Materials for Oil & Gas – Page 14

Development of a Mobile Asbestos Decontamination Process

Gerdes T., Rosin A., Willert-Porada M., University of Bayreuth, DE

Within the European project “New Safe and Cost Effective Techniques Against Asbestos Risks” different methods for decontamination of asbestos in asbestos containing wastes, abbreviated as ACW from building industry were investigated. A mobile asbestos decontamination [...]

Study of model contaminants desorption from recycled PET in dry air and nitrogen atmosphere by thermogravimetric analysis

Santos A.S.F., Agnelli J.A.M., Medeiros E.S., Corradini E., Manrich S., Institute for Technological Research, BR

The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle-to-bottle recycling is a good example of a successful technology that has allowed an increase of recycled plastic market. Nevertheless, the capability of all these processes to decontaminate recycled plastics into [...]

Recovery of Caustic Soda in Textile Mercerization by Combined Membrane Filtration

Yang J., Park C., Lee D., Kim S., Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH), KR

This study is intended to find the optimum operational condition for the recovery of caustic soda solution from mercerization in textile process. As parameters, the silt density index (SDI) evaluation for the application of ceramic [...]

Conjugates of Enzyme-Magnetic Nanoparticles for Bioremediation*

Qiang Y., Sharma A., Paszczynski A., Meyer D., University of Idaho, US

Enzymes are proteins that function as biocatalysts in bioremediation. One of the major concerns in environmental applications of enzymes is their short lifetime. Enzymes lose their activity due to oxidation, which results in less stability [...]

Study on non-Freon air cooling system using water refrigerant

Sugawara A., Nakamikawa S., Kageyama M., Yamazaki S., Abe N., Itou T., Tsurumaki A., Kawasaki K., Niigata University, JP

This paper aims for construction of a small, clean air cooling system using a water refrigerant and examines it experimentally. We offer a basic report for realization of the non-Freon air-cooling system using only water [...]

Development of Functionally Graded SiC-Based

Gerdes T., Willert-Porada M., University of Bayreuth, DE

Hot gas filtration using ceramic filters for diesel engine exhaust gas cleaning has gained considerable attention and growth over the last 15 years. In this contribution the development of a SiC-carbide based filter that combines [...]

Cleantech: Emissions, and Environmental

8nm cerium oxide as a fuel additive for fuel consumption and emissions reduction

Wakefield G., Gardener M., Oxonica Materials Ltd, UK

8nm cerium oxide is surface functionalised for diesel compatibility and added to fuel at a level of 5-8ppm. Static engine tests and large scale field trials show that engine fuel consumption is reduced by 5-8% [...]

Integrated Multistage Supercritical Technology to Produce High Quality Vegetable Oil and Biofuels

Anitescu G., Deshpande A., Rice P.A., Tavlarides L.L., Syracuse University, US

A multi-step integrated technology to produce high quality vegetable oils and biodiesel fuels is proposed, documented for technical and economic feasibility, and preliminarily designed. The first step of the integrated system consists of soybean oil [...]

Amorphous Diamond Solar Cells

Sung J.C., Sung M., Kan M-C, Hsiao T-J., Sung J.C., Sung M., Kinik Company, TW

Silicon based photo voltaic panels are the mainstream of solar cells. However, there are intrinsic limitations of such devices for replacing power plants. The low conversion efficiency (