• His research interests are focused on chemical reactor modelling and supercritical fluids processing for sustainable waste treatment, and he's very interested in collaborating in these, and related, fields. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Journal of Supercritical Fluids , vol. 116, pp. 155-163. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Supercritical fluids (SCFs) offer unique advantages for interfacial deposition processes. (confex.com)
  • Some terran enzymes are known to be active in supercritical fluids. (orionsarm.com)
  • The fact that supercritical fluids can be removed without a residue is an advantage. (orionsarm.com)
  • Ordinary gases, such as O2 and H2, are miscible with supercritical fluids, such as supercritical CO2. (orionsarm.com)
  • Homogeneous catalysis using supercritical fluids: Recent trends and systems studied. (necenti.com)
  • Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) for the removal of N − containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon wastes. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) is a new oxidation technology that utilizes supercritical water reaction to destroy the configuration of matter. (eurekaselect.com)
  • The company has developed an AirSCWO system utilizing Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO), which it describes on its website as "a physical-thermal process powered by water above its critical point (374°C and 221 bar) and air that yields a highly effective oxidation reaction that completely eliminates organic compounds. (thecooldown.com)
  • The SCWO process, which Deshusses affectionately calls a "pressure cooker on steroids," adds heat and pressure to water, taking it to a fourth "supercritical" state. (thecooldown.com)
  • Reaction mechanism for phenol oxidation in supercritical water. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Experimental studies on pyrolysis and partial oxidation of polyethylene (PE) in supercritical water were conducted by use of batch reactors at a reaction temperature of 420°C and reaction time of 30 min. (elsevierpure.com)
  • In the case of pyrolysis, PE decomposition was enhanced with increasing water density. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Since the effect of supercritical water on pyrolysis itself was found to be not significant through the basic studies using n-hexadecane, the enhancement of PE decomposition by supercritical water was considered to be due to dissolution of high molecular weight hydrocarbons into supercritical water and diffusion of water into the molten PE phase. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Mathematical Modelling of Gas-Phase Complex Reaction Systems: Pyrolysis and Combustion. (mit.edu)
  • 2019. Detailed kinetic model for hexyl sulfide pyrolysis and its desulfurization by supercritical water . (mit.edu)
  • Alkali lignin pyrolysis oil (PO) was subjected to a sequential extraction method in which PO was separated into water soluble (WS), water insoluble (WI), methanol soluble (MS), methanol insoluble (MI), dichloromethane soluble (DS), and dichloromethane insoluble (DI) subfractions via combinations of water and organic solvents (water, methanol, and dichloromethane). (ncsu.edu)
  • Laser pyrolysis exploits a laser beam to provide the energy necessary for the pyrolysis reaction of a solid, liquid, or gaseous reagent inside a reactor in which there is a controlled and oxygen-free atmosphere. (springer.com)
  • If compared with other types of pyrolysis (e.g. plasma, microwave, fixed and fluidized bed, with hot sand), from the point of view of the chemical characterization of the reaction, laser pyrolysis could ideally be considered as an alternative for flash and fast pyrolysis. (springer.com)
  • This paper focuses on the synthesis and characterization of Pt/ceria WGS catalysts prepared using supercritical fluid deposition (SCFD), a technique by which organometallic precursors are adsorbed from a supercritical fluid solvent on to a support. (confex.com)
  • Supercritical water is a key species in mineralogy, as well as in the commercial synthesis of crystalline inorganic species, including alpha-quartz and gemstones. (orionsarm.com)
  • Heat is of high importance in chemical synthesis because it enhances chemical reactions. (anton-paar.com)
  • Compared to conventional reflux synthesis, microwave-assisted synthesis in modern microwave reactors enables increasing yields while significantly reducing reaction times down to only a few minutes. (anton-paar.com)
  • Synthesis of Ag2S quantum dots in water-in-CO2 microemulsions. (nih.gov)
  • However, due to the complex hydrodynamics of supercritical water, the literature is limited regarding the synthesis, application, and performance of catalysts used in hydrothermal gasification. (bvsalud.org)
  • 35) Although most of that work concerns supercritical carbon dioxide as the solvent, fluorinated hydrocarbons (HCF3) and simple alkanes (e.g., ethane, propane) have also been reported,(36) providing a formal demonstration that terran-derived proteins can function in these media. (orionsarm.com)
  • Therefore, adjusting conditions in preparation processes of carbon catalyst can tailor the reaction and obtain the desired products. (necenti.com)
  • If we get the conditions right, these recalcitrant molecules can be completely destroyed, leaving no intermediate products and yielding only harmless substances, such as carbon dioxide, water and fluoride salts, which are often added to municipal water and toothpaste. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Wet air oxidation could achieve up to 99% removals for chemical oxygen demand and total organic carbon for the seasonality of October. (m2p2.fr)
  • These catalysts can be used and recycled in green solvents such as liquid polymers and supercritical carbon dioxide. (supercriticalfluids.com)
  • Polar attributes of supercritical carbon dioxide. (nih.gov)
  • Catalysis: Catalytic reagents that can be used in small quantities to repeat a reaction are superior to stoichiometric reagents (ones that are consumed in a reaction). (wikipedia.org)
  • Conversion mechanism of cellulosic biomass to lactic acid in subcritical water and acid-base catalytic effect of subcritical water. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Development of a novel catalytic membrane reactor for heterogeneous catalysis in supercritical CO₂. (nih.gov)
  • The article also highlights recent advancements with recommendations for catalytic supercritical water gasification of biomass and its model compounds, and it evaluates process viability and feasibility for commercialization. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mechanism of the oxidation of aqueous phenol with dissolved oxygen. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Diels-Alder reactions using supercritical water as an aqueous solvent medium. (necenti.com)
  • Amphiphilic block copolymer-stabilized gold nanoparticles for aerobic oxidation of alcohols in aqueous solution. (nih.gov)
  • Precise data on the non-variant equilibrium of the four phases (vapor-aqueous solution-ice-gas hydrate) in P-T coordinates are highly desired for developing accurate thermodynamic models and can be used as reference points (similar to the triple point of water). (bvsalud.org)
  • We have performed phenol supercritical water oxidation experiments to elicit water's influence on the reaction kinetics. (psu.edu)
  • Power law rate equations, which have been used in the past, are not capable of modeling water's effect on phenol supercritical water oxidation kinetics. (psu.edu)
  • Also, by using a detailed chemical kinetics model, we eliminated the possibility that the observed effects of water are due to its acting as a collision partner, reactant, or product in elementary reactions steps. (psu.edu)
  • 2019. Automated computational thermochemistry for butane oxidation: A prelude to predictive automated combustion kinetics . (mit.edu)
  • Organic chemists have been attracted for a variety of reasons to supercritical media as an environment for performing reactions. (orionsarm.com)
  • 37) It has rarely been used in organic chemistry, although there are examples of its use for the oxidation of methane, the degradation of biopolymers, and the dehydration of alkenes. (orionsarm.com)
  • 38) Its high critical temperature (647 K) implies that many organic species are unstable in supercritical water. (orionsarm.com)
  • This paper aims to assess and optimize the use of wet air oxidation to treat reverse osmosis concentrates in terms of bio-refractory organic pollutants removal. (m2p2.fr)
  • Applications of environmentally benign supercritical water to organic syntheses. (nih.gov)
  • 1992) found that the temperature for the formation of PCDD/Fs in municipal waste combustors ranged from 200 to 400°C. Aurell and Marklund (2009) stated that the dioxin formation pathways are not fully understood, but they are believed to be formed by heterogeneous reactions occurring in the post-combustion zone of the incinerator. (aaqr.org)
  • The partial oxidation of PE was influenced by the area of the interface between the molten PE phase and water-O 2 phase. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The reaction rate of partial oxidation of PE increased with an increase of the interfacial area. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Stearic acid, being a model compound of high molecular weight carboxylic acids, was oxidized in a batch reactor by changing the oxygen supply with an insufficient oxygen supply at a constant reaction time at 420 °C. On the basis of the intermediate products identified by GC/MS, NMR, and HPLC analyses and the free-radical reaction mechanism, the oxidation pathways of high molecular weight carboxylic acids in supercritical water are discussed. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The reaction of carboxylic acids in supercritical water proceeds with the consecutive oxidation of higher molecular weight carboxylic acids to lower molecular weight carboxylic acids through several major pathways. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Controlling hydrothermal reaction pathways to improve acetic acid production from carbohydrate biomass. (zju.edu.cn)
  • The influence of high-temperature water on the reaction pathways of nitroanilines. (necenti.com)
  • This paper explores the possibility for supercritical CO2 as a solvent for alien lifeforms, and the results are promising. (orionsarm.com)
  • Apparently, Enzymes in scCO2 would be more stable and less likely to produce side reactions than using water as a solvent. (orionsarm.com)
  • Other advantages include the solubility of gases within supercritical mixtures, the high diffusion rates, and the variable and adjustable density, solvent power, and dielectric constant of the medium. (orionsarm.com)
  • Classical heating in chemical laboratories is often carried out by refluxing a reaction mixture using a hot oil bath as a heat source, where the reaction temperature is usually determined by the boiling point of the used solvent. (anton-paar.com)
  • Contains fish oil produced through a unique solvent-free, supercritical, CO2 -based extraction method. (longnaturalhealth.com)
  • Supercritical fluid extraction. (just.edu.jo)
  • The high separation power and short analysis time obtained demonstrate for the first time that supercritical fluid chromatography is a fast and reliable technique for the analysis of lignin-derived phenols in complex environmental samples. (lu.se)
  • Alkaline cupric oxide (CuO) oxidation is one of the mostly performance supercritical fluid chromatography (UHPSFC) adopted methods for analyzing lignin in various complex using columns with sub-2 m packing can further improve environmental matrices such as soils and sediments [9]. (lu.se)
  • UHPSFC , ultra- pacted by other parameters, such as the addition of the mod- high performance supercritical fluid chromatography ifier and the change of the mobile phase density [20]. (lu.se)
  • Recent research provides evidence that catalysts having extremely low loadings of these metals can still exhibit high activity, as the degree of reaction rate enhancement depends on interfacial area between active metal sites and oxides. (confex.com)
  • However, catalysts also play a vital role in enhancing the gasification reactions and selectively altering the composition of gas products. (bvsalud.org)
  • Different reaction mechanisms involving a variety of catalysts during the hydrothermal gasification of biomass are outlined. (bvsalud.org)
  • The production of formic and acetic acid s (or salts) by hydrothermal oxidation of syringol , a model compound for lignin , was investigated using a batch reactor. (zju.edu.cn)
  • The composition and yield of gases from hydrothermal gasification depend on process conditions such as temperature, pressure, reaction time, feedstock concentration, and reactor geometry. (bvsalud.org)
  • The invention belongs to resource and environment filed, and in particular to a kind of supercritical water gasification product with blue-green algae algae solution reclaims nitrogen The device and method of phosphorus. (google.com)
  • Supercritical water gasification has emerged as a promising technology to sustainably convert waste residues into clean gaseous fuels rich in combustible gases such as hydrogen and methane. (bvsalud.org)
  • Do you want to switch from time-demanding reflux chemistry to convenient and efficient sealed-vessel reaction processing? (anton-paar.com)
  • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. (mit.edu)
  • 2020. Reactants, products, and transition states of elementary chemical reactions based on quantum chemistry . (mit.edu)
  • This method utilizes a low-temperature, oxygen-free process to prevent oxidation reactions, resulting in a pure, concentrated fish oil. (longnaturalhealth.com)
  • Results show that the highest yields of formic and acetic acid s were, respectively, 59.6% and 11.3% at the reaction condition of 0.5 mol/L NaOH, 120% H 2 O 2 supply and 280 °C. These results will inform studies aiming to develop more environmental friendly lignin conversion processes by obtaining products beyond a CO 2 end product. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Phase equilibria for biomass conversion processes in subcritical and supercritical water. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Coupling membrane processes with wet air oxidation for the remediation of industrial effluents. (m2p2.fr)
  • However, the optimization of operational parameters is vital to avoid degradation of macromolecules and the oxidation of labile compounds. (mdpi.com)
  • Extracting Phenolic Compounds from Rice Husk with Supercritical CO2 In much of the world, rice is a primary food source. (supercriticalfluids.com)
  • More specifically, experiments at 380 and 420 °C with similar residence times and phenol and oxygen concentrations showed that as the water concentration increased from 1 to 7 M the phenol conversion decreased. (psu.edu)
  • The high lattice oxygen mobility and powerful oxidation capacity derived from the Ni-Fe synergistic effect made it perform better in the BCLG reaction. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2020. Thermochemistry Prediction and Automatic Reaction Mechanism Generation for Oxygenated Sulfur Systems: A Case Study of Dimethyl Sulfide Oxidation . (mit.edu)
  • 2020. Uncertainty analysis of correlated parameters in automated reaction mechanism generation . (mit.edu)
  • Consequently, microwave heating is no longer considered just a curiosity worth mentioning but a completely established standard method for heating reaction mixtures just like other usual laboratory equipment like hotplates or rotary evaporators. (anton-paar.com)
  • That property removes a limitation that is well known in standard liquids, including water, in which reactions are limited by the poor solubility of gases in the standard liquid. (orionsarm.com)
  • Biomass conversions in subcritical and supercritical water: driving force, phase equilibria, and thermodynamic analysis. (zju.edu.cn)
  • Instead, you'll hit a critical point where water will reach a different state of matter, called the supercritical phase. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Free Energy Landscape for Glucose Condensation Reactions. (necenti.com)
  • 2019. Automatic Generation of Reaction Mechanisms . (mit.edu)
  • 2019. Correct Symmetry Treatment for X + X Reactions Prevents Large Errors in Predicted Isotope Enrichment . (mit.edu)
  • 2019. From benzene to naphthalene: direct measurement of reactions and intermediates of phenyl radicals and acetylene . (mit.edu)
  • This was for obvious reasons: The lack of safety, and insufficiently accurate measurement of reaction parameters in domestic microwave ovens and the resulting fact that most of the respected scientific journals (e.g., journals of the American Chemical Society) would not consider manuscripts describing the use of kitchen microwave ovens anymore). (anton-paar.com)
  • The laboratory section will provide students with hands-on experimentations in major techniques in molecular biology such as DNA and RNA isolation, protein purification, DNA and protein electrophoresis, nucleic acid hybridization and polymerase chain reaction. (aucegypt.edu)
  • These applications include key reactions in hydrogen production such as water-gas shift (WGS) and preferential oxidation (PROX), as well as fuel cell electrodes. (confex.com)
  • La création de la spin-off SINTERMAT en 2017 issue de mes travaux de recherche par l'un de mes doctorants (Dr. F. Naimi, 2013) en est une parfaite illustration. (u-bourgogne.fr)
  • CuO oxidation, the lignin macromolecule is hydrolyzed into a series of methoxy phenyl and phenyl aldehydes, ketones, Lignin is a complex biopolymer that constitutes a large por- and acids [9]. (lu.se)
  • With a very high molar proportion of fatty acid to saccharide when compared to the other studies, the authors suggested that increasing the proportion of fatty acid could negatively affect the lipase conformation due to an acidification of the reaction medium. (researchgate.net)
  • Humic substances are classified into three derived phenols generated by CuO oxidation are based on subcategories: humin, humic acid, and fulvic acid, based on GC-MS, HPLC with diode array detection (DAD) and CE- extractability at different pH values [3]. (lu.se)
  • But if you compress water, you can shift that equilibrium and get that boiling point at much hotter temperatures. (technologynetworks.com)
  • C'est ma volonté d'aller plus loin dans la compréhension des phénomènes associés à la « Réactivité des Solides » et, en particulier, pour maîtriser les différentes étapes conduisant à la formation d'un massif dense à microstructure contrôlée à partir d'une poudre, qui a toujours été le fil conducteur de mes activités de recherche. (u-bourgogne.fr)
  • A set of industrial water chiller and water storage tank will be installed to make the co2 extraction process go on successfully. (ifluidtec.com)
  • This involves the Deacon process, in which the Cl 2 produces chlorinated aromatic ring structures through substitution reactions. (aaqr.org)
  • Assessment and optimization of wet air oxidation for treatment of landfill leachate concentrated with reverse osmosis. (m2p2.fr)