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Surface Functionalization Of Pure-Chirality Carbon Nanotubes By Covalent And Noncovalent Chemistry, Fjorela Xhyliu, Niyousha Mohammad Shafie

Undergraduate Research Posters 2018

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are one-dimensional cylindrical nanostructures with distinct electronic and optical properties. With all its atoms on the surface, SWCNTs have been widely explored for chemical modification through noncovalent and covalent chemistry, which can provide promising applications in bioimaging and sensing. Here we investigated surface functionalization of purechirality SWCNTs with various glycopolymers, surfactants, and RPMI cell culture media with and without fetal bovine serum (FBS). Raman, vis-NIR absorption, and vis-NIR fluorescence spectra of SWCNTs in various solvent environments were monitored over time. While nanotube aggregation was not observed for incubation in FBS containing RPMI for 8 hours, interactions …

Drug Delivery Strategies For The Treatment Of Advanced Lung Cancer And Various Lung Metastases, Elizabeth Bielski

Wayne State University Dissertations

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Secondary lung tumors metastasized from other cancer sites also remains highly prevalent, in which most metastatic tumors cannot be cured with existing therapies. Chemoresistance (multi drug resistance – MDR) that develops intrinsically or acquired is one of the key factors leading to fatality in these patients. MDR develops form a variety of resistance mechanisms that can occur consecutively or concurrently, therefore, making most current treatments unsuccessful. Current therapies have known to slow tumor growth, but rarely provide a cure. Immunotherapy has seen some promise, including the use …

Title: Investigation Of Oxidative Reduction Reactions In Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts Presentation, Andrew Mason, Siamak Nejati, Shayan Kaviani

UCARE: Research Products

The expense of commonly used electrocatalysts such as Platinum and Palladium, make many battery technologies and electrochemical reactions cost-prohibitive. A new group of promising low-cost catalysts is doped carbon complexes. These materials need further development to reach the same activity as traditional catalysts. But by examining the Oxidative Reduction Reactions (ORR) of various carbon complexes, desirable characteristics and geometries can be identified and enhanced. For this comparative analysis, a series of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) and Graphene Complexes were tested.

A Magnetically Responsive Biomaterial System For Flexibly Regulating The Duration Between Pro- And Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Deliveries, Anita E. Tolouei, Nihan Dügler, Rosa Ghatee, Stephen Kennedy

Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

While inflammation can be problematic, it is nonetheless necessary for proper tissue regeneration. However, it remains unclear how the magnitude and duration of the inflammatory response impacts regenerative outcome. This is partially due to the difficulty in temporally regulating macrophage phenotype at wound sites. Here, a magnetically responsive biomaterial system potentially capable of temporally regulating macrophage phenotypes through sequential, on‐demand cytokine deliveries is presented. This material system is designed to (i) rapidly recruit proinflammatory macrophages (M1) through initial cytokine deliveries and (ii) subsequently transition macrophages toward anti‐inflammatory phenotypes (M2s) through delayed, magnetically triggered cytokine release. Here, the ability of this …

An Analysis Of Common Drill Stem Vibration Models, Mohammed F. Al Dushaishi, Runar Nygaard, Daniel S. Stutts

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Excessive drill stem (DS) vibration while rotary drilling of oil and gas wells causes damages to drill bits and bottom hole assemblies (BHAs). In an attempt to mitigate DS vibrations, theoretical modeling of DS dynamics is used to predict severe vibration conditions. To construct the model, decisions have to be made on which beam theory to be used, how to implement forces acting on the DS, and the geometry of the DS. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the effect of these assumptions on DS vibration behavior under different, yet realistic, drilling conditions. The nonlinear equations of motion …

Fiber Evolution During Alkaline Treatment And Its Impact On Handsheet Properties, Yun Ji, Yangyang Peng, Anders Strand, Shiyu Fu, Anna Sundberg, Elias Antero Retulainen

