Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Effect of Cerium on the Electrical Properties of a Cobalt Conversion Coating for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnects – A Study Using Impedance Spectroscopy
Abstract Coatings of metallic cobalt, which convert into a cobalt manganese spinel oxide are known to improve the properties of interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The addition of cerium to the cobalt coating further improves the...
2015 / Jan Gustav Grolig, Jan Froitzheim, Jan-Erik Svensson -
Hydrogen production by steam reforming of DME in a large scale CFB reactor. Part I: Computational model and predictions
Abstract This study presents a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) study of Dimethyl Ether steam reforming (DME-SR) in a large scale Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) reactor. The CFD model is based on Eulerian–Eulerian dispersed flow and solved using...
2015 / Francis A. Elewuwa, Yassir T. Makkawi -
Improved utilization of crude glycerol from biodiesel industries: Synthesis and characterization of sustainable biobased polyesters
Abstract The present work describes the synthesis of biobased polyesters using glycerol of different purities and sources with the aim of understanding how glycerol composition can influence the resulting structure and properties of biobased...
2015 / Oscar Valerio, Tessa Horvath, Christopher Pond, Manjusri Misra, Amar Mohanty -
Effect of sodium tartrate concentrations on morphology and characteristics of anodic oxide film on titanium alloy Ti–10V–2Fe–3Al
Abstract The effect of sodium tartrate concentrations on morphology and characteristics of anodic oxide film on titanium alloy was investigated. The alloy substrates were anodized in different concentration solutions of sodium tartrate with the...
2015 / Kun Ma, Mei Yu, Jianhua Liu, Songmei Li, Liang Wu, et al. -
Oleaginous yeast platform for producing biofuels via co-solvent hydrothermal liquefaction2015 / Umakanta Jena, Alex T. McCurdy, Andrew Warren, Hailey Summers, Rhesa N. Ledbetter, et al.
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Modeling Multi Effect Distillation Powered by CSP in TRNSYS
Abstract This work presents the results of using a new tool to simulate the cogeneration of water and electricity with Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Forward Feed Multi-Effect-Desalination (FF-MED) plants, by adding a new functionality to the...
2014 / Sérgio Casimiro, João Cardoso, Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla, Craig Turchi, Christos Ioakimidis, et al. -
Sorbent Enhanced Water Gas Shift-rethinking Carbon Capture in IGCC
Abstract A dry sorbent pre-combustion CO2 capture process to reduce carbon emissions and enhance the water gas shift (WGS) reaction in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants was investigated. The approach aims to eliminate the...
2014 / William Steen, Carl Richardson, Yongqi Lu, Hong Lu, Massoud Rostam-Abadi -
One-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) optimization of xylanase production from Trichoderma viride-IR05 in solid-state fermentation
Abstract The present study dealt with the production of enzyme xylanase by solid substrate fermentation using Trichoderma viride-IR05. Different substrates such as wheat bran, rice polish, rice husk, soybean meal, sunflower meal, sugarcane bagasse...
2014 / Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Nadeem, Quratulain Syed -
High rate manure supernatant digestion
Abstract The study shows that high rate anaerobic digestion may be an efficient way to obtain sustainable energy recovery from slurries such as pig manure. High process capacity and robustness to 5% daily load increases are observed in the 370 mL...
2015 / Wenche Hennie Bergland, Carlos Dinamarca, Mehrdad Toradzadegan, Anna Synnøve Røstad Nordgård, Ingrid Bakke, et al. -
Predictive simulation of nanoparticle precipitation based on the population balance equation
Abstract Nanoparticle precipitation is an interesting process to generate particles with tailored properties. In this study we investigate the impact of various process steps such as solid formation, mixing and agglomeration on the resulting...
2005 / Hans-Christoph Schwarzer, Florian Schwertfirm, Michael Manhart, Hans-Joachim Schmid, Wolfgang Peukert -
A Computer Program for Modeling the Conversion of Organic Waste to Energy2011 / Rachel Namuli, Claude B. Laflamme, Pragasen Pillay
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Gas–liquid dynamics at low Reynolds numbers in pillared rectangular micro channels2009 / S. R. A. de Loos, J. van der Schaaf, R. M. Tiggelaar, T. A. Nijhuis, M. H. J. M. de Croon, et al.
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Analysis and optimization of gel-cast ceramic foam diesel particulate filter performance2008 / A M Williams, C P Garner, J G P Binner
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Optimization of in Situ Gasification Chemical Looping Combustion through Experimental Investigations with a Cold Experimental System2015 / Xiaojia Wang, Baosheng Jin, Hao Liu, Wei Wang, Xianli Liu, et al.
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Biotechnological Application of Thermotolerant Cellulose-Decomposing Bacteria in Composting of Rice Straw
Abstract The main objective of this study is to investigate the potentiality of cellulase producing isolates, Bacillus licheniformis 1-1v and Bacillus sonorensis 7-1v, as microbial additives on composting of rice straw materials. Different pyramid...
2016 / Mohamed Ali Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed Nour El-Din, Bahgat M. Refaat, Essam H. Abdel-Shakour, Emad El-Din Ewais, et al. -
Degradation of methyl orange using Fenton catalytic reaction
Abstract Oxidation by Fenton reactions a proven and economically feasible process for destruction of a variety of hazardous pollutants in wastewater. We report herein the oxidation of methyl orange using a Fenton reaction at normal laboratory...
2016 / Nadia A. Youssef, Seham A. Shaban, Fatma A. Ibrahim, Aya S. Mahmoud -
Heat Transfer Simulation in a High Temperature Solar Reactor
Abstract The fluid flow coupled to radiative, convective and, conductive heat transfer is computed within a solar reactor containing a reticulated porous ceramics (RPC) domain made out of ceria (cerium dioxide, CeO2). A Monte-Carlo radiation model...
2015 / P. Parthasarathy, P. Le Clercq -
Economic feasibility study of biodiesel production by direct esterification of fatty acids from the oil and soap industrial sector
Abstract Industrial production of biodiesel fuel in Egypt by the transesterification of vegetable oils is being faced with the problem of feedstock shortage. Egypt imports annually about 90% of its needs as edible oils for human consumption. The...
2015 / M.I. El-Galad, K.M. El-Khatib, F.A. Zaher -
Physicochemical and Biological Characteristics of Enhanced Anaerobic Microbial Granulation by Synthetic and Natural Cationic Polymers
Abstract High and medium molecular weight of synthetic cationic polymers (3150 and 8265) and natural cationic polymer (chitosan) were selected to study the effect of cationic polymers on microbial granulation in anaerobic digestion. The optimal dose ...
2015 / Eknarin Ariyavongvivat, Benjaphon Suraraksa, Pawinee Chaiprasert -
Ultrasonic propagation in finite-length granular chains
Abstract A narrowband ultrasound source has been used to generate solitary wave impulses in finite-length chains of spheres. Once the input signal is of sufficient amplitude, both harmonics and sub-harmonics of the input frequency can be generated...
2015 / D.A. Hutchins, J. Yang, O. Akanji, P.J. Thomas, L.A.J. Davis, et al.