Shahriar Jahani, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Reza Azin, Mohammad Rasool Dehghani
{"title":"Simultaneous use of disulphide oil for chemical-enhanced oil recovery by emulsion formation and stability with asphaltene deposition control","authors":"Shahriar Jahani, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Reza Azin, Mohammad Rasool Dehghani","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25534","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Disulphide oil (DSO) is a by-product of oil and gas refining processes that is generated during the removal of mercaptans and the sweetening of light hydrocarbons. Asphalt deposition, especially asphaltene deposition during enhanced oil recovery methods, reduces oil recovery from the reservoir, so the use of a substance such as DSO, which has the ability to control and reduce asphaltene deposition, can be effective in increasing oil recovery from the reservoir. In this research, a micromodel with a fracture design and a matrix that represents fracture reservoirs was utilized. These tests were conducted in two groups. The first group of tests is related to adding DSO to crude oil and using 70 to 30 vol.% oil–water emulsion containing salt, surfactant, and nanoparticles. The second group involved adding DSO to both crude oil and emulsion. The first group aimed at stimulation and the second group aimed at chemical enhanced oil recovery (C-EOR). The formation and stability of water-in-oil emulsion was done by analyzing the average droplet size. As a result, in the first group of tests with the presence of DSO in the oil, by measuring the average diameter before and after injection of AOS surfactant, it was observed that the average droplet size decreased from 6.89 to 4.01 μm, which indicates an increase in the emulsion stability. In the second group, where DSO was present in both oil and water emulsion in injected oil, it can be seen that the average diameter of the droplets in the surfactant decreased from 5.12 to 3.21 μm.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2624-2641"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919514","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":"Artificial intelligence and machine learning at various stages and scales of process systems engineering","authors":"Karthik Srinivasan, Anjana Puliyanda, Devavrat Thosar, Abhijit Bhakte, Kuldeep Singh, Prince Addo, Rajagopalan Srinivasan, Vinay Prasad","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25525","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We review the utility and application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) at various process scales in this work, from molecules and reactions to materials to processes, plants, and supply chains; furthermore, we highlight whether the application is at the design or operational stage of the process. In particular, we focus on the distinct representational frameworks employed at the various scales and the physics (equivariance, additivity, injectivity, connectivity, hierarchy, and heterogeneity) they capture. We also review AI techniques and frameworks important in process systems, including hybrid AI modelling, human-AI collaborations, and generative AI techniques. In hybrid AI models, we emphasize the importance of hyperparameter tuning, especially in the case of physics-informed regularization. We highlight the importance of studying human-AI interactions, especially in the context of automation, and distinguish the features of human-complements-AI systems from those of AI-complements-human systems. Of particular importance in the AI-complements-human framework are model explanations, including rule-based explanation, explanation-by-example, explanation-by-simplification, visualization, and feature relevance. Generative AI methods are becoming increasingly relevant in process systems engineering, especially in contexts that do not belong to ‘big data’, primarily due to the lack of high quality labelled data. We highlight the use of generative AI methods including generative adversarial networks, graph neural networks, and large language models/transformers along with non-traditional process data (images, audio, and text).</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 3","pages":"1004-1035"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjce.25525","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112677","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":"Issue Highlights","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"102 12","pages":"4071"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142641360","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}
Zhichao Zhang, Haiqing Sui, Chao Tian, Hao Sun, Wei Xiong, Lijun Wang, Yubo Wang, Wenxi Wang, Jin Lan, Huijing Deng
{"title":"Pyrolysis of crayfish waste and life cycle assessment of polygeneration process","authors":"Zhichao Zhang, Haiqing Sui, Chao Tian, Hao Sun, Wei Xiong, Lijun Wang, Yubo Wang, Wenxi Wang, Jin Lan, Huijing Deng","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25535","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A fast pyrolysis polygeneration system was investigated using crayfish shells as a resource for the utilization of solid wastes. Results showed that the bio-oil and the biochar accounted for 26 and 58 wt.% at a pyrolysis temperature of 600°C, respectively. Heterocyclic compounds, specifically pyrrole and pyridine, were generated as the major nitrogen-containing products in the bio-oil. A life cycle assessment (LCA) demonstrated the environmental impact of the system was the lowest at 600°C compared with that of other pyrolytic temperatures, with ADP of 881 MJ/t, GWP100 of 77.5 kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq/t, POCP of −0.0128 kg C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> eq/t, AP of −0.0402 kg SO<sub>2</sub> eq/t, and EP of 0.501 kg <span></span><math>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>PO</mi>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 </mrow></math> eq/t. Additionally, the cost amounted to 415.27 USD/t of biochar. The study opens a new pathway and insights to transform the shellfishery waste into biochar and platform chemicals efficiently and comprehensively.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2527-2540"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919419","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}
