{"title":"Simulation of Modified Nanoporous Titanate Composite Membrane in Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process","authors":"Parinaz Deymi, Abdolrasoul Pouranfard, Daryoush Emadzadeh","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202300550","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202300550","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nowadays, due to the lack of drinking water and the increase in global demand, desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) has been developed. In this regard, activities have been carried out to increase water flux and salt removal, which are important indicators in this process, including membrane modification by loading nanoparticles (NPs). Process simulation plays an important role in reducing laboratory costs, improving efficiency, and investigating operational parameters in more detail. This is an important factor that leads us to process simulation. The simulation of the RO process by thin-film composite membranes modified with nanoporous titanate (mNTs) NPs has been conducted using COMSOL software. The performance of this process was checked by loading different amounts of mNTs with the desired membrane. The results revealed that by adding 0.01 w % of mNTs to the membrane composition, the performance of the process was improved in that the initial water flux through the membrane increased by about 95.4 %, while the salt rejection remained nearby 98 % and did not decrease much. Finally, to validate and expand the simulation results, the model outcomes were compared with experimental data, and the mean relative error for water flux and salt removal percentage was 1.15 % and 0.83 %, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141925296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Role of Radial Dispersion in the Behavior of a Cooled Fixed-Bed Reactor: Numerical Investigation of Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis with a Cobalt-Based Catalyst","authors":"Christoph Kern, Andreas Jess","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202400201","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202400201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The impact of radial dispersion of both heat and mass on the behavior of cooled fixed-bed reactors was explored using a two-dimensional reactor model. This study accounted for dispersion through an effective radial thermal conductivity (λ<sub>rad</sub>) and a radial dispersion coefficient of mass (<i>D</i><sub>rad</sub>), with Fischer–Tropsch synthesis serving as an illustrative process example. Under moderate reaction conditions and hence still rather gentle radial temperature profiles, the effect of mass dispersion on reactor performance was found to be minimal, even if disregarded (<i>D</i><sub>rad</sub> = 0), whereas dispersion of heat (λ<sub>rad</sub>) always significantly impacts reactor behavior. Nevertheless, for precise thermal runaway predictions by a reactor model, incorporating mass dispersion by a realistic <i>D</i><sub>rad</sub> value is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ceat.202400201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141873360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhixin Guo, Siying Xin, Chongpeng Du Du, Dr. Hedan Yao, Dr. Liuyi Pan, Prof. Chenyang Lu, Prof. Dong Li
{"title":"Acetylene Hydrogenation Processes Studied Using CFD in a Packed Bed Reactor","authors":"Zhixin Guo, Siying Xin, Chongpeng Du Du, Dr. Hedan Yao, Dr. Liuyi Pan, Prof. Chenyang Lu, Prof. Dong Li","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202300436","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202300436","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Acetylene hydrogenation reactions (AHR) are typically carried out in fixed bed reactors (FBRs) with high diameter-to-particle diameter (<i>D/d</i>). In this study, first, a real catalyst bed was built using the discrete element method, and the suitability of the bed was assessed using empirical equations. Second, a discrete element method-computational fluid dynamics (DEM-CFD) model was developed using CFD in conjunction with the reaction mechanism to simulate the AHR in the FBR and was compared with the experimental results. The results show that the DEM-CFD can well predict the 3D interactions of velocity, temperature, and species for different <i>D/d</i>. The results can provide favorable theoretical guidance for the optimization of FBR and process intensification.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141872128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prof. Renanto Handogo, Dr. Rendra Panca Anugraha, Juwari Purwo Sutikno, Vibianti Dwi Pratiwi, Hamdan Ihsan, Faiqur Rifqi