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

To understand the swelling effects of alkaline treatment on the morphological properties of fibers and physical properties of handsheets, bleached softwood kraft pulp was treated with NaOH at different concentrations. The results showed that the fiber swelling increased, but the shrinkage and elongation of the paper at a NaOH concentration of 6% or higher did not improve. Dissolution of amorphous material occurred during the treatment together with peeling reactions. The fiber length and shape factor decreased and the fines content increased with an increasing alkali concentration. The cellulose crystallinity decreased with an increasing NaOH concentration. This was confirmed by X-ray …

การวิเคราะห์สมรรถนะของเซลล์เชื้อเพลิงชนิดออกไซด์ของแข็งที่ใช้ก๊าซที่ระบายออกจากระบบสำหรับการผลิตไฟฟ้า, จุฑามาศ ไชยชาญสกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ก๊าซที่ถูกปล่อยออกมาจากหอเผาทิ้งในกระบวนการผลิตปิโตรเลียมและปิโตรเคมีส่วนใหญ่มีองค์ประกอบที่เป็นก๊าซเรือนกระจก ปัจจุบันได้มีการศึกษาเพื่อลดปริมาณการปลดปล่อยก๊าซจากหอเผาทิ้ง ซึ่งจะช่วยลดปริมาณก๊าซเรือนกระจกและการสูญเสียพลังงานจากการเผาไหม้ก๊าซในหอเผาทิ้งอีกด้วย งานวิจัยนี้ได้ศึกษาการนำก๊าซทิ้งที่ระบายออกจากกระบวนการผลิตที่ผ่านกระบวนการรีฟอร์มมิงกลับมาใช้เป็นเชื้อเพลิงในการผลิตพลังงานไฟฟ้าโดยใช้เซลล์เชื้อเพลิงชนิดออกไซด์แข็ง แบบจำลองระบบเซลล์เชื้อเพลิงที่ใช้ก๊าซทิ้งจากกระบวนการกลั่นน้ำมันปิโตรเลียม ซึ่งมีก๊าซ ไฮโดรเจน และสารประกอบไฮโดรคาร์บอนอื่น ๆ เป็นองค์ประกอบหลัก ถูกพัฒนาขึ้นโดยใช้โปรแกรมจำลองกระบวนการ แอสเพน พลัส แบบจำลองระบบเซลล์เชื้อเพลิงที่ได้ถูกนำมาใช้ในการศึกษาผลของสภาวะการดำเนินงานของระบบเซลล์เชื้อเพลิง ที่มีต่อประสิทธิภาพการใช้เชื้อเพลิงในก๊าซทิ้ง การผลิตพลังงานไฟฟ้าจากเซลล์เชื้อเพลิง และความสามารถในการลดปริมาณก๊าซทิ้งที่ระบายออกจากกระบวนการผลิตที่จะส่งไปยังหอเผาทิ้ง จากการวิจัยพบว่ากระบวนการรีฟอร์มมิงด้วยไอน้ำที่มีค่าสัดส่วนคาร์บอนต่อไอน้ำเป็น 2.5 สารมารถเปลี่ยนรูปก๊าซทิ้งที่ระบายอออกจากกระบวนการกลั่นน้ำมันปิโตรเลียมเป็นก๊าซไฮโดรเจนได้สูงกว่ากระบวนการอื่น ซึ่งมีประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตคือร้อยละ 27.37 ที่อุณหภูมิ 700 องศาเซลเซียส ในขณะที่กระบวนการรีฟอร์มมิงด้วยไอน้ำที่อุณหภูมิต่ำที่มีค่าสัดส่วนไอน้ำต่อคาร์บอนเป็น 0.7 และกระบวนการรีฟอร์มมิงด้วยก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เหมาะสำหรับการเปลี่ยนรูปก๊าซทิ้งจากกระบวนการกลั่นน้ำมันให้เป็นก๊าซมีเทน ซึ่งมีประสิทธิภาพในการผลิตคือร้อยละ 69.02 และ 59.99 ที่อุณหภูมิ 300 และ 760 องศาเซลเซียสตามลำดับ ก๊าซทิ้งจากกระบวนการกลั่นน้ำมันปิโตรเลียมที่ผ่านกระบวนการรีฟอร์มมิงด้วยไอน้ำที่อุณหภูมิต่ำสามารถผลิตพลังงานงานไฟฟ้าได้ดีที่สุด (1472.68 kW) และมีประสิทธิภาพทางไฟฟ้าของเซลล์เชื้อเพลิงคือร้อยละ 32.30 โดยการป้อนก๊าซทิ้งจากกระบวนการกลั่นน้ำมันปิโตรเลียมปริมาณ 435 กิโลกรัมต่อชั่วโมง เข้าไปในกระบวนการและสามารถลดการการปลดปล่อยปลดปล่อยก๊าซคาร์บอนมอนอกไซด์ ก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์จากการเผาไหม้ของหอเผาทิ้งได้สูงถึงร้อยละ 76.76 และ 76.38 ตามลำดับ

