{"title":"One-Step Hydrothermal Carbonization of Ceratophyllum demersum under Acidic Conditions for Preparation of High-Performance Adsorbents","authors":"Jiawei Wang, Wenqi Zhang, Xinying Yu","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02986","url":null,"abstract":"Large amounts of biomass waste were harvested from constructed wetlands and had to be treated and disposed of. In this study, a one-step hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process was utilized to dispose of such biomass waste and prepare high-performance adsorption adsorbents with the assistance of sulfuric acid. The experimental parameters were optimized through response surface methodology (RSM) to achieve excellent adsorption performance for methylene blue and mass yield. Based on the RSM results, an HTC product (HTC70–2) obtained under the optimal conditions of 70 wt % sulfuric acid concentration and 2 h of reaction time had shown maximum adsorption capacity (<i>Q</i><sub>max</sub> = 384.08 mg/g) and a higher mass yield (42.90 ± 3.29%). The optimized products were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis. The results showed that HTC70–2 had rough surfaces formed by nanoparticles, developed pore structures, and abundant functional groups. Moreover, the adsorption capacity of the sample decreased by only 12.8% after five adsorption–desorption cycle experiments, showing an outstanding renewable performance. FTIR, XPS, and zeta potential analysis were used to investigate the adsorption mechanisms, revealing that electrostatic attraction and surface complexation played a main role in the adsorption process.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is MOF a Suitable Starting Material for Industrial Lithium Extraction?","authors":"Shayan Abrishami, Maryam Gonbadi, Amir Razmjou","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03740","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing demand for lithium in energy storage applications, particularly in electric vehicles and portable electronics, has necessitated the development of more efficient and environmentally friendly lithium extraction methods. This work explores the potential of metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes as a promising technology for lithium extraction from brine sources. The structure, fabrication methods, and performance of MOF materials in terms of selectivity and flux for lithium-ion separation are analyzed. A comparative assessment of these membrane types is presented, highlighting their respective strengths and limitations. In addition, a comparison of MOFs as adsorbents is provided along with an evaluation of selectivity in MOF membranes compared to that of sorbents. The paper also addresses the challenges and opportunities for industrial applications of MOF membranes in lithium extraction, providing insights into future research directions and the potential for large-scale implementation.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liqian Zhu, Liang Zhu, Jijiang Hu, Zhen Yao, Zhiyang Bu, Suyun Jie, Bo-Geng Li
{"title":"Controllable Preparation of High-Performance Amine-Terminated Polybutadiene-Based Polyurea: Structure and Properties","authors":"Liqian Zhu, Liang Zhu, Jijiang Hu, Zhen Yao, Zhiyang Bu, Suyun Jie, Bo-Geng Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03629","url":null,"abstract":"Polyurea elastomers with excellent mechanical properties are widely used in a variety of applications due to the unique microphase separation structure and high flexibility in formulations. A key point in the development of polyurea elastomers is to explore the structure–property relationship. However, few studies have focused on the effect of soft segment structures because of the limitation that the flexible soft segments are usually commercialized amine-terminated polyether. Herein, a series of polybutadiene-based polyurea elastomers were prepared to systematically investigate the influence of the network structures on the ultimate properties of the polyurea materials. In particular, the amine-terminated liquid polybutadiene rubber with tunable molecular weights and liquid polystyrene–butadiene rubber were synthesized via the degradation method for flexible regulation of the soft segment structure. The results demonstrated that performance optimization could be achieved by manipulating the degree of hydrogen bonding, which was controlled by the network structure. Besides, the polybutadiene-based polyurea elastomers exhibited excellent low-temperature properties, owing to the high cis-1,4 content.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Min Zhou, Zhenglin Liu, Zilong Dai, Wenjing Tang, Yunren Qiu
{"title":"Efficient Separation of Pr(III) and Nd(III) via Shear-Induced Dissociation Coupling with Ultrafiltration: Insights from Experiments and Theory","authors":"Min Zhou, Zhenglin Liu, Zilong Dai, Wenjing Tang, Yunren Qiu","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03858","url":null,"abstract":"The separation of Pr(III) and Nd(III) poses a significant challenge due to their similar physicochemical properties, including comparable ionic radii and coordination chemistry. In this study, acidic phosphoric chitosan (aPCS) was employed as a complexing agent in the shear-induced dissociation coupling with ultrafiltration (SID-UF) technique for the sequential separation of Pr(III) and Nd(III). SID-UF uses shear stress to reduce membrane contamination and enables efficient metal ion separation while allowing complexing agent recovery without acid decomplexation, simplifying the process and lowering costs. The complexation kinetics of Pr(III) and Nd(III) with aPCS were investigated for the first time, following a pseudo-first-order model. The SID-UF technique achieved over 97% removal efficiency under optimized conditions, with a separation factor β<sub>Pr/Nd</sub> of 12.01. DFT calculations showed greater electron transfer for Nd(III) (0.2218 e) compared to Pr(III) (0.2149 e), indicating stronger complexation with Nd(III). The interaction energies further confirmed this, with Nd(III) exhibiting a more favorable binding energy of −32.19 kcal mol<sup>–1</sup> compared to −31.09 kcal mol<sup>–1</sup> for Pr(III). These results highlight the high selectivity, efficiency, and environmental benefits of SID-UF, making it a promising alternative for industrial rare-earth separations.