{"title":"Effect of wettability on saturation distribution and separation performance in oily wastewater treatment using mixed woven fibre bed coalescers","authors":"Huiqing Luo, Ruilong Li, Zhishan Bai","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25658","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fibre bed coalescers are widely utilized in oil–water separation applications. Due to the diverse nature of oil–water emulsions and the complexity of the separation process mechanism, the design and operation of fibre bed coalescers still rely heavily on empirical data, warranting further investigation. In this study, two types of polymer fibres with opposite wettability in oil-in-water environments were respectively combined with stainless steel fibres to prepare mixed woven fibre beds. The separation performance was compared by examine the saturation distribution in the wettable and nonwettable coalescing media. The effects of key factors influencing the separation process were also explored. The saturation profiles of the wettable and nonwettable fibre beds differed, with the wettable coalescing media showing more stable performance under high inlet oil concentration compared to the nonwettable media. Additionally, an industrial-scale trial was conducted to treat oily wastewater generated in the process of organosilicon production.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4473-4484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767960","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}
Konstantin Pougatch, Neville Dubash, Clara Gomez, Barry Bara, Adeola Bello-Hamilton
{"title":"Modelling of thixotropic behaviour of oil sand tailings during withdrawal","authors":"Konstantin Pougatch, Neville Dubash, Clara Gomez, Barry Bara, Adeola Bello-Hamilton","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25638","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A mathematical model for fluid fine tailings withdrawal from a pond is developed and adjusted based on the rheological experiments of structure breakdown and buildup. The model includes thixotropic effects for the viscoplastic fluid and is coupled with the Navier–Stokes equations to simulate the motion of the slurry during a transient dredging process. Laboratory scale experiments to withdraw tailings from a small cylindrical vessel were carried out in the lab to facilitate model validation. The comparison of the evolution of the free surface height demonstrated good agreement between the measured and predicted profiles. The model provides insights into the tailings withdrawal process and highlights the thixotropy effect in changing the rheology of the tailings. The modelling can be utilized to support development of efficient mitigation techniques that would help to optimize tailings withdrawal strategy from a pond.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4205-4219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767943","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":"Effect of nozzle shape on bubble column reactor with constant flow rate","authors":"Sachin Kumar, Raj Kumar Singh, Bahni Ray","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25624","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present investigation is focused on the bubble formation from different shaped nozzles: straight nozzle, straight converging nozzle, straight diverging nozzle, converging nozzle, and submerged nozzle, with a constant flow rate of 0.008 m/s and static contact angle of 45°, respectively. The effective dimension of the nozzle has been taken as 2 mm radius and 3 mm height. The impact of varying nozzle shapes on changes in bubble volume and the occurrence of different pinch-off times have been observed. A maximum pinch-off time of 1.854 s on straight nozzle and minimum of 0.078 s on converge nozzle with bubble volumes 111.36 mm<sup>3</sup> and 62.12 mm<sup>3</sup> was obtained. Maximum bubble volume attained from diverging nozzle was 123.21 mm<sup>3</sup> with optimum pinch-off time, which is highly useful for bioreactor application.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 8","pages":"4051-4064"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551336","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":"ReaxFF MD investigation of different JP8 surrogates on combustion mechanism and reaction kinetics","authors":"Yang Liu, Hui Sun, Lu Wang, Qing Yun Gao","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25647","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work aims to investigate the combustion characteristics difference between JP8-1 and JP8-2, and to reveal the combustion mechanism of JP8 surrogate fuels by reactive molecular dynamic simulations (ReaxFF). The JP8-1 fuel shows higher reaction activity, and the JP8-2 surrogate conversion is faster than that of the JP8-1 model. The maximal mass fraction difference for two surrogate fuels consumption can be up to 12% in the pyrolysis process. The differences of reaction pathways, oxygen-containing intermediates, and key products between two surrogate fuels have been analyzed using the VARxMD software. The evolution trends of the vital products and key intermediates of the two fuels are similar owing to the similar fuel structures of linear paraffin components. The branched component isooctane in JP8-1 model can enhance the formation of cyclic chain hydrocarbons products, while branched paraffin component decalin in JP8-2 model promote the formation of structurally stable cycloalkanes. Compared to JP8-2 fuel, the formation of CH<sub>2</sub>O and coke precursors, the JP8-1 fuel generate more harmful substances. This work can provide an important theoretical basis for the rational design and screening of high-performance surrogate components and additives for complex multi-component jet fuels. And also suggests that the ReaxFF simulation method have the potential as an effective approach for evaluating combustion behaviour in fuel combustion.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4287-4300"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767934","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}
