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1. 110th Anniversary: A Total Water Splitting Electrocatalyst Based on Borate/Fe Co-Doping of Nickel Sulfide

Author:
Zhao Zhang; Tianran Zhang; Jim Yang Lee
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13053-13063
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
borates; catalysts; electrochemistry; electrodes; foams; hydrogen; hydrogen production; microparticles; nickel; oxygen production; platinum; process design; sulfides
Abstract:
... The design of tunable low-cost electrocatalysts efficient in both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is central to the clean production of hydrogen without the reliance on platinum group metals (PGMs), which are the best known electrocatalysts for these reactions today. In this study, a catalyst-integrated electrode with a tunable composition (borate/Fe d ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01976

2. 110th Anniversary: Modeling and Optimization of a Butyl Glycol Ether Plant Based on an Experimental Kinetic Study

Author:
Seonghwan Choi; Junkyo Jeong; Chan Yeong Yun; Sora Hwang; Jay H. Lee
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13260-13273
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
case studies; diethylene glycol; econometric models; economic feasibility; manufacturing; process design; reaction kinetics; simulation models; triethylene glycol
Abstract:
... A simulation model is developed to estimate the production of four products (butyl monoethylene glycol ether, butyl diethylene glycol ether, butyl triethylene glycol ether, and butyl polyethylene glycol ether) in a glycol ether plant and to predict the amount of utilities consumed by the manufacturing units. To ensure the broad applicability of the developed model, a reaction kinetics model is req ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02490

3. 110th Anniversary: Nonideal Mixing Phenomena in High-Pressure Low-Density Polyethylene Autoclaves: Prediction of Variable Initiator Efficiency and Ethylene Decomposition

Author:
Prokopis Pladis; Costas Kiparissides
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13093-13111
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
autoclaves; ethylene; mixing; models; polyethylene; prediction; process design; risk; temperature
Abstract:
... A segregation–backmixing model is developed to simulate the dynamic operation of multifeed high-pressure low-density polyethylene (LDPE) autoclaves, calculate the specific initiator consumption (grams of initiator per kilogram of LDPE), and assess the risk of ethylene decomposition under different nonideal mixing and operating scenarios. To describe the nonideal macro- and micromixing phenomena in ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02517

4. Calorimetric Studies on the Thermal Stability of 2-Nitrotoluene Explosives with Incompatible Substances

Author:
Wen Zhu; Maria I. Papadaki; Steve Horsch; Michael Krause; Chad V. Mashuga
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13366-13375
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
calcium chloride; calorimeters; calorimetry; catalytic activity; explosives; ferric oxide; ions; process design; sodium carbonate; sodium chloride; sodium sulfate; temperature; thermal stability
Abstract:
... The decomposition of 2-nitrotoluene with five incompatibles (sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, and iron(III) oxide) has been studied in an ARSST calorimeter under pseudoadiabatic conditions. All five incompatibles lower the detected “onset” temperature of 2-NT with iron(III) oxide having the largest impact. Other important thermal parameters such as maximum tempe ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01823

5. Catalytic Depolymerization of Alkaline Lignin into Phenolic-Based Compounds over Metal-Free Carbon-Based Catalysts

Author:
Sansanee Totong; Pornlada Daorattanachai; Armando T. Quitain; Tetsuya Kida; Navadol Laosiripojana
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13041-13052
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; carbon; catalysts; catalytic activity; depolymerization; feedstocks; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gel chromatography; graphene oxide; ionization; lignin; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; phenolic compounds; process design; pulp; sulfuric acid; wastes
Abstract:
... Low-cost alkaline lignin, a major waste from pulp manufacturers, is currently a promising renewable feedstock for converting pulp to high-value phenolic compounds via a catalytic depolymerization reaction. Among potential catalysts for this reaction, metal-free carbon-based catalysts have been widely developing due to several favorable characteristics such as high catalytic activity and selectivit ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01973

6. Chain Disentanglements and Oxygen Transmission Reduction in LDPE/POSS Nanocomposites. Influence of POSS Size

Author:
Angel Romo-Uribe; Joseph Lichtenhan; Adriana Reyes-Mayer; Marcela Paredes-Pérez; Mauricio Yañez-Lino
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13145-13153
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
extrusion; melting; moieties; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; oxygen; polyethylene; process design; silsesquioxanes; transmission electron microscopy; viscosity; wide-angle X-ray scattering
Abstract:
... It was recently shown that molecularly dispersed octaisobutyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (bu-POSS) nanoparticles acted like nanoplugs and reduced O₂ transmission in low-density polyethylene (LDPE) (Romo-Uribe, A.; Polymer2019, 165, 61−71, DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.01.024). Here, the influence of alkyl group on O₂ transmission and chain dynamics was investigated by dispersing octamethyl ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01846

7. Changes in Physicochemical Properties and the Release of Inorganic Species during Hydrothermal Dewatering of Lignite

Author:
Keji Wan; Deepak Pudasainee; Vinoj Kurian; Zhenyong Miao; Rajender Gupta
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13294-13302
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
arsenic; barium; calcium; dewatering; drying; hot water treatment; lignite; macropores; magnesium; moieties; physicochemical properties; potassium; power plants; process design; relative humidity; sodium; strontium; water content
Abstract:
... Hydrothermal dewatering (HTD) is a nonevaporative drying method mainly useful for lignite, which in general has high moisture content. The lignite upgraded with HTD is expected as a clean fuel for power station; however, the changes in physicochemical properties of the product still have not been systermetically studied. In this research, hydrothermal treatments of lignite were performed at 200, 2 ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01691

8. Design of Lewis Acid Centers in Bundlelike Boron Nitride for Boosting Adsorptive Desulfurization Performance

Author:
Jing Luo; Yanhong Chao; Zeyu Tang; Mingqing Hua; Xiaowei Li; Yanchen Wei; Haiyan Ji; Jun Xiong; Wenshuai Zhu; Huaming Li
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13303-13312
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
Lewis acids; adsorbents; adsorption; aromatic hydrocarbons; boron nitride; desulfurization; porous media; process design
Abstract:
... Refining the Lewis acid of boron nitride (BN) can construct new adsorptive sites and improve the adsorptive capacity and selectivity in adsorption desulfurization of diesel. Herein, we outline a strategy via introducing Ce(III) to anchor strong Lewis acid sites on bundlelike BN adsorbent. The strong Lewis acid sites on BN can bring a dramatic development to the adsorption by enhancing the Lewis ac ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01745

9. Design of an Air-Cooled Sabatier Reactor for Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂: Experimental Proof-of-Concept and Model-Based Feasibility Analysis

Author:
Robert Currie; Sogol Mottaghi-Tabar; Yichen Zhuang; David S. A. Simakov
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 12964-12980
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
air; aluminum oxide; carbon dioxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; cooling; electricity costs; hydrogenation; landfills; mathematical models; methane; methane production; natural gas; nickel; process design
Abstract:
... This study assesses the techno-economic feasibility of using a single-pass, air-cooled Sabatier reactor for the thermocatalytic conversion of CO₂ into renewable natural gas (RNG). The reactor was first analyzed numerically using a dynamic mathematical model. Effects of the feed rate, coolant type (compressed air vs molten salt), and cooling rate on the reactor performance were investigated. Next, ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01426

10. Effect of Nitrogen Compounds on Reactive Adsorption Desulfurization over NiO/ZnO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ Adsorbents

Author:
Feng Ju; Tian Wu; Miao Wang; Rongxing Lin; Mingyang Zhao; Siauw H. Ng; Hao Ling
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13401-13407
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; acidity; adsorbents; adsorption; ammonia; desorption; desulfurization; gasoline; infrared radiation; nickel oxide; nitrogen; process design; pyridines; quinoline; silica
Abstract:
... The effect of nitrogen compounds in FCC gasoline on reactive adsorption desulfurization (RADS)was investigated over NiO/ZnO-Al₂O₃–SiO₂ adsorbents. On the basis of ammonia temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), pyridine infrared radiation (Py-IR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD), adsorbents calcinated at 500 °C exhibit weak acidity and strong acidity, high Brδnsted acidity, and good dispersion of the ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01682

11. Enhanced H₂ Production from Municipal Solid Waste Gasification Using Ni–CaO–TiO₂ Bifunctional Catalyst Prepared by dc Arc Plasma Melting

Author:
Muhammad Irfan; Aimin Li; Lei Zhang; Muhammad Javid; Mengya Wang; Shujauddin Khushk
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13408-13419
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
carbon dioxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; gasification; hydrogen; hydrogen production; industrial applications; melting; municipal solid waste; nickel; process design; steam; synthesis gas; temperature; thermogravimetry; titanium dioxide
Abstract:
... The gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the presence of a Ni–CaO catalyst is a promising approach for in situ CO₂ capture along with enhanced H₂ syngas production. However, the instability of the catalyst–sorbent matrix is a challenging obstacle for the gasification process. The direct current (dc) arc plasma melting method was employed to prepare a series of bifunctional catalysts (Ni– ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01999

12. Framework for Design Under Uncertainty Including Inherent Safety, Environmental Assessment, and Economic Performance of Chemical Processes

Author:
Andrea P. Ortiz-Espinoza; Vasiliki Kazantzi; Fadwa T. Eljack; Arturo Jiménez-Gutiérrez; Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi; Nikolaos K. Kazantzis
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13239-13248
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; case studies; economic performance; environmental assessment; ethylene production; models; natural gas; process design; risk; uncertainty
Abstract:
... Typically, analysis and design of chemical processes is carried out considering average values of inherently uncertain data that pertain to key design and process variables that shape its performance. In this work, a methodology that includes uncertainty in process safety, an item commonly addressed after the final design has been achieved, along with environmental and economic metrics of the proc ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02349

13. Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Pilot-Scale Dual Fluidized Bed with Continuous Feeding and Discharging of Solids: Experiment and 3D Simulation

Author:
Zheng Zou; Zhan Du; Guoqiang Shao; Qi Liu; Zhaohui Xie; Hongzhong Li; Qingshan Zhu
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13376-13389
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
cold; fluidized beds; hydrodynamics; models; prediction; process design
Abstract:
... The hydrodynamic properties of a dual fluidized bed (DFB) with continuous feeding and discharging of solids were investigated on a pilot-scale plant in cold mode and simulated coupled with the structure-based drag model. We present a deep analysis that focuses directly on the problem of predicting the fluid dynamics behavior of this type of system for which empirical data is limited or unavailable ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02062

14. In Situ Exfoliation of Graphite into Graphene Nanosheets in Elastomer Composites Based on Diels–Alder Reaction during Melt Blending

Author:
Zhanbin Feng; Hongli Zuo; Jing Hu; Bing Yu; Nanying Ning; Ming Tian; Liqun Zhang
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13182-13189
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
cycloaddition reactions; electrical conductivity; graphene; industry; maleic anhydrides; melting; mixing; nanosheets; process design; rubber
Abstract:
... We developed a new technique to in situ exfoliate graphite into graphene nanosheets and simultaneously prepare graphene nanosheets/elastomer composites based on the Diels–Alder (DA) reaction under strong shearing force transferred by the hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) during melt mixing. To realize the DA reaction, expanded graphite (EG) was used as a diene and maleic anhydride (MA) ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02580

15. Influence of Synthesized Method on the Cycle Stability of NiO/NiAl₂O₄ during Chemical Looping Combustion of Biomass Pyrolysis Gas

Author:
Yan Sun; Enchen Jiang; Xiwei Xu; Jiamin Wang; Ren Tu; Fuping Fan
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13163-13173
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
X-ray diffraction; biomass; carbon dioxide; combustion; coprecipitation; industrial applications; methane; nickel oxide; oxygen; process design; pyrolysis; scanning electron microscopy; separation
Abstract:
... The industrial application of NiO/NiAl₂O₄ oxygen carrier is always restricted by its poor cycle stability. The cycle stability of NiO/NiAl₂O₄ synthesized by different methods was compared based on the change of activity, structure, and composition of oxygen carrier after several cycles. The results showed that the oxygen carrier obtained by the coprecipitation method exhibits better cycle stabilit ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02532

16. Kinetic Description of Ascorbic Acid Decomposition in Redox Initiator Systems for Polymerization Processes

Author:
Baldur Schroeter; Sven Bettermann; Henning Semken; Timo Melchin; Hans-Peter Weitzel; Werner Pauer
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 12939-12952
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
Weibull statistics; activation energy; ammonium; aqueous solutions; ascorbic acid; copolymerization; emulsions; ferric sulfate; prediction; process design; statistical models; temperature; vinyl acetate
Abstract:
... The temperature dependent redox decomposition rate constants of ascorbic acid (AsAc) in aqueous solutions were quantified in the presence of ammonium iron(III) sulfate dodecahydrate (Fe-cat) and tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP). Decomposition rates were determined in a temperature range from 35–75 °C with respect to the component ratios. First-order kinetics were observed up to specific conversions ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00710

17. Mixing Performance and Application of a Three-Dimensional Serpentine Microchannel Reactor with a Periodic Vortex-Inducing Structure

Author:
Mingzhao Guo; Xingjian Hu; Fan Yang; Song Jiao; Yujun Wang; Haiyan Zhao; Guangsheng Luo; Huimin Yu
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13357-13365
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
Reynolds number; dynamic models; mass transfer; mixing; process design
Abstract:
... A new type of three-dimensional (3D) serpentine microchannel reactor was fabricated by thermally bonding stacked polyimide films to greatly improve the mixing efficiency by transversal vortices at low Reynolds number (Re). The effects of Re, flow ratio R, and channel width on the mixing performance were investigated using the Villermaux–Dushman method, in which the segregation index XS was utilize ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01573

18. Modeling of Reaction and Deactivation Kinetics in Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction on SAPO-34

Author:
Min-Kyung Lee; Jinsu Kim; Jun-Hyung Ryu; Young-Seek Yoon; Chul-Ung Kim; Soon-Yong Jeong; In-Beum Lee
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13227-13238
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
algorithms; catalysts; ethylene; kinetics; methane; models; process design; propane; propylene
Abstract:
... A new kinetic model is proposed for the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction over SAPO-34. The resulting products in this model are divided into 7 lumps: methane, ethylene, propylene, butene, propane, C4, and C5+. The deactivation kinetics of the MTO reaction is studied based on the proposed 7-lump kinetic model. The model is based on the assumptions that all reaction steps are first-order and the a ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01940

19. Nitrogen Sorption in a Transition Metal Complex Solution for N₂ Rejection from Methane

Author:
Zhikao Li; Gongkui Xiao; Brendan Graham; Gang Li; Eric F. May
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13284-13293
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
EDTA (chelating agent); absorption; aqueous solutions; capital; carbon dioxide; distillation; energy; ethanolamine; heat; liquefied natural gas; liquids; methane; nitrogen; process design
Abstract:
... Nitrogen is a ubiquitous impurity in natural gas that has to be removed for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The most widely used technology for N₂ rejection, cryogenic distillation, is a capital and energy intensive process. In this work, a nitrogen selective K[Ruᴵᴵ(EDTA)] aqueous solution was prepared and tested for nitrogen sorption with the aim of reducing the N₂ rejection costs ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01356

20. Permanganate-Induced Efficient Mineralization of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and Vinylidene-Fluoride Based Copolymers in Low-Temperature Subcritical Water

Author:
Ryo Honma; Hisao Hori; Fernando Reis da Cunha; Naoki Horiike; Lucia Steinbach; Bruno Ameduri
Source:
Industrial & engineering chemistry process design and development 2019 v.58 no.29 pp. 13030-13040
ISSN:
1520-5045
Subject:
composite polymers; fluorides; fluorine; hydrogen peroxide; ions; manganese dioxide; mineralization; potassium permanganate; process design; recycling; temperature; thermoplastics; total organic carbon
Abstract:
... Reactions of poly(vinylidene fluoride) [PVDF], poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) [poly(VDF-co-HFP)] copolymer, and poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-perfluoromethyl vinyl ether) [poly(VDF-co-PMVE)] copolymer in subcritical water were performed with the aim to develop a technique for recycling fluorine element. By addition of KMnO₄ to the system, quasi-complete mineralization of PVDF was a ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01921