Gai Zhang, Mingyang Fan, Jianxin Xu, Hui Sun, Hua Wang
{"title":"A novel 3D uniformity measurement method in mechanical stirring systems","authors":"Gai Zhang, Mingyang Fan, Jianxin Xu, Hui Sun, Hua Wang","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25540","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Accurate assessment of mixing uniformity is crucial in industrial mixing processes. This study proposes an evaluation method for three-dimensional (3D) mixing processes that combines dual-camera positioning and point pattern density fluctuation (PD) based on disordered hyperuniformity. This study employs a positioning method using dual-camera to achieve precise capture and reconstruction of tracer particles in 3D space. The 3D reconstruction data is then evaluated for mixing performance using the PD method. A relationship model between <i>|k|</i> and time <i>I</i> values with mixing time was established for <i>λ</i> = 1. The results indicate that mixing time decreases with the increase of <i>|k|</i> and decreases with the decrease of <i>I</i> values. To ensure the accuracy of the PD method, feasibility analysis was conducted using conductometry. Additionally, the superiority of the PD method was validated by comparing it with the 3D-Q method. The impact of bottom height of stirring paddle and motor speed on mixing effect were also investigated. This study establishes a fundamental groundwork and theoretical framework for optimizing parameters of stirring systems and assessing 3D mixing uniformity. It also offers important references and insights for engineering practices and theoretical research in related fields.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2572-2589"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919418","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 study on heat transfer and resistance of round tube with tube sheet under ultrasonic action","authors":"Xiaohan Lv, Chulin Yu, Wenqing Wang, Yuxi Yang, Haiqing Zhang","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25536","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Energy is vital to the survival and development of human beings. In the era of ‘carbon neutrality’, all walks of life around the world are upgrading their technological capabilities to reduce carbon emissions. As a new type of active strengthening technology to improve the comprehensive performance of heat exchangers, ultrasonic technology has attracted the attention of more and more scholars. From the actual installation situation, a set of ultrasonic enhanced heat transfer test device with tube sheet round tube was built. After experimental research and data analysis, the influence of ultrasonic sound intensity, frequency, and position on heat transfer, flow resistance, and comprehensive performance of heat exchange tube under different working conditions and without ultrasonic wave is studied. The results show that the ultrasonic enhanced heat transfer and drag reduction capacity increases with the decrease of ultrasonic frequency, and under the action of ultrasonic waves of different frequencies, the critical sound intensity of its enhanced heat transfer and drag reduction performance is different. The drag reduction performance of the ultrasonic heat exchange tube is increased by 18.41%, the heat transfer performance is increased by 36.53%, and the overall performance is increased by 20.57%.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2672-2687"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919417","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}
Chengyu Zhou, Yani Wu, Yating Chen, Yuan Sun, Chunming Yang, Mengjie Yu, Dan Bao, Ying Xiao, Jie He
{"title":"Preparation of adaptive bifunctional reconfigurable polymers and their sand carrying and drag reduction behaviour","authors":"Chengyu Zhou, Yani Wu, Yating Chen, Yuan Sun, Chunming Yang, Mengjie Yu, Dan Bao, Ying Xiao, Jie He","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25541","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In order to solve the problem of drag reduction at the front end of shale fractures and sand carrying at the tail end with increased viscosity, the molecular dynamics simulation (MD) method was used to design polymer molecules and simulate the steric resistance, interaction potential energy, mean square displacement, and radial distribution function of the polymer. The polymer AM-AMPS-LMA-DiC<sub>12</sub>AM (ASLC12) with better solubility, diffusion, and resistance reduction potential was obtained and synthesized. By scanning electron microscope (SEM) and viscoelastic analysis, ASLC12 has a stable mesh structure, good viscoelasticity, and shear resistance, and the mesh structure formed by it is in a dynamic equilibrium state of fracture-reorganization under shear. We then analyzed the drag reduction, sand carrying, and salt resistance of ASLC12. When the concentration of ASLC12 is 0.09%, the sand-carrying requirement is satisfied. When the concentration is 0.05%, the drag reduction rate can reach 74.1%, and the resistance reduction rate of ASLC12 in salt ion solution can still reach more than 62%. This shows that the polymer ASLC12 has better sand carrying, drag