{"title":"Analysis of Solar Thermal Energy Integration in the Industry in Indonesia","authors":"Prof. Renanto Handogo, Dr. Rendra Panca Anugraha, Juwari Purwo Sutikno, Vibianti Dwi Pratiwi, Hamdan Ihsan, Faiqur Rifqi","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202300607","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202300607","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study focuses on designing a solar thermal system utilizing parabolic trough collectors to replace conventional heat requirements in industrial processes. The research also assesses the impact of implementing this system on reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and provides economic analysis for industrial cities from two geographically different islands in Indonesia: Java and Sulawesi. This study uses a parabolic trough collector to absorb energy from sunlight. Based on the calculation of the energy balance of the solar collector, the average heat absorbed by the collector is 545.5 kJ m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> in Java and 606.5 kJ m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> in Sulawesi. As a result, approximately 67.55 tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> per day will be mitigated by transitioning from conventional processes. The economic analysis indicates a payback period of 3.54 years, a net present value of 1.4 million USD, and an internal rate of return of 12 % based on fuel savings.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"48 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141872129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Degradation of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Using Hybrid Advanced Oxidation Process of Hydrodynamic Cavitation and Ozonation","authors":"Narendra Bodawar, Rohit Shetty, Sanjay Kamble, Prashant Kulkarni","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202300469","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202300469","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The degradation of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (CFX), an extensively utilized antibiotic for bacterial infections, has been studied through the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including hydrodynamic cavitation (HC), ozonation (O<sub>3</sub>), the Fenton reaction, chemical oxidation, and hybrid AOPs such as HC/O<sub>3</sub> and Fenton/O<sub>3</sub>. Among these, the hybrid combination of HC/O<sub>3</sub> demonstrated the highest CFX degradation of 99.82 % within 180 min having an initial concentration of 1000 ppm. The optimization of the HC/O<sub>3</sub> process was conducted by varying parameters including initial concentration, pH, ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) gas flowrate, and temperature. Throughout the degradation process, CFX underwent intermediate formation, which gradually degraded over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141784437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mattia Turetta, Alberto Bertucco, Filippo Briani, Elena Barbera
{"title":"Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Spiral-Wound Modules in Osmotically Assisted Reverse Osmosis","authors":"Mattia Turetta, Alberto Bertucco, Filippo Briani, Elena Barbera","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202300553","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202300553","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) process is gaining attention for cost-effective aqueous solution concentration. However, there is a lack of pilot-scale studies. This research used two spiral-wound modules in a pilot-scale plant. The first one, an adapted commercial reverse osmosis module, showed no positive results, likely due to excessive membrane thickness and high internal concentration polarization. In contrast, the second one consisting of a novel forward osmosis prototype demonstrated promising outcomes, achieving water fluxes exceeding 2 L m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> even at high salt concentrations (50 g L<sup>−1</sup>) and relatively low applied pressures (above 12 bar). The study highlights OARO potential, underscores limitations, and emphasizes the need for dedicated module design.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"47 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141784442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bashir Abubakar Abdulkadir, Dr. Herma Dina Setiabudi
{"title":"Recent Advances in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for High-Efficient Solid-State Hydrogen Storage: A Review","authors":"Bashir Abubakar Abdulkadir, Dr. Herma Dina Setiabudi","doi":"10.1002/ceat.202400067","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ceat.202400067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This review highlights the promising potential of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for solid-state hydrogen storage due to their high surface area, low mass density, and chemical stability. Recent advances in doping and functionalization of MWCNTs have demonstrated enhanced hydrogen adsorption capacities that are closer to the United States Department of Energy targets. Transition metal atom doping has been shown to significantly improve hydrogen binding through spillover mechanisms. Additionally, metal doping of MWCNTs exhibited impressive gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen storage capacities. These developments represent a crucial step toward realizing safe, efficient, and cost-effective solid-state hydrogen storage solutions enabled by tailored MWCNTs for clean energy applications. Hence, this review aims to summarize the findings on the use of MWCNTs for hydrogen storage, where challenges are discussed and recommendations are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":10083,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering & Technology","volume":"48 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141741116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}