Chemical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Microbial Desalination Cell: An Integrated Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Desalination Systems for Sustainable Water Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The availability of drinking water from the current available sources is decreasing due to the high demand and population increase. Seawater is a potential source for drinking water but the current desalination technology ... -
Ionic Liquids as Multi-purpose Inhibitors to avoid Natural Gas Hydrates during Gas Processing
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The issue of hydrate formation during gas processing is a challenging problem for the oil and gas industries. Billions of dollars spent annually to get rid of the blockage of pipelines due to hydrate clogging by applying ... -
Exceptionally High CO2 Capturing Capacity of Porous Organic Polymers
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Pre-combustion flue gas capture has been emerged as an efficient alternative to circumvent the costly procedures of materials regeneration utilized by the energy industry for CO2 capture and separation. Stability of the ... -
Synthesis Of Transition Metal Nanoparticles Using Combustion Based Techniques
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Solution combustion synthesis (SCS) is a widely used technique for synthesizing variety of high purity oxide nanoparticles. Two basic modes for combustion synthesis are the self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) ... -
Promising And Anomalous Structural And Electrochemical Properties Of Polyanionic Phosphates In Sodium Ion Batteries
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)This work presents a recent progress on the polyanionic phosphate family that functions as cathode materials in sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Firstly, this study will cover vanadium-containing frameworks that show very ... -
Microbial Desalination Cell: A Sustainable Approach For Brackish Water Desalination And Wastewater Treatment With Bioelectricity Generation
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)The shortage of the fresh water has become a more and more serious issue because of the rapid increase in human population and resource consumption. Although water is an abundant natural resource available in the earth, ... -
Alternatives to amine-based capture & new technologies
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Report)Large improvements in separations technology will require novel materials with enhanced properties and performance. The fundamental interlinks for success in merging synthesis and process incorporation are the structure, ... -
Transport
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Report)In this contribution, we present an overview of the contribution made by the shipping sector to global CO 2 emissions. We review the currently proposed technology options for mitigating these emissions, and propose a new ... -
Nanoporous Polymeric Materials For Co2 Capture And Separation
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Control of carbon dioxide emissions without significant penalties requires effective CO2 scrubbing from point sources, such as fossil fuel burning power plants, cement factories and steel making. Capturing process is the ... -
Bio self-healing concrete using MICP by an indigenous Bacillus cereus strain isolated from Qatari soil
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)In this study, the self-healing process in concrete through microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) performed by an adapted indigenous strain of Bacillus cereus isolated from soils in Qatar was investigated. ... -
Nonenzymatic Electrochemical Sensor Based on CuO-MgO Composite for Dopamine Detection
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Dopamine plays an essential role in the proper functioning of the brain and the body. A change in the level of dopamine can lead to disorders related to the nervous system. Thus, detection of dopamine levels may aid in the ... -
Breath Analysis for the in Vivo Detection of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)Human breath analysis of volatile organic compounds has gained significant attention recently because of its rapid and noninvasive potential to detect various metabolic diseases. The detection of ketones in the breath and ... -
A Hybrid Photo-Electro Catalytic Conversion of Carbon dioxide Using CuO-MgO Nanocomposite
( Springer , 2022 , Article)Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels accompanied by renewable resources has been under research since it helps to decrease CO2 levels in the atmosphere. The most suited source is solar energy which is generous and ... -
Valorization of biodiesel byproduct glycerol to glycerol carbonate using highly reusable apatite-like catalyst derived from waste Gastropoda Mollusca
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2020 , Article)Predominantly, calcium oxide from the calcined waste Gastropoda Mollusca (Achatina fulica sp.) was post-functionalized and stabilized using trisodium phosphate to obtain an apatite-like catalyst (snail shell apatite, SNS-AP) ... -
Solar light responsive TiO2-ZnO, modified with graphitic carbon nitride nano-sheet for degradation of AB29
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Article)BACKGROUND Photodegradation has drawn much attention in recent decades due to the technique’s ability to mineralize nonbiodegradable pollutants. Renewable energy sources, such as solar light energy, can be used to aid the ... -
Review on recent progress in chitosan/chitin-carbonaceous material composites for the adsorption of water pollutants
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article Review)Chitosan and chitin are categorized as low cost, renewable and eco-friendly biopolymers. However, they have low mechanical properties and unfavorable pore properties in terms of low surface area and total pore volume that ... -
Amino-functionalised silica-grafted molecularly imprinted polymers for chloramphenicol adsorption
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)This research investigated the liquid-phase removal of chloramphenicol (CAP), an emerging contaminant using molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). CAP adsorption profiles, equilibrium, and kinetics were analysed. The ... -
Mesoporous and high-surface-Area activated carbon from defatted olive cake by-products of olive mills for the adsorption kinetics and isotherm of methylene blue and acid blue 29
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)The K2CO3 activation of defatted olive cake in N2 atmosphere was attempted for activated carbon (DOC-AC) preparation to test its ability for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) and acid blue 29 (AB 29). The optimum conditions ... -
New magnetic Schiff's base-chitosan-glyoxal/fly ash/Fe3O4 biocomposite for the removal of anionic azo dye: An optimized process
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)In this study, a new magnetic Schiff's base-chitosan-glyoxal/fly ash/Fe3O4 biocomposite (Chi-Gly/FA/Fe3O4) was successfully synthesized by direct compositing of magnetic chitosan (Chi) with fly ash (FA) powder particles, ... -
Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: A review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article Review)Co-pyrolysis of blended feedstocks has received increasing attention due to its significant role in avoiding the weakness of products made from normal pyrolysis of individual feedstocks. Many studies have shown that ...
