Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Analysis and Purification of the Combustion Gas of Gas Generant
Abstract Four kinds of gas generant compositions comprised of 5-aminotetrazole nitrate(5-ATN) as the oxidizing component are provided. The combustion gases are determined through qualitative and quantitative analysis by gas chromatograph,...
2014 / Wang Mengmeng, Du Zhiming, Xu Taiwen -
Fuzzy Logic Controller based on geothermal recirculating aquaculture system
Abstract One of the most common uses of geothermal heat is in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) where the water temperature is accurately controlled for optimum growing conditions for sustainable and intensive rearing of marine and freshwater...
2014 / Hanaa M. Farghally, Doaa M. Atia, Hanaa T. El-madany, Faten H. Fahmy -
Subgrid scale modelling for MILD combustion
Abstract A simple closure for filtered reaction of a reaction progress variable is analysed in this study using explicitly filtered DNS data of turbulent MILD combustion of methane for Large Eddy Simulation (LES). The conditional averages of major...
2014 / Y. Minamoto, N. Swaminathan -
Formation kinetics and rheology of alginate fluid gels produced by in-situ calcium release
Abstract The formation and properties of alginate fluid gels produced using in-situ calcium release and a defined shear field are investigated. Results show that, while the rate of particle growth during formation increases...
2014 / I. Fernández Farrés, I.T. Norton -
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration by Adsorption on Activated Carbon
Abstract Activated Carbon (AC) materials was selected as suitable adsorbent for the carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and a numerical analysis was carried out to study the rate of adsorption of the gas on ACs. A one dimensional mathematical model was...
2014 / Reema Saxena, Vinod Kumar Singh, E. Anil Kumar -
A highly sensitive in-situ turbidity sensor with low power consumption2014 / Yi Hu, Lei Sun, Shuming Ye, Hang Chen, Kai Jiang, et al.
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Small-scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant: ORCs Comparison for Different Organic Fluids
Abstract The following paper presents a thermodynamic analysis of a CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) plant that works with ORC; electric power is always approximately equal to 20 kWe. Through thermodynamic optimizations were compared, for various...
2014 / F. Ferrara, A. Gimelli, A. Luongo -
Effect of methylimidazole on cellulose/ionic liquid solutions and regenerated material therefrom2014 / Carina Olsson, Artur Hedlund, Alexander Idström, Gunnar Westman
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Research on Area Risk Assessment for Chemical Park based on Domino Effect Model
Abstract The area risk assessment model in consideration of domino effect has been build in order to carry out the overall quantitative risk assessment for chemical parks, then to provide a scientific basis for making safety plan and safety...
2012 / Aihua Liu, Chao Wu, Xiaoqin Peng -
Development of a Linear Implosion-driven Hypervelocity Launcher
Abstract A traditional difficulty with high-explosive hypervelocity launching techniques is that extreme loading generally causes hydrodynamic deformation of the projectile either incidentally or by design. The launcher presented in this study uses...
2013 / Jason Loiseau, Justin Huneault, Andrew J. Higgins -
Behavior of modified clay microstructure using polymer nanocomposites technique
Abstract This article illustrates the application of using polymer stabilization in creating a new nanocomposite material with clay soil. Various tests with different polymer contents were performed to study the effect of using polypropylene as a...
2013 / W.R. Azzam -
Macroscopic multi-dimensional modelling of electrochemically promoted systems
Abstract The objective of this work is the construction of macroscopic models for electrochemically promoted catalytic systems, i.e. systems where the catalytic performance is improved by application of potential between the anode and cathode...
2013 / I.S. Fragkopoulos, I. Bonis, C. Theodoropoulos -
Application Methods for Genetic Algorithms for the Search of Feed Positions in the Design of a Reactive Distillation Process
Abstract An optimization system, that hybridizes a genetic algorithm (GA) application and a process simulator, was developed for the design of a reactive distillation process. Then, the modification of a GA was investigated to expand the search...
2013 / Lim Kai Tun, Hideyuki Matsumoto -
Induced Production of Exoglucanase, and <i>β</i>-Glucosidase from Fungal Co-Culture of T. <i>viride</i> and G. <i>lucidum</i>2014 / Tanzila Shahzadi, Zahid Anwar, Zafar Iqbal, Awais Anjum, Tahir Aqil, et al.
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Adsorption of lead and copper ions from aqueous effluents on rice husk ash in a dynamic system2014 / M. G. A. Vieira, A. F. de Almeida Neto, M. G. C. da Silva, C. N. Carneiro, A. A. Melo Filho
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Study on self-pulsation characteristics of gas centered shear coaxial injector for supercavitating underwater propulsion system2015 / Jungsoo Yoon, Jae Mook Chung, Youngbin Yoon
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Modelling and simulation of the chondrocyte cell growth, glucose consumption and lactate production within a porous tissue scaffold inside a perfusion bioreactor
Abstract Mathematical and numerical modelling of the tissue culture process in a perfusion bioreactor is able to provide insight into the fluid flow, nutrients and wastes transport, dynamics of the pH value, and the cell growth rate. Knowing the...
2014 / Md. Shakhawath Hossain, D.J. Bergstrom, X.B. Chen -
Evaluation of heat-flux distribution at the inner and outer reactor vessel walls under the in-vessel retention through external reactor vessel cooling condition
Abstract Background A numerical simulation was carried out to investigate the difference between internal and external heat-flux distributions at the reactor vessel wall under in-vessel retention through external reactor vessel...
2015 / Jaehoon Jung, Sang Mo An, Kwang Soon Ha, Hwan Yeol Kim -
Activity Based Kinetics and Mass Transfer of CO2 Absorption Into MEA Using Penetration Theory
Abstract The reaction kinetics of CO2 with loaded aqueous monoethanolamine (MEA) solution is studied over the temperature range from 20 to 70 0C and CO2 loading from 0 to 0.4 moles CO2/mol amine for 30 weight percent MEA solution. New correlation...
2014 / Koteswara Rao Putta, Hanna Knuutila, Hallvard F. Svendsen -
Making and breaking bridges in a Pickering emulsion
Abstract Hypothesis Particle bridges form in Pickering emulsions when the oil–water interfacial area generated by an applied shear is greater than that which can be stabilised by the available particles and the particles have a...
2014 / David J. French, Phil Taylor, Jeff Fowler, Paul S. Clegg