titania inner coating as a photoreactor, this reaction...
2013 / Andrew Mills, Christopher O’Rourke -
A study on dynamic simulation of phenol adsorption in activated carbon packed bed column
Abstract This study is mainly concerned about the dynamic simulation of phenol adsorption within the packed bed column filled with activated carbon derived from dates’ stones. The process parameters such as column length, inlet liquid flow rate,...
2014 / S.M. Anisuzzaman, Awang Bono, Duduku Krishnaiah, Yit Zen Tan -
Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Acrylonitrile/Butyl Acrylate/Fumaronitrile and Acrylonitrile/Ethyl Hexyl Acrylate/Fumaronitrile Terpolymers as a Potential Precursor for Carbon Fiber2014 / Siti Jamil, Rusli Daik, Ishak Ahmad
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The influence of cultivation period on growth and biodiesel properties of microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana 1049
Abstract This work reported for the first time the detailed impacts of cultivation period on growth dynamics and biochemical composition of a microalga strain Nannochloropsis gaditana 1049. The results shown either the biomass accumulation, lipid...
2015 / Qunju Hu, Wenzhou Xiang, Shikun Dai, Tao Li, Fangfang Yang, et al. -
Oxidative Degradation of Amine Solvents for CO2 Capture
Abstract The oxidative degradation of diamines was measured in a stirred reactor at 70, 98kPa O2, and 2kPa CO2. Amines studied include ethylenediamine (EDA), propylenediamine (PDA), 1,4-diaminobutane (putrescine), hexamethylenediamine (HMDA),...
2014 / Hanbi Liu, Omkar A. Namjoshi, Gary T. Rochelle -
The impact of porous media heterogeneity on non-Darcy flow behaviour from pore-scale simulation
Abstract The effect of pore-scale heterogeneity on non-Darcy flow behaviour is investigated by means of direct flow simulations on 3-D images of a beadpack, Bentheimer sandstone and Estaillades carbonate. The critical Reynolds number indicating the...
2015 / Bagus P. Muljadi, Martin J. Blunt, Ali Q. Raeini, Branko Bijeljic -
Comparison of digestibility of wood pulps produced by the sulfate and TMP methods and woodchips of various botanical origins and sizes2015 / Kamila Buzała, Piotr Przybysz, Justyna Rosicka-Kaczmarek, Halina Kalinowska
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Power-saving device for air bubble generation using a hydrofoil to reduce ship drag: Theory, experiments, and application to ships
Abstract We have developed a new power-saving device to reduce the drag of a ship’s hull using small bubbles. The device reduces the energy required for bubble generation. The device, which consists of angled hydrofoils with air introducers, uses...
2015 / Ichiro Kumagai, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Yuichi Murai