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Efficiency and mechanism of phosphoric acid modified biochar loaded nanoscale zero-valent iron activated peroxymonosulfate for the degradation of bisphenol A Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Zhangliang Li, Chuantian Wu, Jiajie Yang, Jiahuan Guo, Wei Xiong
The degradation efficiency of bisphenol A (BPA) using sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes still requires further improvement. Herein, we prepared phosphoric acid-modified biochar-supported nZVI (PBC/nZVI) through liquid-phase reduction. Under optimized conditions, including a PBC/nZVI dosage of 1.2 g/L, pH 9.0, and PMS concentration of 2.0 mmol/L, the BPA degradation rate reached up
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Chemical SuperLearner (ChemSL) - An automated machine learning framework for building physical and chemical properties model Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Balaji Mohan, Junseok Chang
This study introduces Chemical SuperLearner (ChemSL), a novel automated framework for building interpretable machine-learning models that predict molecular properties from chemical representations. The ChemSL framework helps build a suitable combination of molecular representation and a data-driven SuperLearner, a stacked ensemble model from a pool of 40 base learners. The top-ranked base learners
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Janus ZnO microrod-spherical carbon artificial bacteriabot micromotors driven by photocatalytic water splitting, corrosion, and thermal buoyancy Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Pouran Moradipour, Abbas Ali Khodadadi, Yadollah Mortazavi, Aliyar Javadi
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Pore-scale modeling of effects of multiphase reactive transport on solid dissolution in porous media with structural heterogeneity Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Chuangde Zhang, Li Chen, Ting Min, Qinjun Kang, Wen-Quan Tao
Fundamental understanding of the multiphase reactive transport with solid dissolution is crucial for a wide range of scientific and engineering problems. In this study, a pore-scale model is improved to study coupled processes of multiphase flow, mass transport, chemical reaction and solid dissolution in porous media with increasing structural heterogeneity. The results show that with the existence
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Global sensitivity analysis using Monte Carlo estimation under fat-tailed distributions Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Gürkan Sin
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Understanding into interfacial properties and reactivity of COFs toward accelerating Menshutkin SN2 reaction Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Weizhong Zheng, Shuangfu Wang, Fan Zhang, Weiqun Gao, Haoran Wu, Minghui Zhu, Weizhen Sun, Ling Zhao
Given the poor understanding about the effects of confined polar microenvironment on interfacial behaviors of Menshutkin S2 reaction, herein, the interfacial properties and reactivities between 1-methylimidazole and methyl thiocyanate reaction induced by interfacial polar microenvironments of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with varying pore size and functional groups were investigated using in
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Synthesis of zeolite X from fly ash in an impinging stream reactor and its mechanisms Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yang Liu, Zhi-Wei Zhao, Chao Zhang, Wei-Zhou Jiao, You-Zhi Liu
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Insights into interfacial catalysis for aqueous reduction of 4-Nitrophenol catalyzed by Ni metal nanoparticles encapsulated within biomass-derived N-doped carbon matrix Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Jie Shi, Rongfei Ye, Yuanyuan Yue, Jiangyong Liu
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Facile synthesis of Cu@Ag/SiO2 catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yinhe Hai, Tong Guan, Yibin Feng, Ziheng Zhen, Youwei Yang, Ying Hu, Jing Lv, Yue Wang, Xinbin Ma
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Optimizing alkali metal Salt-Induced structural assembly of Ni-MgO dual function materials for enhanced CO2 capture and methanation performance Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Pu Huang, Jie Chu, Zhouzhou Zhang, Chuanwen Zhao, Yafei Guo
Alkali metal salts (AMS) promoted Ni-MgO dual function materials (DFMs) show exhibit potential in integrated CO capture and methanation. However, the CO adsorption and methanation efficiency of these materials is contingent upon their adsorptive and catalytic sites, which are significantly susceptible to the incorporated AMS. Herein, we investigate the effect of assemble configuration of AMS and Ni
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Experimental and numerical study of photocatalysis in Taylor photoreactors with carbon-quantum-dots/BiOCl as catalysts Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Chang Wang, Wei-Cheng Yan, Xiong Ran, Zhong-Wen Pu, Wei-Dong Shi
A comprehensive CFD model considering the photo radiation, discrete phase dispersion, flow behaviors and photoreactions was built for Taylor‐Couette reactors (TCRs). The carbon quantum dots (CQDs) modified BiOCl composites which were responsive to visible light were synthesized and used as the catalysts for photodegradation of organic pollutants. The degradation kinetic parameters were obtained experimentally