reduction, and salt resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2937-2952"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919598","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":"Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic performance and power consumption in stirred reactors with perforated Scaba 6SRGT impellers for non-Newtonian fluid","authors":"Zhang Bin, Xianjun Li, Zhanghao Wan, Yiming Yin, Yikang Wu, Huainan Chang, Xinhao Tan","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25538","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study aims to further understand the effect of perforated Scaba 6SRGT impellers on stirring performance and impeller power consumption by numerically investigating the hydrodynamic properties of non-Newtonian fluids in a three-dimensional stirred reactor. After model validation, the fluid velocity, stagnant region dimensionless volume, and impeller power consumption are quantitatively analyzed under the conditions of influencing parameters, including blade perforation pitch, ratio of distance between adjacent perforations, and perforation arrangement. The results reveal that the range of distribution of acceleration and peak velocity of the fluid along the radial appear in regions lower and larger than the dimensionless radius of the impeller (|<i>r/R</i>| = 0.45), respectively. Increasing the perforation pitch from 14 to 20 mm increases fluid velocity from 0.284 to 0.305 m/s and power consumption from 26.99 to 27.25 W, while reducing the stagnant region volume from 16.76% to 14.71%. The fluid velocity and impeller power consumption slightly increase with the ratio of distance between adjacent perforations. Circular-shaped middle perforations yield higher fluid velocities and vorticity compared to lozenge-shaped ones. The highest and lowest power consumptions are obtained by circular–circular–circular and lozenge–lozenge–lozenge perforation shape arrangements with values of 27.25 and 26.9 W, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2903-2917"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919551","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}
Noha Nagy Younes, Mehmet Deniz Turan, Mehmet Erdem
{"title":"Overcoming clay structure challenges in lithium recovery from boron waste using high-temperature pressure acid leaching","authors":"Noha Nagy Younes, Mehmet Deniz Turan, Mehmet Erdem","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25537","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Boron mines contain significant amounts of lithium along with boron. After boron is extracted, lithium remains in the waste, which has a carbonate-hosted clay-type structure, along with other impurities. The scarcity of lithium resources and the increasing need for lithium worldwide make such resources economically important. Although the best hydrometallurgical method for the recovery of lithium trapped within the clay-structured mineral resources is roasting with chemicals to disrupt the clay structure and acid leaching, the process is quite difficult and costly due to the high energy and chemical addition requirements. To overcome this challenge, this study proposed a high-temperature–pressure sulphuric acid leaching process to recover lithium from the boron waste. Under the optimized conditions (liquid/solid ratio: 10, acid concentration: 1 M, temperature: 150°C, and contact time: 120 min), 100% of lithium was leached. The leaching mechanism was determined through mineral characterization (X-ray diffractometry [XRD], X-ray fluorescence spectrophotometer [XRF], scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy [SEM–EDX], Mastersizer), and a shrinking core heterogeneous kinetics model. It was found that high-temperature–pressure sulphuric acid leaching disrupted clay structure and promoted the leaching of lithium, the leaching kinetics fit the shrinking core heterogeneous kinetics model, and was controlled by a dual mechanism with ash diffusion and chemical reactions on the particle surface. The reaction rate constants increased with increasing temperature, and the activation energy was found to be 32.17 kJ/mol.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2851-2863"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919781","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}
Carlos Rodriguez, Prashant Mhaskar, Vladimir Mahalec
{"title":"Real time optimization of distillation columns using data-driven models","authors":"Carlos Rodriguez, Prashant Mhaskar, Vladimir Mahalec","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25543","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work presents a data-driven model of a two-product distillation tower that is suitable for real-time optimization (RTO) of distillation columns. The proposed model accurately predicts product mass fractions using operating variables and tray temperatures by integrating a linear data-driven inferential composition model (based on two tray temperatures in each section of the tower, reflux/distillate ratio, and reboiler duty/bottoms flow ratio) with a neural network (NN) model that predicts tray temperatures from the value of the manipulated variables. RTO is carried out via an iterative procedure where the sensitivity matrix is initially calculated from the model and updated using plant measurements from subsequent values. A butane splitter column is presented as a case study. Our results show that the implementation of the data-driven model-based RTO results in a solution that is within 0.1% of the optimization solution based on the rigorous tray-to-tray distillation simulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 6","pages":"2659-2671"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919868","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}