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Optimum catalyst selection over continuous and discrete process variables with a single droplet microfluidic reaction platform
10.1039/C8RE00032H 2018-04-11 A mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP) algorithm to optimize catalyst turnover number (TON) and product yield by simultaneously modulating discrete variables - catalyst types - and continuous variables - temperature, residence time, and catalyst loading - ... |
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Impact of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Process Parameters during its Conversion to Acetate through Microbial Electrosynthesis
10.1039/C7RE00220C 2018-04-05 Reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) released from the industries helps to reduce the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions to the atmosphere while producing value added chemicals and contributes to carbon fixation. Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a recent proce... |
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Enhanced hydroformylation of 1-octene in n-butane expanded solvents with Co-based complexes
10.1039/C8RE00034D 2018-04-04 The use of n-butane expanded liquids (BXLs) as reaction media to enhance Co-catalyzed hydroformylation of 1-octene has been successfully demonstrated. Both 1-octene as well as typical hydroformylation mixtures are volumetrically expanded by n-butane at typica... |
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Criteria for a unique steady state for enzymatic depectinization of bael (Aegle marmelos) juice in a continuous stirred tank reactor
10.1039/C7RE00212B 2018-03-29 The depectinization kinetics of bael (Aegle marmelos) juice using the enzyme pectinase was evaluated and it was observed to follow the Michaelis–Menten model. The suitable reaction time and enzyme concentration were estimated to be 60 min and 0.25% w/w, respe... |
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From vapour to gas: optimising cellulose degradation with gaseous HCl
10.1039/C7RE00215G 2018-03-27 A cellulose degradation technique utilizing a pressurized HCl gas (up to 100 kPa) device is introduced. High pressure HCl quickly degraded cellulose in purified cotton linters, reaching the so-called levelling-off degree of polymerisation (LODP) in less than ... |
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A definitive assessment of the CO oxidation pattern of a nanocomposite MnCeOx catalyst
10.1039/C8RE00026C 2018-03-21 The CO oxidation pattern of a nanocomposite MnCeOx catalyst (M5C1; Mnat/Ceat, 5) in the range of 293–533 K (P, 1 atm) has been probed under a kinetic regime, varying reagent pressure (p0CO, 0.01–0.025 atm; λ0, 1), ratio (λ0, 0.25–4.0) and CO2 co-feeding (0.05... |
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Kinetics and computational fluid dynamics study for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis in microchannel and fixed-bed reactors
10.1039/C8RE00018B 2018-03-21 The effect of operating conditions on the hydrocarbon yield distribution during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) in a microchannel reactor was studied. A power law-based kinetic model was developed for the first time in microchannel and fixed bed reactors for ... |
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Analytical and advanced kinetic models for characterization of chain-growth copolymerization: the state-of-the-art
10.1039/C7RE00206H 2018-03-16 A detailed overview is given on the currently developed analytical and advanced kinetic models to calculate the main bulk/solution chain-growth copolymerization characteristics. A differentiation is made between the calculation of the average propagation rate... |
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Investigation of spontaneous emulsification and its relevance in biodiesel synthesis
10.1039/C7RE00205J 2018-03-14 Transesterification of triglycerides (TGs) is associated with the coexistence of two sparingly miscible liquid phases. In this study, the reaction is carried out in a batch reactor with independent stirring of both the phases by maintaining a flat interface. ... |
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Catalytic activity of Pd/hydrophilic phosphine ligand in the interface of an aqueous-phase Cu-free Sonogashira coupling
10.1039/C8RE00021B 2018-03-12 A Cu-free Sonogashira coupling was carried out in a microfluidic reactor with a static organic–aqueous interface and analyzed via in situ Raman spectroscopy. This was the first time that Raman spectroscopy was used in this way to analyze an active cross-coupl... |