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emiliano Salucci, Antonio D’Angelo, Vincenzo Russo, Henrik Grénman, Henrik Saxén
{"title":"Review on the Reduction Kinetics of Iron Oxides with Hydrogen-Rich Gas: Experimental Investigation and Modeling Approaches","authors":"Emiliano Salucci, Antonio D’Angelo, Vincenzo Russo, Henrik Grénman, Henrik Saxén","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03136","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, the pursuit of an ecological industrial revolution has had an impact on research in the field of chemical process engineering. The steel industry, which plays a pivotal role in current society both in economics and in terms of environmental impact, has long been stuck in a fossil-carbon-based production methodology that requires timely innovation. As an alternative, to the carbon route, hydrogen-based reduction of iron oxides has been explored over the last 60 years and lately at accelerated speed due to huge environmental impact of the present iron- and steel-making processes. The main objective of this review is to examine the extensive literature on experimental data and different modeling approaches, focusing on the use of hydrogen as a reducing agent of iron oxides under various operating conditions (e.g., temperature, composition of the reducing gas, etc.), for different structural properties (e.g., particle size, composition, etc.), and under different mechanistic and mathematical modeling assumptions. The large variation in experimental data and modeling interpretations collected over the years has led to a large scatter in the evaluation of kinetic parameters related to the reduction process. The average activation energies calculated for the individual reactive steps show significant deviations: hematite to magnetite <i>E</i><sub><i>a</i></sub> = 74.8 ± 49.0 kJ/mol, magnetite to wüstite <i>E</i><sub><i>a</i></sub> = 66.0 ± 57.2 kJ/mol and wüstite to iron <i>E</i><sub><i>a</i></sub> = 62.0 ± 43.9 kJ/mol. This scatter shows the need to further deepen the analysis in this area, starting from molecular and microscopic phenomena all the way to the scaleup into furnace scale.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Wang, Jia Yu, Dengyue Chen, Bing Wang, Jun Jie Wu, Robert Field
{"title":"Assessment of Different Designs of Arch-Type Filament Spacers for Spiral-Wound Membrane Filtration","authors":"Meng Wang, Jia Yu, Dengyue Chen, Bing Wang, Jun Jie Wu, Robert Field","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01584","url":null,"abstract":"Feed spacers are essential components of any spiral wound membrane module, maintaining the integrity of feed channels and enhancing fluid turbulence. However, they increase channel pressure gradients and create local stagnation zones, thereby exacerbating membrane fouling. These issues result in additional costs in the water treatment process. Now to fully utilize the potential of membrane filtration technology, it is necessary to reduce the problem of membrane fouling through the development of improved membrane feed spacers. Previously an Arch-Hole (Spacer-4) configuration was introduced, and herein three new configurations with higher channel porosity and shear force than the original Spacer-4 design have been assessed alongside that design. The four innovative feed spacers were studied experimentally under conditions that generate biofouling. Channel porosity and shear stress play important roles in biofouling development. Spatial distribution of shear stress was obtained via computational fluid dynamic simulations. Findings suggest that achieving uniformity of the shear force and eliminating dead zones are more crucial than high shear stress values. Such conditions were achieved with Spacer-4 type which maintained superior flux and gave for the module itself a relative specific energy consumption of 0.26 kWh/m<sup>3</sup>, significantly better than the next best value at 0.43 kWh/m<sup>3</sup>.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuxiang Zhou, Yue Yu, Hui Wang, Bi Shi, Ya-nan Wang
{"title":"Green Salt-Free High-Exhaustion Chrome Tanning Strategy: Biomass-Derived Aldehyde Acid–Chrome Tanning","authors":"Yuxiang Zhou, Yue Yu, Hui Wang, Bi Shi, Ya-nan Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03536","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional chrome (Cr) tanning systems generate substantial wastewater containing Cl<sup>–</sup> and Cr<sup>3+</sup>, which presents huge environmental challenges. This study proposes a sustainable alternative, biomass-derived aldehyde acid–chrome (AA–Cr) tanning, to mitigate Cl<sup>–</sup> and Cr<sup>3+</sup> pollution. Pretanning with 3 wt % AA effectively prevented acid-induced swelling of pelts in the absence of salts at a pickling pH of 1 to 4. The dialdehyde and carboxyl groups in AA facilitated the formation of a robust AA–Cr cross-linking network. Subsequent tanning with 3 wt % chrome tanning agent led to an exceptional Cr uptake rate that exceeded 98.5%, with the AA–Cr system exhibiting superior tanning performance compared to glyoxylic acid–Cr (GA–Cr). Compared to the Cr system, the AA–Cr system achieved 89.4% and 96.3% reductions in Cl<sup>–</sup> and Cr<sup>3+</sup> loads, respectively, while exhibiting enhanced biodegradability. Life cycle assessment revealed that the AA–Cr system demonstrates remarkably lower carbon emissions, reduced resource consumption, and diminished human toxicity. This study presents a feasible strategy for salt-free, high-exhaustion chrome tanning and provides novel insights into the molecular design of biomass-derived AA.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthias Maier, Corinna Schulze-Netzer, Thomas A. Adams, II