Hydrophobic Surface Modification Of Polymethyl Methacrylate By Two-Dimensional Plasma Jet Array At Atmospheric Pressure, Feng Liu, Meiling Cai, Bo Zhang, Zhi Fang, Chunqi Jiang, Kostya Ken Ostrikov

Bioelectrics Publications

Recently developed atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) is considered as a novel and efficient technique for uneven surfaces processing and APPJ array effectively expands the treatment area of a single APPJ. In this paper, a two-dimensional (2D) APPJ array in Ar/tetramethylsilane (TMS) is used to improve the surface hydrophobicity of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by depositing polymerized silicalike clusters on the jet-PMMA interface. The electrical and optical characteristics of the 2D Ar/TMS APPJ array are measured to optimize experimental conditions. The wettability of jet-PMMA interface is assessed by measuring water contact angle, which increases from 65° to a maximum value of …

เส้นใยกราฟิติกคาร์บอนไนไตรด์/แอลฟาแมงกานีสไดออกไซด์นาโนไวร์เป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาสองหน้าที่สมรรถนะสูงสำหรับแบตเตอรี่สังกะสี-อากาศ, ทักษพร ศรีมโนรถ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

แบตเตอรี่สังกะสี-อากาศเป็นเทคโนโลยีที่กำลังได้รับความสนใจ เนื่องจากมีต้นทุนต่ำ ความปลอดภัยสูง และเป็นแบตเตอรี่ประเภทที่สามารถอัดประจุซ้ำได้ แต่ความช้าของจลนศาสตร์ของปฏิกิริยารีดักชันออกซิเจน (ORR) และปฏิกิริยาออกซิเดชันออกซิเจน (OER) ของขั้วอากาศเป็นตัวจำกัดสมรรถนะของแบตเตอรี่ การศึกษาวิจัยนี้มุ่งเน้นไปที่การพัฒนาตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาแบบสองหน้าที่ที่มีสมรรถนะต่อต้นทุนสูง แอลฟาแมงกานีสไดออกไซด์นาโนไวร์ (α-MnO2NWs) แสดงความเป็นตัวเร่ง ORR ที่ดีเนื่องจากมีความสามารถในการดูดซับออกซิเจนได้ดี แต่มีแนวโน้มที่จะเกิดการออกซิไดซ์กลายเป็น MnO4- ได้ วัสดุฐานคาร์บอนซึ่งเติมด้วยเฮเทอโรอะตอมได้รับการศึกษาอย่างกว้างขวางเพื่อเป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาสองหน้าที่ ORR/OER ในบรรดาวัสดุฐานคาร์บอน เส้นใยกราฟิติกคาร์บอนไนไตรด์ (GCNFs) เป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา ORR/OER ที่มีสมรรถนะดี ทั้ง α-MnO2NWs และ GCNFs มีราคาต่ำ เป็นมิตรต่อสิ่งแวดล้อม และง่ายต่อการสังเคราะห์ ด้วยเหตุนี้จึงทำการศึกษา GCNFs กับ α-MnO2NWs พบว่า GCNFs/α-MnO2NWs ในอัตราส่วน 90:10 แสดงจำนวนการถ่ายโอนอิเล็กตรอนเท่ากับ 3.74 ทั้งยังมีค่าศักย์ไฟฟ้าในการเกิด OER ที่เบี่ยงเบนไปจากค่าทางทฤษฎีเท่ากับ 0.25 V และยังมีความเสถียรในปฏิกิริยา OER นอกจากนี้แบตเตอรี่สังกะสี-อากาศที่มี GCNFs/α-MnO2NWs ในอัตราส่วน 90:10 เป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาสำหรับขั้วอากาศให้ความหนาแน่นพลังงานสูงถึง 70.9 mW/cm2 ที่ความหนาแน่นกระแส 125.4 mA/cm2 และมีความเปลี่ยนแปลงความต่างศักย์ในการปล่อยประจุลดลง 1.70% และอัดประจุเพิ่มขึ้น 2.82% ของโปรไฟล์การอัด-คายประจุจำนวน 200 รอบ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า GCNFs/α-MnO2NWs ในอัตราส่วน 90:10 สามารถปรับปรุงจลนศาสตร์ของ ORR และ OER และเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการทำงานของแบตเตอรี่สังกะสี-อากาศได้

