Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering最新文献

{"title":"Research on Turbulent Drag Reduction of Surfactant-Polymer Mixed Solution Using Flow Visualization Technique","authors":"L. Zheng, Entian Li, Yang Liu, Liutong Fan, Shushi Zhao","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666220509125624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666220509125624","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Objective: To explore the drag reduction effect of surfactant-polymer composite system in turbulent flow. Methods: the turbulent drag reduction experiment of the one-component solution and the composite solution was carried out in a rectangular pipeline platform, respectively. Moreover, the particle image velocimetry (PIV) was utilized to measure the turbulent flow field of the drag-reducing flow. Results: Experimental results show that the composite drag reduction system has a drag reduction gain effect in comparison with the one-component surfactant or polymer solution. Especially in the destroyed drag reduction zone, the composite drag reduction system has the strong shear resistance. When polyacrylamide (PAM) is added, the Reynolds drag reduction range of cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CTAC) solution is broadened and the drag reduction gain efficiency reaches 46%, which will provide favorable conditions for oil transportation and other industries. Conclusion: Compared with one-component CTAC solution, the mean velocity distribution of composite solution moves up in the logarithmic-law layer, the velocity fluctuation peaks of the streamwise direction shift away from inner wall of pipe, and the inhibition degree of the normal velocity fluctuation increases with the augment of PAM concentration. In contrast with water, the Reynolds shear stress of one-component CTAC solution and composite solution are reduced significantly, and the vortex structures in the region near the wall are suppressed dramatically with the decrease of vorticity intensity.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47033698","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":"Meet the Editorial Board Member","authors":"Seyyed Hossein Hosseini","doi":"10.2174/240552041502220909113744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/240552041502220909113744","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:sec>\u0000<jats:title />\u0000<jats:p />\u0000</jats:sec>","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46332229","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":"Degradation Degradation of Oxirane Ring for Epoxidation of Palm Oleic Acid via In Situ Performic Acid","authors":"M. Jalil","doi":"10.2174/0929866529666220217143925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0929866529666220217143925","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The world consumption of raw materials has shifted from the use non-renewable materials to renewable materials.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this study, the epoxidation of palm oleic acid was carried out by in situ performic acid to produce epoxidized palm oleic acid. Since epoxide ring is highly reactive, the degradation of the oxirane was examined by using hydrogen peroxide, formic acid, and water.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Lastly, a mathematical model was developed by using the numerical integration of the 4th order Runge-Kutta method and the results showed that there is a good agreement between the simulation and experimental data, which validates the kinetic model. As a result, the degradation is highly effective in acidic conditions such as hydrogen peroxide and formic acid, which leads to the formation of side products such as diol and α-glycol. The kinetic rate (k) parameters obtained by using ode45 function in MATLAB software is k11= 6.6442, k12= 7.0185, k2= 0.1026, for epoxidation of palm oleic acid, and k3 = 0.0347, k4= 0.0154, k5= 0.142, in degradation process.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The minimum error of the simulation is 0.17311.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48846838","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":"Production of Urea/Acetylated-ligninsulfonate Matrix as SRFs and Investigation the Effect of Hydrodynamic Conditions on the Release Rate Using Biot Number","authors":"S. Moradi, Keivan Shayesteh, Qasemi Mohammad","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666220112094124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666220112094124","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000This study aimed to investigate the effect of the hydrodynamic condition on the release rate of urea/acetylated lignin sulfonate (Ac-LS) matrix as slow-release fertilizers (SRFs). Therefore, two models were developed using the mass transfer balance for the finite/infinite volume of fluids, solving finite integral transform/separation of a variable. In these models, the Biot number that verified the hydrodynamic condition appeared.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In the experimental section, the urea/Ac-LS matrix fertilizer was produced. The morphological, thermal, chemical, and mechanical properties of the LS, Ac-LS, urea, and urea/Ac-LS matrix were analyzed using Fe-SEM, TGA, XRD, and SANTAM. Finally, the nitrogen release of the matrix fertilizer was investigated at 25°C for different impeller speeds.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The results showed that the thermal and mechanical resistance of urea/Ac-LS, with strong interaction, increased rather than pure urea or Ac-LS. The models were also validated using experimental data. The results further showed that in both states, the external resistance of the mass transfer decreased with increasing impeller speed, and the nitrogen release rate increased with increasing Biot number.