Deise Molinari, Edson Antonio da Silva, Ana Caroline Raimundini Aranha, Sirlei Marques Paschoal, Emerson Barrios Mogollón, Lucas Silva Figueiredo, Pedro Augusto Arroyo, Gisella Maria Zanin
{"title":"Application of immobilized Burkholderia cepacia lipase on clay in the production of ethyl esters","authors":"Deise Molinari, Edson Antonio da Silva, Ana Caroline Raimundini Aranha, Sirlei Marques Paschoal, Emerson Barrios Mogollón, Lucas Silva Figueiredo, Pedro Augusto Arroyo, Gisella Maria Zanin","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25648","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present work aimed to use commercial Spectrogel clay (type C) as a support for immobilizing <i>Burkholderia cepacia</i> lipase to produce ethyl esters. The highest yield in ethyl ester production was obtained under the following conditions: 1% water (kg kg<sup>−1</sup> oil), oil-to-ethanol molar ratio of 1:3, and 15% immobilized biocatalyst (kg kg<sup>−1</sup> oil). A kinetic assay was conducted under the optimal conditions obtained to validate the experiment, which already showed a high yield within 6 h (78.82 ± 2.28% for LBC-ADS and 89.42 ± 2.65% for LBC-CB) and reaction equilibrium in 18 h (84.76 ± 0.36% for LBC-ADS and 98.05 ± 1.24% for LBC-CB). Heterogeneity tests were conducted at 1 and 12 h of reaction to analyze the interaction between the support and the enzyme, showing that after the removal of the biocatalysts after 1 h of reaction, there was no significant release of enzymes into the reaction medium.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4094-4105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767930","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":"An insight derived from CFD investigation on the regulation of vortex flow in jet impact negative pressure reactors: VG baffle structure","authors":"Xinjie Chai, Lingxing Hu, Guangzhou Yang, Yingying Dong, Hao Zhang, Facheng Qiu","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25649","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The jet impact negative pressure reactor (JI-NPR) is capable of achieving high efficiency and energy savings through continuous ammonia removal. A large number of multi-scale vortex structures appear during the evolution of porous jet impingement under negative pressure conditions. The mixed model of mixture and the turbulence model of rsealizable <i>k</i>-<i>ε</i> were used to simulate the flow field and vortex in the reactor. Firstly, the most suitable method to describe the multi-scale vortex structure is determined. Next, the vortex core and other flow structures were modulated by configuring the spoiler elements. Specifically, the influence of parameters, including the quantity of spoiler elements (baffles), radial distances, and wing widths, on the turbulent flow field were investigated. Finally, the response surface method was used to construct the regression model equations for pressure drop and homogeneity. It is demonstrated that the Ω-criterion offers a more accurate identification of the flow field inside the JI-NPR. The baffle structure is conducive to reducing energy dissipation, destabilizing the flow field structure, and improving the interphase flow transfer efficiency. The relevant regression equations and optimal structural parameters are also determined. The present study can provide the foundation for the optimization of the geometry design of the JI-NPR.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4590-4607"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767929","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}
Enrique Eduardo Tarifa, Juan Rafael García, Carlos Román Vera
{"title":"Conversion-time relations for fluid–solid reactors with shrinking-core kinetics","authors":"Enrique Eduardo Tarifa, Juan Rafael García, Carlos Román Vera","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25644","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The problem of finding expressions linking conversion and residence time for systems of fluid–solid reactions with shrinking-core kinetics is revisited. The classical formulae are revised for the three classical cases with different rate-limiting resistances: mass transfer in the film, chemical reaction and diffusion through the ash layer. It is demonstrated that, for a single particle size, the classical Taylor's expansions of the conversion as a function of the dimensionless residence time can be conveniently replaced by other mathematical functions to solve the problem of inaccuracy and multiple roots of the polynomials. The proposed correlations give accurate solutions. Pairwise correlations permit getting the conversion from the residence time, and the residence time from a given conversion, with no multiple roots, for the cases of a continuous reactor with plug flow or perfectly mixed flow, for the three cases of rate-limiting resistances. The obtained results demonstrate that classical Taylor expansions yield significant errors for small residence times, whereas the newly proposed correlations avoid this issue and provide greater accuracy across the whole range. From the point of view of numerical calculus, the new correlations are simpler and reduce computational effort by eliminating the need to calculate numerous polynomial terms.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4413-4425"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767928","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}
Merve Durubal, Martijn Munck, Kay Buist, J. A. M. (Hans) Kuipers, Maike Baltussen