Variables Governing The Initial Stages Of The Synergisms Of Ultrasonic Treatment Of Biochar In Water Saturated With Carbon Dioxide, Adedapo Reuben Adeniyi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This work investigates the initial stage of the synergistic processes of acoustic treatment of biochar in water saturated with CO2 (AIChE Journal, 2014;60:1054-1065). Treatments with switchgrass and miscanthus biochars have been conducted to examine the effects of acoustic intensity, biochar/H2O ratio, CO2 concentrations of the solution, and that in the headspace above the solution. The changes in biochars’ heating values, carbon and hydrogen contents, internal surface area, and pore size distribution have significant technological implications and are the focal points of this study. The miscanthus and switchgrass biochars were produced via pyrolysis process at 700 oC and 550 oC, respectively. …

Simulating The Effects Of Co2 Gas Influx On The Thermodynamic Conditions Inside A Marine Riser Filled With Oil Based Mud, Hassan Al Dawood

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Zwitterionic Polymer For Drug Delivery Applications, Yang Lu

Wayne State University Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on the applications of zwitterionic polymer materials in drug delivery. In one project, zwitterionic polymer was used to construct micelle surfactants. The zwitterionic micelles were found to have an ultralow critical micelle concentration (CMC). Potential mechanism for zwitterionic micelles achieving the ultralow CMC property has been studied. Based on the ultralow CMC feature, zwitterionic micelles were used to prepare a formulation of commercial antitumor drug docetaxel, and the resulting formulation showed excellent antitumor performance. In another project, zwitterionic polymer was used to modify protein drug insulin via conjugation reaction. Compared with current protein modification methods, such as …

Cfd/Fea Of A Steam Methane Reforming Tube, Matthew Wegener

Research Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates (ROEU) Program 2017-18

Steam methane reforming is the primary method by which hydrogen is produced; increased efficiency in hydrogen production could enable hydrogen’s usage as an alternative fuel. The objectives of this project are to construct a robust CFD/FEA model of a steam methane reforming tube, and to perform CFD/FEA analysis in both steady and transient operational states, comparing thermal stresses/strains in the tube wall in the two states and relating tube stresses/strains to properties of the process controller.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Polymer Nanocomposites In Extreme Environments, Farzin Rahmani

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, lower length scale phenomena associated with the responses of hybrid materials to harsh and extreme environments were studied. The goal of this research was to reveal the underlying mechanisms of damage mitigation in these materials and the role that interface, and relevant material component interactions play in the overall material response. First, the thermal decomposition behavior of a technologically important material system, i.e., pristine graphene (PG) and graphene oxide (GO) reinforced poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), was investigated using a reactive molecular dynamics simulation methodology. The simulations were performed in both non-isothermal (dynamic gravimetric) and isothermal modes of decomposition. …

