Vol 25 (2011)
"The aim of Volume 25 of Chemical Engineering Transactions is to review the latest research developments and applications as well as preliminary results in new and emerging technologies in the fields of process integration, mathematical modelling and optimisation for energy conservation, pollution reduction and related topics leading to sustainable, environmentally friendly and cleaner production. The interaction of researchers in both industry and academia with industrial practitioners, which is particularly encouraged, adds a unique dimension into the Volume.
This Volume publishes 182 papers that have undergone a formal peer-reviewed procedure to ensure the highest possible technical quality assisted by more than 202 reviewers."
Guest Editors: Jirí J. Klemeš, Hon Loong Lam, Petar S. Varbanov
Copyright © 2011, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
ISBN 978-88-95608-16-7; ISSN 1974-9791

Research Articles

Valorization of CO2 Emissions Into Ethanol by an Innovative Process
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Process Simulation of CO2 Chemical Absorption Based on Self-heat Recuperation Technology for Pre-combustion Process
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Optimisation of the Cost / Power Trade-offs Associated with Solvent Absorption Carbon-capture Plants
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Adaptive Random Search Method + Genetic Algorithms for Reaction Kinetics Modeling: CO2 Absorption Systems
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Integration of Oxygen Transport Membranes in an Igcc Power Plant with CO2 Capture
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Municipal Solid Waste as Alternative Fuel – Minimising Emissions and Effluents
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Study on External Costs of Flare Gases Using Asian Development Bank Method
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Thermo Physical Analysis of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol Solvent for Carbon Dioxide Removal
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Absorption of Carbon Dioxide Into Aqueous Solutions of Alkanolamines in a Wetted Wall Column with Film Promoter
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The Potential of Ghg Emissions Reduction in Macedonia by Renewable Electricity
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Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Co-Ni Catalysts
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Optimized Process from Post-combustion CO2 Capture in Thermoelectric Power Plant, Using Structured Packing
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Reliability Issues in the Design and Optimization of Process Utility Systems
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81-86
Energy Saving for Ethylene Process by Advanced Process Integration
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Analysis of Oxygen Enrichment and Its Potential Influences on the Energy System in an Integrated Steel Plant Using a New Solution Space Based Optimization Approach
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Application of the Self-heat Recuperation Technology to Crude Oil Distillation
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Comparison of Robust and Optimal Approach to Stabilization of Cstrs
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Retrofit with Exchanger Relocation of Crude Preheating Train for Crude Distillation Unit
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Low Temperature Drying by Zeolite Adsorption and Process Integration
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An Exergy Analysis on Crude Oil Atmospheric Distillation Column
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Integration of Low Grade Heat with District Heating
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Comparison of Double Stage Heat Transformer with Double Absorption Heat Transformer Operating with Carrol – Water for Industrial Waste Heat Recovery
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135-140
Optimization in Energy Usage for Refrigeration Systems Using Combined Pinch and Exergy Analysis
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Modeling of Thermoelectric Power Generation by Porous Media Combustion Burner
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Computational Approach for Energy Intensity Reduction of Professional Laundry Care Process
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Heat Integration Improvement for Benzene Hydrocarbons Extraction from Coke-oven Gas
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Research on Foam Gypsum with Hemp Fibrous Reinforcement
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Intelligent Control of Heat Exchangers
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Theoretically Study on the Reaction Complexing Olefins with Nickel Dithiolene
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Simultaneous Energy and Water Minimization Applied to Sugar Process Production
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Application of Heat Recovery Loops for Improved Process Integration Between Individual Plants at a Large Dairy Factory
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Automated Targeting for Synthesis of an Syngas-based Integrated Biorefinery
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Heat Pump Integration in a Cheese Factory
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Risk-based Inspection and Its Application to the Optimization of Chemical Plants
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Simulation and Multi-objective Optimization of Bioprocesses with Matlab and Superpro Designer Using a Client-server Interface
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213-218
Heat Integration of a Continuous Reforming Process
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Identification of the Formed Complex During Extraction of Copper (ii) from Sulphuric Acid by Means of Sodium Diethyldithiocarbamate (sddt)
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One-stage Optimization Problem with Chance Constraints
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Continuous Synthesis of Porous Ammonium Dawsonite within a New Microstructrured System
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Alternative Approach to Modelling of Fluid Distribution in a Parallel Flow System
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Comparison of Different Methods for Pressure Drop Calculation in 90° and 180° Elbows
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Optimisation of Emulsion Co-polymerization of Styrene and Mma in Semi-batch Reactor
