Soheil Jalali, Mir Mohammad Seyedghayem, Fahimeh Hooriabad Saboor, Aishwarya Venkatramani, M. Asgari
{"title":"Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Focused on Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposite Membranes","authors":"Soheil Jalali, Mir Mohammad Seyedghayem, Fahimeh Hooriabad Saboor, Aishwarya Venkatramani, M. Asgari","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21632","url":null,"abstract":"The application of organic-inorganic nanocomposite membranes allows for a synergy between the desirable thermal and mechanical properties of inorganic materials with the reactivity, dielectric properties, durability, flexibility, and processability of the polymeric materials. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) suffer from some problems including water content management, carbon monoxide poisoning, hydrogen reformate, and fuel crossover through the membrane. Herein, specific solutions have been proposed to the above-mentioned problems using organ-inorganic nanocomposites. These solutions include doping proton conductive inorganic nano-particles in the proton exchange membrane, preparing nanocomposites via the sol-gel method, covalence bond of inorganic compounds with the polymer structure, and acid-based proton exchange nanocomposite membranes. Furthermore, hydrogen production with low carbon monoxide content using the ethanol steam reforming method, as well as the effect of CO in the hydrogen feed of PEMFC are explained and discussed. Finally, desirable conditions for achieving the maximum power density in exchange membrane cells (EMFCs) are discussed.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76889541","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":"Torrefaction: Process Parameters and Reactor Design","authors":"Milica Djurdjevic, Saša Papuga","doi":"10.3311/ppch.22081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.22081","url":null,"abstract":"Torrefaction is a thermochemical process, where biomass is obtained in temperature range from from 200 to 300 °C, in inert atmosphere with the aim to increase carbon content of biomass. In this paper, emphasis is on biomass feedstock types, different effects on torrefaction success, and torrefaction reactors.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85307794","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":"The Effect of Microwave Irradiation on the Synthesis of Graphene from Battery Waste on Capacitance Properties","authors":"E. Rahayu, B. Budiyono, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21377","url":null,"abstract":"Supercapacitor material is an alternative in energy storage. Supercapacitors are charge storage devices that have a high energy density, fast charge/discharge rates, long service life, wide operating temperature range, and are environmentally friendly. Graphene is a nanomaterial that can be used as a supercapacitor because it has high conductivity and a large surface area, but graphene can experience agglomeration so it can affect its capacitance properties. The microwave-assisted method can be used in the synthesis of graphene. Several microwave-based techniques are becoming more popular for producing graphene and altering it. Due to its quick, precise, uniform, and volumetric heating, microwave heating is a promising method for the thermochemical treatment and reduction of graphene oxide to graphene. This research aimed to examine the effect of microwave irradiation time on the capacitive properties of graphene synthesis as a supercapacitor. Graphene oxide (GO) can be reduced into graphene quickly and easily using microwave pulses lasting 15 to 30minutes to produce high-quality graphene fabrication. The characterization test was performed using UV-Vis, FTIR, SEM-EDX and cyclic voltammetry (CV). As a result, the optimum time is 25 minutes, and it showed an absorption peak at the 282 nm wavelength dan the CV analysis showed that the graphene has double capacitor properties with a specific capacitance of 140.7 F/g in 20 mV/s. Besides, the result of SEM indicated that graphene could be formed successfully. Its potential applications are also illustrated by emphasizing its usage as electrode material. Finally, its main challenges and prospects are considerably pointed out.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78450968","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":"Comparison of 624-type Capillary Columns","authors":"G. Nyerges, Judit Mátyási, J. Balla","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21611","url":null,"abstract":"In our research, seven 624-type capillary columns were investigated. All the columns were the same in length, internal diameter, and film thickness (30 m × 0.32 mm × 1.0 µm). However, they were produced by different manufacturers or the same manufacturer but in different batches. Even though the manufacturers recommend them as \"equivalent columns\" this equivalence did not prevail even in the case of columns produced by the same manufacturer. Our examination criteria centered on the quantitative determination ability of the columns. A homemade column test mixture was compiled to represent all the second-order interactions that can occur between the analyte and stationary phase. Although theoretically these columns have the same stationary phase quality, they did not result in the same chromatograms. In addition to the origin and batch of the column, the \"history of the column\" contributes likewise to the different peak symmetry, retention order, and even peak areas that affect the quantitative determination. We quantified this quantitative determination ability with the effective carbon number (ECN) and the Limit of Quantitation (LoQ) values. Based on our results the attainable LoQ and ECN values depend at least as much on the origin and actual state of the stationary phase as on the measurement conditions to be optimized. In our paper, we demonstrate the extent to which the same stationary phases offered by different companies and/or different backgrounds can influence our detection limit and detector response even if the relevant columns have theoretically the same chemical structure.