Reactive transport equations are used in numerous application fields: CO2 or nuclear waste storage monitoring, separation process in chemical engineering. We present a general method to account robustly for instantaneous equilibriums in reactive transport. This method is adapted to all kind of hydraulic transport models including 1D to 3D convection-diffusion equations. This leads to the resolu...

Modelling encounter rates between planktonic predators and prey in turbulent waters requires an estimate of a spatial scale. One spatial scale proposed in the literature based on prey concentration is shown to be systematically inconsistent and its use is shown to imply that plankton sampllng methodology can bias encounter rate estimates in turbulent situations. We show that a scale based on th...

The exploration of chemical space for new reactivity, reactions and molecules is limited by the need for separate work-up-separation steps searching for molecules rather than reactivity. Herein we present a system that can autonomously evaluate chemical reactivity within a network of 64 possible reaction combinations and aims for new reactivity, rather than a predefined set of targets. The robo...

The determination of reactive adsorption mechanisms on metal–organic frameworks remains largely unexplored and knowledge in that field would provide an important stepping stone in enhancing the performance of these materials for gas separation. In this study, the mechanisms of ammonia adsorption on HKUST-1 and its composite with graphite oxide (GO) were analyzed using microcalorimetry, and the ...

Semiconductor-based photocatalysis for efficient solar energy conversion is an ideal strategy to tackle the growing global and environmental crisis. However, development of still limited by problems such as low utilization visible light, efficiency charge transfer separation, insufficient reactive sites. Herein, Au nanoparticles (NPs) were deposited on surface Bi2WO6 a one-step reduction method...

The potential role of a new energy efficient fermentation technology has been receiving growing attention in past 4 decades. Carboxylic acids such as propionic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, itaconic acid, butyric acid and nicotinic acid etc. have been used as the most efficient fermentation chemicals. This paper presents a state-of-art review on the development of the separatio...

Gallic acid is a major phenolic pollutant present in the wastewater generated from cork boiling, olive mill, and pharmaceutical industries. Experimental and statistical modelling using response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) were carried out for reactive separation of gallic acid from aqueous stream using tri-nbutyl phosphate (TBP) in hexanol. TBP has a more signi...