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K2SO4-promoted TiO2 for the efficient oxidative coupling of methane Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Yu Xie, Wangyang Wang, Jiale Cui, Hui Li, Kang Cheng, Qinghong Zhang, Ye Wang
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Effect of the addition of graphite and graphene oxide in the mechanical properties and adsorption of CO2 in cementitious filaments Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Marla Corso, Maicon Douglas Leles da Silva, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Stenio Cristaldo Heck, Luciana Cristina Soto Herek Rezende, Rodolfo Marques Sastre
The study evaluated various aspects of cementitious filaments incorporating graphite and graphene oxide in different proportions (0.01 %, 0.03 %, and 0.06 %) and their effects on physical–chemical properties, mechanical strength, extrudability, constructability, and CO2 adsorption. The findings indicate that adding nanomaterials did not hinder filament extrudability, and all variations were successfully
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Direct conversion of monopotassium L-aspartate by electrodialysis metathesis: Stack resistance, co-ion transport, and concentration polarization Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Wenlong Liu, Zhihao Tian, Xixi Ma, Zhiyi Zheng, Jianrong Hao, Yinghan Fang, Yuxin Liang, Jinfeng He, Chuanrun Li, Haiyang Yan
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Amino acid-based deep eutectic solvent induced catalyst self-separation of ethylene alkoxycarbonylation: An experimental and computational study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jianhua Song, Xiaoping Wang, Lin Xu, Chonghao Chen, Dianhua Liu
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Effects of gas velocity on nonequilibrium characteristics of fluidization Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Haifeng Wang, Yanpei Chen, Andrey Elyshev, Wei Wang
The gas velocity is a key factor of the macroscale operating conditions, affecting the nonequilibrium behavior and regime transitions of fluidization, but the mechanism of its effects remains unclear, resulting in a deterioration of the accuracy of the two-fluid model (TFM) simulation with the increase of the gas velocity. To seek its underlying mechanism, we performed time-resolved, particle-tracking
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Temperature/pH Co-responsive CS/NIPAM-Based hydrogel with controlled release of Ga3+ for improved infected wound healing Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Jibo Diao, Yingshuang Meng, Lingfeng Wang, Guangming Zhao, Bing Sun, Shaofu Du, Yuchao Niu, Gaohong He, Mingyang Yu, Xiaobin Jiang
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Epoxidation of vegetable oils in continuous device: kinetics, mass transfer and reactor modelling Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 T. Cogliano, V. Russo, K. Eränen, R. Tesser, M. Di Serio, T. Salmi
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Catalytic kinetics in nanoconfined space of acidic micro/mesoporous materials Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Dmitry Yu. Murzin
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Molecular dynamics simulations of interfacial resistance of gases transport through MOF HKUST-1 Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Jiasheng Song, Lang Liu, Shouyin Cai, Li Shi
The mass transfer resistances of CH and CO transport through MOF HKUST-1 were intensively studied by molecular simulations. The corrected diffusivities increase as thickness increases in finite HKUST-1, and converge to the maximum in infinite crystalline. The interfacial resistance plays an essential role in total one, and weakens as HKUST-1 thickness increases. Under the same conditions, CO molecules
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CFD modeling of emulsions inside static mixers Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Jody Albertazzi, Federico Florit, Valentina Busini, Renato Rota
Emulsification carried out in continuous devices offers a series of advantages over batch emulsion, such as better control of the droplet size distribution, reduced volume equipment, and lower operative costs. This paper investigates through Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations the emulsification process inside Sulzer Static Mixers. An analysis aimed to identify the most appropriate turbulence
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GPU-accelerated CFD-DEM modeling of gas-solid flow with complex geometry and an application to raceway dynamics in industry-scale blast furnaces Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Dazhao Gou, Yansong Shen
The coupling of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Discrete Element Model (DEM) is a powerful tool for simulating dense particulate systems, yet the conventional CFD-DEM has limits for systems with large particle numbers and complex geometry. This paper reports a novel GPU-based CFD-DEM model to simulate the gas–solid flow with large particle numbers and complex geometry. A novel coupling strategy
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Fabrication of CoFe-LDH nanosheets@CoP nanowires hierarchical heterostructure with enhanced bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for alkaline water splitting Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zhuoshu Song, Haicheng Xuan, Shasha Liu, Lingxin Meng, Jie Wang, Xiaohong Liang, Yuping Li, Zhida Han, Peide Han
