Microbial fuel cells were designed and operated using waste activated sludge as a substrate and as a source of microorganisms for the anodic chamber. Waste activated sludge provided a bacterial consortium predisposed to ...

The purpose of this project is to reexamine established free-radical polymerization theories and build a mechanistic reactor model for multi-component (up to six monomers) bulk and solution polymerizations under batch/semi-batch ...

In this work, the compounding of polycarbonate (PC) / poly-butylene terephthalate (PBT) blends was studied for the purpose of improving quality of products with reduced wastage and finally to satisfaction of end users. ...

Although enzymes show great potential for use in industrial applications, their implementation from a practical perspective is still somewhat limited by various shortcomings in the area of enzyme immobilization. The use ...

Interfacial tension provides valuable information about polymer processes such as foaming, particle (pigment) suspension, wetting, and blending. Among the methods commonly used to measure surface tension, drop shape methods ...

The purpose of this work is to develop a reliable procedure for determination of liquid phase heats of adsorption via a flow calorimetric technique. The second objective is to study heats of adsorption of target sulfur ...

This study deals with poly(ether block amide) (PEBA) (type 2533) membranes for gas separation. A new method was developed to prepare flat thin film PEBA membranes by spontaneous spreading of a solution of the block copolymer ...

Self-assembling peptides have emerged as new nanobiomaterials and received considerable attention in the areas of nanoscience and biomedical engineering. In this category are ionic-complementary peptides, which contain a ...

The laws of classical mechanics show that mechanical properties are independent of sample sizes. However, based on extensive theoretical work and experimentation, it is believed that reducing the size of materials to the ...

Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) is an in-situ bitumen recovery technique that utilizes light hydrocarbons to reduce the viscosity of bitumen. The mechanism of VAPEX is governed by the mass transfer of light hydrocarbons into ...