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000It was also observed that, in a given hydrodynamic condition, initially, the release rate in the finite environment was less than the infinite; however, after a while, the type of environment did not affect the release rate\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48452375","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":"Application of Metal-organic Framework Materials (MOFs) in the photocatalytic CO2 Reduction：A mini review","authors":"Yuanyuan Liu, G. Jing, Huibo Zhang, Yang Liu, Yihai Yang, Jianqi Xu","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666211229095340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229095340","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000In recent years, the effective use of CO2 has become one of the research hotspots worldwide to solve environmental pollution and energy shortage, whose excessive emission led to increasingly serious global environmental problems. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with extraordinary specific surface areas, tunable surface chemistry, fast electron migration rate, large CO2 adsorption capacity, etc． are a new class of functional materials composed of metal ions/clusters and organic ligands, which have broad application potential in CO2 photocatalytic reduction. This paper systematically generalized the composition of the structure, discussed the methods of synthetics and expounded the photocatalytic properties and photocatalytic mechanism of MOFs. In addition, the application and research progress of MOFs functional materials in recent research are reviewed. The article also summarized challenges and prospects for the large-scale photocatalytic applications of MOFs catalysts. It guides the preparation of novel modified MOFs photocatalysts for high-efficiency applications in the field of CO2 reduction and photocatalytic degradation of dyes.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48666081","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":"Application of Epoxy Resin for Improvement of the Banana Stem-Acoustic Panel","authors":"M. Riduan, M. Jalil, I. S. Azmi, A. Habulat, D. N. A. Raofuddin, H. H. Habri, M. Azmi","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666211229125344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229125344","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Greener epoxidation by using vegetable oil to create an eco-friendly epoxide is being studied because it is a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly commodity that is safer than non-renewable materials. The aim of this research is to come up with low-cost solutions for banana trunk acoustic panels with kinetic modelling of epoxy-based palm oil.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this study, the epoxidation of palm oleic acid was carried out by in situ performic acid to produce epoxidized palm oleic acid.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Banana trunk acoustic panel was successfully innovated based on the performance when the epoxy was applied. Lastly, a mathematical model was developed by using the numerical integration of the 4th order Runge-Kutta method, and the results showed that there is a good agreement between the simulation and experimental data, which validates the kinetic model.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Overall, the peracid mechanism was effective in producing a high yield of epoxy from palm oleic acid that is useful for the improvement of acoustic panels based on the banana trunk.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43236004","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":"New Efficient Configurations for Sour Wastewater Treatment-","authors":"M. Gadalla, A. Ghallab, A. Mansour, F. Ashour, Hany A. Elazab","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666211229123400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229123400","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Due to the technological development, the environmental legislations on pollutant concentrations in aqueous effluents tend to tighten and increase. As a result, sour water must be handled and processed properly to provide a high quality of stripped water with insignificant traces of NH3 and H2S in it. This must be achieved within the minimum operating costs. This research investigates the stripping configurations of sour water effluents from various industries. The research also offers an insight on different scenarios and configurations to accomplish set targets satisfying the environmental law criteria.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This research introduces a range of heat integration schemes for better energy savings, further vapor recompression VRC technique is opted for its ability to maximize energy savings. This research analyses the effect of operating and design variables on the stripped water quality such as feed temperature, feed location, reflux split, and steam flow rate. The option of adding new equipment is also addressed to maximize heat integration and enhance the efficiency of the process. Thus, several schemes and process configurations are explored to treat industrial sour water waste streams seeking better efficiency. These configurations differ from one another in heat integration layout and whether VRC is utilized or not. Energy efficiency and economics of the proposed configurations are considered as decisive factors in this research study. The case study adopted are based on published data taken from some iron and steel factories in South Korea named POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Corporation).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Results of the treated wastewater streams guarantee that the effluent sour water obeys standard environmental regulations, i.e., NH3 contents range from 30 to 80 ppm and H2S concentration falls below 0.1 ppm. The obtained results of the seven different scenarios are compared to the original case study. It is found that scenario 7 is the most economical solution saving 51.54 % in total annual cost when compared to the original case study, while satisfying the treated water environmental regulations with a concentration of 3.19 ppm NH3 and 0.05 ppm H2S. \u0000Scenario 7 creates its own steam unlike the original case study where steam utility is needed extensively. However, scenario 7 consumes 15 % more electricity than the original case study but still shows 56.34 % less utility cost in overall.