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A global optimization framework for stochastic integrated refinery planning with nonlinear unit models under demand and price uncertainties
(2020-09-11)
The refining industry is facing increased volatility in the global market such as lower economic margins. In this situation, refinery production planning becomes a substantial tool to utilize all potentials to extend the ...
Computational Investigation of the Behavior of Nanoparticles and Surfactants at the Oil-Water Interface
(2021-12)
Surfactants and nanoparticles (NPs) are commonly used to stabilize emulsions, which have found applications in different areas. The fundamental understanding of the behavior of surfactants and NPs adsorbed at the oil-water ...
Effect of Water on Catalytic Reactions over Brønsted Zeolites
(2022-09)
Water is present in both conventional chemical transformations and conversion of renewable emerging feedstocks such as biomass and plastic waste. Solid acids and zeolites, in particular, have been one of the most common ...
Effects of water and aluminum distribution on catalytic performance of zeolites
(2022-05-13)
Zeolites are used in numerous industrially relevant reactions such as cracking, isomerization, and alkylation. The activity of Brønsted acid sites contained within the microporous zeolite channels might be influenced by ...
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACE
(2020)
The solid interface is of fundamental importance to numerous scientific and technological fields, such as heterogeneous catalysis, water splitting, electrochemistry, corrosion, drug delivery, tribology, and wetting. However, ...
Computational Study and Manipulation of Local Chemical Environment in heterogeneous Catalysis and Separation.
(2023-06-09)
Reactive separation is proposed as a less energy-intensive chemical process with functions of catalytic reaction and separation. It offers an active chemical conversion combined with selective separation to obtain the ...
Diblock carbon nanotubes compatibilized immiscible polymer blends
(2020-12)
Plastic pollution is one of the most serious environmental challenges the world is currently facing. From contaminating soil and oceans to harming animals that consume it, the damages caused by mismanaged plastic waste ...
Designing and Characterizing Surfactant Formulations for Detergency of Oily and Solid Non-Particulate Soils
(2020)
Laundry detergency is a complex process at the nexus of soil, surfactant, solid substrate, and wash condition. This dissertation contains the following two major topics. The first topic focused on developing surfactant ...