Chemical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Application of a property-based inherently safety quantification framework for integrating risk assessment into process safety life cycle
( AIChE , 2018 , Conference)Process plant involves different types of risks which need to be managed appropriately to avoid dangerous incidents. Some risks are associated with design decisions such as choice of unit, chemicals or design layout etc. ... -
Process systems engineering for transforming industrial flares into a source of energy by managing uncertain abnormal situations
( AIChE , 2017 , Conference)Advancement in technology always influences the world energy market by making excess to the valuable untapped resources. Profound research on potential unexploited/waste energy can lead the world to a new direction of ... -
Impact of composition and salinity on swelling and gel strength of poly (acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) preformed particle gel
( Institute for Ionics , 2023 , Article)The effects of various material compositions and reservoir environments on the ultimate strength and swelling kinetics of a commercial preformed particle gel (PPG) have been investigated. This study used different ratios ... -
Development of eco-friendly chitosan-g-polyacrylamide preformed particle gel for conformance control in high-temperature and high-salinity reservoirs
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Oil and gas extraction has become challenging nowadays due to the accompanying amount of excess produced water that results in poor recoverability of hydrocarbon, besides other environmental and economic isues. A recent ... -
Biodegradable polysaccharide grafted polyacrylamide inhibitor for corrosion in CO2- saturated saline solution
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)A biodegradable polysaccharide-based inhibitor is grafted with polyacrylamide (PAM) for oilfields’ sweet corrosion. The green properties of agar and PAM were incorporated to synthesize an agar-grafted-PAM (AGGPAM) inhibitor. ... -
Understanding the progress and challenges in the fields of thermo-catalysis and electro-catalysis for the CO2 conversion to fuels
( Institute for Ionics , 2024 , Article Review)The need to limit anthropogenic CO2 emissions and lower the atmospheric CO2 concentration makes CO2 conversion an imminent requirement. Availability of suitable facilities and prior understanding how electro and thermal ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of novel and efficient Ni-based dual functional materials (DFMs) for integrated CO2 capture and hydrogenation
( Institution of Chemical Engineers , 2023 , Article)We report on the synthesis and evaluation of novel, highly active and stable bimetallic DFMs for simultaneous CO2 adsorption and subsequent hydrogenation to value added products. The DFMs contain various combinations of ... -
Hydrogen storage in gas reservoirs: A molecular modeling and experimental investigation
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Hydrogen is one of the clean energy sources that can be used instead of fossil fuel sources to reduce greenhouse emissions. However, hydrogen supply intermittency significantly reduces the deployment and reliability of ... -
Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to value-added products using Cu-based catalytic materials
( Institute of Physics , 2023 , Conference)In this work, we report on the synthesis and evaluation of catalytic materials composed of copper/calcium oxide/alumina (Cu/CaO/Al2O3) for carbon dioxide conversion to value-added products. Catalytic materials were synthesized ... -
Polyolefin-Based Smart Self-Healing Composite Coatings Modified with Calcium Carbonate and Sodium Alginate.
( MDPI , 2024 , Article)Corrosion-related damage incurs significant capital costs in many industries. In this study, an anti-corrosive pigment was synthesized by modifying calcium carbonate with sodium alginate (SA), and smart self-healing coatings ... -
Ion-imprinted membranes for lithium recovery: A review
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)This review critically examines the effectiveness of ion-imprinted membranes (IIMs) in selectively recovering lithium (Li) from challenging sources such as seawater and brine. These membranes feature customized binding ... -
Nanoparticle-based materials in anticancer drug delivery: Current and future prospects
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)The past decade has witnessed a breakthrough in novel strategies to treat cancer. One of the most common cancer treatment modalities is chemotherapy which involves administering anti-cancer drugs to the body. However, these ... -
Comprehensive performance analysis and optimization of 1,3-dimethylimidazolylium dimethylphosphate-water binary mixture for a single effect absorption refrigeration system
( Higher Education Press Limited Company , 2022 , Article)The energy and exergy analyses of the absorption refrigeration system (ARS) using H2O-[mmim][DMP] mixture were investigated for a wide range of temperature. The equilibrium Dühring (P-T-XIL) and enthalpy (h-T-XIL) of mixture ... -
Thermodynamic analysis and experimental validation of multi-composition ammonia liquor absorption engine cycle for power generation
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Article)Energy conservation, utilization, and effective integration are of utmost importance for future sustenance. Accordingly, this work focuses on the generation of power from the low-grade temperature below 150°C. A proposed ... -
Energetic and exergetic performance of NH3-H2O-based absorption refrigeration cycle: Effect of operating factor
( Inderscience Publishers , 2020 , Article)One of the major objectives while designing the vapour absorption refrigeration system (VARS) is to acquire better performance within the accessible heat source and sink temperature limit. In this paper, attempts are made ... -
Thermocatalytic splitting of CO2 into fuels using sol-gel derived ni-mg-ferrite
( American Institute of Chemical Engineers , 2019 , Conference)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 ... -
Evacuated tube heat pipe solar collector for Encontech engine-driven reverse osmosis solar desalination
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Article)Utilization of a single evacuated tube heat pipe solar collector (ETHPSC) for the efficient deployment of the solar energy toward driving the Encontech heat engine for reverse osmosis desalination is considered in this ... -
Investigation of Zr-doped ceria for solar thermochemical valorization of CO2
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Article)This study belongs to the estimation of the CO2 conversion ability of Ce1−xZr xO2 (CZ) materials performing multiple thermogravimetric CO2 splitting (CDS) cycles. By varying the molar concentrations of Zr in the range of ... -
Polymeric smart coatings containing modified capped halloysite nanotubes for corrosion protection of carbon steel
( Springer , 2023 , Article)A newly designed smart self-healing epoxy coating system comprised of modified halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) having capping is proposed for corrosion protection of steel. In the first step, HNTs were loaded with 8-hydroxyquinoline ... -
Enhancing the electrochemical performance of hybrid supercapacitors with in-situ grown ultrasound-mediated heterostructure bi-metallic and dual-linker MOF nanoarchitecture by harnessing charge storage mechanisms
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)In the present technological era, energy storage devices like batteries and supercapacitors hold immense importance, and their hybrid variants have gained notable interest. The aim of this study was to develop a dual-linker ...