Browsing GPC Research by Publication Date
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Bridging the Energy-Water Gap in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2012 , Conference Paper)Industrial development and demographic growth come at a cost to the climate, not least on its impact on the water resources. The high demand on water usage and the associated production of wastewater requires stringent ... -
Simulation study of Schottky contact based single Si wire solar cell
( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)We model single silicon nanowire (SiNW) solar cells with dissimilar work function metal contacts. Both short circuit current (ISC) and open circuit voltage (VOC) have been investigated. Effects of nanowire dimension, ... -
Mechanism of GaAs surface sulfidation
( Electrochemical Science Group , 2014 , Article)The mechanism of GaAs sulfidation under illumination and potentiodynamic polarization was investigated in acidified thiourea (TU) electrolytes. Sulfidation generated smooth surfaces, as revealed by scanning electron ... -
Photoconductive response of strained silicon nanowires: A Monte Carlo study
( AIP Publishing LLC. , 2014 , Article)Using Ensemble Monte Carlo simulations, the photocurrent in a 500 nm long strained [110] silicon nanowire with diameter of 3.1 nm is investigated. It was observed that a phototransistor based on this nanowire can have ... -
Hydrogen bond coupling in sodium dihydrogen triacetate
( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Article)The coupling of hydrogen bonds is central to structures and functions of biological systems. Hydrogen bond coupling in sodium dihydrogen triacetate (SDHTA) is investigated as a model for the hydrogen bonded systems of the ... -
Modeling of dual-metal Schottky contacts based silicon micro and nano wire solar cells
( Elsevier B.V. , 2014 , Article)We study solar cell properties of single silicon wires connected at their ends to two dissimilar metals of different work functions. Effects of wire dimensions, the work functions of the metals, and minority carrier lifetimes ... -
Rheology of a viscoelastic zwitterionic surfactant used in acid stimulation: Effects of surfactant and electrolyte concentration
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)Acid diversion systems play an important role in increasing the efficiency of the acid stimulation process. Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) based diverting systems have many advantages that make them preferred for well acid ... -
Effect of the degree of template removal from mesoporous silicate materials on their adsorption of heavy oil from aqueous solution
( Springer VerlagHigher Education Press , 2014 , Article)The key aim of this study is to evaluate the adsorption of heavy oil from aqueous solutions with different oil contents over mesoporous silicate materials having different surfactant template contents. The mesoporous ... -
Optimization of selection of chain amine scrubbers for CO2 capture
( Springer Verlag , 2014 , Article)In order to optimize the selection of a suitable amine molecule for CO2 scrubbers, a series of ab initio calculations were performed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Diethylenetriamine was used as a simple chain ... -
Improving the efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells by TiO2-graphene nanocomposite photoanode
( Elsevier B.V. , 2015 , Article)Nanocomposite photoanodes were prepared by addition of graphene (GR) micro-platelets to TiO2 nanoparticulate paste. TiO2/graphene based DSSCs were fabricated using Z907 photosensitizer. Transmission electron microscope was ... -
Rheology of organoclay assisted extrusion of HDPE using Particle Image Velocimetry
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2015 , Article)Wall slip is often seen as a source of flow enhancement and can play a significant role during certain melt instabilities in polymer processing. In the present investigation, the effect of organoclay on the wall slip of ... -
Rheological characterization of NA2CO3 activated calcium bentonite for oil and gas drilling applications
( AIChE , 2015 , Conference Paper)Calcium bentonite was activated with soda ash (Na2CO3) at various ratios and due to the ion exchange; the original Ca-bentonite was converted to Na-bentonite. It was found that the Na2CO3 activation improves the swelling ... -
Electrocoalescence of water drop trains in oil under constant and pulsatile electric fields
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2015 , Article)This study addresses the effectiveness of constant and pulsed DC fields in promoting coalescence of dispersed water drops in an oil-continuous phase. For this purpose, a train of drops of relatively uniform size is injected ... -
Experimental determination of carbamate formation and amine protonation constants in 3-amino-1-propanol-CO2-H2O system and their temperature dependency
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)The equilibrium constant for the formation of carbamate in 3-amino-1-propanol-CO2-H2O system was evaluated at different CO2 loadings, different temperature values, and different amine protonation constant. The studied ... -
Kinetics of CO2 reaction with solutions of n-methyl-diethanolamine mixed with selected amino acids using stopped flow technique
( AIChE , 2015 , Conference Paper)Kinetics of CO2 reactions with blended solutions of N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) and salts of Glycine and Taurine are presented in this work. The obtained results show that the new blended solutions could be promising ... -
Reaction kinetics of some important alkanolamines with carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions using stopped flow technique
( AIChE , 2015 , Conference Paper)The kinetics of the reactions between aqueous solutions of carbon dioxide and Aminomethylpropanol (AMP), Aminobutanol (AB), Aminopropanol (AP), Diethanolamine (DEA) and Ethanolamine (MEA) were investigated over a temperature ... -
Recent progress and new developments in post-combustion carbon-capture technology with amine based solvents
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article Review)Currently, post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) is the only industrial CO2 capture technology that is already demonstrated at full commercial scale in the TMC Mongstad in Norway (300,000 tonnes per year CO2 captured) and ... -
Thermodynamic characterization of deepwater natural gas mixtures with heavy hydrocarbon content at high pressures
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)This paper includes high-accuracy density measurements and phase envelopes for deepwater natural gas mixtures. Mixtures primarily consist of (0.88 and 0.94) mole fraction methane and both mixtures includes heavy components ... -
CO2 sorption kinetics of scaled-up polyethylenimine-functionalized mesoporous silica sorbent
( American Chemical Society , 2015 , Article)Two CO2 solid sorbents based on polyethylenimine, PEI (Mn ∼ 423 and 10K), impregnated into mesoporous silica (MPS) foam prepared in kilogram quantities via a scale-up process were synthesized and systematically characterized ... -
Electrostatic phase separation: A review
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2015 , Article Review)The current understanding and developments in the electrostatic phase separation are reviewed. The literature covers predominantly two immiscible and inter-dispersed liquids following the last review on the topic some 15 ...
