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| Franco Berruti, The University of Western Ontario |
| Hugo de Lasa, The University of Western Ontario |
| Cedric Briens, The University of Western Ontario |
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Reviews
A Review of the Water Gas Shift Reaction Kinetics
Byron Smith R J, Muruganandam Loganathan, and Murthy Shekhar Shantha
Non-Ideal Flow in Liquid-Solid Fixed Beds of Irregular-Shaped Particles: A Critical Review
Vassilis J. Inglezakis
Recent Achievements in Combination of Ultrasonolysis and Other Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment
Masroor Mohajerani, Mehrab Mehrvar, and Farhad Ein-Mozaffari
A Review of Rapid Gas-Solid Separation Techniques
Martin Huard, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, and Thierry A. Gauthier
Characteristics of Local Flow Dynamics and Macro-Mixing in Airlift Column Reactors for Reliable Design and Scale-Up
Farouza Gumery, Farhad Ein-Mozaffari, and Yaser Dahman
Biomass Gasification in Supercritical Water -- A Review
Prabir Basu and Vichuda Mettanant
Trickle-Bed Laboratory Reactors for Kinetic Studies
Gaetan Mary, Jamal Chaouki, and Francis Luck
Literature Review on Heat Transfer in Two- and Three-Phase Bubble Columns
Craig Hulet, Patrice Clement, Patrice Tochon, Daniel Schweich, Nicolas Dromard, and Jerome Anfray
Measuring the Gas-Solids Distribution in Fluidized Beds -- A Review
J. Ruud van Ommen and Robert F. Mudde
Biomass Valorization for Fuel and Chemicals Production -- A Review
Cedric Briens, Jan Piskorz, and Franco Berruti
Articles
Hydrodynamic Studies on Zeolite Fluidized Beds
Vassilis J. Inglezakis, Marinos Stylianou, and Maria Loizidou
Influence of Free Stream Turbulence Intensity on Heat Transfer and Flow Around Four In-Line Elliptic Cylinders in Cross Flow
Ramadan Y. Sakr, Nabil M. Berbish, and Ali A. Abd-Aziz
Correlation for Prediction of Minimum Fluidization Velocity and Riser Liquid Holdup in Three-Phase External Loop Air Lift Fluidized Bed Reactor
Sivakumar Venkatachalam, Kannan Kandasamy, and Senthilkumar Kandasamy
Agglomeration of Bitumen-Coated Coke Particles in Fluid Cokers
Pirooz Darabi, Konstantin Pougatch, Martha Salcudean, and Dana Grecov
Ecological Optimization of Generalized Irreversible Chemical Engines
Lingen Chen, Dan Xia, and Fengrui Sun
Influence of Short Helical Tape on Local Convective Heat Transfer and Thermal Performance Characteristics in Turbulent Decaying Swirl Flow
Smith Eiamsa-ard, Vichan Kongkaitpaiboon, and Khwanchit Wongcharee
Experimental Estimation of Fluidization Parameters – A Stochastic Approximation Method Approach
Bachtiyar M. Yakubov, Eduard Yakubov, and Victor A. Gotlib
Axial Mixing in a Novel Perforated Plate Bubble Column
S. Dhanasekaran and T. Karunanithi
Gas-Newtonian and Gas-Non-Newtonian Slug Flow in Vertical Pipe, Part I: Gas Holdup Characteristics
Subrata Kumar Majumder, Sandip Ghosh, Arun Kumar Mitra, and Gautam Kundu
Mass Transfer Studies in a Novel Perforated Plate Bubble Column
S. Dhanasekaran and T. Karunanithi
Conference Presentations
Photoreactor Modeling: Applications to Advanced Oxidation Processes
Orlando M. Alfano and Alberto E. Cassano
Reforming of Diesel Fuel in a Micro Reactor
Janina Thormann, Peter Pfeifer, Ulrich Kunz, and Klaus Schubert
Nanostructure Ion-Sieves for Lithium Adsorption
Qin-Hui Zhang, Shao-Peng Li, Shu-Ying Sun, Xian-Sheng Yin, and Jian-Guo Yu
Modeling Hydrocarbon Processing
Teh C. Ho
Chemical Reaction Engineering, the Environment, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Development
Milorad P. Dudukovic
Multi-fluid CFD modelling of fluidised bed reactors
Bjørn H. Hjertager, Tron Solberg, Claus H. Ibsen, and Kim G. Hansen
Elastic Granular Flows
Charles S. Campbell
Granular Flows and Gas Fluidization
Charles S. Campbell