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Strong absorption of (Mn2O3)3CuSiO3 with Jahn–Teller elongation and direct photothermal storage of (Mn2O3)3CuSiO3–Mg(OH)2 Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Rui-Min Hao, Chao-Yang Chang, Lin Zhu, Zhi-Bin Xu, Jie Ma, Qin-Pei Wu
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Theoretical investigation on the CO2 hydrogenation to methanol mechanism at electron-rich active interface over Cu/Ga-Ti-Al-O catalyst Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Wenwu Zhou, Le Zhang, Jiale Chang, Cheng Yang, Fei Fan, Houxiang Sun, Huabing Zhang, Zhiping Chen, Xiaoyuan Tang
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In-line near-infrared spectroscopy for measuring the composition, compositional fluctuation and mixedness of polymer blends in a twin screw extruder Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Tian-Tian Li, Lian-Fang Feng, Xue-Ping Gu, Rainier Hreiz, Cai-Liang Zhang, Guo-Hua Hu
Polymer blending is often conducted in the molten state using a twin screw extruder because the atom efficiency can reach nearly 100%. One of the challenges it faces is that the composition of a polymer blend at the die exit may fluctuate to an unacceptable extent. The amplitude of compositional fluctuation depends very much on mixing inside the twin screw extruder. This work aims to develop an in-line
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Hybrid residual modelling of biomass pyrolysis Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Peng Jiang, Chenhan Wang, Jing Fan, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
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Techno-economic comparison of two hydroxyl and sulfate radicals based advanced oxidation process for enhancing biodegradability of pulp and paper mill wastewater Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Ali Tahmasebi, Seyed-Behnam Ghaffari, Mohammad-Hossein Sarrafzadeh
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Kinetically controlled synthesis of Co3O4 nanoparticles on Ni(OH)2 nanosheet arrays for efficient oxygen evolution reaction Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Hongfang Du, Qing Chen, Long Cheng, Zhuzhu Du, Boxin Li, Tingfeng Wang, Ke Wang, Song He, Wei Ai
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Fabrication of nickel-cobalt sulfide heterostructures with stable thermodynamic interfaces and enhanced electrochemical performance Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Siyu Liu, Jihao Wu, Xiaoting Wang, Songjie He, Juan Yang
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Corrigendum to “Multi-dimensional assessment for the novel carbon capture process integrated the low-temperature adsorption and desorption” [Chem. Eng. Sci. 282 (2023) 119207] Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Xin Zhou, Jixiang Liu, Hao Yan, Xiang Feng, Yibin Liu, Chaohe Yang, De Chen
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Stirrer design for improving fluidization of cohesive powder: A time-resolved X-ray study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Kaiqiao Wu, Rens Kamphorst, Anna Bakker, Jasper Ford, Evert C. Wagner, Olga Ochkin-Koenig, Miika Franck, Dominik Weis, Gabrie M.H. Meesters, J. Ruud van Ommen
Stirring has been recognized in the literature as a promising technique for facilitating fluidization of cohesive powders, via inputting additional energy to counteract interparticle forces. However, the influence of operating conditions and stirrer configurations on flow behavior remains largely unknown, which impedes the practical implementation of stirred fluidization. Utilizing X-ray imaging, this
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Efficient degradation of antibiotics by metal-free piezo-catalysts: Kinetics, mechanism and toxicity assessment Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Hongwei Xu, Lifang Zhao, Xiaxia Chen, Chao Liu, Juan Guo, Jingxue Wang, Peizhe Cui, Yinglong Wang, Fanqing Meng, Zhaoyou Zhu
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Quantitative sulfur poisoning of nanocrystal PtO2/KL-NY and its deactivation mechanism for benzene catalytic oxidation Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Hanqi Ning, Baishun Jiang, Liguo Yue, Zhuo Wang, Shufeng Zuo, Qiuyan Wang
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Inhibition mechanism of phosphorus-containing inhibitor on coal dust pyrolysis during explosions using in-situ Py-TOF-MS Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Fengyu Zhao, Wei Gao, Haipeng Jiang, Songling Jin, Zongling Zhang, Zhongheng Nie
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Hydrogenolysis of wheat straw for bio-oil production over a novel Ni-Fe microemulsion catalyst Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Lu Yang, Tengfei Yang, Congcong Liu, Boyuan Zhang, Chuan Li, Yuan Zhang, Wenan Deng, Xiaobin Wang
Developing cost-effective dispersed catalysts is a crucial approach for the hydro-upgrading of biomass to produce high-value biofuels and chemicals. Herein, we designed a novel Ni-Fe microemulsion catalyst, with nickel and iron sources dispersed in polyethylene glycol-thiourea and wax oil respectively, facilitating the convenient formation of ternary sulfide without relying heavily on expensive organic
