Recently, considerable attention has been given to using magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for capturing oil from oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, despite MNPs’ inherent instability and agglomeration. Their stabilization through changing surface chemi...
The moisture sorption isotherm of pea starch films prepared with various glycerol contents as plasticizer was investigated at different storage relative humidities (11%–96% RH) and at 5 ± 1, 15 ± 1, 25 ± 1 and 40 ± 1 °C by using gravimetric method. T...
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The adsorption isotherm, the adsorption kinetics, and the thermodynamic parameters of ammonium removal from aqueous solution by using clinoptilolite in aqueous solution was investigated in this study. Experimental data obtained from batch equilibrium...
This study investigates the removal of heavy metals, particularly copper and nickel, from acidic aqueous solutions using the weakly base polymeric chelating resin Dowex M-4195. The research conducts comprehensive cost–benefit and statistical an...
Adsorption is considered to be one of the most effective technologies widely used in global environmental protection areas. Modeling of experimental adsorption isotherm data is an essential way for predicting the mechanisms of adsorption, which will...
Adsorption heat transformation (AHT) systems can play a major role in protecting our environment by decreasing the usage of fossil fuels and utilizing natural and alternative working fluids. The adsorption isotherm is the most important feature in ch...
The close link between the roughness of a surface and its adsorptive properties in Cerofolini’s model yields, with an adequate choice of adsorption energy, the well-known Dubinin-Radushkevich or Freundlich adsorption isotherms. Assuming fractal...
Sorption isotherm is an essential property for the processing of biological materials. In this study, a component model for the prediction of the sorption isotherm was evaluated. In order to validate this component model, the moisture sorption isothe...
The finite pore volume Guggenheim–Anderson–de Boer (fpv-GAB) adsorption isotherm model has been considered as a simple tool which not only enables us to analyze the shape of isotherms theoretically, but also provides information about pore diameter....
A modified Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov (JMAK) model, including the heating rates, was proposed in this study to improve the accuracy of isothermal austenite formation kinetics prediction. Since the ultrafast heating process affec...
A non-isothermal moving-boundary model for food dehydration, accounting for shrinkage and thermal effects, is proposed and applied to the analysis of intermittent dehydration in which air temperature, relative humidity, and velocity vary cyclically i...
Kinetic analysis remains a powerful tool for studying a large variety of reactions, which lies at the core of material science and industry. It aims at obtaining the kinetic parameters and model that best describe a given process and using that infor...
A non-isothermal transformation model was proposed to determine the austenite formation kinetics in a steel alloyed with 2.6% wt. Si by dilatometric analysis, considering that the nucleation mechanism does not change with the heating rate. From the d...
The adsorption response of eosin Y and indigo carmine acid dyes on activated carbon as a function of system temperature for a fixed concentration was investigated at various temperatures via adsorption isotherms and their thermodynamic quantities suc...
Drinking groundwater contamination by pathogenic viruses represents a serious risk to worldwide public health, particularly for enteric viruses, which exhibit high prevalence and occurrence during outbreaks. Understanding how enteric viruses adsorb i...
Sustainable methods such as convective drying have regained interest in reducing the loss and waste of food produce. Combined with techniques like blanching and edible coatings, they could serve as useful tools in food processing development. Composi...
This study aims to comprehensively investigate the current advances in water treatment technologies for the elimination of heavy metals using biomass-based adsorbents. The enhancement of adsorption capacity in biomass materials is achieved through su...
Non-isothermal crystallization of Poly(butylene succinate) (PBSu)/biochar composites was studied at various constant cooling rates using differential scanning calorimetry. The analysis of the kinetics data revealed that the overall crystallization ra...
Efficient boron removal from irrigation waters is crucial for sustainable agriculture, as elevated levels of boron can be toxic to many plants, limiting growth and crop productivity. In this context, the present study investigated the sorption equili...
The thermoplastic and hygroscopic behaviors of date syrup (DS) challenge the DS drying process. In this context, DS was mixed with 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% acacia gum (AG) and subjected to a drum dryer. The chemical composition, bulk density (pb), caki...
Deposits of natural gas hydrates are some of the most promising sources of hydrocarbons. According to studies, at the current level of natural gas consumption, the traditional reserves will last for about 50 years, and the gas hydrate deposits will l...
Adsorption cooling technologies driven by low-grade thermal or solar power are used as an energy-efficient alternative to conventional refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Explicit understanding of the adsorption cycles requires precise determ...
The objective of this study was to model an adsorption column bed with biomass residues using computational software to remove Pb (II) at the industrial level and analyse the effects of parametric variation. For this purpose, several simulations of t...
Isothermal compression behaviors of as-extruded AA 2055 alloy (T6 state) were studied at temperature of 320, 380, 440 and 500 °C with strain rate of 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 and 1 s−1 by a Gleeble-3800 testing machine. A modified Johnson–Cook...
As the world transitions towards a more sustainable future, it is imperative to develop innovative solutions that address the pressing issue of plastic pollution. Microplastics, in particular, have become a significant concern due to their widespread...
