Dimethyl amino ethyl azide (DMAZ) is a good replacement for hydrazine group in space programs. This chemical was purified from water (1) + DMAZ (2) mixture in sub-atmospheric distillation column due to thermal sensitivity of DMAZ. For designing of the column, it is necessary to have vapor-liquid equilibrium data. In this article, T-x,y and y-x diagrams were obtain...

The waste tyres represent a source of energy and valuable hydrocarbon products. Waste tyres were pyrolysed catalytically in a batch reactor under atmospheric pressure. The effects of basic catalysts (MgO and CaCO3) were studied on the pyrolysis products. The distribution ratio of gas, liquid and char with MgO and CaCO3 were 24.4:39.8:35.8 wt % and 32.5:32.2:35.2 wt % r...

Crude oil distillation (atmospheric distillation column with furnace) consumes about 50% of the energy required in oil refinery plant. To achieve further reduction of the energy required in oil refinery plants, it is required to investigate the crude oil distillation and to retrofit it for energy saving process. Recently, authors developed an innovative process design technology, self-heat recu...

Ethanol production from agro-based raw materials normally involves two major steps, fermentation and distillation. These steps are reviewed, mainly in relation to molasses, which is the most common raw material in tropical countries. The specific effect on fermentation efficiency of molasses quality in terms Fermentable Sugars, the ratio of fermentable to non-fermentable solids, Volatile Acids,...

We propose a novel approach to efficiently select informative samples for large-scale learning. Instead of directly feeding a learning algorithm with a very large amount of samples, as it is usually done to reach state-of-the-art performance, we have developed a “distillation” procedure to recursively reduce the size of an initial training set using a criterion that ensures the maximization of ...

A suitable model for predicting the product quality of vacuum gas oil (VGO) catalytic hydrocracking is developed. Data were obtained using an experimental catalytic hydrocracking reactor loaded with the Ni-Mo/Al2O3-SiO2 catalyst. A set of experimental runs was conducted under various operating temperatures from 380 to 450 ℃. Three distribution models were used t...

In this study, mathematical calculations developed through water-vapour phase-change theory is used to interpret the processes involved in the fresh water production of a thermoelectric distillation system. The rate of water production depends on various parameters of vaporization phenomena such as water and vapour temperatures, pressure, specific volume, heat capacity and water-vapour surface ...

In this study we investigated the effects of the distillation process on the antioxidant activity of Japanese traditional spirits “riceshochu”, particularly focusing on DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity and lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity. Using polished rice, white-koji (Aspergillus kawachii) and S-2 yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), we prepared rice-shoc...