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Optimizing industrial tunnel kiln operations for ceramic roof tile production: A bi-objective approach Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Achilleas L. Arvanitidis, Margaritis Kostoglou, Michael C. Georgiadis
The ceramic firing process constitutes a highly energy-intensive production step that significantly affects the quality and final properties of the ceramic product. This work presents a model-based, bi-objective optimization approach for an industrial-scale tunnel kiln used in ceramic roof tile production, focusing on the exploration of trade-offs between productivity and thermal energy consumption
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Polymer-grade propylene production through temperature swing adsorption: Molecular simulation and techno-economic analysis Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Sara Abbasi, Mohammad Reza Khosravi-Nikou, Ahmad Shariati
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Experimentally validated predictive PI-PD control strategy for delay-dominant chemical processes Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Prabir Singha, Dipjyoti Das, Sudipta Chakraborty, G. Lloyds Raja
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Fault detection and isolation for dynamic non-stationary processes with stationary subspace-based canonical variate analysis Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Hongquan Ji, Nan Sheng, Huabo Liu, Keke Huang
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CFD modeling of a fluidized bed with volatiles distributor for biomass chemical looping combustion Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Xiaobao Wang, Xiaoyun Li, Lan Yi, Anders Lyngfelt, Tobias Mattisson, Xiaoqin Wu, Hao Luo, Qingang Xiong
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Deep removal of ultra-dilute H2S for H2 purification using CuCo layered double hydroxide adsorbent Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Cuiting Yang, Xun Wang, Zheyu He, Jian Yu, Lin Zhu, Guang Miao, Chunshan Song, Jing Xiao
Deep removal of ppm-HS is critical for H quality control due to the increasing demand for ultrahigh-purity H in the up-and-coming fuel cell market. Herein, a CuCo layered double hydroxide (LDH) adsorbent with basic surface and high dispersion of active (Cu, Co) metal sites was developed for selective capture of ppm-HS. The as-synthesized adsorbent enables effective elimination of HS from 50 to <1 ppm
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Ultrathin antioxidant intercalated layered double hydroxides for polypropylene composites: Fabrication and anti-aging performance related to thickness Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Zijia Li, Zhaoyu Chu, Yu Jiang, Yiqing Bai, Meng Xu, Kai Xu, Dali Gao, Fabrice Leroux, Yongjun Feng
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Tunable anionic ratio synthesis of tantalum oxyfluoride nanoparticles as high-rate performance anode materials for lithium-ion battery Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Ge Han, Xin Geng, Qingyang Du, Weimeng Si, Yunhui Zeng, Guangwu Wen, Xiaoxiao Lu
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Synergistic catalysis effect of micro-mesoscopic channel for enhanced methyl oleate catalytic cracking to BTX: A molecular simulation study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Guoliang Li, Qingguo Mao, Jiarong Lu, Delun Ren, Yaqi Zheng, Yu Gu, Lipeng Sun, Xinyang Zhang, Ze Li, Hao Yan, Yibin Liu, Xiaobo Chen, Tao Liu, Mingzhi Zhao, Penggang Lv, Hongchang Duan, Chaowei Liu, Chaohe Yang
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Towards a mechanistic understanding of the floating catalyst CVD of CNTs: Interplay between catalyst particle nucleation, growth and deactivation Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 G.P. Gakis, T.A. Chrysoloras, I.G. Aviziotis, C.A. Charitidis
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Endogenous advanced oxidation process with peracetic acid for recycling spent LiFePO4 batteries Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Huixiang Zhou, Qian Hu, Liqing Li, Xin Ma, Zhanfang Cao
LiFePO batteries are becoming more widely used due to their low cost and high stability advantages, which means that many spent batteries are generated. Designing green and efficient recycling methods for used batteries is strategically significant for the sustainable development of the new energy industry. This study innovatively proposes a self-activated advanced oxidation process with peroxyacetic
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A renewable biological adsorbent fabricated Trichoderma viride composite spheres filled with spent Phellinus igniarius substrate exhibiting effective decontamination phosphate from water at wide range pH Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Yunqing Luo, Shuang Xu, Ao Dou, Zhaolian Han, Tong Zhang, Gaonan Zheng, Lianzhi Sun, Zhiqiang Cheng, Keying Wang
