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Techno-economic assessment of upfront nitrogen removal in a baseload LNG plant
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)As the world's energy demand grows, the LNG industry is gaining popularity as a cleaner fossil fuel source. Studies on process enhancement have proposed that retrofitting upfront nitrogen removal (UNR) technologies like ... -
Techno-economic investigation of an integrated boiler?solar water heating/cooling system: A case study
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)With the increase in oil prices, developing nations end up paying expensive electricity and heating bill. This leading study investigates the experimental development of a new energy-saving system by integrating a solar ... -
Techno-Economic-Environmental Study for Recovery of Novel Water Source within a Power Plant - Desalination Complex
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Book chapter)The global water supply is at an already critical level; around 3.9 billion people (47% of the world population) will be subject to water stress in 2050, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ... -
The application of iron coated activated alumina, ferric oxihydroxide and granular activated carbon in removing humic substances from water and wastewater: Column studies
( Elsevier B.V. , 2010 , Article)The efficiency of iron coated activated alumina, ferric oxihydroxide and granular activated carbon for the removal of humic substance (HS) from water and wastewater was demonstrated in batch studies. This paper investigated ... -
The carbon conundrum: GCC perspectives
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Article)The solution to the carbon conundrum does not seem to be within reach in the short or medium term, despite significant advances and knowledge gains in demonstration scale CCS facilities. This stems from the fact that ... -
The cost benefit of algal technology for combined CO2 mitigation and nutrient abatement
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)The use of microalgae culture technology (MCT) for mitigating CO2 emissions from flue gases and nutrient discharges from wastewater whilst generating a biofuel product is considered with reference to the cost benefit ... -
The Economics of Helium Separation and Purification by Gas Separation Membranes
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Membrane gas separation has the potential to recover and purify helium, either directly from natural gas or as part of the off gas produced from the nitrogen rejection unit in conventional natural gas processing. Process ... -
The effect of chitosan's addition to resorcinol/formaldehyde xerogels on the characteristics of resultant activated carbon
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Hybrid chitosan-resorcinol/formaldehyde xerogels were synthesized, and the effect of including minor quantities of chitosan on the consequent activated carbon was investigated. The resulting activated carbon were characterized ... -
The effect of intermediate ozonation process on improving biogas production from co-digestion of agricultural waste and manure
( TechConnect , 2016 , Conference Paper)Anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural solid waste, wastewater, and manure was evaluated in batch reactor. The performance of anaerobic digestion (AD) was monitored by assessing the methane production potential, maximum ... -
The effect of N-heterocyclic carbene units on the absorption spectra of Fe(ii) complexes: A challenge for theory
The absorption spectra of five Fe(II) homoleptic and heteroleptic complexes containing strong sigma-donating N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and polypyridyl ligands have been theoretically characterized using a tuned ... -
The effect of vacancy defects on the adsorption of methane on calcite 104 surface
( Elsevier Editora Ltda , 2021 , Article)Density functional theory calculations are used to study the effect of vacancy defects (ionic Ca and charge neutral CO3) on the adsorption properties of CH4 molecule on different calcite surfaces. Both types of vacancy ... -
The impact of charges in force field parameterization for molecular dynamics simulations of deep eutectic solvents
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)The nanoscopic characteristics and macroscopic physicochemical properties of choline chloride:levulinic acid (1:2 mole ratio) deep eutectic solvent are analyzed from molecular dynamics simulations. Considering the ionic ... -
The impact of mechanical shear on membrane flux and energy demand
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article Review)The use of forced mechanical shear for both disc membranes (rotating and vibrating disc filtration, RDF and VDF respectively) and hollow fibres (vibrating HF membranes, VHFM) is reviewed. These systems have been extensively ... -
The impact of mechanically-imposed shear on clogging, fouling and energy demand for an immersed membrane bioreactor
( MDPIAG , 2018 , Article)The impact of the application of mechanically-imposed shear on the propensity for fouling and clogging (or “sludging”—the agglomeration of sludge solids in the membrane channel) of an immersed flat sheet (iFS) membrane ... -
The novel advancements of nanomaterials in biofuel cells with a focus on electrodes' applications
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Biofuel cells (BFCs) convert biochemical energy into electrical energy by virtue of the biocatalyst component. They incorporate bio-catalysts composed of microorganisms and enzymes. BFCs are considered among the novel ... -
The potential use of solar photocatalytic oxidation for removal of emerging pharmaceuticals from effluent of wastewater treatment plant: A pilot plant study
( AIChE , 2017 , Conference Paper)The treatment of effluent wastewater containing pharmaceutical by solar advanced oxidation processes were studied in a pilot plant. The removal efficiency of four groups of pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, estrogens, acidic, ... -
The potential use of solar photocatalytic oxidation for removal of emerging pharmaceuticals from effluent of wastewater treatment plant: A pilot plant study
( AIChE , 2017 , Conference Paper)The treatment of effluent wastewater containing pharmaceutical by solar advanced oxidation processes were studied in a pilot plant. The removal efficiency of four groups of pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, estrogens, acidic, ... -
The potential use of solar photocatalytic oxidation for removal of emerging pharmaceuticals from effluent of wastewater treatment plant: A pilot plant study
( AIChE , 2017 , Conference Paper)The treatment of effluent wastewater containing pharmaceutical by solar advanced oxidation processes were studied in a pilot plant. The removal efficiency of four groups of pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, estrogens, acidic, ... -
The prospect of synthesis of PES/PEG blend membranes using blend NMP/DMF for CO2/N2 separation
( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2021 , Article Review)Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have been the root cause for anthropogenic climate change. Decarbonisation strategies, particularly carbon capture and storage (CCS) are crucial for mitigating the risk of global warming. ... -
The size and performance of offshore produced water oil-removal technologies for reinjection
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)Produced water (PW) is wastewater generated from oil exploration, and requires treating for oil and suspended solids removal. The viability of an effluent treatment unit process for this duty is dependent both on its ...