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The optimum process configuration can be employed for other sour water purification systems such as those from petroleum refiners. An ongoing research work is focusing on the use of internal heat integration for more energy savings and economics improvement.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48113339","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":"Diffusion and surface reaction in porous cubical catalyst: A mathematical approach","authors":"Sourav Ghosh, D. Pal","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666211229122346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229122346","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Catalysts are the most vital part of any chemical industry. Catalyst is a substance that affects the rate of reaction, but the catalyst itself does not take part in the reaction. Catalysts offer different pathways of reaction by diffusing the reactant inside it to provide a large surface area within a small volume, thus, lowering the activation energy of molecules for reaction. Most of the catalytic reactions take place in liquid-solid or gas-solid interface where catalysts are mostly porous in nature. Spherical and cubic-shaped catalyst particles are commonly used in different industries.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In the first phase of the present study, the physics behind the diffusion inside the catalyst pellet has been discussed. In the second part, governing differential equations have been established at a steady-state condition. For solving the differential equation, the equation is made dimensionless. Physical boundary conditions were used to solve the diffusion equation. The assumption of writing the differential equation of the reaction is elementary. Then the Thiele modulus is derived in terms of the reaction and geometrical parameter (Length)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In the third part, the differential equation is solved for first-order reaction with some constant values of the Thiele modulus and three-dimensional plots are obtained using numerical analysis. After that, the obtained Thiele modulus and effectiveness factor plot are compared to draw the conclusion of reaction rate limited and internal diffusion limited.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49599534","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":"Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Transformations and their Effects on Water Treatment Process: A Contemporary Review","authors":"Manoj Kumar Karnena, Madhavi Konni, Bhavya Kavitha Dwarapureddi, V. Saritha","doi":"10.2174/2405520415666211229101553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520415666211229101553","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000One of the several significant concerns related to water treatment plants is the transformation of natural organic matter (NOM) concerning quality and quantity due to the changing climatic conditions. The NOM consists of heterogeneous functionalized groups. Phenolic and carboxyl groups are the dominant groups that are pH-dependent and show a stronger affinity towards the metals. Properties of natural organic matter and trace elements govern the binding kinetics, influencing cations' binding to functionalized groups at lower pH. The water treatment process mechanisms like adsorption, coagulation, membrane filtration, and ion exchange efficiencies are sturdily influenced by the presence of NOM with cations and by the natural organic matter alone. The complexation among the natural organic matter and coagulants enhances the removal of NOM from the coagulation processes. The current review illustrates detailed interactions between natural organic matter and the potential impacts of cations on NOM in the water and wastewater treatment facilities.\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44034785","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":"Energy and Exergy Analyses of Fresh Water and Air Conditioning Production","authors":"Tangellapalli Srinivas","doi":"10.2174/2405520414666211029113951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2405520414666211029113951","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000 For a combined generation of fresh water and air conditioning, the humidification-dehumidification and vapor compression refrigeration (HDH-VCR) cycle is the best option as it works at ambient pressure without handling any chemicals.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The HDH cycle works on the principle of an artificially created water cycle. Air can be humidified either with heating and humidification or with the cooling and humidification process. The heating and humidification are well analyzed and the results are reported in the open literature. This work is focused on cooling and humidification for freshwater generation and air conditioning. In the current thermodynamic simulation, the identified key process conditions are evaporator temperature and ambient air conditions (temperature and relative humidity. \u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000 The focused results are specific desalination, specific cooling, energy performance ratio (EPR), and exergy efficiency. \u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The resulted EPR for cycle and plant are 1.34 and 0.62 respectively at the evaporator temperature of -2 °C.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":38021,"journal":{"name":"Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45132826","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}