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78801251","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":"Facile Preparation of Bimetallic MOF-derived Supported Tungstophosphoric Acid Composites for Biodiesel Production","authors":"Qiuyun Zhang, Linmin Luo, Jiaxin Jin, Yaping Wu, Yutao Zhang","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21975","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the novel TPA@C-NiZr-MOF catalyst is synthesized by the impregnation of tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) on the NiZr-based metal-organic framework (NiZr-MOF) followed by calcination up to 300 °C. The as-prepared catalyst materials were structurally, morphologically, and texturally characterized by XRD, FTIR, temperature programmed desorption of NH3 ( TPD-NH3 ), N2 physisorption, SEM, TEM, and XPS. The prepared catalyst can be used as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production from oleic acid (OA) with methanol. The results indicated that, in comparison to TPA@NiZr-MOF, the TPA@C-NiZr-MOF catalyst calcined at 300 °C exhibits excellent catalytic performance probably owing to the synergistic effect between TPA and metal oxide skeletons, high acidity, as well as larger surface area and pore size. Additionally, the TPA@C-NiZr-MOF catalyst can be reused in up to six cycles with an acceptable conversion. This study showed that the bimetallic MOF-derived composite materials can be used as an alternative potential heterogeneous catalyst toward biorefinery applications.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75977941","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}
D. Ivanov, Mariya Ekaterincheva, A. Kalashnikov, Ksenya Baca, Anton S. Mazur
{"title":"Usage of the New Modifier-curing Agent in Plywood Technology: The Influence to Urea-formaldehyde Resin Curing and Formaldehyde Emission","authors":"D. Ivanov, Mariya Ekaterincheva, A. Kalashnikov, Ksenya Baca, Anton S. Mazur","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21369","url":null,"abstract":"One of the urgent scientific and technical objectives in the technologies of plywood and wood boards is the search for ways to reduce of hot pressing time without increasing the formaldehyde emission from finished products. To solve this problem was developed the new modifier-curing agent MC-4SF, is mainly a product of interaction of citric acid with urea and ammonia. Compared to traditional ammonium salts, the modifier-curing agent combines the properties of both direct and latent catalysts. Determination of the composition of residual methylol groups in the aqueous extracts obtained by treating the resin cured at 100 °C showed that the modifier-curing agent provides relatively high hydrolytic stability of the UF-polymer during extraction. Spectra of solid-state 13C NMR showed that in resins cured with MC-4SF increased the compound of methylene bridges compared to resins cured with standard catalysts. It is possible that the amino groups of urea (or its derivatives) included in the modifier-curing agent, react with the methylol groups of UF oligomers, fitting urea into the structure of the resulting polymer. Thus explains the increased hydrolytic stability and reduced toxicity of the cured resin. Manufacturing tests of nine-layer plywood made with a modifier-curing agent showed that replacing ammonium sulfate with MC-4SF allows a significant reduction in pressing time at 110 °C without loss of quality of the finished product. With the same pressing time, it was possible to increase the line shear strength by 14% and to reduce formaldehyde emission by 45%.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72842891","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}
Amit Singh, V. Anand, Attila Bai, Zoltán Gabnai, Sanjeev Kumar Prajapati
{"title":"Waste Algae for Bioenergy Generation to Mitigate Eutrophication and Greenhouse Emissions in Water Bodies","authors":"Amit Singh, V. Anand, Attila Bai, Zoltán Gabnai, Sanjeev Kumar Prajapati","doi":"10.3311/ppch.22005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.22005","url":null,"abstract":"Eutrophication has a significant negative impact on the ecosystem since it depletes the planet's biological resources and is further responsible for climate change. It is caused by both endogenous and exogenous nutrient enrichment. This phenomenon degrades the water quality and simultaneously increases the greenhouse gases emission from waterbodies resulting in climate change Inland waterbodies contain enormous amounts of nutrients such as phosphorous, nitrogen, and carbon. Thus, it becomes essential to restore these nutrients using proper sustainable approaches. Algae-based technologies have received a lot of attention these days because of environmentally friendly and inexpensive treatment. About 70% of the nutrient load from wastewater can be removed using such technology. The recovered algal biomass after wastewater treatment contains various biomolecules which can be used for the producing of value-added products such as bioenergy in the form of biomethane and biodiesel, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals along with the synthesis of nanoparticles. Therefore, the primary goal of this review is to inform readers about the possibilities of a low-cost integrated biorefinery based on microalgae for resource recovery and to mitigate eutrophication and greenhouse gas emission from water bodies.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75210039","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}
