mohammad khosravi nikou

Assistant Professor, Department of Gas Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Ahwaz, Iran

[ 1 ] - Enhanced Removal of Pb+2 from Wastewater Using Combination of Ultrasound and nZVI Methods

This research reported a new method of removal of Pb+2from water by using a nano zero valent iron (nZVI) assisted ultrasonic wave. At first, nZVI was synthesized by an ultrasound assisted method. Particles morphology and surface composition were characterized by FESEM, XRD, and EDX. The XRD patterns showed that the crystallinity of the nZVI prepared using ultrasonic conditions was hi...

[ 2 ] - A Consequence Analysis of the Explosion of Spherical Tanks Containing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

A consequence analysis was performed in one of the gas refineries in Iran to investigate the risks andpotential losses resulted from accidents. Specifically, the consequences of an explosion in LPGspherical tanks were modeled using PHAST and MATLAB software. In this paper, three methods ofcalculation of PHAST software TNT, multi-energy, and BST were used. The results showed th...

[ 3 ] - Removal of Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds from Diesel Fuel Using MSU-S

The performance of MSU-S and its forms modified with phosphotungstic acid (HPW) and nickel (Ni) for the desulfurization and denitrogenation of model diesel fuel were studied. According to the results of the characteristic tests (N2 adsorption-desorption, XRD, SEM, and NH3-TPD), heteropoly acid incorporation causes higher acidity along with a negligible loss of structural a...

[ 4 ] - Soil Remediation Using Nano Zero-valent Iron Synthesized by an Ultrasonic Method

A new method for the synthesis of nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) was developed in the present study. Ultrasonic waves, as a novel method, were used to synthesize the nanoparticles. The morphology and surface compositions of the particles were characterized by using FESEM, XRD, BET, and particle size analyzer. The synthesized nanoparticles were then utilized as a Fenton-like catalyst to degrade of...

[ 5 ] - Adsorption of Acid blue 92 dye on modified diatomite by nickel oxide nanoparticles in aqueous solutions

Adsorbent prepared from waste plants for the treatment of dyeing effluents have high significance in environmental sustainability. In this research, adsorption of Acid Blue 92AB 92 dye from aqueous solutions on raw and modified diatomite nickel oxide nanoparticles was studied. The effect of different operation parameters such as pH, contact time, initial dye concentration, calcinations and sorb...

[ 6 ] - An Experimental Study on the Operating Parameters of Ultrasound-assisted Oxidative Desulfurization

In this research, the effects of important parameters, including the molar ratio of acetic acid to sulfur(S) , sonication time, temperature, and hydrogen the molar ratio of peroxide to sulfur on the performance of ultrasound-assisted oxidative desulfurization were studied using the response surface method (RSM). To this end, a model fuel containing n-decane and dibenzothiophene at a concentrati...

[ 7 ] - A Robust Method to Predict Equilibrium and Kinetics of Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds Adsorption from Liquid Fuel on Mesoporous Material

This study presents a robust and rigorous method based on intelligent models, namely radial basis function networks optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO-RBF), multilayer perceptron neural networks (MLP-NNs), and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system optimized by particle swarm optimization methods (PSO-ANFIS), for predicting the equilibrium and kinetics of the adsorption of sulfur and ...