Reviews
Desulfurization of FCC Gasoline: Novel Catalytic Processes with Zeolites
Lisette Jaimes, Gabriela M. Tonetto, María Lujan Ferreira, and Hugo de Lasa
Biomass Valorization for Fuel and Chemicals Production -- A Review
Cedric Briens, Jan Piskorz, and Franco Berruti
Measuring the Gas-Solids Distribution in Fluidized Beds -- A Review
J. Ruud van Ommen and Robert F. Mudde
Articles
Hydrodynamic Models for Packed Beds with Low Tube-to-Particle Diameter Ratio
Carlos O. Castillo-Araiza and Felipe Lopez-Isunza
SFGP 2007 - Investigation of a Novel Principle of Chemical Grafting for Modification of Cellulose Fibers
Sophie Berlioz, Camelia Stinga, Jean Condoret, and Daniel Samain
SGGP 2007 - Understanding and Modelling of Crystallization Mechanisms by In-Situ Analytical Technologies Monitoring
Manuel Henry, François E. Puel, Philippe D. Perrichon, Caroline Wisniewski, and Gilles Fevotte
Coupling between Mass Transfer and Chemical Reactions during the Absorption of CO2 in a NaHCO3-Na2CO3 Brine : Experimental and Theoretical Study
Christophe E. Wylock, Pierre Colinet, Thierry Cartage, and Benoît Haut
Synthesis, Characterization and Kinetic Evaluation of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles for the H2O2 Catalytic Decomposition
Manuel D. Delgado Vigil, Francisco Paraguay Delgado, Virginia Collins Martínez, and Alejandro López Ortiz
Three Phase Biofilter Model for the Removal of Styrene through the Microbial Route
Chhaya Das, Ranjana Chowdhury, and Pinaki Bhattacharya
SFGP 2007 - Pyrolysis of Supercritical Endothermic Fuel: Evaluation for Active Cooling Instrumentation
Nicolas Gascoin, Philippe Gillard, Stephane Bernard, Emeric Daniau, and Marc Bouchez
Biodegradation of High Phenol Concentration in a Membrane Bioreactor
Benoît Marrot, Adrian Barrios-Martinez, Philippe Moulin, and Nicolas Roche
SFGP 2007 - Microbial Growth onto Filter Media Used in Air Treatment Devices
Jean Chrsitophe Bonnevie Perrier, Laurence Le Coq, Yves Andrès, and Pierre Le Cloirec
Cadmium Biosorption on Vegetal Biomass
Zineb Salem and Khedidja Allia
Modelling Three-Phase Fluidized Bed Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment
Leila Boumehdi Toumi, Maamar Fedailaine, and Khedidja Allia
Hydrogen Production from Ethanol Steam Reforming: Fixed Bed Reactor Design
Pablo Giunta, Norma Amadeo, and Miguel Laborde
SFGP 2007 - An Analysis of the Mass Transfer in a Non-Dispersive Solvent Extraction Closed System
Zaher Albaraka, Dominique Trebouet, Marlene Tuna, Jose Miguel Loureiro, and Michel Burgard
Conceptual Design and Preliminary Hydrodynamic Study of an Agro Biomass Bench Gasification Fluidized Bed Reactor
Anastasia Zabaniotou, Vasiliki Skoulou, George Koufodimos, and Zissis Samaras
Effect of Carbon Coating of TiO2/Fe3O4 Particles on Their Photocatalytic Activity
Tarek A. Gad Allah, Shigeru Kato, Shigeo Satokawa, and Toshinori Kojima
Experimental Study of the Reforming of Methane with Carbon Dioxide over Coal Char
Yanbing Li, Rui Xiao, Baosheng Jin, and Huiyan Zhang
Prediction of the Viscosity of Vacuum Gas Oil-Low Density Polyethylene Blends under Varying Shear Rates, Concentrations and Temperatures
Andrew Omoniyi Odjo, Antonio Marcilla-Gomis, Rosa N. Martinez, Amparo Gomez-Siurana, Juan Carlos Garcia-Quesada, Deseada Berenguer Muñoz, and Angela N Garcia-Cortes
SFGP 2007 - Modelling Kraft Cooking of Wood Species Mixtures
Gérard F. Mortha and Sandeep Jain
Conceptual Analysis of a Cyclic Water Gas Shift Reactor