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Nonlinear relationship between heavy oil viscosity and asphaltene dispersion: A molecular dynamics simulation study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Jun Zhang, Bojin Zhu, Haoqiang Yuan, Hui Peng, Jie Zhong, Youguo Yan, Zhen Li
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Molecular simulation study on interfacial microstructural changes of CO2 flooding in tight porous environment Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Timing Fang, Shujin Liu, Yingnan Zhang, Yanling Wu, Rui Ma, Xiaomin Liu
In this research, the interfacial microstructure dynamics during CO flooding in tight porous reservoirs were explored through molecular dynamics simulations. Initially, the study focuses on the structural attributes of the gas–liquid interface in a static state, noting a transition from dissolution to swelling as tightness increases. Subsequently, the research diverges into two distinct areas: the
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Experimental study on gas separation from the oil–water-emulsion mixture via hydrate method Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Xiao-Fang Lv, Xing-Ya Ni, Yan-Yun Xiao, Yang Liu, Ming-Guo Peng, Qian-Li Ma, Chuan-Shuo Wang, Shi-dong Zhou, Shang-Fei Song
The gas separation technology based on hydrate method offers several advantages, including a short process flow, simple equipment, no pollution, less corrosion, and lower energy consumption. It has a broad application prospect in the acid gas purification, biogas purification and CO sequestration., etc. However, demanding hydrate formation conditions and lower gas separation effects constrain its application
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Numerical and experimental investigation of chaotic advection and diffusion mixing effects in 3D multihelical microfluidics for liposome synthesis Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Bruno T. Ceccato, Sávio S.V. Vianna, Lucimara G. de la Torre
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Identifying Pd9OX as the optimum catalyst for the direct synthesis of H2O2 through microkinetic modeling with coverage effects Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Jinyan Zhao, Zihao Yao, Rhys J. Bunting, Yaqiu Wang, Jianguo Wang
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Effect of droplet angle on droplet coalescence under high-frequency pulsed electric fields: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Zhiqian Sun, Ning Li, Wangqing Li, Shuo Weng, Tianhao Liu, Zhenbo Wang
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Reliable ratiometric colorimetric monitoring of dopamine in practice based on the catalytic signal amplification of nano CeO2/CuO modified carboxylated chitosan Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Junkai Hao, Jing Feng, Shuo Sun, Zhongxiang Cao, Wenjing Xu, Lei Hu, Wenli Yao, Zhengquan Yan
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Improving the structural stability and reaction kinetic of Na3V2(PO4)3 through tungsten doping towards the ultralong cycle performance and excellent temperature tolerance of sodium ion batteries Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Jing Liu, Bo Li, Qiuyue Li, Wen Fu, Mingyu Wang, Zhiying Lin, Fangzheng Jiang, Kaixing Zhu, Linyu Yang, Fangfang Li, Peng Wang
A series of carbon-coated tungsten doping NVP (NaVW(PO)@C, x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) was synthesized by sol–gel method. Characterization reveals that partial substitution of V by the larger W has beneficial influences on the structure and diffusion kinetics of NVP. Consequently, the optimized NVP-W0.1@C electrode releases a reversible initial capacity of 116 mA h g at 1C, that is quite near to the
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Kinetic study of propane ODH on electrospun vanadium oxide-based submicron diameter fiber catalyst Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Juan José Ternero-Hidalgo, Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas, Juana María Rosas, María Olga Guerrero-Pérez, José Rodríguez-Mirasol, Tomás Cordero
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Interfacial engineering between carbon vacancies modified graphitic carbon nitride and CoAl-LDH formed heterojunctions for improved photocatalytic performance: Degradation pathway, DFT calculations, and mechanism insights Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Lixu Wu, Jun Hu, Chun Sun, Honyin Liu, Yaochi Liu, Feipeng Jiao
The construction of green, low-cost heterojunctions with interfacial interaction is crucial to enhance their photocatalytic performance and broaden their utility in practical applications. Here, we prepared CoAl-LDH/Carbon Nitride with carbon vacancies (C-CN) heterojunction by electrostatic self-assembly strategy to explore its photocatalytic properties. 30 wt% CoAl-LDH/70 wt% C-CN (CCN-2) exhibited
