Yanan Liu , Congcong Shen , Jie Hu , Xuhui Zou , Yuke Qi , Zhigang Ge , Siqian Zhang , Hongmei Wang , Yangang Wang
{"title":"Amphiphilic CoP/CN heterojunction for photocatalytic microplastics degradation synergistic hydrogen generation","authors":"Yanan Liu , Congcong Shen , Jie Hu , Xuhui Zou , Yuke Qi , Zhigang Ge , Siqian Zhang , Hongmei Wang , Yangang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121336","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Microplastics, a novel kind of environmental pollutant, have attracted global attention due to detrimental effects on organisms and ecosystems. In this study, solvothermal method combined with phosphating treatment were used to prepare a series of amphiphilic CoP/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composites (CoP/CN), which facilitate the resource conversion of microplastics into high-value carbon-containing products through photocatalytic oxidation, while simultaneously producing clean energy by splitting water into hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>). The photocatalytic activity of CoP/CN in the reaction process of microplastics degradation synergistic hydrogen generation is influenced by the hydrophilicity and CoP content. It was found that treating g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> with ethanol can enhance the hydrophily of the resulting CoP/CN material. Notably, at a CoP content of 2 wt%, the CoP/CN (E) exhibited a smaller contact angle of 39.48° lower than those of other samples, achieving the highest H<sub>2</sub> evolution activity of 1.3 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> within 4 h. Besides, the microplastic (PET) can be successfully degraded and transformed into value-added products using amphiphilic CoP/CN material under irradiation. This investigation offers a promising photocatalytic strategy for the sustainable management of microplastics pollutant, highlighting the potential for resource recovery and clean energy generation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121336"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143258121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Le Sang , Tao Zhou , Wei-Yao Yang , Yong Cai , Hong-Da Zhang , Yu Lang
{"title":"CO2 absorption/desorption and mass transfer performance of MDEA-MEA blended solution in micropacked bed reactors","authors":"Le Sang , Tao Zhou , Wei-Yao Yang , Yong Cai , Hong-Da Zhang , Yu Lang","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121342","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121342","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Micropacked bed reactors (μPBRs) present excellent transport performance, but lack of related MEA/MDEA blended solution for CO<sub>2</sub> absorption/desorption that hinder the application of decarbonization. In this study, CO<sub>2</sub> absorption/desorption and mass transfer performance in MEA/MDEA blended solution have been investigated in μPBRs with ceramic beads. The effects of operating conditions including fluid superficial velocity, temperature, initial concentration and loading CO<sub>2</sub> of MEA/MDEA blended solution on the absorption/desorption efficiency, desorption rate, and mass transfer coefficient are discussed. The value of <em>k</em><sub>L</sub>a of μPBRs with MEA/MDEA blended solution is 0.45 ∼ 8.42 s<sup>−1</sup> for CO<sub>2</sub> absorption process, which is bigger than that of conventional reactors and μPBRs with single component amine. For desorption process, the value of desorption efficiency and rate is 19.6–52.1 % and 0.08–1.46 mmol/min, respectively. Compared to the microchannel reactors, MEA/MDEA blended solution shows high desorption efficiency and rate in μPBRs. Additionally, the empirical correlation of <em>k</em><sub>L</sub><em>a</em> is proposed for CO<sub>2</sub> absorption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121342"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengjie Hou , Lin Li , Meudjeu Tognia , Zilong He , Xinyu Dong , Yunhua Lu , Ruisong Xu , Tonghua Wang , Xigao Jian
{"title":"Sub-nanoconfined selective transport and competitive permeation behaviors in carbon molecular sieve membranes for gas separation","authors":"Mengjie Hou , Lin Li , Meudjeu Tognia , Zilong He , Xinyu Dong , Yunhua Lu , Ruisong Xu , Tonghua Wang , Xigao Jian","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121344","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121344","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon molecular sieve membranes (CMSMs) derived from finely-engineered polymeric precursor are promising for gas separations. However, the microstructure-determined gas transport characteristics and separation mechanism within CMSM systems remain unclear. Herein, we investigate the sub-nanoconfined selective transport and competitive permeation behaviors of precursor-regulated CMSMs for H<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> separation, using a combination of experimental analyses, modeling, and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. Results indicate that the faster permeation of small-sized H<sub>2</sub> molecule through CMSMs, compared to N<sub>2</sub> molecule, is attributable to its larger permeable pore volume and higher connectivity of the pore-channels within the bulk membrane. Despite the distinct difference in preferred adsorption locations within CMSMs with different microporous natures, the aggregation of adsorbed N<sub>2</sub> molecules will hinder the transport of H<sub>2</sub> molecules through the membranes, resulting in competitive permeation. The valuable insights into the gas transport behavior and mechanism presented here will benefit the development of next-generation CMSMs for efficient