Crude oil plays an important role in providing the energy supply of the world, and pipelines have long been recognized as the safest and most efficient means of transporting oil and its products. However, the transportation process also faces the challenges of asphaltene-paraffin structural interactions, pipeline pressure losses and energy consumption. In order to determine the role of drag-red...

Experimental investigations were undertaken in batch kinetic systems, for the removal of iron (II) from aqueous solutions using activated dolomite. The effect of the extent dolomite activation on the dissolution of magnesium and calcium from the dolomite lattice was determined. Under optimum experimental conditions there was a direct linear relationship between magnesium dissolution and iron (I...

The aim of this paper is to report the impact of the addition of cellulose nanocrystals on the barrier properties and on the migration behaviour of poly(lactic acid), PLA, based nano-biocomposites prepared by the solvent casting method. Their microstructure, crystallinity, barrier and overall migration properties were investigated. Pristine (CNC) and surfactant-modified cellulose nanocrystals (...

The ability of natural clinoptilolite and its modified forms were studied for removal of PAHs from n-paraffin. Surfactant modified zeolite (SMZ) was obtained by modifying clinoptilolite with hexadecyltrimethylammonium ion. Homoionic forms of zeolite were obtained by ion exchange process using inorganic salts of desirable cations (e.g. Ag+, Fe3+…). Nat...

The project summarized here investigated some of the parameters and relationships used to predict the performance of limestone contactors. The purpose of the project was to study the effect of limestone composition, especially the dolomite [CaMg(CO 3) 2 ] and impurity content of the stone, on the kinetics of carbonate mineral dissolution and to determine the effect of temperature on the rate of...

Clinical pulmonary surfactant is routinely used to treat premature newborns with respiratory distress syndrome, and has shown great potential in alleviating a number of neonatal and adult respiratory diseases. Despite extensive study of chemical composition, surface activity, and clinical performance of various surfactant preparations, a direct comparison of surfactant films is still lacking. I...