{"title":"Evaluation of Biochemical Behavior and Stability of Gold Nanoparticles with High Intrinsic Peroxidase-Like Activity","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.04.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.04.02","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the biochemical behavior and stability of gold nanoparticles with intrinsic peroxidase-like activity were evaluated as potential native enzyme alternatives. The gold nanoparticles were synthesized at physiological temperature using bovine serum albumin as the stabilizer and then characterized by the TEM imaging method. Afterward, their peroxidase-like activity was checked upon irreversible oxidation of 3,3’-diaminobenzidine to produce a brown-colored indamine polymer, and the specific enzyme-like activity of the as-prepared nanoparticles was also calculated. The results showed a specific activity as high as 0.4212 UI µM-1 for the as-prepared gold nanoparticles. Thereafter, their stability and biochemical performances were evaluated considering their enzyme-like activity as a reliable index. The as-prepared nanoparticles showed their maximal activity at pH=5.0 and 20.0±1.0 ℃ according to the results of pH and thermal stability studies, in order. Besides, the nanoparticles saved above 80.0% of their maximal activity over pH=3.0-4.0. As a significant advantage compared to the natural enzymes, the as-synthesized gold nanoparticles revealed a pHindependent enzyme-like activity over a wide pH range of pH=7.0-10.0 along with a temperature-independent activity over t=23-28℃. The salt stability studies showed that their activity was not affected by variations in the ionic strength of the reaction media. The kinetics results showed a Vmax of 83.3 µM min-1 and a Km as very low as 0.005 M for the gold nanoparticles. Considering the above results, the as-prepared gold nanoparticles can be considered high stable nanozymes with high intrinsic peroxidase-like activity and excellent catalytic efficiency.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134215609","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":"Successful Practical Case Studies Solved at our P&U, NRL","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.08","url":null,"abstract":"In our day-to-day plant operations, we come across various problems, issues & mysterious cases which compel us to brainstorm ourselves to come out with befitting solutions and solve them and once again make our plants smooth and trouble free. In line with that, our P&U, NRL we have encountered numerous such problems, difficulties, issues, etc., leading to disturbances in the smooth operations of the plants, reducing the reliability and flexibility of the operations, loss in energy and money, …… reduction in the overall productivity & efficiency of the running plants. This paper highlights those such very important and successful case studies carried at our P&U, NRL which have enriched our practical work experiences, boosted our confidence and helped to conserve and recover the lost energies and last but not the least increased the safety aspects of the operations and manpower involved. Also in the process, we have been able to develop a few best practices during those successful case studies.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114965856","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":"Enhancing the Glacial Lake Inventory in Bhutan through Semi-Automatic Techniques using Google Earth Engine and QGIS for the Phochhu Basin","authors":"Chimi Selden, Rinchen Norbu","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.04.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.04.01","url":null,"abstract":"Bhutan located in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region consists of several glaciers and glacial lakes at higher elevations. With the rapid change in global temperature, glaciers are found to melt at an accelerated rate. This rapid melt of glaciers gets accumulated in weak moraine walls forming a glacial lake, posing a major threat to the downstream communities. As per the Bhutan Glacial Lake Inventory 2021, Bhutan has 567 glacial lakes. Furthermore, the Phochhu basin has the maximum glacial lakes (0.05%) and of which 9 are PDGL. Hence a need for a time monitoring system is imminent. With the availability of free High-resolution Satellite Imageries and Advanced Remote Sensing tools, it has been a sine qua no for monitoring glacial lakes in high areas. Therefore, using the Google Earth Engine and Qgis Platform a semi-automated technique was used to generate glacial lake inventories for Phochhu Sub-basin for the year 2021. We found out that there are 166 glacial lakes covering an area of 24.051 km2.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127881546","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":"Mass and Energy Balance Model Process to Maximize Efficiency and Productivity in Biofuel Production From Almond Fruit.","authors":"I. O. Adewumi, I. O. Adewumi1, V. O. Feyiji2","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.07","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a mass and energy balance model to boost effectiveness and efficiency in biofuel creation from almond organic product. Material balance models were used to evaluate the material inputs and outputs in order to make the production process more sustainable and efficient. The mass equilibrium is a fundamental piece of the interaction for making biofuel from almond organic product, and following the mass of every part is important to guarantee that the cycle is successful and effective. Additionally, the energy balance model was developed to determine opportunities for energy savings and calculate the process's energy requirements. All of the test samples had a negative mass balance, which indicates that some mass was lost during the process. The energy balance showed that the production process uses a lot of energy and that changing the parameters of the process could save a lot of energy. In general, this study offers a comprehensive strategy for ensuring sustainability while simultaneously maximizing the efficiency and productivity of biofuel production from almond fruit.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121754479","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":"Adoption of Pareto Charts in the Analysis of Input Variables Interaction and Selection of Input-Output Pairings in a Refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.06","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a study of the effects of input variables (main factors) and their couplings on key process variables(responses) in a refinery fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)unit using pareto analysis. Five responses namely, Riser temperature(Trx),Regenerator temperature(Trg) ,flue gas oxygen concentration, (Od ),Gasoline yield(y2 ), Light gases yield(y3 )) and four main factors, namely gasoil feed rate(Fgr), regenerated catalyst flow rate(Frc),combustion air flow rate(Fa ), combustion air temperature(Ta )and were studied in a regular two-layer experimental design that generated 32 numerical experiments. A combination of Design Expert software and an in-mouse FCC unit simulator was used to conduct the numerical experiments from which pareto plots were generated as a tool for response-factor analysis. Results from this study show that Frc and Fgr are the only significant main factors with respect to riser temperature response. While the significance is of the order Frc> Fgr, Frc produced negative effect while Fgr produced positive effect on riser temperature while the interaction factor (Fgr+Frc) is the only cross-coupling .Cross -coupling of variables is more significant in the regenerator as two interaction factors (Fgr+Frc) and (Frc+Fa ) featured prominently and produced significant effects on regenerator temperature and flue gas oxygen concentration, respectively. The ranking of the effects on regenerator temperature is Frc>Fa > Fgr while that on flue gas oxygen concentration is Frc>Fgr>Fa . Results further show that while Frc, Fgr and Fa produced positive effects on regenerator temperature, only Fa produced negative effects in flue gas oxygen concentration. Moreover, the four main factors in this study and their couplings did not dhow direct effects on gasoline yield and light gases yield respectively. The results are in tandem with FCC unit behaviour and thus assert the merit in the adopted tool.