Hydrodynamics Related Performance Evaluation Of Upflow Moving Bed Hydrotreater Reactor (Mbr) Using Developed Experimental Methods And Cfd Simulation, Vineet Alexander

Doctoral Dissertations

"Upflow Moving Bed Hydrotreater (MBR) reactor is used for hydrotreating resid crude oil. It is a two-phase upflow reactor having a catalyst bed with conical bottom, and plena. At industrial conditions the reactor is not performing at its best and encountering issues such as hot spots, catalyst agglomeration inside the catalyst bed leading to frequent shutdown of the reactor. The root cause of these problems are linked to the improper hydrodynamics inside the catalyst bed. To investigate this, the industrial scale MBR is scaled down to a pilot scale and indicative and key hydrodynamic parameters are investigated using developed experimental …

Recycling Effect In Expanded Granular Sludge Bed Reactor And Implementation Of Six Sigma In A Methane Generation Process, Manohar Manchenahalli Shivashankaraiah

Masters Theses

"Brewery industries are the largest consumers of water among several production industries. Despite consuming these huge amounts of water and electricity, they generate by-products that are harmful to the environment. These by-products contain organic, inorganic, and solid wastes with high chemical oxygen demand (COD) strength. The anaerobic digestion (AD) process plays an important role in treating this wastewater. This study investigates the design and development of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor (EGSB) effluent recirculation, which can achieve high COD removal efficiency of the wastewater and enhance the efficiency of generating biogas with high yields and increases in the concentration …

The Role Of Flexural Slip In The Development Of Chevron Folds, Yuxing Wu

Masters Theses

"Chevron folds are characterized by straight limbs and narrow hinge zones. One of the conceptual models to initiate and develop chevron folds involves flexural slip during folding. While some kinematical models show the necessity for slip to initiate during chevron folding, recent numerical modeling studies of visco-elastic effective single layer buckle folding have shown that flexural slip does not result in chevron folds. In this study, several 2D finite element analysis models are run, distinguished by 1) geometry of the initial perturbation (sinusoidal and white noise), 2) varying thewavelength of the initial perturbation (10%, 50%, and 100% of the dominant …

New Nanoparticle Water-Based Drilling Fluid Formulation With Enhanced Thermal Stability And Inhibition Capabilities In The Woodford Shale, Jose Aramendiz Pacheco

Masters Theses

"Drilling fluid design for unconventional reservoirs aims at preventing formation instability problems associated with fluid invasion, shale swelling, and cuttings dispersion. Although oil-based mud (OBM) can be used to achieve these goals, environmental and economic concerns limit its application. This experimental study evaluated the potential use of nanoparticles (NP) to improve water-based mud (WBM) inhibition capabilities and its ability to enhance the overall drilling fluid thermal stability while providing a cleaner technology to the industry.

Characterization of Woodford shale was completed with X-ray diffraction, cation exchange capacity, and scanning electron microscopy, silica, and graphene NP were characterized with aqueous stability …

Investigation Of Proppant Static Settling Velocity In Hydraulic Fractures Using Viscoelastic Linear Gel, Vismay Manishbhai Shah

Masters Theses

"Few studies have quantified proppant transport in static conditions using actual proppant and validated previously established correlation. The objective of this study is to investigate the rheological properties of the linear gel, and determine the effect of size, shape and specific gravity of the proppant, fracture walls and rheological properties of the fluid on the proppant settling velocity in static condition and validate the previously established correlation.

Shear viscosity and dynamic frequency sweep tests were performed to investigate the viscous and viscoelastic behaviour of the HPG linear gel with five different concentrations. Proppant settling experiments were conducted with different proppant …

Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization For Nubian Sandstone Formation In Libya, Housameddin Mohamed Sherif

Masters Theses

There is growing interest in developing unconventional oil and gas reserves in Libya, such as the tight portions of the Nubian sandstone.