{"title":"Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste via Production of Ethylene from Gasification Syngas","authors":"Matthias Maier, Corinna Schulze-Netzer, Thomas A. Adams, II","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03441","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the plastic waste to ethylene (PtE) process through steam-oxygen gasification, methanation, and oxidative coupling of methane. Gasification was modeled using a stochastic reactor model, while the downstream process was modeled using Aspen Plus. The carbon efficiency of the process ranges from 13 to 23%, depending on feedstock used. We investigated a base case scenario with CO<sub>2</sub> venting and a case with CO<sub>2</sub> compression and transport. While 5.7 kgCO<sub>2eq</sub>/kg ethylene can be avoided in the former one, the latter one leads to an avoidance of 18.4 kgCO<sub>2eq</sub>/kg ethylene. The costs of CO<sub>2</sub> avoided are 666 €/tCO<sub>2eq</sub> and 230 €/tCO<sub>2eq</sub>, respectively.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luke F. Bugada, Ponnandy Prabhu, Reid Bailey, Fei Wen
{"title":"Covalent and Orthogonal Cohesin–Dockerin Interactions Enabled by Intermolecular Disulfide Bonds for Hyperthermostable Cellulase Assembly","authors":"Luke F. Bugada, Ponnandy Prabhu, Reid Bailey, Fei Wen","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03484","url":null,"abstract":"Cellulosic biofuel represents a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, yet high cellulase costs hinder its development. Thermostable cellulosomes, which function at elevated temperatures, increase reaction rates and reduce cooling costs by using cohesin–dockerin interactions to colocalize hyperthermostable cellulases. Due to the noncovalent nature of the cohesin–dockerin interaction, cellulosome stability has been limited to 75 °C. Our study leverages computational design and rapid screening to introduce two different intermolecular disulfide bridges between the same cohesin and dockerin, creating two disulfide cohesin–dockerin pairs. Both disulfide pairs withstood 100 °C and denaturing conditions. Furthermore, the two disulfide bridges retained their orthogonality, expanding the number of orthogonal cohesin–dockerin interactions. Finally, at the cellulase optimal temperature of 80 °C, disulfide assembly improved the activity of a bivalent cellulosome by 26% compared to that of its noncovalent counterpart. These disulfide cohesin–dockerin interactions can be used as building blocks to construct covalent protein complexes that can endure extreme temperatures.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Dynamically Cross-linked Epoxy Resin Composites with Excellent Self-healing and Recycling Performance via Autocatalyzed β-Hydroxyl Ester Bonds","authors":"Shunbing Cai, Xiaokang Zhang, Zhanhua Wang, Hesheng Xia","doi":"10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02685","url":null,"abstract":"Employing epoxy resins containing dynamic covalent bonds to fabricate carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials provides a solution to solve the challenge that traditional epoxy resin composites are difficult to degrade and recycle. The curing reaction between anhydride and epoxy monomer will generate hydroxyl and ester groups, which can undergo transesterification, endowing the epoxy resin with degradation performance. Large amounts of catalysts and an extra alcoholic compound are often required to break down the cross-linked networks for complete degradation, which results in the difficult separation of the degraded product. To solve this dilemma, we synthesized an autocatalytic high-performance recyclable epoxy resin with a tensile strength of 91.9 MPa, Young’s modulus of 2.85 GPa, and a <i>T</i><sub>g</sub> of 91.3 °C. The fully cured epoxy resin can be completely degraded in hot <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethylformamide due to the fast exchange reaction between the β-hydroxyl and ester bonds autocatalyzed by the formed ternary amine in the network, which may induce loop formation and result in degradation. This fast dynamic exchange reaction also endows the fabricated CFRP composites with a strong interlaminar shear strength of 58.65 MPa and excellent self-healing capacity with a healing efficiency of 99.5%. Moreover, the CFRP composites can also be completely degraded in <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethylformamide after being heated at 140 °C for 20 min. The recycled fibers can be reused to fabricate new composites with properties comparable to those of the original ones. The degraded product can be recycled into polyurethane with excellent mechanical performance, realizing full recycling of composite materials.","PeriodicalId":39,"journal":{"name":"Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}