A class of heterogeneous catalysts based on commercial bentonite from natural origin, containing at least 80 wt% of montmorillonite clay, was designed to transform selectively and under mild conditions toxic organosulfur and organophosphorus chemical warfare agents into non-noxious products with a reduced impact on health and environment. The bentonite from the natural origin was modified by in...

Steam hydration has been proposed as a suitable technique for improving the performance of CaO as a regenerable sorbent in CO2 capture systems. New hydration experiments conducted in this study, confirm the reported improvements in the capacity of sorbents to carry CO2. An examination of the textural properties of the sorbent after hydration and mild calcination revealed a large increase in the...

This field study evaluated the ability of a multi-sorbent sampling tube/thermal desorption technique to identify and to provide quantitative data on volatile organic contaminants in indoor air. Air samples, from 12 Canadian homes, were collected on multilayer sorbent cartridges and analyzed using Adsorption/Thermal Desorption coupled with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. The study included...

The efficiency of four low-cost sorbent materials namely peas husk, broad bean husk, medlar peel and fig leaves, for removing cadmium ions from aqueous solutions, in single systems, has been investigated in batch mode. Kinetic data and equilibrium sorption isotherms were measured. Kinetics of cadmium sorption was contact time, initial cadmium concentration and sorbent type dependent. For a give...

The pollution of semi-volatile heavy metals is one the key environmental risks for municipal solid waste incineration, and in-situ adsorption within furnace by mineral sorbents such as kaolin has been demonstrated a promising emission control method. To lessen consumption sorbent, novel material amorphous silicate was produced from through pressurised hydrothermal treatment. Its performance gas...

This application presents a fast, easy, and cost-effective method for the determination of 24 pesticide residues in red wine. Sample preparation involves the extraction of pesticides from red wine using the QuEChERS extraction method (AOAC version). The samples then undergo cleanup by dispersive solid-phase extraction (dSPE) using primary secondary amine (PSA) sorbent, which effectively retains...

This study presents the development of a novel calcium-oxide sorbent for carbon dioxide capture. In this work, CaO sorbent was impregnated with different molar percentage of titanium ethoxide. The sorbent prepared with 50 % of titanium ethoxide resulted in the best uptake characteristics for CO2. Compared to others, a higher BET surface area and a larger pore volume were observed. An excellent ...

A síntese de materiais para retenção e/ou pré-concentração de espécies de interesse clínico e ambiental, como íons metálicos, constitui uma importante área de pesquisa atual. Neste trabalho, descrevemos a síntese de diferentes suportes sólidos de antraceno sulfeto de fosfina para préconcentração de Cu(II) e Pb(II). As propriedades sensoras destes materiais também foram avaliadas usando a aborda...

Solid sorbent-based CO2 capture from flue gas provides a novel alternative to traditional solvent-based processes due to potentially lower energy consumption for regeneration. Optimal operation of such a gas-solid flow process requires an advanced control framework for efficient disturbance rejection and setpoint tracking. This work focuses on the development of computationally fast and accurat...

Physical and chemical properties of ionic liquids (ILs) are significantly affected by types of their cations and anions. In this paper, a novel aromatically functional 1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium 2-naphthalene-sulfonate salt was synthesized through metathesis reaction between 1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium bromide and sodium 2-naphthalene-sulfonate, and polymerized onto the stainless steel wire in s...