B. Hu, J. Song, Liang Wei, Shisong Yue, Jinxin Jia
{"title":"Analysis of flow-field and particle-motion characteristics in the dry separation process for coal-series kaolin","authors":"B. Hu, J. Song, Liang Wei, Shisong Yue, Jinxin Jia","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2021.1914198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2021.1914198","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Feng Xuan (FX) dry separators can effectively separate coal-series kaolinite. Coal-series kaolinite from Inner Mongolia (China) was selected as the sample. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the discrete element method (DEM) were used to study velocity field, pressure field, turbulent kinetic energy field, and particle-motion characteristics of the FX dry separator. The results showed that the air velocity and pressure of the four air chambers symmetrically distributed from the centre to the surrounding area, and their values gradually decreased. The heavy products were located at the lower part of the material layer and moved horizontally along the sieve plate, the light products were located on the upper part of the material layer and moved obliquely along the sieve plate, and the intermediate products aggregated along horizontal and inclined directions, and their compaction effect on heavy products was obvious at the end of the sieve plate. This study provided a new way to optimise the structural parameters of FX dry separators. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00194506.2021.1914198","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59212869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of the effects of oxyhydrogen gas (HHO) flow rate and injector penetration on the performance of a dual fuel CI engine","authors":"Pravritt Kushwaha, Saleel Ismail","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2048096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2048096","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Renewable sources of energy help mitigate the environmental concerns associated with fossil fuel combustion and in meeting the ever-increasing energy demand. The use of HHO gas in I.C. Engines becomes promising in this context. HHO gas is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio 2:1, produced by the electrolysis of water. In this research, alkaline electrolysis was used for producing HHO gas using KOH as an electrolyte. This HHO gas was introduced in the intake manifold of the C.I. engine, making it operate in dual-fuel mode. The effects of HHO gas addition on engine performance and emissions were investigated. The variation of diesel injector protrusion (DIP) by +/− 1 mm from its normal position was also studied. This was achieved using washers of varying thicknesses. Three different HHO gas injection locations, namely port, manifold, and upstream, were compared to determine the most suitable position. The simultaneous evaluation of the effects of DIP and HHO injection location makes this study unique. BSFC, peak pressure, HC, CO, CO2 and smoke emissions were observed to be lower, while BTE, NOx and O2 emissions were enhanced for the optimum condition of + 1 mm DIP, PI with 1.63 LPM of HHO gas. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44457747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Poddar, J. N. Ullas Krishnan, J. S. Chandra Babu
{"title":"Non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis of citrus waste (orange peel)","authors":"S. Poddar, J. N. Ullas Krishnan, J. S. Chandra Babu","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2046510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2046510","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The development of industries requires energy sources. Therefore, the requirement for alternative renewal energy sources increases. They are solar, wind, wave, geothermal, and biomass. For the generation of energy from these sources, we apply thermochemical and biochemical methods. Amidst all the thermochemical origins, pyrolysis is advancing attention due to its ability to produce solid, liquid, and gaseous products. This article represents the non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis (573 -1173K) experiments conducted in a semi-batch reactor and TGA set up for citrus wastes (orange peel) collected from the local fruit juice seller outlet. The effect of catalysts observed and concluded that the presence of catalysts increases the yield of pyro-oil (30.79 wt.%→ 49.45 wt.%) with ZnO nanocatalyst to be the best performing catalyst. Reaction kinetics were also determined using isothermal and non-isothermal methods. The pH values of the pyro-oil investigated and observed that citrus waste pyro-oil is acidic, but the presence of catalyst makes it basic. The GC analysis of the pyro-gas infers that the gas contains CO and H2, which can be used as an energy source and feedstock for the Fischer–Tropsch process. Therefore, the utility of this type of pyrolyser is done in municipal areas of large cities. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44955621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis of biopolymer chitosan-based hydrogels with and without a crosslinker for the removal of industrial dye procion blue HERD: a comparative study","authors":"N. Bhullar, M. Garg, K. Kumari, D. Sud","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2046509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2046509","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The current study reports the preparation and application of bio-based polymer composite hydrogel with and without a crosslinker for the removal of industrial dye procion blue HERD (PB). Biopolymer chitosan, acrylic acid as a monomer and potassium persulphate (K2S2O8) as an initiator synthesise composite hydrogel. The crosslinked composite hydrogel is synthesised by the microwave irradiation technique using thiourea (CH4N2S) as a crosslinker. Chitosan-based hydrogel synthesised without crosslinker (CH) and with crosslinker thiourea (CH-T) is analysed using techniques, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTG) and derivative thermogravimetric analysis (DTA). The adsorption capacity of CH and CH-T for the removal of PB from an aqueous solution is investigated. The removal efficiency of hydrogel is 90% in a solution of pH 7 for a constant dose of PB (5 mg L−1). The experimental data attained for the adsorption of industrial dye (PB) onto CH and CH-T showed a perfect fit for Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms. The perfect fit of experimental data for PB decolorisation is observed for pseudo-second-order kinetic equation with k values 10.17 × 10−3 mg−1 min−1 and 6.719 × 10−3 mg−1 min−1 with CH and CH-T, respectively. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43557519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physico-chemical, in-vitro cytotoxicity and antimicrobial evaluation of L-valine functionalised CuO NPs on polyvinyl alcohol and blended carboxymethyl cellulose films","authors":"Yamanappagouda Amaregouda, Kantharaju Kamanna","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2046511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2046511","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The novel L-valine functionalised polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/CuO NPs and PVA/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/Copper oxide nanocomposite (NCs) films were prepared by the solvent casting method. The required CuO NPs for NC films are prepared by the novel biogenic method using Euphorbia heterophylla plant leaves extract. Various spectroscopic techniques were employed for the characterisation of biogenic prepared CuO NPs and polymeric NC films prepared, namely X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and UV–visible spectroscopy. In-vitro cytotoxicity of the prepared NC films showed cell viability (%) >80% against human embryonic kidney cell lines (for films F3 & F4). In addition, the prepared NC films (F3 & F4) exhibited potent anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activity towards E. coli, S. aureus, C. tropicalis, and C. albicans. Furthermore, the prepared NCs films showed promising results in water contact angle (66.1%), water vapour permeability (28.09%), moisture retention capacity (94%), soil biodegradable test (42%), optical transparency (58.63%) and thermal properties. The obtained results suggested us the prepared PVA/CMC/CuO NPs films can be implemented in biomedical, environmental protection, and food packaging purposes. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48846924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Batch extraction kinetics and total phenolic content estimation of Syzygium Cumini.L bark","authors":"G. Keerthiga, A. Sridhar","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2046512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2046512","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Traditional herbs are investigated for their medicinal properties and feasible large scale low cost extraction techniques. The extraction of phenolic content from different plant matrices has been a huge challenge and largely depends on the effectiveness and efficiency of selected extraction methods. The estimation of total phenolic content from Syzygium Cumin.L (Jamun bark) and its optimisation of extraction conditions with respect to nature of solvent, solvent ratios, particle size and solid to solvent ratio were carried out in this study. Room temperature based batch mode of extraction of Syzygium Cumini L bark has been performed and compared with conventional Soxhlet extraction. The total phenolic extraction rate for different ratios of methanol–water and ethanol–water were investigated where methanol–water ratio of 70:30 yields high phenolic extraction rate of 49.22 ± 5.3 mg GAE/g. The particle size of 0.05–0.06 mm, solvent to solid ratio of 3:1 yielded higher total phenolic content of 47.22 ± 3.35 mg GAE/g. The extraction followed second-order kinetics with 98% goodness of fit. Feasible optimised mode of extraction of total phenolic compound shows promising directions towards industrial extraction. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44238737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Valorisation of sodium lignosulfonate by ultrafiltration of spent sulphite liquor using commercial polyethersulfone membrane","authors":"K. Nath, V. B. Patel, H. Dave, S. Panchani","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2028197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2028197","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ultrafiltration of spent sulphite liquor, generated from a laboratory sulphite pulping using chopped stems of Prosopis juliflora, was carried out to recover sodium lignosulfonate (SLS). A commercial hydrophilised polyethersulfone flat-sheet membrane with a molecular weight cut-off of 5 kD was used for the experiments. Effects of the feed dilution factor on the permeate flux were observed, and actual solute rejection coefficients were investigated due to the formation of the concentration polarised layer on the membrane surface. In addition, flux decline and the fouling index of the membrane were determined under the present experimental conditions. SLS obtained in the reject stream was characterised following UV–VIS and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The spectroscopic analysis confirmed the reduction of the lignin and hemicelluloses component of wood sample effectively into SLS during sulphite pulping with a considerable degree of similarity with the control sample. The results could be useful as guidelines for the scale-up of SLS production and simultaneous treatment of sulphite liquor from the paper and pulp industry. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48136169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Mahalik, A. Sheik, B. Dash, C. K. Sarangi, K. Sanjay
{"title":"Reclamation of tungsten from spent HDS catalyst: a detailed study","authors":"S. Mahalik, A. Sheik, B. Dash, C. K. Sarangi, K. Sanjay","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2022.2026259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2022.2026259","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The awareness of the depletion of high grade ore is of paramount importance now-a-days for all the metallurgical industries and researchers. For the conservation of resources, processing of low and lean grade ores is very much essential. Moreover, the recycling and reuse of the secondaries must be the core strength in that context. The spent catalyst obtained from a petroleum refinery was having 20.33% WO3 and 49.14% Al2O3 as major part of the matrix. The spent catalyst was devolatilized at 650°C to remove the oils, organics and other volatile matter. The devolatilized spent catalyst was processed treated with 8% NaOH at 90°C for 3 h to dissolve tungsten as sodium tungstate. The W bearing liquor was treated with H2SO4 to precipitate tungstic acid at pH 1.0. and subsequent production of tungsten trioxide by roasting at 700°C and tungsten metal with 99.91% purity by reduction roasting by H2 gas has also been reported. The alkali leached residue was leached with 10% sulphuric acid at 80°C for 2 h so as to extract nickel and later on precipitated as nickel hydroxide. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41990296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal degradation of calcium lactate pentahydrate using TGA/FTIR/MS: thermal kinetic and thermodynamics studies","authors":"S. Polat","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2021.2017359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2021.2017359","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to investigate the thermal degradation kinetics and thermodynamics of the calcium lactate pentahydrate (CLP) crystals by means of a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) at four different heating rates from 25°C to 1000°C in N2 atmosphere. First, the CLP crystals were precipitated at pH 6 and 25°C in a batch-type crystallizer and the obtained crystals were characterised by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The XRD result showed that the calcium l-lactate pentahydrate (L-CLP) was the only crystalline phase produced. Then, the activation energy and pre-exponential factor of thermal degradation were determined based on the Coats–Redfern, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS), and Starink models. The degradation reaction order was determined as 1.5 by Coats-Redfern model. The average activation energy of the CLP was 34.7, 33.0, and 33.3 kJ/mol for the FWO, KAS, and Starink models, respectively. Thermodynamic parameters as changes in enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy were calculated depending on the conversion degree. Finally, TGA in combination with FTIR and mass spectrometer (MS) was utilised to detect the evolved gases during the degradation of CLP. H2O and CO2 were identified as the main evolved products. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43078216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical, mechanical, and electrical properties of rice starch-based films plasticised by ionic liquid","authors":"Joydev Roy, S. Bhattacharya, P. Sahu, A. Das","doi":"10.1080/00194506.2021.2013737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2021.2013737","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A biodegradable film was developed using an ionic liquid as a plasticiser, and rice starch having medium amylose content. The physical, mechanical and electrical properties of the developed films were determined and analysed employing the principles of chemometrics. The water vapour transmission and elongation of the films increased with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMIMCl) concentration. The highest melting temperature was 133.4°C when the concentration of BMIMCl was 4% (w/w). The crystallinity and extent of modification were characterised by XRD and FTIR. The highest conduction of film was 0.29 S/m while the lowest resistance observed was 3.42 Ωm. The chemometric analysis of parameters of the film was carried out in terms of hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA). This study demonstrated the possibility of using rice starch with BMIMCl as the plasticiser to design an electroconductive film having the desired heating characteristics. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":13430,"journal":{"name":"Indian Chemical Engineer","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42941031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}