Peter Heidebrecht, Christoph Hertel, and Kai Sundmacher
Optimization of Continuously Stirred Tank Bioreactor Design for Cost Minimization: Effect of Microbial Species and Operating Conditions
Erin E. Powell and Gordon A. Hill
SFGP 2007 - The Effects of Sludge Digester Biogas Recovery on WWTP Ecological Impacts and Exergetic Balance
Mehdi Belhani, Marie-Noëlle Pons, and Dominique Alonso
A Direct Electrode-Driven Immobilized Catalase for Biocatalysis of Peroxides
Huihong Liu, Xue-Ling Huang, and Qi-Hui Wang
Dynamic Behaviour of a Continuous Heat Exchanger/Reactor after Flow Failure
Wassila Benaissa, Sebastien Elgue, Nadine Gabas, Michel Cabassud, Douglas Carson, and Michel Demissy
SFGP 2007 - Ultrafine Aerosol Generation from Free Falling Nanopowders: Experiments and Numerical Modelling
Nelson Ibaseta, Eric Climent, and Béatrice Biscans
Characterisation of Isolated Mixing Regions in a Stirred Vessel
Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Naoto Ohmura, Jie Wu, Bon Van Nguyen, Nami Nishioka, and Teiji Takigawa
Influence of Manufacturing Parameters on MEA and PEMFC Performance
Aránzazu Barrio, Javier Parrondo, Jose Ignacio Lombraña, Maria Uresandi, and Federico Mijangos
SFGP 2007 -- A New Concept for the Abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds by a Two-Stage Process Combining Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment and Filtration
Stephanie Ognier, Joseph Youssef, Simeon Cavadias, and Jacques Amouroux
Spatiotemporal Compound Wavelet Matrix Framework for Multiscale/Multiphysics Reactor Simulation: Case Study of a Heterogeneous Reaction/Diffusion System
Sudib K. Mishra, Krishna Muralidharan, S. Pannala, Srdjan Simunovic, C. Stuart Daw, Phani Nukala, Rodney Fox, Pierre A. Deymier, and George N. Frantziskonis
Optimization of Vapor Phase Pyridine Synthesis Hindered by Rapid Catalyst Deactivation
Suresh Kumar Reddy Kuppi Reddy, Inkollu Sreedhar, Kondapuram Vijaya Raghavan, Shivanand Janardan Kulkarni, and Machiraju Ramakrishna
Hydrogen Production by Ethanol Steam Reforming: Experimental Study of a Pd-Ag Membrane Reactor and Traditional Reactor Behaviour
Angelo Basile, Fausto Gallucci, Adolfo Iulianelli, Marcello De Falco, and Simona Liguori
A First Approach to CFD Simulation of Hydrodynamic Behaviour in a Conical Spouted Bed Contactor
Luis Díaz, Isabel Álava, Jon Makibar, Ruth Fernández, Fernando Cueva, Roberto Aguado, and Martin Olazar
Modeling and Comparison of Continuous and Semi-Continuous Processes for Simulating Decontamination of Liquid Nuclear Wastes by the Coprecipitation of Strontium Ions with Barium Sulphate
Vincent Pacary, Yves Barré, and Edouard Plasari
Characterization and Scale-Up of Cyanogen Bromide Chemical Activation of Sepharose CL-4B in a Stirred Tank Reactor to Purify the rHBsAg
Eutimio G. Fernández, José A. Montero, Rodolfo Valdés, Milagros G. Arce, Andrés B. Tamayo, Déborah Geada, Yenisley Medina, Malvina Benitez, Yarysel Guevara, William Ferro, Jorge L. López, Maylin La O, Yuirisleyi Aldama, Sigifredo A. Padilla, and Alejandro Figueroa
An Alternative Method for Designing Immobilized Column Reactors: An Application to L–Methionine Production
Amalendu Prakash Ranjan, Wen-Teng Wu, Chia-Hung Su, and James Gomes
A Thermodynamic Model of the Outputs of Gasification of Solid Waste
Jorge L. Hau, Ruby Ray, Rex B. Thorpe, and Adisa Azapagic
Equilibrium and Optimum: How to Kill Two Birds with One Stone?