Sabariah Rozali, Nurul Hannan Mohd Safari, Abdul Rahman Hassan, Roslan Umar
{"title":"Elucidation on Performance and Structural Properties of Skinned Asymmetric Nanofiltration Membrane Based on Theoretical Models","authors":"Sabariah Rozali, Nurul Hannan Mohd Safari, Abdul Rahman Hassan, Roslan Umar","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21889","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the performance and structural properties of enhanced skinned asymmetric nanofiltration (NF) membranes were experimentally and theoretically analyzed. Based on Donnan and steric-hindrance transport mechanism, the relationship of performances and key properties of the fabricated nanofiltration membranes were examined. At the optimum concentration of polymer, the skinned nanofiltration membranes achieved high salt rejection up to 85% and high solutes separation efficacy. Moreover, morphological and modeling analysis discovered that, the optimum membranes produced good pore size and fine key properties with 1.20 nm of pore radius, 4.96 µm of ratio of thickness to porosity (∆x/Ak) and −1.56 of surface charge, ζ as well as uniform pore size distributions. The findings from this study proved that the strategic utilization and manipulation of good membranes material is a simple and good attempt to upgrade the membranes capability and usability which lead towards the application in various membrane separation processes.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83239528","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}
Benjámin Csorba, L. Farkas, Andrea Mihalkó, R. Z. Boros, I. Gresits
{"title":"Photometric Determination of Trace Amounts of Aluminum in Nearly Saturated Rock Salt Solutions Used by Chlor-alkali Industry","authors":"Benjámin Csorba, L. Farkas, Andrea Mihalkó, R. Z. Boros, I. Gresits","doi":"10.3311/ppch.22051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.22051","url":null,"abstract":"The previously widespread mercury cell technology in chlorine production has now been replaced by more environmentally friendly membrane cell electrolysis which is a Best Available Techniques (BAT) technology. However, this requires a much cleaner brine containing contaminants (Al, Ca, Mg, etc.) in the order of ng/g at most. For this reason, it’s very important to detect trace amounts of aluminum in concentrated saline media in the simplest and fastest way. To the best of our knowledge, no one has previously developed a spectrophotometric method capable of detecting aluminum in ionic forms selectively in the order of ng/g in concentrated saline media, without any preconcentration or separation step. Our advanced analytical method provides an opportunity for this. During the analytical procedure, a colored complex ion is formed from the dissolved aluminum content of the sample with eriochrome cyanine R (ECR) ligand in buffered pH medium. The sensitivity of the measurement is increased by adding quaternary ammonium salt. The colored complex ion is formed in 15 minutes, then the absorbance measurement can be performed for 90 minutes. The effect of rock salt interference was eliminated by proper calibration. In our work the dependence of the signal on temperature, pH, time elapsed after the addition of reactants, the dosing sequence, the salinity of the medium was examined, furthermore, we studied which wavelength-absorbance values give the best fit (highest R2 value) and the highest sensitivity in case of linear calibration. Surprisingly, increasing the salinity significantly improves the sensitivity of the measurement.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84736417","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}
Elvita Rusdi, S. Nasir, D. Bahrin, M. Dahlan, M. Iqbal, M. Yusuf, E. Ibrahim, Nukman Nukman
{"title":"Total Dissolved Solids, Phenol, and Barium Removals from Oilfield Produced Water Using Kapok Fibers and Ultrafiltration Membrane","authors":"Elvita Rusdi, S. Nasir, D. Bahrin, M. Dahlan, M. Iqbal, M. Yusuf, E. Ibrahim, Nukman Nukman","doi":"10.3311/ppch.21802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3311/ppch.21802","url":null,"abstract":"Oilfield-produced water treatment using raw Kapok fiber (RKF) and a modified surface of Kapok fiber followed by an ultrafiltration membrane was conducted to reduce total dissolved solids (TDS), phenol, and barium. Variables considered in the experiment were contact times (30, 60, 90 min.), the flow rate of samples (5, 6, and 7 L/min), and trans-membrane pressure of ultrafiltration membrane (0.25, 0.35, and 0.50 bar). Raw Kapok fiber and modified surface Kapok fiber were used to investigate the effect of Kapok fiber on total dissolved solids, phenol, and barium removals from produced water. The results showed that raw KF decreased the TDS, phenol, and barium by 51.81%, 62.63%, and 54.20%, respectively. Treatment of raw Kapok fiber column filtrate using ultrafiltration membranes (UF) showed the removal of TDS, barium, and phenol achieved 73.15%, 42.44%, and 79.45%, respectively, at a flow rate of 5 L/min, TMP of 0.25 bar, and contact time of 90 min. Modifying the Kapok fiber surface using sodium hydroxide solution (5 wt%) and hot water (98.5 °C) reduced the TDS, phenol, and barium to 57.32%, 65.83%, and 79.08%, respectively. Further, at the same operating condition, the modified surface of Kapok fiber followed by UF decreased 94.31% TDS, 84.20% phenol, and 56.23% barium, respectively. The results show that modification of the Kapok fiber surface followed by UF can be used to remove the TDS, phenol, and barium from produced water.","PeriodicalId":19922,"journal":{"name":"Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76021509","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}