Chemical Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Design of Efficient Cobalt-based Bi-functional Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-24)Due to its high theoretical specific energy and low-cost, rechargeable zinc-air batteries have attracted tremendous attention as a promising next-generation energy conversion system. However, there are some challenges that ... -
Electrolyte Design and Engineering for Electrochemical Energy System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-24)Electrochemical energy conversion and storage technology is considered as a promising replacement of fossil fuels to directly convert the chemical energy to electrical energy through electrochemical reactions, which has ... -
Design and Simulation of Novel Sabatier Reactors for the Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Renewable Natural Gas
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-22)Producing synthetic chemicals and fuels using CO2 as a feedstock through the thermocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 via the Sabatier reaction to produce synthetic CH4 is both a CO2 emissions reduction strategy and an ... -
Development of Photocatalytic Materials and Systems for the Removal of Selenium from Industrially Impacted Water
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)Selenium (Se) contaminated water derived from global industrial activities such as power generation, oil extraction and refining, coal and mineral mining, metal smelting, and agricultural irrigation can bioaccumulate in ... -
A Long-acting Ocular Lubricant Eye Drop based on Dextran Hydrogel Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-27)Dry eye disease is a highly prevalent condition that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In moderate to severe cases, affected individuals experience considerable difficulty in carrying out their day-to-day ... -
Modelling of Distributed Energy Components and Optimization of Energy Vector Dispatch within Smart Energy Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-11)The smart energy system concept provides an integrated framework for the adoption of renewable energy resources and novel energy technologies, such as distributed battery energy storage systems and electric vehicles. In ... -
Formation and Removal of SOx and NOx in Pressurized Oxy-fuel Coal Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-19)Growing concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have driven extensive research in carbon capture, storage and sequestration. Oxy-fuel combustion is a promising technology in CO2 capture, as the combustion products consists ... -
Starch modification for sustainable and functional material applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-07)Among biodegradable polymers, starch has attracted significant interest and is currently used in numerous industrial applications. This is because of its renewability, biodegradability, abundance, and cohesive film-forming ... -
Robust Optimization of a Post-combustion CO2 Capture Absorber Column under Process Uncertainty
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-07)In recent years, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a global concern due to high concentrations of these gases in the atmosphere. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been suggested as an attractive alternative to curb ... -
High Temperature Co-Sintering for Metal Supported-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabrication
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Metal supported-solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) are third generation solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). In these cells the primary support is a porous metal upon which the active cell layers (anode, electrolyte, and cathode) ... -
Flexible Energy Storage Systems Based on Electrically Conductive Hydrogels
(Elsevier, 2019-01)To power wearable electronic devices, various flexible energy storage systems have been designed to work in consecutive bending, stretching and even twisting conditions. Supercapacitors and batteries have been considered ... -
Development of a predictive model for the VAPEX process.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)Heavy oil in-situ recovery in Canada is largely achieved through energy intensive and en- vironmentally detrimental steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). By exchanging steam for a vapour solvent, it has been shown ... -
Optimal Renewable Energy Integration into the Process Industry and Energy Infrastructure Using the Multi-Energy Hub Approach with Economic and Environmental Considerations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-08)Fossil fuels are an integral part of the current energy infrastructure and the major contributor towards carbon emissions. Energy intensive industries and local energy framework, inclusive of the transport sector, can be ... -
Application of Flow Cytometry and Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Monitor and Predict the Fermentation Activity in a Vaccine Manufacturing Process
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative coccobacillus, pathogenic and aerobic bacterium responsible for causing whooping cough, which is an upper respiratory tract infection in humans. To prevent this disease whole cellular ... -
Generation and Characterization of Dual-Fluorescent Influenza Virus-like Particles (VLPs) in Insect Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-04)The Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS) has been widely used to produce recombinant proteins, especially for complex biopharmaceuticals. In recent years, the insect-baculovirus system has proved its value as a ... -
3D N-doped hybrid architectures assembled from 0D T-Nb2O5 embedded in carbon microtubes toward high-rate Li-ion capacitors
(Elsevier, 2019-02)Herein, a unique nitrogen-doped T-Nb2O5/tubular carbon hybrid structure in which T-Nb2O5 nanoparticles are homogeneously embedded in an in-situ formed nitrogen-doped microtubular carbon is synthesized, utilizing a facile ... -
Reducing Environmental Impacts of The Petroleum Refining Operations: Studies Related to Water Treatment and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Management
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)Petroleum refining is one of the most important chemical processing industries, converting crude oil into many usable and useful products, but it can cause adverse environmental impacts. Two environmental issues were ... -
Synthesis of Novel Polythiophenes Having Alkylamide Substituents for Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Solar energy is one of the most important sustainable energy resources which can satisfy increasingly growing demand of power and energy and reduce carbon footprint. In order to utilize the solar energy, solar cells are ... -
Deep Recurrent Neural Networks for Fault Detection and Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Deep Learning is one of the fastest growing research topics in process systems engineering due to the ability of deep learning models to represent and predict non-linear behavior in many applications. However, the application ... -
Development of Novel Π-conjugated Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Bulk heterojunction polymer solar cell (PSC) is a promising photovoltaic technology for clean and renewable energy sources due to its superior advantages such as mechanical flexibility, light weight, low-cost fabrication, ...
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