Gregory Yablonsky and Ajay K. Ray
Variational Iteration Method for a Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Process
Shu-Qiang Wang and Ji-Huan He
Numerical Analysis of a Two-Phase Flow and Mixing Process in a Stirred Tank
Si Huang, Abdulmajeed Mohamad, and K. Nandakumar
Experiment Investigations on the Performance of a Centrally Fuel Rich Swirl Coal Combustion Burner: Influence of Primary Air Ratio
Zhichao Chen, Zhengqi Li, Jianping Jing, Hongda Wei, Lizhe Chen, Shaohua Wu, and Yang Yao
Modelling of the Transient Behaviour of a Membrane-Attached Biofilm Reactor under Successive Pulses of a Synthetic Wastewater Substrate
Margarita Mercedes González-Brambila and Felipe Lopez-Isunza
Studies on the Fluidized Bed Electrode
Siva Kumar, Thilakavathi Ramamurthy, Bala Subramanian, and Ahmed Basha
Effect of the Shape of the Baffles on the Hydrodynamics of a Fluidized Bed
Srinivasa Rao Venkata Naga Kaza
Using the Kalman Filtering for the Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) in the Nonlinear Dynamic Processes
Yahya Chetouani
Effect of Various Parameters on the Solids Holdup in a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed
Natarajan Palani, Velraj Ramalingam, and Seeniraj R.V.
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Horizontal Elliptic Annuli
Ramadan Y. Sakr, Nabil S. Berbish, Ali A. Abd-Aziz, and Abdalla Said Hanafi
Experimental Investigations on the Effect of the Tracer Location on Mixing in a Spout-Fluid Bed
Yong Zhang, Baosheng Jin, and Wenqi Zhong
Analysis of the Behaviour of Different Mixed Oxides in the Treatment of Cl-VOC Containing Gas Streams
Beatriz de Rivas, Rubén López-Fonseca, Miguel A. Gutierrez-Ortiz, and Jose I. Gutiérrez-Ortiz
Modeling of the Anode Flow Fields in DMFCs
Ugo A. Icardi, Stefania Specchia, Guido Saracco, and Vito Specchia
SFGP 2007 - An Adsorption and Photocatalysis Study of Ethyl Hexanoate
Emmanuel Gauthier, Pierre-Xavier Thivel, Françoise Delpech, Jean-Claude Roux, and Patrick Ozil
CFD Simulation of a Methane Steam Reforming Reactor
Mohammad Taghi Sadeghi and Mazaher Molaei
Thermodynamic Analysis for the Production of Hydrogen through Sorption Enhanced Water Gas Shift (SEWGS)
Miguel Escobedo Bretado, Manuel D. Delgado Vigil, Virginia H. Collins Martinez, and Alejandro López Ortiz
Removal of Inclusions from Molten Aluminium by Flotation in a Stirred Reactor: A Mathematical Model and a Computer Simulation
Olivier Mirgaux, Denis Ablitzer, Emmanuel Waz, and Jean-Pierre Bellot
Modeling and Development of a Microwave Heated Pilot Plant for the Production of SiC-Based Ceramic Matrix Composites
Beatrice Cioni and Andrea Lazzeri
CFD Simulation Gas-Liquid Flow in a Copper Converter with Bottom Air Injection
Jesus Gonzalez, Cesar Real, Manuel Palomar-Pardave, Luis Hoyos, Marco Gutierrez, and Raul Miranda
Influence of Hydrodynamic Models on Dynamic Response of the Fluidized Bed Polyethylene Reactor
Amin Sarvaramini, Navid Mostoufi, and Rahmat Sotudeh-Gharebagh
SFGP 2007 - Two-Step Process of Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Wood Waste Contaminated by Aminoplast Resins
Pierre Girods, Yann Rogaume, Anthony Dufour, Caroline Rogaume, and André Zoulalian