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Development of robust polysesquioxane/polymer dual-network hybrid membranes for flue gas carbon capture Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yanyan Chen, Qian Li, Helei Liu, Reza Zarghami, Navid Mostoufi, Liang Yu, Xiao Feng, Toshinori Tsuru, Bo Wang
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Photovoltaic-driven electro-reforming of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste plastics and nitrate pollutants Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Sen Yang, Chengcheng Cai, Jiyi Sun, Nodirali Normakhamatov, Avez Sharipov, Chenbao Lu, Xiaodong Zhuang, Xufang Qian, Yixin Zhao, Tianfu Wang
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Effect of in-situ emulsification on CO2/N2-based cyclic solvent injection process for enhancing heavy oil recovery and CO2 storage Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Jing Zhao, Yanfeng He, Jun Wang, Mingguo Peng, Jun Yang, Fanhua Zeng
Surfactant-assisted CO/N-based CSI (SA CO/N-CSI) process emerges as a strategic solution to migrate the high energy consumption and carbon intensity associated with traditional thermal operations for heavy oil recovery. However, the interphase mass transfer makes the emulsification behavior in this process complex. In this study, the effect of in-situ emulsification on CO/N-CSI is assessed using a
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Experimental study of swirling flow pattern at the swirler outlet using a Wire-Mesh sensor Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Ruiqi Kang, Zhenqin Xiong, Zihan Gu, Shengjie Gong
Entrained droplets and flow pattern change adversely affects separation performance of swirl-vane separators. Investigating gas–liquid distribution at swirler outlet, an experiment was conducted using a wire-mesh sensor positioned. Air and liquid superficial velocities ranged from 8.3 to 25.6 m/s and 0.1 to 1.4 m/s, respectively, covering swirling annular and swirling churn flow at swirler outlet.
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Distribution and movement of fine particles injected in a gas–solid fluidized bed with hydrocarbon liquid spray Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Tian Huang, Xiaoyun Guo, Dengfei Wang, Jingyuan Sun, Sihang Tian, Zhengliang Huang, Jingdai Wang, Yongrong Yang
In a gas–solid fluidized bed with hydrocarbon liquid spray, a liquid-affected zone (cloudy zone) and a gas–solid zone (non-cloudy zone) coexist. Fine particles with different diameters are injected and shuttle between the two zones to simulate the motion of growing catalyst particles in an industrial fluidized bed reactor. The movement and distribution patterns of the fine particles are investigated
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Copper oxide-incorporated pillared clay granular nanocomposite for efficient single and binary, batch and fixed bed column adsorption of levofloxacin and crystal violet Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Hanieh Najafi, Negin Ashouri Maklavani, Neda Asasian-Kolur, Seyedmehdi Sharifian, Michael Harasek
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Numerical analysis of residence time for particle impregnation in a rotating drum Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Yuxuan Liu, Sai Chen, Rui Liu, Xiangyu Fu, Chunlei Pei, Jinlong Gong
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A ReLU-based linearization approach for maximizing oil production in subsea platforms: An application to flow splitting Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Eduardo Camponogara, Laio Oriel Seman, Eduardo Rauh Müller, Luis Kin Miyatake, Eduardo Ferreira Gaspari, Bruno Ferreira Vieira, Bruno Machado Pacheco
Oil and gas extraction from subsea reservoirs is a complex process that is highly reliant on accurate mathematical modeling for optimization. A key challenge is identifying control settings to maximize oil production while accounting for the nonlinear behavior and constraints of the underlying physical systems. This paper introduces a new method using Rectified Linear Units (ReLU) neural networks to
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Mass transport in Couette flow Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 A.S. Hamilton-Morris, S.C. Generalis, P.T. Griffiths, P.M.J. Trevelyan
In this study we examine the large Péclet number, Pe, limit of a concentration boundary layer in Couette flow. The boundary layer has a thickness of order Pe. The asymptotic concentration is asymptotically obtained as an integral solution up to order Pe using the Fourier sine transform. The asymptotic solution is found to be in good agreement with the full numerical solution for large Péclet numbers