There is increasing concern to determine an alternative coagulant for treating industrial effluent with minimal environmental impact and operational cost. In this study, iron (II) sulphate heptahydrate (FeSO4·7H2O) waste, an industrial byprodu...
The sorption of basic dyes onto magnetic nanosorbent is commonly used as a novel material to combat powdered activated carbon, which is difficult to handle and separate during water and wastewater treatment. This adsorption method is commonly impleme...
This research aimed to assess the adsorption properties of raw walnut shell powder (WNSp) for the elimination of methylene blue (MB) from an aqueous medium. The initial MB concentration (2–50 mg/L), the mass of the biomaterial (0.1–1 g/L)...
The discharge of synthetic dyes in industrial wastewaters poses a serious environmental threat as they are difficult to degrade naturally and are harmful to aquatic organisms. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using clean untreated rice...
Global concern over arsenic contamination in drinking water necessitates innovative and sustainable remediation technologies. This study evaluates the adsorption performance of Fe–Mn binary oxide (FMBO) nanocomposites developed by coating polye...
The continuous casting tundish is non-isothermal due to heat losses and temperature variation from the inlet stream, which generate relevant convection forces. This condition is commonly avoided through qualitative fluid dynamic analysis only. This w...
This study explores the effectiveness of cow bone char as a low-cost, eco-friendly, and biodegradable adsorbent for removing Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions from acidic wastewater as challenging is due to heavy metal-contaminated industrial wastewater. Batch...
In the continuous casting process, the fluid flow of molten steel in the tundish is in a non-isothermal state. Because of the geometric shape and process parameters of a multi-strand tundish, the fluid flow behavior of each strand is quite inhomogene...
This study investigates the growth characteristics of Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in liquid whole egg under both isothermal and non-isothermal storage conditions to understand the risks associated with inadequate temperature management in...
This work provides a comprehensive overview of various aspects of airfoil CFD simulations. The airflow around a 2D NACA 0012 airfoil at various angles of attack is simulated using the RANS SST turbulent flow model and compared to experimental data. T...
We investigated the adsorption of lead (Pb2+) and nickel (Ni2+) ions by electrospun membranes of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber activated with NaHCO3 (PANmod). Analysis by Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), field emission scanning ele...
In order to study the adsorption process and adsorption characteristics of shale oil at the macro scale, the isothermal adsorption experiments of illite and kerogen on a heptadecane (oil phase) solution were carried out by infrared spectrophotometry...
Experimental and mathematical modeling of the moisture sorption isotherms for biomass pellets during storage is performed in this study. The tested pellets are a mixture of 50% wood: spruce or pine, and 50% switchgrass agricultural biomass. Storage c...
This study introduces a series of Fe/Mn-GOCS composites using high-temperature impregnation with graphene oxide and chitosan as substrates, modified by diverse manganese salts, including MnCl2∙4H2O, KMnO4, and MnSO4. Among these, FeCl2/MnSO4-GO...
The main objective of this study was to optimize the adsorption process of methylene blue on a natural, low-cost adsorbent, Leonurus cardiaca L. biomass powder, in order to maximize dye removal efficiency from aqueous solutions. For this purpose, the...
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is an exponential amplification method of DNA strands that is more and more used for its high performances. Thanks to its high sensitivity and selectivity, LAMP found numerous applications from the detect...
UV-Vis spectrophotometer was used to determine chlorpropham (CIPC) concentration in aqueous solution. The method was validated in term of linearity, precision and limit of detection and limit of quantitation. The correlation coefficient of standards...
Accurate prediction of soil phosphorus (P) adsorption capacity is essential for efficient fertilizer management and environmental protection. Traditional isotherm models, such as the Langmuir equation, have been widely used to quantify P sorption, bu...
Five alkali-activated analcime (ANA) sorbents (ANA-MK 1, ANA 2, ANA 3, ANA-MK 4, and ANA-MK 5) were developed for ammonium (NH4+) ion removal. Acid treatment and calcination were used as pre-treatments for analcime, and metakaolin (MK) was used as a...
The adsorption equilibrium of methyl blue (MB) at different temperatures was optimized using activated graphene (AG) as an adsorbent. The experimental data were compared using five linear and nonlinear adsorption isotherms, namely, Langmuir, Freundli...
Chromatography modeling for simulation is a tool that can help to predict the separation of molecules inside the column. Knowledge of sorption isotherms in chromatography modeling is a crucial step and methods such as frontal analysis or batch are us...
Fiber metal laminate (FML) is a kind of lightweight material that has garnered much attention in recent years due to its excellent properties under tensile, flexure, and impact conditions. However, little attention has been paid to the evolution of a...
Today’s market leading electric vehicles, driven on typical UK motorways, have real-world range estimation inaccuracy of up to 27%, at around 10 °C outside temperature. The inaccuracy worsens for city driving or lower outside temperature. T...
Fly ash/magnetite material was used for the adsorption of copper ions from synthetic wastewater. The obtained material was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fouri...
Eucalyptus camdulensis biochar (Ec-bio) was used to adsorb crystal violet (CV) and methylene blue (MB) dyes, which was optimized and further evaluated using different isotherm and kinetic models. Microscopy and spectroscopy techniques showed the inte...
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