Modelling of Fluidized Bed Reactors
Joachim Werther and Ernst-Ulrich Hartge
Short Communications and Notes
Microwave-Enhanced Alkali Catalyzed Transesterification of Kenaf Seed Oil
Yuong Rathana, Susan A. Roces, Florinda T. Bacani, Raymond R. Tan, Masatoshi Kubouchi, and Piyachat Yimsiri
Effect of Gas Jet on Agglomeration of Inhalable Particles
Deshuai Sun and Qingjie Guo
Cascade Control Scheme for Tubular Reactors with Multiple Temperature Measurements
Eliseo Hernandez-Martinez, Hector Puebla, and Jose Alvarez-Ramirez
Modelling Catalyst Deactivation by External Coke Deposition during Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Gladys Jiménez-García, Roberto Quintana-Solórzano, Ricardo Aguilar-López, and Rafael Maya-Yescas
Production of Syngas by Combination of CO2 Reforming and Partial Oxidation of CH4 over Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts in Fixed-bed Reactor
Mohammad Zangouei, Abdolsamad Zarringhalam Moghaddam, Abdolhosein Razeghi, and Mohammad Reza Omidkhah
Synthesis and Characterization of Zn Oxide Hexagonal Nano-Pole Films on Quartz Glass Substrate
Jie Chen and Jun Wang
Micellar Enhanced Base Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Ethyl Acetate Using TTAB
Debajyoti Goswami, Raj Shekhar, Mihir K. Purkait, Jayanta Kumar Basu, and Sirshendu De
Temperature Regulation via PI High-Order Sliding-Mode Controller Design: Application to a Class of Chemical Reactor
Ricardo Aguilar-López, Rafael Martínez-Guerra, and Rafael Maya-Yescas
Aluminized Steel and Zinc Coating for Reduction of Coke Formation in Thermal Cracking of Naphtha
Aligholi Niaei, Darioush Salari, Jafar Towfighi, Ahad Chamandeh, and Reza Nabavi
Treatment of Wastewater of Navy Blue-3G by Electrocoagulation
Z.V.P. Murthy and Anant Raina
BioEnergy II
Bioenergy II: Comparison of Laboratory and Industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains for their Stress Tolerance
Anli Geng, Zhankun Wang, Kok Soon Lai, and Mark Wei Yi Tan
Bioenergy II: The Development of a Reactive Distillation Process for the Production of 1,1 Diethoxy Butane from Bioalcohol: Kinetic Study and Simulation Model
Ion Agirre, V. Laura Barrio, Belen Güemez, Jose F. Cambra, and Pedro L. Arias
Bioenergy II: Bio-Ethanol from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): The Role of Biomass Properties and Structures During the Ethanol Conversion Process
Aiduan Li and Majeda Khraisheh
Bioenergy II: Suitability of Wood Chips and Various Biomass Types for Use in Plant of BtL Production by Gasification
Capucine Dupont, Sylvie Rougé, Alain Berthelot, Denilson Da Silva Perez, Ambroise Graffin, Françoise Labalette, Céline Laboubée, Jean-Claude Mithouard, and Sophie Pitocchi
Bioenergy II: Hydrogen Production by Aqueous-Phase Reforming
Ana Valiente, José A. Medrano, Miriam Oliva, Joaquin Ruiz, Lucía García, and Jesus Arauzo
Bioenergy II: Characterization of the Pesticide Properties of Tobacco Bio-Oil
Christina J. Booker, Rohan Bedmutha, Ian M. Scott, Kenneth Conn, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, and Ken K.-C. Yeung
Bioenergy II: Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Different Biodiesel Production Processes
Giovanni Di Nicola, Matteo Moglie, Marco Pacetti, and Giulio Santori
Bioenergy II: Tin Catalysed Esterification of Free Fatty Acids
Marcio Jose da Silva, Abiney Lemos Cardoso, and Ricardo Natalino
Study of the Behaviour of a Catalytic Ceramic Candle Filter in a Lab-Scale Unit at High Temperatures
Eleonora Simeone, Emilie Hölsken, Manfred Nacken, Steffen Heidenreich, and Wiebren De Jong
Influence of Particle Size, Reactor Temperature and Gas Phase Reactions on Fast Pyrolysis of Beech Wood
Li Chen, Capucine Dupont, Sylvain Salvador, Guillaume Boissonnet, and Daniel Schweich
GPE II
