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Distribution of soap in a membrane reactor in the production of fame from waste cooking oil

submitted by komolkamor 15 hours ago

A continuous-flow membrane reactor was constructed for the production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) from waste vegetable oil with high free fatty acid (FFA) content. FAME was produced via base-...

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A simple calorimeter to measure specific heat of activated carbon prepared for pressure swing adsorption refrigeration system

submitted by AgustZac 15 hours ago

A new calorimeter to measure specific heat of indigenously prepared granular activated carbon (AC) for application in a refrigeration system based on gas adsorption–desorption mechanism is presen...

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Nanoscale carriers for targeted delivery of drugs and therapeutic biomolecules

submitted by drmoraf 15 hours ago

This review highlights the recent developments in the area of nanocarrier-based targeted delivery systems for both conventional drugs and therapeutic agents of increased complexity. A challenging o...

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Vortex motion-based particle swarm optimisation for energy consumption of alumina evaporation

submitted by motherearth 15 hours ago

The aim of the alumina evaporation process is to improve the concentration of sodium aluminate solution by evaporating the excess water contained in the solution. The evaporation is achieved using ...

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Modelling carbon dioxide solubility in ionic liquids

submitted by pitirclorki 15 hours ago

Solubility information for CO2 in different ionic liquids, ILs, in part can potentially be used to select a specific IL for the separation of CO2 from hydrocarbon fluids. Unfortunately, not all CO2...

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Reaction kinetics of 2-((2-aminoethyl) amino) ethanol in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions using the stopped-flow technique

submitted by rom 15 hours ago

Observed pseudo-first-order rate constants (ko) for the reaction between CO2 and 2-((2-aminoethyl) amino) ethanol (AEEA) were measured using the stopped-flow technique in an aqueous system at 298, ...

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Adsorption microcalorimetry applied to the characterisation of adsorbents for CO2 capture

submitted by ABAlover 15 hours ago

The present work presents the design, assembly and experimental validation of a microcalorimetric device coupled to a volumetric adsorption setup applied to the characterisation of adsorbents for c...

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Prediction of induction time for natural gas components during gas hydrate formation in the presence of kinetic hydrate inhibitors in a flow mini-loop apparatus

submitted by LoyabyDor 15 hours ago

The objective of this work is the prediction of induction time (ti) for simple gas hydrate formation in the presence or absence of kinetic hydrate inhibitors at various conditions based on the Kash...

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Catalytic olefin polymerisation at short times: Studies using specially adapted reactors

submitted by iamgupit 15 hours ago

Despite the fact that the very early stages (several tens of seconds) of catalysed olefin polymerisation processes appear negligibly short with respect to the residence time of most industrial reac...

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Production of concrete paving blocks (CPB) utilising electroplating residues – evaluation of mechanical and micro-structural properties

submitted by jaja 15 hours ago

The objective of this study was to use electroplating waste [blasting dust (BD) and electroplating sludge] for the production of concrete paving blocks (CPBs) by means of the solidification/stabili...

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A new model of turbulent fibre suspension and its application in the pipe flow

submitted by txjbay 15 hours ago

A new model of turbulent fibre suspension in pipe flow is developed by deriving the equations of Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes, turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence dissipation rate with the ...

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Flax straw char-CO2 gasification kinetics and its inhibition studies with CO

submitted by rosho622 15 hours ago

Char gasification has been studied in different ways with different feedstock; however, the fundamental studies about the variation of char reactivity with different combination of parameters are s...

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A mechanistic study of agglomeration in fluidised beds at elevated pressures

submitted by zoc4817 15 hours ago

Effect of operating pressure on the hydrodynamics of agglomerating gas–solid fluidised bed was investigated using a combination of discrete element method (DEM) for describing the movement of par...

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From quirky to practical, NTU students create innovations to solve everyday problems

submitted by bv43 20 hours ago

From quirky to practical, NTU School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students create innovations to solve everyday problems at the 14th Engineering Innovation and Design Open House and Comp...

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Paralyzed woman grips, sips coffee with robot arm

submitted by zaleono 1 day ago

Human brain-computer interface enables useful movement

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