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127160097","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":"Sustainable System for CO2 Capturing with Multiple Products","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.05","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, we are facing several serious issues, including diseases, climate change, economics, and wars. Among them, which needs to be resolved imminently to protect the future generations. Recently, we developed an innovative CO2 fixation and storage method based on the use of chemical compounds such as NaOH and CaCl2, to prevent the climate crisis. Herein, the electrolysis of a NaCl solution or seawater was performed to make the resultant NaOH react with CO2. Amines that react with CO2 were also examined. Moreover, seawater was used to produce CaCO3 rather than the CaCl2 solution. Although amines are currently used to capture CO2 from exhaust gases, the thermal treatment of the amine–CO2 complex solution is necessary to release CO2. Thermal treatment requires energy that eventually produces CO2 and induces the degradation of organic amines. However, the CO2 captured in the amine or NaOH solution was released easily by acidifying the CO2-containing solutions. Moreover, HCl could release CO2 from hydro carbonates, Ca(OH)2, Mg(OH)2, and mMgCO3·Mg(OH)2·nH2O, as well as from mineral carbonates, CaCO3 and MgCO3. This simple method of releasing the captured CO2 from the amine–CO2 complexes, hydro carbonates, and mineral carbonates is crucial to obtain pure CO2 for additional usage as an original material.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128517398","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":"Plasmon-Induced Flexibility and Refractive Index Measurement in a Sensor Designed By A Cavity, Two Rings, Two Teeth and Two Plasmonic Waveguides","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.04","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, we design a plasmonic refractive index sensor and examine it numerically, using transparency, refractive index, sensitivity, FOM fit shape and Q quality factor, to optimize and improve performance quality. We will be. To design the structure of this sensor, we use two plasmonic waveguides, a cavity, two rings and two teeth. The resonant wavelengths and refractive index of the resonators are investigated and simulated by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, and we draw the obtained diagrams using MATLAB software. After completing the sensor design, due to the fact that the amplifiers are very sensitive to changes in the refractive index, so by changing the refractive index and changing the dimensions of the structure, we can weaken or strengthen the passage coefficient in the resonant modes. These plasmonic sensors with a simple frame and high optical resolution can be used to measure refractive index in the medical, chemical and food industries.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127223439","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":"Culture Issues and Concerns in Organizational Development, With a Case Study of Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria Employees","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.02","url":null,"abstract":"Culture is characterized as the language, convictions, values, standards, practices, and even material items went starting with one age then onto the next. There is material culture which involves adornments, craftsmanship, building, machines, apparel, haircuts and so forth while nonmaterial culture is a gathering's perspective (convictions, qualities and suppositions) and regular examples of conduct (language, signals, and different types of communication).The study focus on culture issues and concerns in organizational development, with a case study of Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria employees. The three staff unions were examined using questionnaire approach with has two major parts. Part I deals with the attributes of the respondents. While Part II was embraced from the \"Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI)\" created by Cameron and Quinn in 1999. The OCAI depends on a hypothetical model titled the \"Contending Values Framework\". The study revealed that the management has to deal with cultural differences when managing staff and students. These study has clearly shows that, it is unavoidable to make mistake in dealing with culture and feel muddled andconfuses. The real issue is how quickly we are prepared to learn from mistakes”.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127370402","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":"Decomposition of Fungus Chytrid","authors":"S. Ubani","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.03","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to look into the negative effects of the fungus chytrid as a microorganism. The research question was whether these organisms could be separated from eukaryotic life such as plants. The method involved using terbinafine as a treatment for fungal infections. The process consisted of adding antifungal granules to the source of the infestation. The result showed a terbinae with a volume of 10g and a concentration of 1% w/w that effectively separated the fungi from the plant. It concluded the active content of terbinafine was the hydrochloride addition of hydrogen to a chytrid fungus","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127818704","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":"Effect of Jeffrey Fluid Flow and First Order Chemical Reaction on Magneto Convection of Immiscible Fluids in a Perpendicular Passage","authors":"A. Sharan, S. Kalyan, J. ChamkhaAli","doi":"10.33140/pcii.06.03.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/pcii.06.03.01","url":null,"abstract":"In this article describes the effects of transfer heat and mass on free convective flow of developed fully electrically conducting with electrically Non-conducting immiscible fluids towards a perpendicular parallel passage. The resulting nonlinear governing coupled equations describes the fluid behaviour for velocity and temperature distributions are analysed and by applying method regular perturbation the differential equations are analytically solved with appropriate boundary and interface conditions for each fluid. Furthermore, the jump conditions for velocity and temperature are implemented on the left and right walls in the magnetic field existence in a perpendicular passage. The solutions are revealed through graphs for major parameters like thermal Grashof number, mass Grashof number, ratio of viscosity, width and conductivity, pressure gradient, Jeffrey parameter and chemical reaction parameter.","PeriodicalId":355186,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum and Chemical Industry International","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123717686","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}