Glycolipids are a class of biodegradable biosurfactants that non-toxic and based on renewables, making them sustainable alternative to petrochemical surfactants. Enzymatic synthesis allows tailor-made production these versatile compounds using sugar fatty acid building blocks with rationalized structures for targeted applications. Therefore, glycolipids can be comprehensively designed outcompet...

The sorption of thorium and uranium ions by functionalized SBA–15 mesoporous silica materials with Schiff base ligating groups N–propylsalicylaldimine (SBA/SA) and ethylenediaminepropylesalicylaldimine (SBA/EnSA) from aqueous solution was investigated in fixed-bed column method. The TEMPeffect of pH, sample solution volume, and the column design parameters such as sample and eluent flow rat...

Packed-bed single-tank thermocline system with reduced cost is an alternative to the conventional two-tank for thermal energy storage. This work systematically explores wall impact on behavior of packed-bed tanks. For this purpose, adapted transient models were developed and fully exploited first time. Two tank configurations investigated compared: a high-temperature pilot-scale steel low-tempe...

Size segregation of granular mixtures which are almost completely packed in a rotating drum is discussed with an effective simulation and a brief analysis. Instead of a 3D drum, we simulate 2D rotating thin box which is almost completely packed with granular mixtures. The phase inversion of radially segregated pattern which was found in a 3D experiment are qualitatively reproduced with this sim...