gas separations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121344"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fragmentation of wet agglomerates after normal impact with a flat surface: Experimental study and DEM simulation","authors":"Jialiang Cai, Jiliang Ma, Zuyang Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, Daoyin Liu, Cai Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121339","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The mechanisms that govern the deformation and fragmentation of wet agglomerates upon impact with a solid surface remain inadequately understood. This study aims to investigate the dynamics of wet agglomerates following a normal impact combining an experimental method and discrete element method (DEM) simulations that incorporate a liquid bridge model. Typical dynamical parameters, including damage ratio, capture ratio, dimensionless expansion radius, average expansion kinetic energy, and coordination number, are introduced to characterize the deformation and fragmentation processes of wet agglomerates. The findings reveal that wet agglomerates undergo deformation without disintegration at low impact velocities, while fragmentation occurs at higher velocities. The presence of liquid bridge forces between particles significantly enhances the ability of agglomerates to resist fragmentation. Furthermore, a regime map is established to categorize the behaviors of wet agglomerates upon normal impacts into four distinct categories: minor deformation, minor fragmentation, major fragmentation, and disintegration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121339"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Wang , Xin Wei , Weizhong Zheng , Hao Tang , Zhenhao Xi , Weizhen Sun , Ling Zhao
{"title":"Controlled depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate based on twin-screw extruder and repolymerization of the depolymerized products","authors":"Han Wang , Xin Wei , Weizhong Zheng , Hao Tang , Zhenhao Xi , Weizhen Sun , Ling Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121341","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The highly-efficient alcoholysis strategy of PET and the reuse of the depolymerization products are of great importance. This study develops continuous and efficient depolymerization strategy of PET without catalysts using a twin-screw extruder with BHET as the alcoholysis agent. The results show that PET can be rapidly depolymerized into oligomers (3000–6000 g/mol) in a few minutes with the molecular weight effectively controlled by adjusting BHET amounts. The screw speed and the amount of BHET added have a significant impact on the molecular weight of the oligomers. The alcoholysis reaction follows first-order reaction kinetics with a high activation energy (97 kJ/mol). The oligomers obtained from depolymerization are melt condensed to prepare regenerated PET (rPET) within 1 h, which has thermodynamic properties similar to commercial PET. The recycling strategy of “polymer-oligomer-polymer” saves reaction time, improves recycling efficiency, and provides a new idea for the treatment of waste plastics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121341"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baishan Liu , Ziling Wu , Jingwei Hu , Huimei Yu , Yongzheng Zhang , Yanli Wang , Liang Zhan
{"title":"Ultra-micropore confinement effect in physical activated carbon sphere enables low-temperature electrical double-layer capacitance","authors":"Baishan Liu , Ziling Wu , Jingwei Hu , Huimei Yu , Yongzheng Zhang , Yanli Wang , Liang Zhan","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121326","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Activated carbon with a high specific surface area used as electrical double-layer capacitor electrodes is commonly produced by chemical activation, while chemical activation processes are frequently associated with high pollution and costs. Herein, polystyrene-divinylbenzene-based activated carbon spheres (ACS) with large specific surface area were prepared through physical activation, in which the hierarchical porous structure provides a more favorable route for electrolyte ions penetration and transport. As a result, the supercapacitors utilizing ACS electrodes exhibit higher capacitance (108.5F/g at 1 A/g) and better rate performance. The assembled EDLCs not only stabilize for 30,000 cycles with capacity retention of 92.4% but also possess a superior rate performance even at 0°C. In situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance reveals that eliminating the ultra-micropore confinement effect can boost ions storage. This study not only shows an understanding of the charge storage mechanism of EDLCs but also provides a novel possibility for the practical application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121326"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inline mixing efficacy evaluation using an image-based convolutional neural network combined with numerical simulation and mixture sampling","authors":"Xiang Dai , Haichao Song , Liangfu Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121321","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121321","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An image-based Single-kernel Convolutional Neural Network (SK-CNN) was optimized to forecast the CFD-based inline mixing uniformity of chemical pesticides in direct injection systems (DIS), and its accuracy was validated through mixture sampling (MS) tests. Optimization results indicate that applying <em>Xavier</em> parameter initialization, <em>SGDM</em> training method, <em>ReLu-type</em> activation function, <em>learning-rate decay</em>, <em>Moving-average, L2-regularization</em> models, and the fully connected module of a single hidden layer with the theoretically optimal number of nodes for the SK-CNN establishment can make the verification accuracy higher, reaching 96.28%. With repeatedly captured images as test sets, the prediction results closely align those from CFD and MS, and the overall accuracies were 96.04% and 95.71% in comparison, respectively. Generalization tests presented that the model’s accuracy for typical mixers (roughly 94%) may drop slightly below the benchmark, highlighting not only its practicality, but also the necessity for further optimization by more abundant training sets and precise labels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121321"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingling Cao , Maarten Vanierschot , Huajian Wu , Lin Yi , Pei You , Zhou Wang , Qing Liu , Yannan Wang
