Browsing Chemical Engineering by Publisher "Elsevier B.V."
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Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR): A strategic cost-effective facility to balance water production and demand for Sharjah
( Elsevier B.V. , 2004 , Article)Aquifer storage and recovery was evaluated as a strategic water storage facility and as a tool to reduce overallcost of water production. This work investigated the size, cost, and mode of operation required to run the ... -
Autonomous self-healing in epoxy coatings provided by high efficiency isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) microcapsules for protection of carbon steel
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)This work aims at investigating the self-healing ability of epoxy coatings, modified with microcapsules containing highly reactive isocyanate in their core. Highly efficient, thermally and chemically stable isophorone ... -
Bio-carrier and operating temperature effect on ammonia removal from secondary wastewater effluents using moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR)
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This study investigates the impact of bio-carriers' surface area and shape, wastewater chemistry and operating temperature on ammonia removal from real wastewater effluents using Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) operated ... -
Bio-sorption of toxic metals from industrial wastewater by algae strains Spirulina platensis and Chlorella vulgaris: Application of isotherm, kinetic models and process optimization
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)The present study evaluates the effect of an acidic treatment on the improvement of the percentage removal of toxic metal (%TMrem) from wastewater by algae strains (Spirulina platensis (SP) and Chlorella vulgar (CV)) under ... -
Bioremediation and nutrient removal from wastewater by Chlorella vulgaris
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The capability of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (Cv) for biomass production and nutrients removal under different wastewater quality has been studied. Cv was cultivated in a standard medium (Marine labs American society ... -
Carbon dioxide EGR and sequestration in mature and immature shale: Adsorption study
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Recently, CO2 sequestration in different shale formations has become an attractive option owing to the abundance of shale basins. However, these formations have different maturity levels and contain a variety of minerals ... -
Ceramic membrane filtration of produced water: Impact of membrane module
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Produced water (PW) generated from oil exploration requires rigorous removal of suspended matter (free oil and particulate solids) as tertiary treatment (downstream of hydrocyclone and gas flotation) if it is to be re-injected ... -
CFD modeling of particle settling in drilling fluids: Impact of fluid rheology and particle characteristics
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)The settling of drilling cuttings is important for the drilling and clean-out operations. The current article provides a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling study of particle settling behavior during the drilling ... -
Characterization of Industrial Flaring under Uncertainty for the Design of Optimum Flare Recovery and Utilization Systems
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Book chapter)One of the main challenges in industrial applications is to optimally manage flare gases that are inevitably generated both in routine and non-routine process operations but can yet constitute valuable energy resources for ... -
Chitosan-derived hydrothermally carbonized materials and its applications: A review of recent literature
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article Review)Chitosan (CS) is a linear polysaccharide biopolymer, one of the most abundant biowastes in the environment. This makes chitosan a potential material for a wide range of applications. To improve CS's properties, chitosan ... -
Choline chloride based natural deep eutectic solvent for destabilization and separation of stable colloidal dispersions
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)In solid-liquid separation processes, coagulation/flocculation is one of the most popular techniques in treating wastewater, as it is efficient, simple, and economical. Consequently, the formation of a new environment ... -
CO2 enhanced gas recovery and sequestration in depleted gas reservoirs: A review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article Review)Increasing CO2 emissions and global warming side effects have prompted the researchers to look for safe and reliable storage sites that have high capacity. Among the available CO2 capturing sinks, depleted gas reservoirs ... -
Combustion synthesis of bifunctional LaMO3 (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) perovskites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Lanthanum based electrocatalytically active LaMO3 (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) perovskites were synthesized using a single step solution combustion technique. The structural and morphological properties of the catalysts were ... -
Combustion synthesis of copper-nickel catalysts for hydrogen production from ethanol
( Elsevier B.V. , 2015 , Article)Cu and Ni based catalysts were synthesized using solution combustion synthesis method. The catalytic activity and hydrogen selectivity were investigated for ethanol decomposition reaction. The amount of fuel content in the ... -
Combustion synthesized A0.5Sr0.5MnO3-δ perovskites (where, A = La, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Pr, Dy, and Y) as redox materials for thermochemical splitting of CO2
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)In this paper, A0.5Sr0.5MnO3 perovskites (where, A = La, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Pr, Dy, and Y) were examined towards thermochemical CO2 splitting (CS) reaction. The solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method was employed for the ... -
Comparative study between adsorption and membrane technologies for the removal of mercury
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)Mercury is one of the most detrimental by-products of industrial activities, such as mining and fossil fuel combustion. What differentiates this contaminant from other pollutants is its bioaccumulation and rapid distribution ... -
Concentration of sucrose solutions via vacuum membrane distillation
( Elsevier B.V. , 2005 , Article)The potential use of vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) process for the concentration of sucrose solution was examined. The effect of several parameters, including feed temperature, flow rate, and initial sucrose concentration ... -
Controllably coated graphene oxide particles with enhanced compatibility with poly(ethylene-co-propylene) thermoplastic elastomer for excellent photo-mechanical actuation capability
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)This paper reports the utilization of the controllable coating via SI-ATRP technique as a promising approach for controlling stimuli-responsive capabilities of graphene oxide (GO) based nanocomposites. Various polymer ... -
Cost-effective alkylammonium formate-based protic ionic liquids for methane hydrate inhibition
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)In light of current concerns about environmental impact, ionic liquids have been tested in a number of industrial applications, including gas purification, lubrication, and catalysis. In this work, cost-effective ...