Film and Pore Diffusion Effects in Catalytic Vapor Phase Alkylation of Aniline
Satyavathi Bankupalli, Viswanath Kotra, Vijaya Lakshmi Cheedipudi, and Venkateshwar S
Hydrodynamically-Enhanced Light Intensity Distribution in an Externally-Irradiated Novel Aerated Photoreactor: CFD Simulation and Experimental Studies
Francisco J. Trujillo, Ivy A-L Lee, Chen-Han Hsu, Tomasz Safinski, and Adesoji A. Adesina
Electromigration of Co-Ions and Counter-Ions through Cation Exchange Membranes
Maria Uresandi, Javier Parrondo, and Federico Mijangos
CFD Simulation of Gas-Liquid Flows in a Reactor Stirred by Dual Rushton Turbines
Gopal R. Kasat, Aniruddha B. Pandit, and V. V. Ranade
An Integral Equation Formulation for Solving Reaction-Diffusion-Convection Boundary-Value Problems
Francisco J. Valdes-Parada, A. Mauricio Sales-Cruz, Jesús Alberto Ochoa-Tapia, and Jose Alvarez-Ramirez
Nanoreactors for Nanostructured Materials
Ramdas B. Khomane and Bhaskar D. Kulkarni
Estimation of a Reduced Model of the BSM1 Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant
Ouadiaa Barrou, Asma Karama, E. K. Lakhal, Olivier Bernard, Marie-Noelle Pons, and Jean-Pierre Corriou
Miniaturized Methanol Reformer for Fuel Cell Powered Mobile Applications
John C. Telotte, Jesse Kern, and Srinivas Palanki
Conversion of α-Zein to an Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor under the Supercritical Water Condition
Kiyotaka Hatakeda, Susumu Maruyama, Akira Suzuki, and Kunio Arai
Scale Up Parameter for Surface Aeration Systems
Achanta Ramakrishna Rao and Kumar Bimlesh
Biosorption of Acid Blue 5 by Biomass Derived from Eichhornia crassipes: Batch and Column Studies
Ramamoorthy Ramasamy, Renganathan Sahadevan, Velan Manikam, Dharmendira Kumar Mahendradas, and Raajenthiren Muniswamy
Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Silica Hybrid Thin Films
Xiaoxian Wang, Tiehu Li, Qilang Lin, Dawei Wang, and Tingkai Zhao
Kinetic Study of Advanced Oxidation of Eosin Dye by Fenton's Reagent
Phalguni Banerjee, Sunando DasGupta, and Sirshendu De
Advanced Concepts for the Kinetic Modeling of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Hydrogenation
Maria Ines Cabrera and Ricardo J. Grau
Steady State Model for Heat Transfer in a Packed Bed Reactor of Elliptic Cylindrical Shape
Laércio G. Oliveira, Ramdayal Swarnakar, and Antonio G. B. de Lima
Prediction of the Heat Transfer Coefficient in a Bubble Column Using an Artificial Neural Network
Adel A. Al-Hemiri and Nada S. Ahmedzeki
Comparison and Validation of Plug and Boundary Layer Flow Models of Monolithic Reactors: Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane on Rh Coated Monoliths
Ataallah Sari, Aliakbar Safekordi, and Farhad A. Farhadpour
Modeling of Gas Hydrate Formation in a High Pressure Reactor
Ajay Mandal and Sukumar Laik
Evaluation of the Performance of a Three-Phase Fluidized Bed Reactor with Immobilized Yeast Cells for the Biotechnological Production of Xylitol
Boutros F. Sarrouh and Silvio Silvério da Silva
Prediction of Conversion Yield in Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustors Using a Two-Dimensional Population Balance
Cristiano Nicolella and Federica Pratola
