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Thermal properties of phase-change materials based on high-density polyethylene filled with micro-encapsulated paraffin wax for thermal energy storage
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Microcapsules consisting of paraffin wax cores with a melting point of approximately 42 °C and a melamine-formaldehyde resin shell were synthesized using in situ polymerization. These microcapsules have a uniform distribution ... -
Thermal properties of smart microencapsulated paraffin/plaster composites for the thermal regulation of buildings
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Smart plaster composites were manufactured by mixing plaster with different amounts of Micronal? DS5001X microcapsules containing a paraffin mixture with a melting point of 26 �C to develop new construction materials with ... -
Thermal stability and frequency-dependent electrical conductivity of poly(aniline-co-m-nitroaniline)
( Institute for Ionics , 2019 , Article)Herein, we report the frequency-dependent AC conductivity of poly(aniline-co-m-nitroaniline)s which were synthesized by chemical oxidation of aniline and m-nitroaniline using ammonium persulfate as an oxidizing agent by ... -
Thermal Structural Optimization of IC Engine Piston
( International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research , 2021 , Article)The primary purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of the piston crown and piston boss thicknesses on the stresses generated on the piston. A 150-cc piston, made from A4032 Aluminum, of type “Bajaj,” was considered ... -
Thermal vibration of two-dimensional functionally graded (2D-FG) porous Timoshenko nanobeams
( Techno Press , 2017 , Article)The thermo-mechanical vibration behavior of two dimensional functionally graded (2D-FG) porous nanobeam is reported in this paper. The material properties of the nanobeam are variable along thickness and length of the ... -
Thermo elastic analysis of functionally graded rotating disks with temperature-dependent material properties: uniform and variable thickness
( Springer Science+Business Media, B.V. , 2009 , Article)A thermo elastic analysis is presented for axisymmetric rotating disks made of functionally graded material (FGM) with variable thickness. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the radial ... -
Thermo-economic assessment of forward osmosis as pretreatment to boost the performance and sustainability of multi-effect distillation for seawater desalination
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This work presents the thermodynamic and techno-economic assessment of a forward osmosis – multi-effect distillation (FO-MED) system able to improve the thermal performance of the MED seawater desalination process and ... -
Thermo-mechanical buckling analysis of FG-GNPs reinforced composites sandwich microplates using a trigonometric four-variable shear deformation theory
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The current study is aimed to investigate the thermo-mechanical buckling responses of the sandwich microplate with Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs)-reinforced Epoxy core fully bonded to single-walled carbon nanotubes ... -
Thermo-mechanical vibration of rotating axially functionally graded nonlocal Timoshenko beam
( Springer Verlag , 2017 , Article)The free vibration analysis of rotating axially functionally graded nanobeams under an in-plane nonlinear thermal loading is provided for the first time in this paper. The formulations are based on Timoshenko beam theory ... -
Thermocatalytic routes and reactor strategies for valorization of biodiesel-derived glycerol to fuels
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Glycerol is an oversupplied commodity from biodiesel production with beneficial properties for the synthesis of versatile utility biochemicals. The functional properties of glycerol with three hydroxyl groups could be ... -
Thermocatalytic splitting of CO2 into fuels using sol-gel derived ni-mg-ferrite
( American Institute of Chemical Engineers , 2019 , Conference Paper)In this work, we reports combination of metal cation (Ni+2 and Mg+2) as an active dopant into ferrite for two step thermochemical cycle for CO2 splitting into CO. All NMF materials were synthesized via sol gel method and ... -
Thermocatalytic splitting of CO2 using sol-gel synthesized Co-ferrite redox materials
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this investigation, the redox reactivity of CoxFe3−xO4 materials was examined in multiple thermochemical CO2 splitting cycles. Sol-gel method was applied for the synthesis of CoxFe3−xO4 materials and the prepared gels ... -
Thermochemical CO2 splitting using a sol‐gel–synthesized Mg‐ferrite–based redox system
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)The synthesis, characterization, and application of the MgxFe3−xO4 (MF) redox materials towards conversion of CO2 via thermochemical redox reactions are reported. Sol‐gel method was utilized for the synthesis of MF materials. ... -
Thermochemical conversion of H2O and CO2 into solar fuels via metal oxide based redox reaction
( AIChE , 2015 , Conference Paper)This paper reports the thermodynamic analysis of the production of solar syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO with molar ratio equal to 2: 1) via ZnO/Zn based thermochemical H2O and/or CO2 splitting redox reactions. Solar syngas ... -
Thermochemical copper Oxide - Copper sulfate water splitting cycle for solar hydrogen production
( TechConnect , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, the solar thermochemical copper oxide - copper sulfate (CO-CS) water splitting cycle is thermodynamically investigated. CO-CS cycle consists of two steps: first step - exothermic oxidation of CuO via water ... -
Thermochemical dissociation of CO2 into renewable fuels via CexZryHfzO2 based redox reactions using concentrated solar energy
( AIChE , 2014 , Conference Paper)In this paper we report the co-precipitation synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.125Hf0.125O2 redox material for the production of solar fuels via thermochemical H2O/CO2 splitting reaction. For the synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.125Hf0.125O2 ... -
Thermochemical dissociation of CO2 into renewable fuels via CexZryHfzO2 based redox reactions using concentrated solar energy
( AIChE , 2014 , Conference Paper)In this paper we report the co-precipitation synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.125Hf0.125O2 redox material for the production of solar fuels via thermochemical H2O/CO2 splitting reaction. For the synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.125Hf0.125O2 ... -
Thermochemical H 2 production via solar driven hybrid SrO/SrSO 4 water splitting cycle
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This article reports the thermodynamic efficiency analysis of the strontium oxide strontium sulfate (SrO-SrS) water splitting cycle by applying the principles of the second law of thermodynamics and by utilizing the ... -
Thermochemical splitting of CO2 using Co-precipitation synthesized Ce0.75Zr0.2M0.05O2-δ (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, CO, Ni, Zn) materials
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This work reports the investigation of the redox reactivity of Ce0.75Zr0.2M0.05O2-δ (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Co, Zn) materials towards thermochemical CO2 splitting (CS) cycle. The Ce0.75Zr0.2M0.05O2-δ materials were prepared ... -
Thermochemical splitting of CO2 using solution combustion synthesized LaMO3 (where, M = Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Cr, Sr)
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The effort of this paper was to recognize the inclusion of appropriate dopants that will upgrade the redox reactivity of La-based perovskites. By maintaining the fuel (glycine) to metal nitrate ratio () = 1, the LaMO3 ...