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Analysis of Thermal Runaway Scenarios in a Chemical Reactor
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261-266
New Algorithm for the Determination of Product Sequences of Batch Azeotropic and Pressure Swing Distillation
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267-272
Submerged Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment. Multi-objective Optimization
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Optimization of Batch Distillation Involving Hydrolysis System
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Minimization of Resource Requirement and Inter-plant Cross Flow Across Resource Allocation Networks
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Polyphenols and Energy Recovery from Spent Coffee Grounds
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Environmental Performance Assessment in Transportation and Warehousing Operations by Means of Categorial Indicators and Multicriterial Preference
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Energy Savings and Environmental Benefits of Fly Ash Utilization as Partial Cement Replacement in the Process of Pavement Building
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Removal of Chromium from Wastewater Using Macrophytes Lemna Minor as Biosorbent
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Growth Rate Kinetics for Struvite Crystallization
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Evaluation of the Hydrodynamic Performance of an Electrochemical Reactor with Rotating Ring Electrodes Using CFD Analysis
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Efficiency Increase of Secondary Denox Systems for Cleaning of Flue Gas Produced in Combustion Processes
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Absorption Flue Gas Cleaning – “spheric O-element” New Prototype of first Stage and HCL Reduction
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Reduction of NOX at New Mobile Experimental Unit Using Catalytic Filtration
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Utilisation of Sorbents for Heavy Metals Removal from Acid Mine Drainage
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Study of Ph Influence on the Selective Precipitation of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage
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Study on Reliability of High Temperature Heat Exchangers
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The Heat and Momentum Transfers Relation in Channels of Plate Heat Exchangers
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Design of Coolers for Use in an Existing Cooling Water Network
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Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Resistance Performance of Elliptical Finned Tube Heat Exchanger with Different Air Entrance Angles
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Improving Energy Recovery in Heat Exchanger Network with Intensified Tube-side Heat Transfer
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Importance of Understanding Variable and Transient Energy Demand in Large Multi-product Industrial Plants for Process Integration
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Process Synthesis with Heat Integration of Decarbonised Coal Energy Systems
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Error Propagation on a Hybrid Evaporator Model
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The Generalized Correlation for Friction Factor in Criss-cross Flow Channels of Plate Heat Exchangers
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Entropy Minimization in Design of Extractive Distillation System with Internal Heat Exchangers
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Scandinavian Hardwood Biorefinery Using “near-neutral” Hemicelluloses Pre-extraction- Energy Efficiency Measures
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Optimisation of the Energy Consumption in the Pulp Refining Operation
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Facing New Products Demand Through Simultaneous Structural and Operational Decisions in the Design of the Control Recipe
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Integration of Supercritical Water Gasification (SCMG) in Pulp and Paper Production – a Feasibility Study of Integration Options
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System Analysis and Design of Flexible Plant of Ultra Pure Materials
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Simultaneous Water and Energy Optimisation for a Pulp and Paper Mill
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An Experimental Parametric and Kinetics Study of Cu (ii) Retention by Orange Peels as Adsorbent
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Optimal Design of Supply Chains by P-graph Framework Under Uncertainties
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459-464
A Methodology for Quantitative Comparison of Control Solutions with Respect to Costs, Quality and External Conditions
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E -teaching Today
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Improving Learners Engagement with Use of Hybrid Approaches in Engineering Education
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Model-based Investigation of Vehicle Electrical Energy Storage Systems
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Multiobjective Optimization of Large Scale Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Design: Technico-economic and Life-cycle Assessment Considerations
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489-494
The Role of Knowledge Management in Corporate Decision Making Process: an Empirical Investigation
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Combinatorial Approach to Address Batch Scheduling Problems with Limited Storage Time
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Waste-to-energy Plant Integrated Into Existing Energy Producing System
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Co-production of Electricity and Hydrogen from Coal and Biomass Gasification
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Waste-to-energy Technologies Performance Evaluation Techniques
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Characterization of Chars Produced in the Co-pyrolysis of Different Wastes: Decontamination and Leaching Studies
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527-532
Combined Heat and Power Production Planning Under Liberalized Market Conditions