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Poisoning effects of Na-ions on membrane electrode assemblies in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis and strategies for recovery Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Aidong Tan, Bo Pang, Jiayi Song, Xutao Qiu, Chen Ju, Ping Liu, Jia Li, Jianguo Liu
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A compact 3D printed magnetically stirred tank reactor cascade coupled with a free impinging jet for continuous production of colloidal nanoparticles Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Georgios Gkogkos, Liudmyla Storozhuk, Jacopo Piovesan, Mathew R. Penny, Stephen T. Hilton, Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, Asterios Gavriilidis
Most colloidal nanoparticle production processes involve more than one step, such as particle nucleation, growth and stabilisation, that often take place at different time scales. Flow chemistry offers an attractive platform for nanoparticle synthesis, as it can provide excellent control of conditions for each individual step. In this work, a free impinging jet reactor (FIJR), known for its rapid mixing
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Stabilizing enzymatic membrane reactor for precise production of oligodextran with tailored molecular weight Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Yukun Wang, Hao Zhang, Rong Fan, Yinhua Wan, Mei Huang, Shiyong Huang, Lixia Pan, Jianquan Luo
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Fabrication of highly b-oriented MFI zeolite film over broad temperature window Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Yi Liu, Kaishi Ding, Xiao Fan, Sixing Chen, Shengyan Meng, Jiahui Yan, Yunlei Gao, Jinming Lu, Yi Liu
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Tuning the assembly of MgNiO2 nanoparticles-infused polysulfone membranes for efficient gas separation: The selectivity-permeability conundrum Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 M.S. Santosh, Prajwal Sherugar, K.R. Balaji, Afaq Ahmad Khan, Mahesh Padaki, Semen Klyamkin, Eskendir Galim, Prabhakar Singh, Sami Rtimi
The persistent surge in global energy demand, coupled with escalating environmental apprehensions, has underscored the imperative for adept and sustainable gas separation technologies. Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) have surfaced as a promising avenue to confront these multifaceted challenges, synergistically harnessing the strengths of conventional polymeric membranes and nanoparticle reinforcements
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Identifying dominant flow structures in a bubbling gas-particle fluidized bed using the spectral proper orthogonal decomposition Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Mohsen Zarepour, Donald J. Bergstrom, Raymond J. Spiteri
This study applies the spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (SPOD) to analyze the spatio-temporal characteristics associated with the flow fields of a bubbling fluidized bed. The results suggest there is no singular dominant frequency linked to the highest energy levels; rather, there is a spectrum of frequencies. These frequencies are consistent with the natural frequency from published correlations
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Time-Dependent synthesis of ZnS and its influence on photocatalytic hydrogen generation Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 L.A. Ramos-Huerta, O. Aguilar-Martínez, V. Santes, F.J. Tzompantzi Morales, C.E. Santolalla-Vargas
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In-situ assembly of Cu-BTC nanoparticles onto pollen template with enhanced hydrolytic stability and mechanical performance Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Yajie Yu, Kok Bing Tan, Kaiji Xu, Kang Sun, Juanjuan Bian, Shufeng Zhou, Guowu Zhan
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Temporal evolution of demarcations between the unsteady and steady regions and between the film and meniscus during dip coating with vertical withdrawal of Newtonian fluids Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Heng-Kuan Zhang, Ya-Ran Yin, Guo-Hua Hu, Xian-Ming Zhang
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Application of a property prediction model based on the structure oriented lumping method in the fluid catalytic cracking process Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Xinglong Qin, Lixin Hou, Lei Ye, Tianxiao Wang, Xin Pu, Xin Han, Peng Jiang, Jichang Liu, Shaokai Huang
Based on the Structure Oriented Lumping (SOL) method and the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm, a SOL-ANN property prediction model was constructed to predict the properties of molecules and products in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process. The properties of each structural vector in the molecular composition matrices of gasoline and diesel were calculated. The influences of reaction
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Construction of multi-porous Ni-based monolithic catalyst by combining wood carbon and SBA-15 for strengthening CO2 methanation Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jianqiao Liu, Xuhui Zou, Min Chen, Xujiang Zhu, Shifei Kang, Qineng Xia, Yongyong Cao, Siqiang Zhang, Zhigang Ge, Zhangfeng Shen, Lifeng Cui, Yangang Wang
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Nanocage confined nitrogen-rich MOF-derived Co/CoN heterostructure for overall water splitting Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jie Lei, Zhi Li, Cuiping Wang, Huiying Yao, Xilong Wang, Jinsong Hu
