Missouri University of Science and Technology

Bacillus Biocathode improves Electricity Generation with Microbial Fuel Cells

Han S., Zhou C., Wang R., Missouri University of Science and Technology, US

In a microbial fuel cell (MFC), biocathodes alleviate the need to use noble catalysts to reduce oxygen, which substantially increases the viability and sustainability of a MFC. Three electrochemically active strains of bacteria are isolated [...]

Enhancement of Heat Transfer Coefficient Using Fe2O3 –Water Nanofluids

Zoulia N.I., Mohammed S.A.M., Al-Dahhan M.H., Missouri University of Science and Technology, US

Research efforts have been made to increase the heat transfer rate, energy, and efficiency. Some of these efforts include the application of fins, compact heat exchangers, microchannel, and many others. Recently, nanofluids have been introduced [...]

Plugging and improving oil recovery performance of polyacrylamide nanogel in porous media

Ding H., Geng J., Imqam A., Bai B., Missouri University of Science and Technology, US

The heterogeneity of reservoir is always responsible for problems such as low oil recovery and excessive water production because of the trend of injection fluids to go through higher permeability zone. Hydrogel has been used [...]

Computational Hierarchy Modeling of Self-assembled Polyurea Aerogels

Chen G.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology, US

An economical environmentally friendlier synthesis of nanoporous polyurea aerogels from triisocuyanates and water has recently been described. Owing to their multi-functionality and superior mechanical properties, those materials are finding their way into various engineering applications. [...]