The performance of a date palm tree bark-based biofilter inoculated with mixed microbial consortia was investigated for the removal of a benzeneethylbenzene-xylene mixture at a total inlet loading rate range of 38.0 to 612.0 g/m·h. The influences of the inlet pollutant concentration and air flow rate were studied. The maximum elimination capacities attained for benzene, ethylbenzene, and toluen...

In the case of multi-component condensation the ‘condensing vapour contains a mixture of components having different boiling points, which condense over a wide temperature range, either in presence of or absence of non-condensing material. In this work, a design algorithm for the condensation of a multi-component vapour mixture in shell side of a shell and tube vertical condenser has been devel...

The properties of gas mixture exert a large effect on thermal exchange from the human body and finally on the comfort temperature in the hyperbaric environment. Equations describing density, viscosity, specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity of real gas mixture as the function of helium contents, temperature and the total gas pressure were derived. It makes possible to improve the comfort ...

This pape,r describes a flow-visualizatio n technique that was employed to qualitatively evaluate the gas flow pattern inside a small, low side, hermetically sealed, re ciprocating refrigeration compressor. The applicable compressor des igns are those in which the suction gas from the evaporator is dumped into the compressor shell, and is then drawn through a muffler into the suction plenum of ...

R & D Journal of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering 2014, 30, 55-67 http://www.saimeche.org.za (open access) © SAIMechE All rights reserved. 55 A variety of working fluid thermodynamic property models are applied in gas turbine performance simulations, potentially giving rise to significant discrepancies in performance prediction. Literature indicates that little attention ...

The Gas Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC) separator is an attractive compact separator alternative to the conventional vessel-type two-phase flow separator. Thus, it is important to develop predictive tools for design and to be able to improve the technology of the GLCC. Previous studies on the GLCC have focused on mechanistic models capable of predicting the operational envelope for liquid car...

The interactions between oxygen permeation and homogeneous fuel oxidation reactions on the sweep side of an ion transport membrane (ITM) are examined using a comprehensive model, which couples the dependency of the oxygen permeation rate on the membrane surface conditions and detailed chemistry and transport in the vicinity of the membrane. We assume that the membrane surface is not catalytic t...

Compact reformers (CRs) are promising devices for efficient fuel processing. In CRs, a thin solid plate is sandwiched between two catalyst layers to enable efficient heat transfer from combustion duct to the reforming duct for fuel processing. In this study, a 2D heat and mass transfer model is developed to investigate the fundamental transport phenomenon and chemical reaction kinetics in a CR ...

The aqueous mixtures of light gas molecules under low-temperature and high-pressure conditions are candidates to form gas hydrate clathrates. The formation of gas hydrate may lead to various problems and extra charges in natural gas production and processing. The presence of hydrate crystals forming a stable solid phase can potentially block the wells, pipes, and process facilities. To avoid su...