{"title":"Flow characteristics in a heterogeneous bubbly flow associated with a top-submerged lance gas injection","authors":"Lingling Cao , Maarten Vanierschot , Huajian Wu , Lin Yi , Pei You , Zhou Wang , Qing Liu , Yannan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121315","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121315","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bearing very different flow features to the widely studied homogeneous bubbly flow, the flow formed by top-submerged lance (TSL) gas injection, <em>i.e</em>., TSL flow, possesses heterogeneous and anisotropic properties. Time-resolved particle imaging velocimetry (TR-PIV) experiments were performed to measure the flow data. The results show that a large vortical region are present in the near-wall, in the near-interface and in the bubbly regions. Besides, small vortical regions are dispersed in the shear dominated region. The probability density function (PDF) profiles of the velocity fluctuations indicate that the TSL flow is clearly anisotropic. The heterogeneous flow regimes result in a different turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) transfer behavior. A <em>f</em><sup>-5/3</sup> scaling and <em>f</em><sup>-3</sup> scaling of the energy spectrum were observed, and the two scalings can coexist in specific flow regimes. In addition, an inverse energy transfer phenomenon characterized by a negative turbulent production was noticed in the TSL flow.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"306 ","pages":"Article 121315"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Schlüter , Jonathan Zimmer , Christoph Held , Kerstin Wohlgemuth
{"title":"Enhancing sustainability in PET glycolysis by closed-loop recycling","authors":"Maria Schlüter , Jonathan Zimmer , Christoph Held , Kerstin Wohlgemuth","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Glycolysis is a mild process for the chemical recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), but still lacks efficiency due to high waste streams. The aim of this work therefore is to facilitate recycling of ethylene glycol (EG) reactant/solvent and homogeneously dissolved zinc acetate (ZnAc<sub>2</sub>) catalyst as well as dissolved product bis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET) in the water-free PET glycolysis process. Through a combined approach of re-dosing and washing we saved 48.6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->0.5% of EG and 50.0<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->5.2% of ZnAc<sub>2</sub>. By incorporating the collection of evaporated EG during BHET drying/re-polymerization, additional 35% of EG could further be saved in each of the five duplicate runs. While applying an optimized washing procedure in the recycling experiments, an equilibrium PET conversion was consistently reached after 150<!--> <!-->min of reaction time. Furthermore, the overall process yield was maintained at 80.6<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->1.8% in the recycling runs and the waste stream generation was reduced to a minimum. This study highlights the viability and environmental advantages of internal recycling, paving the way for a more sustainable and cost-effective PET glycolysis process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121337"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical process fault diagnosis based on bi-level dynamic IndRNN","authors":"Yuping Cao, Penghang Li, Xiaogang Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ces.2025.121335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diagnosis of easily confused faults can help reduce losses in chemical process production. Traditional independently recurrent neural network (IndRNN) based fault diagnosis method has a classifier, and cannot extract dynamic features. Therefore, a bi-level dynamic IndRNN based fault diagnosis method is proposed for chemical processes. In the first level classifier, a dynamic IndRNN is proposed to simultaneously extract trend and dynamic features. In dynamic IndRNN, IndRNN is used to extract trend features, and attention fully convolutional network based on squeeze-and-excitation and global temporal attention is adopted to extract dynamic features. Confusion ratio is utilized to determine the hardly diagnosed faults. The second level classifier is designed to finely identify hardly diagnosed faults. To enhance fault distinguishability, principal component analysis statistics are introduced to augment the measured vector, and robust standardization is adopted to improve model generalization ability. Simulations on the Tennessee Eastman process demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":271,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Engineering Science","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 121335"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}