Achieving Stability under Inaccessible Conversions Using CSTR Cascades
Farouq S. Mjalli and Jayakumar Natesan Subramanian
Microwave Irradiated Acetylation of p-Anisidine: A Step towards Green Chemistry
Mousumi Chakraborty, Vaishali Umrigar, and Parimal A. Parikh
Flow Behaviors in a High-Flux Circulating Fluidized Bed
Xiaofang Wang, Baosheng Jin, Wenqi Zhong, Mingyao Zhang, Yaji Huang, and Feng Duan
Hydrogen Adsorption and Equilibrium Models on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes at Moderate Temperatures and Pressures
Mehrdad Gholamhosseiny, Shohreh Fatemi, and Maryam Rasoolzadeh
Heat Transfer of Polymer Particles in Gas-Phase Polymerization Reactors
Yaghoub Behjat, Mohammad Ali Dehnavi, Shahrokh Shahhosseini, and Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi
Improving C11+ Hydrocarbon Product Selectivity by Hydrogen Distribution in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Shahram Sharifnia, A. Khodadadi, and Y. Mortazavi
A Network-of-Voids Model to Assess Wall Flow Patterns and Heat Transfer for Low Aspect Ratio Packed-Bed Reactors
Peter I. Chigada and Reginald Mann
Comparison of Unsteady State and Quasi Steady State Modeling for Hydrocarbons in a Monolithic Catalytic Converter
Sanchita Chauhan and V. K. Srivastava
A Robust Nonlinear Observer for State Variables Estimation in Multi-Input Multi-Output Chemical Reactors
Bachir Daaou, Abdellah Mansouri, Mohamed Bouhamida, and Mohammed Chenafa
GPE 2007 - Utilization of the Coagulation Diagram in the Evaluation of the Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Removal for Obtaining Potable Water
Leila C. Konradt Moraes, Rosangela Bergamasco, Célia Granhen Tavares, Dillaine Hennig, and Milene Carvalho Bongiovani
Fluidization, Mixing and Segregation of a Biomass-Sand Mixture in a Fluidized Bed
Yong Zhang, Baosheng Jin, and Wenqi Zhong
Development and Application of a Simulation Tool for Biomass Gasification Based Processes
Tobias Pröll and Hermann Hofbauer
Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Mixing in a Non-Newtonian Liquid-Gas-Solid System
Thamer Mohammed Jassim, Abbas Hamid Sulaymon, and Asawer Abdul Raswel Al-Wasiti
CFD Simulation of Hydrodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer Simultaneously in Structured Packing
M.R. Khosravi Nikou, M.R. Ehsani, and M. Davazdah Emami
Slip Effects on Flow and Heat Transfer of a Non-Newtonian Fluid on a Stretching Surface with Thermal Radiation
Mostafa Abd El-Hameed Mahmoud
Pervaporation Reactor for Esterification of Acetic Acid with n-Butanol: Modeling and Simulation
Kailas L. Wasewar, Shaymababu Patidar, and Vijay K. Agarwal
Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Wastes Needs Research to Face an Increasing Industrial Success
Pierre Buffiere, Liliana Delgadillo Mirquez, Jean Philippe Steyer, Nicolas Bernet, and Jean Philippe Delgenes
SFGP 2007 - Photosensitive Composite Disordered Nanostructures over Acceptor Supports: Selective Free Charge Carrier Generators for Environmental Applications
Cristain Chis and Alexis Evstratov
Recovery of Chlorine from Anhydrous Hydrogen Chloride
Usha Virendra Reddy, Vijaya Lakshmi Cheedipudi, Satyavathi Bankupalli, and Viswanath Kotra