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Direct esterification in helical continuous-flow microreactors under an aqueous environment: optimization, reaction kinetics, and process intensification Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Xian Tang, Hui Zhou, Zheng Liu, Yutong Sheng, Chen Zhang, Yunhao Sun, Xiang Ling
This study presents an optimized process for producing long-chain alkyl acrylates via direct esterification in a helical continuous-flow microreactor. Addressing the inefficiencies of traditional batch esterification, such as low energy efficiency and slow mass transfer, this method utilizes continuous-flow chemistry for more effective, eco-friendly, and cost-efficient production. The microreactor
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Simulating Gas-Solid Phase Isomerization of C8 Aromatics Affected by Catalyst Shapes in Fixed Bed Reactors with Particle-Resolved CFD Approach Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Zhiping Wang, Chenglin Kang, Juan Hao, Jia Ren, Zhuoyan Cui, Di Bao, Peixi Feng, Feng Xin
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High-efficiency thermal reduction of CO2 to high-valued carbon nanotubes Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Wenlong Chen, Yuting Chen, Runwei Mo, Jiannong Wang
To reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO) already emitted into the atmosphere, various carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies have been developed for climate and economic reasons in recent years. However, the state of art CCUS techniques suffer from deficiencies such as high cost, low yield, and harsh and discontinuous production conditions. In this work, we report a new thermal
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Orbital-scale understanding of the surface effect of the MgCl2 in the Ziegler–Natta catalyst for ethylene polymerization: A computational study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Kefeng Xie, Anping Huang, Pingsheng Zhang, Xiong Wang, Yonghui Zhang, Chunjin Ai
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Modelling of chemical kinetics in the presence of hydrodynamic cavitation for wastewater treatment applications Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jahidul Haque Chaudhuri, Dhiman Chatterjee
The reaction rate of hydroxyl radicals with organic pollutants is about /mol-s, can degrade a wide range of pollutants. Intense bubble collapse during hydrodynamic cavitation can produce hydroxyl radicals, making it suitable for wastewater treatment. The current study introduces a numerical method of predicting the performance of a hydrodynamic cavitation reactor. Unlike most literature that considers
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Ammonia coverage ratio control of a novel two-cell SCR-DeNOX system configuration based on IA-ISMC Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Yuanyuan Xu, Li Peng, Jinglei Wei, Yizhen Liao
To respond the China’s “14th Five-Year Plan” on the control of nitrogen oxides (NO) emission, urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system has been widely applied to reduce the NO emission from the diesel engine. NO is no longer a factor to be ignored while refining the SCR-DeNO system model because of the ship diesel engine's long-term low temperature and oxygen-rich condition, which provides
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Synthesis and characterization of coprecipitated layered NCM oxide as cathode for sodium-ion batteries: Kinetics and hydrodynamics studies Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Vaishnavi P. Mhaske, Manishkumar D. Yadav
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Novel energy-efficient design of side-stream extractive distillation process with intermediate reboiler for separating multi-azeotropic mixture based on multi-objective optimization Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Zhixia Xu, Yan Ding, Qing Ye, Jinlong Li, Hanbin Wu, Jing Pan
Side-stream extractive distillation is extensively employed to separate azeotropic mixtures since its energy-efficient benefits. Nevertheless, its economic effect is not always obvious due to the introduction of expensive high-pressure steam. In this article, a conventional triple-column extractive distillation process is firstly researched for separating n-hexane/ethyl acetate/acetonitrile mixture
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Multi-scale reduced-order models of electrified wire reactors for carrying-out endothermic reactions Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Ram R. Ratnakar, Vemuri Balakotaiah
In chemical manufacturing applications with endothermic reactions, the heat of reaction is supplied by burning fossil fuels. Electrified reactors are one of the enticing alternatives to the traditional configurations where heating can be achieved via renewable power, leading to reduced or net-zero CO emissions. In this work, we consider flow-through wire-based electrified reactors and develop reduced