Cleaner Routes for Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Nicolas Aribert, Severine Camy, Yolande Peres Lucchese, Jean-Stéphane Condoret, and Patrick Cognet
WCCE8
Ionic Liquid-Aided Carboxymethylation of Kraft Pulp
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Jean-Christoffer Tuuf, Alexey Kirilin, Pia Damlin, and Tapio Salmi
Biomass Sourcing and Logistics: From Theory to Practice
Marita Veringa Niemela, Hubert Roder, and Gordon Murray
SFGP 2009
Use of a Heat Pump to Supply Energy to the Iodine-Sulphur Thermochemical Cycle for Hydrogen Production
Yohann Dumont, Patrick Aujollet, and Jean-Henry Ferrasse
Preparation of Composite Hydrogels for Medical Applications: Experimental Study and Modeling of Mass Transfers
Antoine Venault, Denis Bouyer, Céline Pochat-Bohatier, Laurent Vachoud, and Catherine Faur
Development of a New Absorption-Demixing Heat Transformer: Cycle and Working Mixture Optimization
Halima Noubli, Dominique Alonso, Viviane Renaudin, and Thierry Cachot
Influence of pH, Temperature and Impurities on the Solubility of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
Nicolas Estime, Sébastien Teychené, Jean-Marie Autret, and Béatrice Biscans
Solid Pyrolysis Modelling by a Lagrangian and Dimensionless Approach--Application to Cellulose Fast Pyrolysis
Olivier Authier, Monique Ferrer, Az-Eddine Khalfi, and Jacques Lédé
Fractal Law: A New Tool for Modelling Agglomeration Process
Eric Rondet, Thierry Ruiz, Michele Delalonde, Claude Dupuy, and Jean-pierre Desfours
A TRNSYS Dynamic Simulation Model for Photovoltaic System Powering a Reverse Osmosis Desalination Unit with Solar Energy
Rym Chaker, Hatem Dhaouadi, Hatem Mhiri, and Philippe Bournot
Experimental Evaluation of Indirect Heating Tubular Reactors for Solar Methane Pyrolysis
Sylvain Rodat, Stéphane Abanades, and Gilles Flamant
An Off-Lattice Flory-Huggins Approach of the Partitioning of Bulky Solutes between Polymers and Interacting Liquids
Olivier Vitrac and Guillaume Gillet
Curcumin-Loaded Nanocapsules: Formulation and Influence of the Nanoencapsulation Processes Variables on the Physico-Chemical Characteristics of the Particles
Fabien Salaün and Isabelle Vroman
GPE 2009
Greener and Sustainable Method for Alkene Epoxidations by Polymer-Supported Mo(VI) Catalysts
Krzysztof Ambroziak, Rene Mbeleck, Basu Saha, and David Sherrington
Membrane Extraction of Penicillin G from a Synthetic Fermentation Media Using Sunflower Oil
Md Monwar Hossain
Hydrodynamic Behaviour and Mass Transfer Performance of SiC Foam
Julien Leveque, David Rouzineau, Michel Prevost, and Michel Meyer
Performance of Trickle Bed Reactor and Active Carbon in the Liquid Phase Oxidation of Phenol
Nigus Gabbiye, Josep Font, Agusti Fortuny, Christophe Bengoa, Azael Fabregat, and Frank Stuber
Cocoa Butter Saturated with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Measurements and Modelling of Solubility, Volumetric Expansion, Density and Viscosity
Brice Calvignac, Elisabeth Rodier, Jean-Jacques Letourneau, Pedro Miguel Almeida dos Santos, and Jacques Fages
Overview of Biorefineries based on Co-Production of Furfural, Existing Concepts and Novel Developments
Wiebren De Jong and Gianluca Marcotullio
Use of Ash from Sewage Sludge in the Preparation of Desulfurant Sorbents
Josefa Fernández Ferreras, Hipolito García Posadas, Jose Luis Rico Gutierrez, and Josefina Renedo Omaechevarría
Enhanced Microwave Induced Thermochemical Conversion of Waste Glycerol for Syngas Production
Yotwadee Hawangchu, Duangduen Atong, and Viboon Sricharoenchaikul
Development and Validation of a Steady-State Mathematical Model for the Physicochemical Processing of Biopolymers by Reactive Extrusion
Marie-Amélie De Ville d'Avray, Arsène Isambert, Stéphane Brochot, and Pierre Ferchaud
Indoor Air Purification by Compost Packed Biofilter
Michel Ondarts, Cécile Hort, Vincent Platel, and Sabine Sochard