The Catalytic Effect of Fe on Char-NO Reactions at High-Temperatures
Bei-Jing Zhong and Hao Tang
Effects of Liquid and Gas Flow Rates on the Performance of a Fluidized Bed Photocatalytic Reactor
Shuangshi Dong, Dandan Zhou, and Xiaotao T. Bi
Particle Velocity in a Dense Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed
Qicheng Wang, Kai Zhang, Kuanli Yang, and Jianchun Jiang
Biosorption of Lignin Compounds Using Biomass Derived from Eichhornia crassipes: Batch Studies
Renganathan Sahadevan, Ajit Balaji Kannavadi Devaraj, Dharmendira Kumar Mahendradas, Baskar Gurunathan, and Manickam Velan
An Investigation of the Synthesis Parameters of the Reaction of Hydroxyapatite Precipitation in Aqueous Media
João F. Gomes, Cristina C. Granadeiro, Miguel A. Silva, Milton Hoyos, Rodrigo Silva, and Teresa Vieira
CFD Simulation of Catalytic Oxidation of Ethyl Acetate over Cr-HZSM-5 Catalyst
Aligholi Niaei, Darioush Salari, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Reza Nabavi, and Azadeh Jodaei
Experimental and Computational Studies of Turbulent Mass Transfer in a Mixing Channel
Lene K. Hjertager Osenbroch, Bjorn H. Hjertager, and Tron Solberg
On-Line Monitoring of Nitrate and Nitrite by UV Spectrophotometry in a SBR Process Used for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters
Jean-Claude Bouvier, Meriem Bekri, Djalel Mazouni, Olivier Schoefs, Jérôme Harmand, Thierry Ribeiro, Hoai Nam Pham, and André Pauss
Simulation of Slurry Polymerization of Ethylene
Nipun J. Soni and Sunil S. Bhagwat
Effects of Temperature Gradients in Batch Kraft Cooking of Wood Species Mixtures
Sandeep Jain and Gérard F. Mortha
The Production of Syngas by Dry Reforming in Membrane Reactor Using Alumina-Supported Rh Catalyst: A Simulation Study
Shashi Kumar, Mohit Agrawal, Surendra Kumar, and Sheeba Jilani
A Comparison of the Breakage Mechanisms for Attrition of Selected Polymers in Pneumatic Transport and Spouted Beds
Suma Al-Senawi, Bashar Hadi, Cedric Briens, and Jean-Michel Chabagno
The Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Nitro Ketone in a Microreactor: Reactor Performance and Kinetic Studies
Sunitha Tadepalli and Adeniyi Lawal
The Optimization of an Ammonia Synthesis Reactor Using Genetic Algorithm
Mohammad Taghi Sadeghi and Azam Kavianiboroujeni
The Rheological Properties of Turkish Delight
Zurriye Yilmaz, Mehmet Dogan, Mahir Alkan, and Serap Dogan
An Evaluation of Different Bioreactor Configurations with Immobilized Yeast for Bioethanol Production
Juan Daniel Rivaldi, Boutros F. Sarrouh, and Silvio Silvério da Silva
Manganese and Copper Catalysts for the Phenolic Wastewaters Remediation by Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation
Rodrigo Lopes and Rosa M. Quinta-Ferreira
Conference Presentations
Reforming of Diesel Fuel in a Micro Reactor
Janina Thormann, Peter Pfeifer, Ulrich Kunz, and Klaus Schubert
Photoreactor Modeling: Applications to Advanced Oxidation Processes
Orlando M. Alfano and Alberto E. Cassano
Short Communications and Notes
Treatment of Wastewater of Navy Blue-3G by Electrocoagulation
Z.V.P. Murthy and Anant Raina
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