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Waste-to-energy Systems Modelling Using In-house Developed Software
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Technical and Economic Analysis for a Med System and Hybrid Med-ro Desalination in Chp Plant
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Thermal Valorization of Wood Waste by Pyrolysis at Low Temperature
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Saving Study on a Large Steel Plant by Total Site Based Pinch Technology
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A Novel Approach for Including Multi Phase Flows Into Pinch Analysis – the Heat Exchange Limits Estimated by the Advanced Composite Curves
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563-568
Structure Optimization Method for Flexible Water Usage Network with Many Contaminants
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569-574
Energy Savings Vs. Freshwater Consumption When Optimizing Total Wastewater Networks
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Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-criteria Optimization of Regional Biomass and Bioenergy Supply Chains
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581-586
Reducing the Power Penalty Related to CO2 Conditioning in Oxy-coal Combustion Plants by Pinch Analysis
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Synthesis of Inter-plant Water Networks Involving Batch and Continuous Processes
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Heat Exchanger Network Retrofit Through Heat Transfer Enhancement
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599-604
Evolution of Water-using Networks with Multiple Contaminants
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Optimising the Temperature of Heat Storage to Serve Processes with Varying Supply and Demand - Captured Solar Energy Curve
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Multi-product Dividing Wall Columns: a Simple and Effective Assessment and Conceptual Design Procedure
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Potential of Membrane Operations in Redesigning Industrial Processes. the Ethylene Oxide Manufacture
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Multi-objective Optimization of Semi-continuous Water Networks
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Process Energy Sustainability Evaluation Through a Lca Approach
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Exergy Analysis of the Production of Lignocellulosic Ethanol
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Compact Multi-fuel Autothermal Reforming Catalytic Reactor for H2 Production
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Dynamic Analysis and Controllability of Dividing-wall Distillation Columns
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Minimization of CO2 Emissions and Primal Energy by Building Materials’ Environmental Evaluation and Optimization
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659-664
Design and Optimization of Total Site Energy Systems for Chemical Plants
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Evaluation of Vipertex Enhanced Heat Transfer Tubes Under Fouling Conditions
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Modelling of NOX Selective Catalytic Reduction in Pulverised Coal Power Plants
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677-682
Structure Optimization Based on Pseudo-temperature of Heat Exchanger Network for Batch Processes
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A Novel Photo-electrochemical Approach for the Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Fuels
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Design, Development and Operation of the Energy Efficient CO2 Removal for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane
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Comparison of Closed and Open Operation Modes of Batch Distillation
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Management of a Cooling Tower System by Experimental Characterization
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Kinetics of the Fischer-tropsch Reaction over a Ru Promoted Co/Al2O3 Catalyst
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Modelling of Calcium Carbonate Synthesis by Gas-liquid Reaction Using CO2 from Flue Gases
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Physical Modeling and Control of a Distributed Parameter System
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Batch Heteroazeotropic Distillation in a New Generalised Double-column System
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Application of Solar Chp System in a University Campus for Reduction of CO2 Emission
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Modeling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using Stamp Model
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Mathematical Model of Biomass Boiler for Control Purposes
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Numerical Study of the Convective Heat Transfer Rate from a Window Covered by a Top Down – Bottom Up Plane Blind System to an Adjacent Room
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Guided Design of Heating and Cooling Mains for Lower Water and Energy Consumption and Increased Efficiency
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Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine Models Applied to Energy Consumption Optimization in Semiautogeneous Grinding
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Flushing Flow Rates Analysis in Eight-zone Smb Process for P-xylene Separation
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773-778
Cost Reduction Through Energy Improvement Using the Engage Method
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Design of Glycerol Etherification Process by Reactive Distillation
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Dem Simulation on the Mixing of Rice Husk Powder in a Screw Feeder with Various Screws
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Residence Time Distribution in Corning Advanced-flowtm Reactor. Experiment and Modelling
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797-802
Effervescent Spray Modelling: Investigation of Drop Momentum Models and Validation by Measured Data
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803-808
Energy Considerations in CFD Modelling of Biomass Combustion in an Experimental Fixed-bed Reactor
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Numerical Investigation of Performance of Natural Draft Dry-cooling Towers with Different Cooling Delta Angles