Well-X7 is a development well drilled to a TD of 13,005' penetrating the Upper Nubain Sandstone (UNSS) at 12,122'-12,207' and the Lower Nubain Sandstone (LNSS) at 12,524'-12,880' KB. Based on open hole logs, the UNSS has 71 ft of net pay and the LNSS was found to have 295 ft of net pay. Openhole logs also showed low permeabilities of 2.5 and 3 md for the UNSS and LNSS, respectively. The well was initially perforated in both zones …

Conical Folds -- An Artifact Of Using Simple Geometric Shapes To Describe A Complex Geologic Structure, Avery Joseph Welker

Masters Theses

"Accurate representation of the 3D shapes of natural folds is essential to characterization of the dynamic models for fold formation. Geometrical analysis of folds commonly relies upon analyzing patterns defined by the variation in the orientation of poles to planar surfaces deformed by a shortening event when plotted using graphical calculators (e.g., stereogram, polar tangent diagrams) to interpret the shape of folds. Stereograms for which orientation data define small circles are classified as non-cylindrical regular folds and are interpreted as "conical folds," where the shape of the fold is represented by a cone that terminates at a point. Utilizing similar …

Ceria Nanostructured Catalysts For Conversion Of Methanol And Carbon Dioxide To Dimethyl Carbonate, Jawad Hassan A Al Drwish

Masters Theses

"In this study, three different shapes of ceria (CeO₂) nanostructures (e.g., nanooctahedra, nanocubes and nanorods) were synthesized via the hydrothermal method and screened for carbonylation reaction. Of these three shapes of nanostructures, the nanorod was doped with metals such as Ca, Ni, Cu, and Co by wet impregnation method. All materials were characterized by XRD, NH₃/CO₂-TPD, XRF, FTIR and N₂ physorption to determine the crystal size and phases, acid-base properties, metal loading, and surface properties. The obtained materials were employed as catalysts for the activation of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) and methanol …

Rheology, Morphology And Electronic Properties Of Hybrid Copper Organic Decompose Conductive Ink, Chaiwat Klaewwigkij

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Hybrid Metal-Organic Decomposition (HMOD) inks containing alkanol amines copper complex solution with fine copper particles show high potential for flexible printed electronics application. Conductive patterns are fabricated from HMOD inks by screen printing onto a polyimide substrate. This work studies the effects of co-solvent, copper particles loading, and viscosity of the inks on properties of the conductive patterns obtained. Firstly, the effects of co-solvent related to the stability of the HMOD inks and the impact of preparation time related to the crack of the conductive pattern are examined. The HMOD inks are prepared from copper formate (CuF), and alkanol amines …

Strong Stability Of A Class Of Difference Equations Of Continuous Time And Structured Singular Value Problem, Qian Ma, Keqin Gu, Narges Choubedar

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This article studies the strong stability of scalar difference equations of continuous time in which the delays are sums of a number of independent parameters tau_i, i = 1, 2, . . . ,K. The characteristic quasipolynomial of such an equation is a multilinear function of exp(-tau_i s). It is known that the characteristic quasipolynomial of any difference equation set in the form of one-delayper- scalar-channel (ODPSC) model is also in such a multilinear form. However, it is shown in this article that some multilinear forms of quasipolynomials are not characteristic quasipolynomials of any ODPSC difference equation set. The equivalence …

Strong Stability Of A Class Of Difference Equations Of Continuous Time And Structured Singular Value Problem, Qian Ma, Keqin Gu, Narges Choubedar

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This article studies the strong stability of scalar difference equations of continuous time in which the delays are sums of a number of independent parameters τi, i = 1, 2, . . . , K. The characteristic quasipolynomial of such an equation is a multilinear function of e−τis. It is known that the characteristic quasipolynomial of any difference equation set in the form of one-delay-per-scalar-channel (ODPSC) model is also in such a multilinear form. However, it is shown in this article that some multilinear forms of quasipolynomials are not characteristic quasipolynomials of any ODPSC difference equation set. The equivalence between …