{"title":"Experimental investigation of spreading dynamics of glycerol droplets on a heated surface","authors":"Merve Durubal, Martijn Munck, Kay Buist, J. A. M. (Hans) Kuipers, Maike Baltussen","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25652","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dynamics of droplets impacting on solid surfaces are widely encountered in industrial applications. This paper presents an experimental study of the spreading dynamics of droplets of liquids with a temperature-dependent viscosity on a heated horizontal sapphire surface. This surface can be heated between 40 and 90°C and allows for usual observation from different directions. The used liquids are glycerol water solutions with a volume percentage of 80%, 85.2%, and 92.8% glycerol, which feature a large dependency of the viscosity on the temperature. Using high-speed imaging and infrared thermography, the shape of the droplet and the temperature of the droplet surface in contact with the surface are measured, respectively. Our experiments reveal that the spreading of the droplets increases with an increase in the surface temperature, which is also expected as the effective viscosity of the liquid will decrease with an increase in the droplet temperature. However, the heating of the droplets ensures that these effects only are apparent after sufficient time to heat the droplet. In addition, the amplitude of the oscillations in the spreading of the surface will increase when the temperature of the surface is increased, which is also related to the decreased viscosity. Finally, the effects on the local spreading cannot be directly correlated to the temperature of the droplet in contact with the surface, which indicates that the viscosity in the droplet is not homogeneous during the experiment and local gradients in the viscosity are important in the overall spreading behaviour of the droplet.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 8","pages":"3971-3982"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjce.25652","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551342","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}
Nhuan N. Doan, Khanh T. Nguyen, Giang P. T. Nguyen, Linh T. T. Nguyen
{"title":"Titania: From a waste solid catalyst to an inorganic pigment","authors":"Nhuan N. Doan, Khanh T. Nguyen, Giang P. T. Nguyen, Linh T. T. Nguyen","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25642","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of the present study is to recover a waste titania catalyst from α-pinene isomerization, recycle it and use it in the production of inorganic pigments. The acid-contaminated titania (ACT), prepared from ilmenite ore by sulphation, has the potential to function as a solid acid catalyst due to the presence of both Brønsted and Lewis acid sites, with a specific surface area of 163 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>. The catalytic efficiency was evaluated in the isomerization of turpentine (83.8 wt.% α-pinene) at a reaction temperature of 120°C, using a turpentine:catalyst mass ratio of 4:1. The α-pinene conversion was 99.6% with a camphene selectivity of 43 wt.%. The waste catalyst was recovered and subjected to calcination at a suitable temperature to remove all organic compounds and make it suitable for use in the production of inorganic pigments. The calcined product exhibits pigment properties including a pure rutile phase, an average grain size of 0.2 μm, a specific surface area of 29 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup> and a reflectance in visible light of 95%. This study has provided a practical, simple, and cost-effective solution for the treatment of residual acid on titania obtained from the hydration of titanyl sulphate, while also demonstrating the simultaneous application of titania in catalysis and pigment production.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 9","pages":"4250-4259"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767931","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}
Dante Mora-Mariano, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Iván Zapata-González, Enrique Saldívar-Guerra
{"title":"Data-driven deep learning prediction of full molecular weight distribution in polymerization processes","authors":"Dante Mora-Mariano, Antonio Flores-Tlacuahuac, Iván Zapata-González, Enrique Saldívar-Guerra","doi":"10.1002/cjce.25635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25635","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The mathematical modelling of the full molecular weight distribution (MWD) results in a large set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), which usually requires considerable computation time because of stiffness behaviour. This study applies state-of-the-art deep learning (DL) methods to model three academically and industrially relevant polymerization processes: free radical polymerization (FRP), reversible addition–fragmentation (RAFT), and coordination catalyst polymerization (CCP). The DL models were trained with datasets generated from the numerical solution of the first principles kinetic model of each polymerization process. Then, the applied DL models were used to predict the conversion rate, average molar weights, and molecular weight distributions with minimum deviations and reduced computational load. Therefore, by reducing the large computational load, this type of DL models can make feasible the application of on-line optimal control strategies to complex and economically important polymerization processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9400,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering","volume":"103 8","pages":"3713-3725"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551341","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}