{"title":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25331","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190912","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":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25329","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2439"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919795","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":"Preface: Special series on the pathways to a circular economy of plastics","authors":"Dimitrios Meimaroglou","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25729","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191262","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}
Viviane de Oliveira Campos, Felipe Fernandes Barbosa, Ellen Kadja Lima de Morais, Dulce Maria Araújo Melo, Jildimara de Jesus Santana, Gregory S. Patience
{"title":"Experimental methods in chemical engineering: Electron probe micro-analysis—EPMA","authors":"Viviane de Oliveira Campos, Felipe Fernandes Barbosa, Ellen Kadja Lima de Morais, Dulce Maria Araújo Melo, Jildimara de Jesus Santana, Gregory S. Patience","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25712","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) is a non-destructive spectroscopic technique to map the chemical composition—quantitative elemental distribution and layer thickness—with a micro-scale resolution. An electron beam illuminates the surface of a sample and produces backscattered electrons (BSE), secondary electrons (SE), characteristic X-rays, and light known as cathodoluminescence (CL). Combining energy dispersive spectrometry with wavelength-dispersive spectrometry improves trace analysis and differentiates overlapping X-ray lines, but the detection threshold is not much better than 100 ppm (parts per million). Implementing Monte Carlo simulation with better electronics and software are ongoing research areas to improve the method's precision, sensitivity, and spatial resolution. To detect Li, Be, and B (<span></span><math>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>Z</mi>\u0000 <mo><</mo>\u0000 </mrow></math> 11) requires wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS), or soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES), or a combination of BSE/EDS method. Researchers in metallurgy & metallurgical engineering, mineralogy, geochemistry & geophysics, and mining & mineral processing apply the method most. Chemical engineering is ranked 21st among the 250 scientific categories that use the technique. It is also applied to reconstitute works of art and the antiquities. A bibliometric map identified four clusters of research and for each cluster the major nodes were: (1) geochemistry, (2) mechanical properties, microstructure, and alloys, (3) Fe, Cu, and Cr, and (4) phase equilibria.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 7","pages":"3000-3011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjce.25712","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Biorecycling of polylactide: From enzymatic depolymerization to biotransformation of released products","authors":"Alaric Catard, Isabelle Chevalot, Sandrine Hoppe","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25717","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Polylactic acid (PLA) is a polymer that can replace several petroleum-based polymers due to its properties and bio-sourced nature. However, sustainable recycling processes of PLA avoiding the creation of waste and enabling it to be used as a raw material must be implemented. Enzymatic hydrolysis seems to be a promising way to recycle PLA. The different approaches that have led to the discovery of new PLA depolymerizing enzymes are reviewed here. Moreover, an overview of the various factors affecting enzymatic depolymerization of PLA have been done as well as the contribution of enzyme engineering in understanding the essential residues of these enzymes and improving their properties (e.g., thermostability and activity). Finally, enzymatic polymerization and biosynthesis of PLA from lactide or lactic acid have been reviewed to provide an overview of the various biotechnological approaches that could enable PLA to be completely recycled and remade.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 7","pages":"2969-2999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191139","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":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25327","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 5","pages":"1939"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143836274","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":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25325","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 4","pages":"1463"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581780","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":"Experimental methods in chemical engineering: Virtual issue II preface","authors":"Gregory S. Patience","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25632","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 5","pages":"1940-1944"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjce.25632","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Optimum salinity brine and surfactant interaction with crude oil and carbonated rock at fluid–fluid and rock-fluid interfaces: Evaluating ion-specific effects on the system","authors":"Mohammad Maghsoudlou, Jamshid Moghadasi","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25593","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The smart water injection (SWI) method is derived from low salinity water flooding, which aims to increase oil production. The complexity and heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs require further investigation. Understanding the active mechanisms during SWI is crucial for designing the injected water composition to enhance the efficiency of the method. However, there is a research gap regarding the dominant factors that influence the performance of SWI, particularly both the ‘fluid–fluid’ and ‘rock–fluid’ interactions, simultaneously. To address this issue, the article through new insight into ions, solutions, and tests tries to enhance the precision of the obtained results by optimizing the solutions by changing the potential determining ions (PDI) in fixed ionic strength through contact angle measurements. Furthermore, by using a cationic surfactant, which has not been previously used in low-salinity water flooding experiments, surfactant-free solutions, and proper tests for each mechanism, including Zeta potential, pH measurements, interfacial tension, vial test, high-resolution microscopy, and Karl Fischer titration, interactions on fluid–fluid and rock-fluid interfaces were tested and investigated. The results were validated through core flood tests. The study found that coordination was observed between multivalent ion exchange and water in oil micro-dispersion, which are two current mechanisms in both micro- and macro-scale media. In surfactant-free solutions, the effect of ions was discerned in the order of SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup>, Mg<sup>2+</sup>, and Ca<sup>2+</sup>. The formation of micro-emulsions and the IFT reduction by ionic pairs of surfactants significantly increased oil recovery by up to 65%. The effective ions facilitating this performance were ranked as follows: SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> > Ca<sup>2+</sup> > Mg<sup>2+</sup>.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 7","pages":"3183-3207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190968","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":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25323","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 3","pages":"983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111304","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}