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A Deterministic Model to Predict Tacticity Changes During Controlled Degradation of Polypropylene Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Jakob I. Straznicky, Piet D. Iedema, Klaas Remerie, Kimberley B. McAuley
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Micropore self-repairing/blocking by the rapid carbonization of MOFs/graphene for various sodium storage Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hanqing Zhao, Gaobo Chang, Yaoyao Wang, Cheng Huang, Zhong Li
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Practical and efficient oxygenation of benzylic C-H bonds with dioxygen catalyzed by two-dimensional porous organic frameworks possessing porphyrin cobalt(II) units Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yuan-Bin She, Yu Zhang, Jia-Ye Ni, Xin-Yan Zhou, Hong-Liang Ye, Hai-Min Shen
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The growth of a single rising bubble in viscous solution and the resulting volatile removal Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Xin Liu, Ziqi Cai, Zhengming Gao
In the foam devolatilization, volatiles are removed accompanying with the growth of rising bubbles, and determining the amount of removed volatile is important in the design of devolatilization device. In this work, acetone and polydimethylsiloxane were used as the volatile and polymer respectively to study the single bubble growth process in the foam devolatilization. The variation of single bubble
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A new reduced geometric model for simulation and design of NETmix reactors: LoopNUB Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Isabel S. Fernandes, Madalena M. Dias, José Carlos B. Lopes, Ricardo J. Santos
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Fault diagnosis of industrial process using attention mechanism with 3DCNN-LSTM Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Youqiang Chen, Ridong Zhang, Furong Gao
Although architectures such as recurrent neural networks (RNN) perform well in time series prediction, there is still challenges for existing deep learning methods in extracting comprehensive spatio-temporal features. This paper proposes a fault diagnosis method (3D-ALCNN) using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network (3DCNN), a long-short-term memory network (LSTM) and an attentional mechanism
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Liquid dispersion behaviors in a rotating packed bed with different packing arrangements: A comparison study Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Han-Zhuo Xu, Zhi-Hao Liu, Yan-Bin Li, Liang-Liang Zhang, Guang-Wen Chu, Jian-Feng Chen
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CFD investigation of post-combustion CO2 capture using an industrial spray tower: Regulation effects of spray schemes Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yin Xu, Wenjie Chang, Xiaole Chen, Baosheng Jin
The use of spray towers for post-combustion CO capture has attracted growing industrial interest. However, its practical application is hampered by a lack of knowledge about CO spray absorption on an industrial scale. Herein, we developed a numerical model to explore the potential of the spray tower for CO removal at a 330 MW coal-fired power plant. The model was developed in the Euler-Lagrange framework
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Effect of viscosity on bubble spreading on flat solid surfaces Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Jinfeng Liu, Xiaofeng Jiang, Enle Xu, Xianliang Meng, Guoguang Wu
The behavior and dynamics of bubble spreading has a great impact on interfacial contact area and time, which is significant for the heat/mass transfer or separation efficiency. In this work, the dynamical behavior of bubble spreading especially the three-phase contact line (TPL) on solid flat surfaces in low viscous liquids was investigated. The results show that the final length of TPL on homogeneous
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Enhancing filter efficiency of polyimide/polyethersulfone nanofiber membranes via novel treatments of high pressure processing, thermocompression, atmospheric plasma, and corona discharge Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Hua-Wei Chen, Shu-Hsien Huang, Chyow-San Chiou, Yi-Hung Lai, Gui-Bing Hong, Wei-Ting Chen
In this study, novel post-treatments contained of high pressure processing (HPP), thermocompression, atmospheric plasma, and corona discharge were used to progress the filter quality of polyimide/polyethersulfone (PI/PES) nanofiber membranes in the conditions of 50/50 % PI/PES, 0.15 ml/hr flow rate, 22.5 kV, and 20 min. The filter quality of nanofiber membrane did not get progress after HPP and thermocompression
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Rosa damascena waste as biosorbent for co-existing pollutants removal: Fixed-bed column study and ANN modeling Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Fatima Batool, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Imran Ali, G. Abdulkareem-Alsultan, Abdelkader Anouzla, Hui Hwang Goh, Dongdong Zhang, Faissal Aziz, Kit Wayne Chew
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Micromixer research trend of active and passive designs Chem. Eng. Sci. (IF 4.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Sajad Razavi Bazaz, Ali Sayyah, Amir Hossein Hazeri, Robert Salomon, Ali Abouei Mehrizi, Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani