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Photo-assisted Adsorptive Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels over TiO2 and Ag-TiO2
(2016-05-05)
Organic sulfur compounds are one of the most common impurities in crude oil which is widely used as transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Sulfur in liquid hydrocarbon fuels is also considered as one ...
Conversion of biomass derived carbohydrate to value added chemicals by liquid-phase thermochemical and biochemical processing
(2017-07-26)
Levulinic and lactic acid are considered as highly versatile chemicals with a potential to be building-block for the synthesis of various upgraded chemicals. The main objective of this study is to develop novel strategies ...
Towards the Computer-Aided Molecular Design of Reactants and Products
(2017-11-30)
Many chemical processes generate products with properties of interest to businesses and end consumers (B&EC), using reactions. Thus, a need for quantitative modeling of physico-chemical properties and molecular design (MD) ...
Synthesis of Janus Nanoparticles using a Packed Column and their Applications
(2018-07-27)
Janus nanoparticles, nanoparticles with two regions of differing properties, have been of
interest to researchers for the last 30 years. Differing surface regions of Janus nanoparticles
allows for self-assembly into ...
A Data-Mining Framework for Uncertainty Analysis in Pipeline Erosion Modeling
(2018-07-24)
The transport of solids in multiphase flows is common practice in energy industries due to the unavoidable extraction of solids from oil and gas bearing reservoirs either from onshore or offshore sites. The safe and efficient ...
Mixing, Mass Transfer and Cell Production in a Continuous Bioreactor
(2018-08-03)
This research investigated a novel continuous bioreactor which has the advantages of enhanced oxygen transfer, low shear stress, ease of operation and scalability. The bioreactor showed significant improvement in gas-liquid ...
Synergistic Approach to the Stable Production of Solar Fuels by Coupling Urea Oxidation with Hydrogen Generation
(2018-12-03)
A solar waste-to-fuels concept was presented to synergistically produce hydrogen fuel from visible sunlight while remediating urea wastewater. A cascade semiconductor-catalyst electrode assembly was designed to drive the ...
Synthesis of Ceria Nanomaterials to Enhance Catalytic Activity of CO Oxidation
(2019-11-14)
This thesis represents a comparative study of a series of ceria nanomaterials towards CO oxidation. Ceria particles were synthesized using microwave-assisted hydrothermal and one-step solvothermal methods, and ceria ...
Bioconversion of lignocellulose into acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE): pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation
(2016-12-09)
Abstract
The objective of the present dissertation is to investigate the bioprocess for the production of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) from lignocellulosic feedstocks via ABE fermentation with solvent-producing ...
Design and Simulation of a Circulating Tumor Cell Detector
(2016-05-05)
Recent advances in magnetic cell selection have enhanced the possibility of isolating cells of interest. The detection of fetal cells in maternal blood, circulating stem cells and circulating tumor cells will soon be a ...