Analyzing The Spectral Energy Cascade In Turbulent Channel Flow, João Rodrigo Andrade, Ramon Silva Martins, Gilmar Mompean, Laurent Thais, Thomas B. Gatski

CCPO Publications

An analysis of the spectral turbulent kinetic energy budget in a fully developed turbulent plane channel flow is performed. Direct numerical simulation data are evaluated at friction Reynolds numbers Re_τ of 180 and 1000. The analysis is focused on the influence of the Reynolds number on the spectral cascade of energy and the corresponding energy cascade in physical space in the presence of inhomogeneity and anisotropy. The turbulent kinetic energy distribution is compared for both Reynolds numbers, and the relevant characteristics of the energy transfer process in a wall-bounded turbulent flow are described. Differences in energy cascade are noted …

Single-Site Catalyst Promoters Accelerate Metal- Catalyzed Nitroarene Hydrogenation, Liang Wang, Erjia Guan, Jian Zhang, Junhao Yang, Yihan Zhu, Yu Han, Ming Yang, Cheng Cen, Gang Fu, Bruce C. Gates, Feng-Shou Xiao

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Atomically dispersed supported metal catalysts are drawing wide attention because of the opportunities they offer for new catalytic properties combined with efficient use of the metals. We extend this class of materials to catalysts that incorporate atomically dispersed metal atoms as promoters. The catalysts are used for the challenging nitroarene hydro- genation and found to have both high activity and selectivity. The promoters are single-site Sn on TiO2 supports that incorporate metal nanoparticle catalysts. Represented as M/Sn- TiO2 (M = Au, Ru, Pt, Ni), these catalysts decidedly outperform the unpromoted supported metals, even for hydrogenation of nitroarenes substituted with various …

Understanding Inhibition Of A Biodesulfurization Enzyme To Improve Sulfur Removal From Petroleum, Yue Yu

Theses and Dissertations--Chemical and Materials Engineering

The biodesulfurization 4S-pathway is a promising complementary enzymatic approach to remove sulfur from recalcitrant thiophenic derivatives in petroleum products that remain from conventional hydrodesulfurization method without diminishing the calorific value of oil. The final step of this pathway involves the carbon-sulfur bond cleavage from HBPS, and the production of the final products 2-hydroxybiphenyl (HBP) and sulfite, has been recognized as the rate-limiting step, partially as a result of product inhibition. However, the mechanisms and factors responsible for product inhibition in the last step have not been fully understood. In this work, we proposed a computational investigation using molecular dynamic simulations …

Understanding The Thermodynamics And Oral Absorption Potential Of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions, Nico Setiawan

Theses and Dissertations--Pharmacy

Supersaturating drug delivery systems, such as amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs), have been used extensively to elevate the apparent solubility and oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. However, despite the numerous examples of success in increasing solubility and oral bioavailability using ASDs, physical stability challenges remain as formulators seek to employ high drug loading for cost reduction and improved patient compliance. Therefore, stability in both the solid and solution state must be considered for ASDs to be successful. In the solid state, the drug must remain amorphous in the solid matrix throughout the shelf life of the product. Although excipients, such …

Evaluation And Prevention Of Spontaneous Combustion During Handling And Storage Of Coal, Amir E. Najarzadeh

Theses and Dissertations--Mining Engineering

Spontaneous combustion of coal has historically been a major problem for the coal industry, predominantly during storage and transportation. Various methods have been used in the laboratory for evaluating the propensity of different coal sources to self-heat. However, the heterogeneity of coal and the complexity of the system has resulted in inconsistencies and sometimes conflicting results as indicated by the findings reported in several publications.

The primary objective of the current study was to build a laboratory scale apparatus that simulates the condition of a coal stockpile to evaluate the events leading to spontaneous combustion and develop potential remedies. As …