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Fabrication of piezotronic ZnO p-n homojunction via metal/oxygen defects modulation for efficient photoelectrocatalysis Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Ying Chen, Minghua Lin, Zihang Peng, Yumei Shu, Minhua Ai, Li Wang, Xiangwen Zhang, Ji-Jun Zou, Lun Pan
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A particle packing electrode model for microstructure optimization of lithium-ion batteries Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Yiting Lin, Yunqi Cai, Cheng Lian, Honglai Liu
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On designing a wavy sinusoidal micromixer for efficient mixing of viscoelastic fluids harnessing elastic instability and elastic turbulence phenomena Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 S. Gupta, C. Sasmal
Effective mixing in microscale systems encounters difficulties due to the inherently low Reynolds numbers. This investigation delves into harnessing elastic instability and elastic turbulence phenomena to improve the mixing performance of viscoelastic fluids within a wavy sinusoidal micromixer with variable cross-sectional areas. Previous experiments demonstrated enhanced mixing efficiency, while our
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Towards optimized cation-exchange membranes for overlimiting current electrodialysis: Correlation between size of resin particles in membranes and mechanism of ion transport through them Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Victor I. Zabolotsky, Vera I. Vasil'eva, Konstantin A. Lebedev, Elmara M. Akberova, Aslan R. Achoh, Denis V. Davydov, Sergey A. Loza, Svetlana V. Dobryden
Experimental heterogeneous membranes with different particle sizes of cation-exchange resin KU-2–8 (the diameter of resin particles varied from 20 to 71 μm) were manufactured under the production conditions of LLC “IE “Shchekinoazot”. It is established that at currents higher than the limiting current the main mechanisms of electrolyte ion transport are classical electrodiffusion and electroconvection
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Internal circulation in carrier phase slugs and its influence on the local hydrodynamics in reactive liquid–liquid segmented flow: Visualisation and PIV studies Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 A. Koshy, S. Ray, G. Das
Local velocity profiles and fluid circulation in liquid–liquid segmented flow significantly influence interphase mass transfer and associated chemical reactions in reduced dimensions. The present study considers a mass transfer-controlled pseudo first order reaction between iodine dissolved in toluene plugs (dispersed phase) and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (carrier phase). The circulation patterns
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Multi-objective optimization of sequential simulated moving bed for multi-component separation based on multi-parameter modeling and its determination Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Xiaotong Zhang, Juming Liu, Ajay K. Ray, Yan Li
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Design and preparation of spherical particles in water via thermal-induced liquid-liquid phase separation and a molecular mechanism study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yanbo Liu, Shuo Wang, Maolin Li, Mingyang Chen, Junbo Gong
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Energy, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessment for co-gasification of polyethylene terephthalate and olive husk by chemical process simulation Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Mirae Yu, Myungji Kim, Jiwon Byun, Sanghun Lee
Waste-to-energy is emerging as a promising technology that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and solve waste disposal problems. This study focused on hydrogen production technology through waste gasification. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which has a high calorific value was selected as a waste fuel, and biomass of olive husk, which can reduce the problems of gasification for PET, was selected
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Deep learning based spraying pattern recognition and prediction for electrohydrodynamic system Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jin-Xin Wang, Xiao Wang, Xiong Ran, Yongpan Cheng, Wei-Cheng Yan
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A higher mass flux from the effected DNAPL migration and distribution patterns by brine flow in saturated porous media Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Zhou Cheng, Yuheng Wu, Ming Wu, Zhaohui Li, Yirong Deng, Jinze Wu, Yanru Hao, Cehui Mo, Qusheng Li, Jianfeng Wu, Jichun Wu, Bill X. Hu, Guoping Lu
