On the basis of the stochastic reactor model Partially Stirred Plug Flow Reactor (PaSPFR) a model is developed that accounts for soot and NOx formation in the distributed combustion regime. This is done by means of the joint composition probability density function (PDF). The composition vector consists of the species mass fraction in the gas phase, enthalpy, and four moments of the soot partic...

Background and objective: Tetracyclines are the second most used group of antibiotics in the world. This type of antibiotic has a weak attraction in the body and enters wastewater through urine and feces. This study investigated the effectiveness of tetracycline removal from wastewater by air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Materials and methods: The current study was bench-scale experimental re...

A novel high-frequency, high-power, pilot-plant scale sonochemical reactor was developed and used to study the degradation of dichloromethane, trichloroethylene, phenol, and methyl orange in aqueous solutions. The degradation rates of trichloroethylene, dichloromethane, and phenol were found to exceed those of similar frequency, small-scale bench reactors by factors ranging from 2.5 to 7. The d...

A two-stage methanotrophic bioreactor system was developed for remediation of water contaminated with TCE and other chlorinated, volatile, aliphatic hydrocarbons. The first stage of the reactor was a suspended-growth culture vessel using a bubbleless methane-transfer device. The second stage was a plug-flow bioreactor supplied with contaminated groundwater and cell suspension from the culture v...

In this study, we examined a scale-up to production of nickel perovskite catalyst, used in the conversion of natural gas to synt...

The formation of hydrogen cyanide during the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide (NO) with carbon monoxide and hydrogen was studied with a bench-scale flow reactor. The previously reported inhibition by sulfur dioxide of the formation of hydrogen cyanide was found to be counteracted by transient admission of oxygen to the catalyst. These results are discussed in the context of the control of au...

Dyed microspheres have been developed as a new method for validation of ultraviolet (UV) reactor systems. When properly applied, dyed microspheres allow measurement of the UV dose distribution delivered by a photochemical reactor for a given operating condition. Prior to this research, dyed microspheres had only been applied to a bench-scale UV reactor. The goal of this research was to extend t...

unless anaerobic reactor and digesters have been applied worldwide, suitable operation is still challenging. threats of facing with low efficiency operationally, their sensitivity and souring phenomenon are part of typical problems. in this article, the application of electrolysis as an upgrading alternative is investigated for the purpose of controlling its capability on effluent quality promo...