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Fermentative Hydrogen Production: Influence of Application of Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria on Mass and Energy Balances
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Production of Bioparaffins from Natural Triglycerides
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Integrated Biodiesel Plants: Options and Perspectives
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Membrane Systems for the Recovery of Hydrogen from Multicomponent Gas Mixtures Obtained in Biomass Gasification
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Water and Wastewater Management in a Sugar Process Production
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Raceway Pond Design for Micoalgae Culture for Biodiesel
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Investigation of Biofuels Properties
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Comparative Study of Biodiesel Production from Soybean Oil and Coconut Oil Using a Multiple-stage Ultra Shear Reactor
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Process Simulation of Ethanol from Straw – Validation of Scenarios for Austria
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Process Analysis and Modeling for 2nd Generation Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Production
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Usage of Solar Energy in an Industrial Process
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Defining Optimal Configurations of Geothermal Systems Using Process Design and Process Integration Techniques
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Methodology for Batch Heat Integration and Storage System Design for Ideal Integration of Solar Process Heat
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Low Voltage Grid Optimization with Power Injection of Renewable Sources and Ev Batteries
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899-904
Geographic Distribution and Economic Potential of Biogas from Croatian Farming Sector
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Cost Effective Greenhouse Gas Reductions in the Steel Industry from an Organic Rankine Cycle
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Simultaneous Synthesis of a Biogas Process and Heat Exchanger Network for a Large-scale Meat Company
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A New Shaftwork Targeting Model for Total Sites
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Overview of Footprints and Relations Between Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints
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Investigation of a Dual-bed Autothermal Reforming of Methane for Hydrogen Production
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Strategic Decision Analysis of Multi-product Biorefineries
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Simulation and Evaluation of Autonomous and Annexed Sugarcane Distilleries
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Catalytic Activity of CeO2 Supported Pt-Ni and Pt-Co Catalysts in the Low Temperature Bio-ethanol Steam Reforming
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Efficient Hydrogen Fermentation for 2 - Stage Anaerobic Digestion Processes: Conversion of Sucrose Containing Substrates
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Anaerobic Fermentation of Food Waste: Comparison of Two Bioreactor Systems
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Energy Optimization of an Installation of Reversible Geothermal Heat Pump
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Heat Integration Analysis of Gasification Process for Hydrogen Production from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch
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Efficient Integration of Biofuel and Chemical Production Processes with Pulp Mills and Energy Production
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Process Design and Evaluation of Biobased Polyhydroxyalkanoates (pha) Production
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A Smart Solar Reactor for Environmentally Clean Chemical Processing
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Renewable Energy Based Environmental Accounting of Heat, Power and Steel Production
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Influence of Operative Parameters on Microwave Regeneration of Catalytic Soot Wff for Diesel Engines
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Environmental and Economic Assessment of Bioethanol, Sugar and Bioelectricity Production from Sugarcane
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Photo-fenton Oxidation of Acetic Acid on Supported Lafeo3 and Pt/Lafeo3 Perovskites
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Parameter Estimation and Thermodynamic Model Fitting for Components in Mixtures for Bio-diesel Production
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Mathematical Model of the Carbon Monoxide Conversion in Porous Catalyst
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Effect of Magnesium and Calcium Salts on the Sulfation Capacity of Trona Slurry
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Dyes Adsorption on Functionalized Fibrous Materials
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Energy Supply Chain Optimization Under Demand Variation and Emission Constraints
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1049-1054
Energy and Water Efficiency in the Automotive Sector: a Case Study on the Potential to Improve the Economical and Ecological Performance of an Automotive Supplier
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1055-1060
Optimal Design of Reverse Osmosis Based Desalination Process with Seasonal Variation of Feed Temperature
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Intensive Ion Exchange Process for Soluble Proteins Recovery from Industrial Alfalfa Green Juice
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Organophosphated Fertilizers Production in Humifert Process
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On Energetic Sustainability of Dark Anaerobic Fermentation of Biohydrogen
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Effective Utilization of Alternative Materials in Lightweight Composites
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Energy Savings in Sugar Manufacturing with the Implementation of New Membrane Process
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Improvement of Solar Humidification-dehumidification Desalination Using Multi Stage Process
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