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Determination of the hydration and carbonation kinetics of CaO for low-temperature applications Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yusbeli C. García, Isabel Martínez, Gemma Grasa
In this work, the reaction kinetics of CaO were investigated with interest in its application as a sorbent in the sorption-enhanced methanation process. Therefore, hydration and carbonation kinetics were studied under operating conditions analogous to those required by the process (i.e. atmospheric pressure and temperature range between 200 °C and 350 °C). Two different CaO-based materials were considered
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Connecting in situ cone/jet length in electrospinning to fiber diameter and drug release for the rational design of electrospun drug carriers Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Nikhita Joy, Dhivya Venugopal, Anu M. Gopinath, Satyavrata Samavedi
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A revisit from CVD kinetics to CVD reactor: Investigating uniform growth mechanism of polysilicon in a reduction furnace Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Wei Si, Ning Wang, Yuan Zong, Gance Dai, Fanzheng Meng, Zuodong Yang, Ling Zhao, Zhong Xin, Guangjing Jiang
The uniform growth of polysilicon rods is essential for CVD process in the reduction furnace. Considering the complex interaction of CVD reaction and transport phenomena, the reaction engineering analysis of CVD reaction has been investigated and the requirements for the design and operation of CVD reactor are proposed concerning temperature and species concentrations. Based on the numerical simulation
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Effect of hydrogen permeation and operating parameters on thermochemical performance of solar-driven steam methane reforming membrane reactor Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jingyu Wang, Leilei Shen, Lei Wang, Bengt Sundén
When the steam methane reforming membrane reactor is coupled with trough solar collector to achieve solar thermochemical energy storage, the dimension of the membrane reactor is enlarged and the catalyst filling amount increases dramatically. As a results, the hydrogen permeation property should be well addressed to match the permeation and the reaction characteristics for a better energy storage performance
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Effective uranium extraction from seawater through immobilization of conjugated microporous polymers on collagen fiber membrane Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Xiaoxia Ye, Juan Liu, Xueying Chen, Dongjun Chen, Zhen Qian, Jie Chen, Chunxiang Lin
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Rational design of poisoning-resistant catalyst based on γ-Al2O3 for hydrolysis of carbonyl sulfide Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jinyu Sun, Xiangqian Du, Zhipeng Li, Hongchao Yu, Yunchuan Hong, Min Pan, Guangze Nie, Weiyi Fan, Fei Gao, Feng Wu, Lin Li, Guoshu Deng, Zhenkun Sun, Lunbo Duan
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Thermo-oxidative degradation behavior of natural rubber vulcanized by different curing systems Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Teng Ren, Chaoying Wan, Pan Song, Denis Rodrigue, Yuxin Zhang, Shifeng Wang
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Lattice Boltzmann simulation of oxygen removal from anode porous transport layer in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jingchang Zhang, Xiaoping Guan, Ning Yang
The anode porous transport layer (PTL) plays a crucial role in improving the performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. However, oxygen accumulation may cover the interface between the anode catalytic layer and PTL, decreasing mass transfer and electrolysis efficiency. In this study, we employed a comprehensive simulation approach, combining lattice Boltzmann simulation with the Immersed
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Solvent- and catalyst-free hydrogenation synthesis of lithium hydride at high altitude Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Siyuan Zhang, Liang Ma, Weichao Liu, Mingzhe Dong, Quanshi Pang, Quan Li, Zhijian Wu, Xiushen Ye
A solvent- and catalyst-free hydrogenation synthesis methodology for lithium hydride (LiH) was developed at high altitude. The implementation of a dual thermostatic process proved to be pivotal in achieving high-crystallinity in the synthesized LiH. The synthesized LiH demonstrates a high degree of purity, reaching 99%. Hydrolysis experiments were conducted to measure the dehydrogenation amount, revealing
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Mn-doped Pt/ZnO adsorbent with enhanced synergetic Pt-sulfur acceptor interaction for effective atmospheric ultra-deep desulfurization Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Hongyu Niu, Chuang Li, Jingjie Luo, Haiyue Cong, Changhai Liang