We present two new methods for purifying dinosterol (4a,23,24-trimethyl-5a-cholest-22E-en-3b-ol) from sediments for the purpose of hydrogen isotope analysis via gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC–IRMS). The first method uses reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) to purify dinosterol from structurally similar 4a-methyl sterols that co-elute on GC ana...

The adsorption of equimolar binary mixtures of hydrogen-carbon dioxide, hydrogen-methane, and methane-carbon dioxide in porous material models is determined by grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations. The material models have an adsorbent surface similar to that of nanofibers with a herringbone structure. Our main result, which is relevant for hydrogen purification and carbon dioxide capture, i...

Graphdiyne, a recently synthesized one-atom-thick carbon allotrope, is atomistically porous - characterized by a regular "nanomesh"- and suggests application as a separation membrane for hydrogen purification. Here we report a full atomistic reactive molecular dynamics investigation to determine the selective diffusion properties of hydrogen (H(2)) amongst carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH(4...

The main purpose of this paper is the techno-economic analysis hydrogen production from biogas via steam reforming in a pilot plant. Process flow modeling based on mass and energy balance used to estimate total equipment purchase operating costs production. plant installation produced 250.67 kg/h 1260 biomethane obtained after purification 4208 m3/h using heat integration process. Despite high ...

The partial purification of the enzyme, aromatic aldehydeketone reductase (aromatic A-K reductase), from rabbit kidney cortex is described. Aromatic A-K reductase utilizes TPNH but not DPNH as a cosubstrate. Substituted benzaldehydes and acetophenones are readily reduced to carbinols. Aromatic A-K reductase does not, however, catalyze the reverse reaction, the dehydrogenation of carbinols under...

Ti(salan) complexes were found to be efficient catalysts for asymmetric epoxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant. In the presence of pH 7.4 phosphate buffer, the reaction of various conjugate olefins proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding epoxides in high yield with high enantioselectivity, even on a multigram scale. Ti(salan) complexes could be prepared from Ti(OiPr)4 ...

Solanum melongena fruit juice contains peroxidase activity of the order of 0.125 IU/mL. A method for the 11-fold purification of the enzyme was developed. The Km values of the peroxidase for the substrates guaiacol and hydrogen peroxide were 6.5 mM and 0.33 mM, respectively. The pH and temperature optima were 5.5 and 84 degrees C, respectively using guaiacol as the substrate. Sodium azide and p...

The partial purification of the enzyme, aromatic aldehydeketone reductase (aromatic A-K reductase), from rabbit kidney cortex is described. Aromatic A-K reductase utilizes TPNH but not DPNH as a cosubstrate. Substituted benzaldehydes and acetophenones are readily reduced to carbinols. Aromatic A-K reductase does not, however, catalyze the reverse reaction, the dehydrogenation of carbinols under...

Hydrogen purification is an important part of hydrogen energy utilization. This study aimed to perform multi-component gas (H2/CO2/CH4/CO/N2 = 0.79/0.17/0.021/0.012/0.007) by one-column vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) and (PSA). AC5-KS was selected as the adsorbent for due its greater capacity compared R2030. Furthermore, VPSA PSA 10-step cycle models were established simulate process u...