Methanol (also known as CH3OH, methyl alcohol, hydroxymethane, wood or carbinol) is a widely used primary raw material. It one of the first organic chemicals to find extensive laboratory and industrial use. water are ideal binary systems that can be separated by conventional distillation. This study aims separate methanol-water using simulated double-effect distillation process in Aspen Plus. T...

As human activity continues to increase CO2 and O3, broad expanses of north temperate forests will be simultaneously exposed to elevated concentrations of these trace gases. Although both CO2 and O3 are potent modifiers of plant growth, we do not understand the extent to which they alter competition for limiting soil nutrients, like nitrogen (N). We quantified the acquisition of soil N in two 8...

In Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) has been observed to be declining on elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) winter range for many decades. To support elk management decisions, the SAVANNA ecosystem model was adapted to explore interactions between elk herbivory and aspen dynamics. The simulated probability of successful vegetative regeneration for senescent aspe...

• A pre-combustion process based on [P 2228 ][CNPyr] was modelled and optimized. 80 operating configurations were techno-economic evaluated. Suitable pressures temperatures allowed minimizing capital operational costs. Direct costs lower than U.S. Department of Energy’s 40$/t CO2 goal achieved. H 2 production processes from steam methane reforming combined cycle power plants require carbon diox...

Development and change in forest communities are strongly influenced by plant-soil interactions. The primary objective of this paper was to identify how forest soil characteristics vary along gradients of forest community composition in aspen-conifer forests to better understand the relationship between forest vegetation characteristics and soil processes. The study was conducted on the Fishlak...

We present a theory for the phase behaviour of mixtures of charge-stabilised colloidal spheres plus interacting polymer chains in good and theta -solvents within the framework of free-volume theory. We use simple but accurate combination rules for the depletion thickness around a colloidal particle and for the osmotic pressure up to the semi-dilute concentration regime. Hence, we obtain express...

This work describes two different configurations of syngas production processes using a combination of steam methane reforming (SMR) and dry reforming of methane (DRM). The ideal SMR+DRM process ensures the maximum product yield, the heat-integrated SMR+DRM process fulfills the maximum heat recovery, and the stand-alone SMR+DRM process effectively suppress net CO2 emissions. Through kinetic mod...