Chemical engineering topic list of research papers
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Local Turbulent Energy Dissipation Rate in a Vessel Agitated by a Rushton Turbine2015 / Radek Šulc, Vít Pešava, Pavel Ditl
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Thermal stability for the effective use of commercial catalase2014 / J. Miłek, M. Wójcik, W. Verschelde
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Definition of a CFD Multiphase Simulation Strategy to Allow a First Evaluation of the Cavitation Erosion Risk Inside High-Pressure Injector
Abstract Diesel engine performance is strictly correlated to the fluid dynamic characteristics of the injection system. Actual Diesel engines employ injector characterized by injection pressure till 200MPa that, associated to micro-orifice design,...
2015 / Federico Brusiani, Stefania Falfari, Gian Marco Bianchi -
Large Eddy Simulation of Spray Auto-ignition Under EGR Conditions2015 / Simon Gallot-Lavallée, W. P. Jones
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Sonochemistry Approach to Reducing Biodiesel Reaction Time From Jatropha Curcas Oil by Clamp on Tubular Reactor
Abstract Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or waste cooking oil. It is safe, biodegradable, and produces less air pollutants than petroleum-based diesel. This paper presents the sonochemistry approach...
2015 / Achmad Praptijanto, Egi Agustian, Yanuandri Putrasari, Darwin Sebayang, Anika Zafiah M. Rus, et al. -
A shrinking core model for steam hydration of CaO-based sorbents cycled for CO2 capture
Abstract Calcium looping is a developing CO2 capture technology. It is based on the reversible carbonation of CaO sorbent, which becomes less reactive upon cycling. One method of increasing the reactivity of unreactive sorbent is by hydration in the ...
2016 / John Blamey, Ming Zhao, Vasilije Manovic, Edward J. Anthony, Denis R. Dugwell, et al. -
Diffusion and Swelling Measurements in Pharmaceutical Powder Compacts Using Terahertz Pulsed Imaging2015 / Samy Yassin, Ke Su, Hungyen Lin, Lynn F. Gladden, J. Axel Zeitler
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The Influence of Grooved Surface and Liquid Properties on Vortices Formation in Vicinity of Immersed Cylinders
Abstract The paper is dedicated to the experimental and numerical investigations of the viscous and viscoelastic flows around immersed cylinders with smooth and grooved surfaces. The study analyses the influences of the cylinders surface quality on...
2016 / Nicoleta Octavia Tanase, Iulia – Rodica Damian, Diana Broboana, Corneliu Balan -
Modification of Biodiesel Reactor by Using of Triple Obstacle within the Bubble Column Reactor
Abstract The aim of the study is to find the best model of triple obstacle for modifying of biodiesel reactor by non-catalytic method to increase the reaction rate of biodiesel production. Biodiesel is produced by trans-esterification reaction of...
2015 / Dyah Wulandani, Fajri Ilham, Yayan Fitriyan, Ahmad Indra Siswantara, Hiroshi Nabetani, et al. -
Investigation of Rice Straw Combustion by Using Thermogravimetric Analysis
Abstract Combustion of rice straw under different oxygen concentrations was studied by using TG analysis in this paper. Effects of oxygen concentration and various heating rates on TGA of rice straw were thoroughly analyzed. Mass loss rates of straw ...
2015 / Zhaosheng Yu, Shiwen Fang, Yousheng Lin, Yanfen Liao, Xiaoqian Ma -
A pilot-scale study of dynamic response scenarios for the flexible operation of post-combustion CO2 capture
Abstract The ability to operate flexibly is critical for the future implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in thermal power plants. A dynamic test campaign examines the response of a CO2 absorption/desorption pilot-scale plant to...
2016 / Paul Tait, Bill Buschle, Ilja Ausner, Prashant Valluri, Marc Wehrli, et al. -
Pyrolysis of Olive Stone for Energy Purposes
Abstract Pyrolysis of biomass is a promising technology for the production of distributed and renewable energy on small and micro-scale since it produces a gas with relatively high calorific value, which can be burned in an internal combustion...
2015 / P. Bartocci, M. D’Amico, N. Moriconi, G. Bidini, F. Fantozzi -
The Parameters of the Disordered Nanoporous Medium
Abstract An approach has been proposed for the analysis of transition of a non-wetting liquid to clusters of liquid in the disordered nanoporous medium. This approach describes a novel model of randomly distributed overlapping spheres of different...
2015 / V.A. Byrkin -
Design of Bimodal Pore Cu-Fe Based Catalyst with Enhanced Performances for Higher Alcohols Synthesis
Abstract Bimodal support modified Cu-Fe based catalysts with different pore structures were prepared and tested for higher alcohols synthesis (HAS). It was found that the bimodal derived catalyst showed both higher catalytic activity and selectivity ...
2015 / Mingyue Ding, Junlin Tu, Noritatsu Tsubaki, Lungang Chen, Tiejun Wang, et al. -
Preparation and evaluation of cationic bolaform surfactants for water-based drilling fluids
Abstract Three cationic bolaform surfactants with different spacer lengths were prepared from the reaction of two moles of triisopropanolamine with one mole of each of the following 1,4-dibromobutane, 1,5-dibromopentane and 1,6-dibromohexane. The...
2016 / M.M. Dardir, D.E. Mohamed, A.B. Farag, A.M. Ramdan, M.M. Fayad -
CFD Characterization of Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Inside Porous Substrates
Abstract In this work a combination of micro-CT, image-based modeling and CFD has been applied to investigate the phenomena occurring at the micro-scale level in two different porous substrates: open-cell foams and unstructured filtering media....
2015 / A. Della Torre, G. Montenegro, A. Onorati, G. Tabor -
Uncertainty evaluation for velocity–area methods
Abstract Velocity–area methods are used for flow rate calculation in various industries. Applied within a fully turbulent flow regime, modest uncertainties can be expected. If the flow profile cannot be described as “log-like”, the recommended...
2016 / J. Steinbock, A. Weissenbrunner, M. Juling, T. Lederer, P.U. Thamsen -
Solid Sorbent CO2 Capture Technology Evaluation and Demonstration at Norcem's Cement Plant in Brevik, Norway
Abstract RTI and Norcem AS have partnered to carry out a pilot-scale CO2 capture technology demonstration in an operating cement plant utilizing an advanced, solid sorbent CO2 capture process. RTI's process technology – currently being developed for ...
2014 / Thomas O. Nelson, Luke J.I. Coleman, Paul Mobley, Atish Kataria, Jak Tanthana, et al. -
Detection of Two-Phase Flow Patterns in a Vertical Minichannel Using the Recurrence Quantification Analysis2015 / Romuald Mosdorf, Grzegorz Górski
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Lateral mass flux and thermal radiation on natural convection heat and mass transfer from a vertical flat plate in porous media considering Soret/Dufour effects
Abstract The heat and mass transfer characteristics of natural convection about a vertical flat plate embedded in a saturated porous medium with blowing/suction and thermal radiation effects considering Soret and Dufour are numerically analyzed. The ...
2016 / Chuo-Jeng Huang