A5042242433- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Graphene research and applications
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Petroleum Processing and Analysis
- Muon and positron interactions and applications
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Electrophoretic Deposition in Materials Science
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
- Extraction and Separation Processes
University of Calcutta
2018-2024
Pyrolysis gasoline (Py gas) is used as an octane enhancer of it rich in aromatics. However, removal carcinogenic benzene from Py gas before blending with important to meet the fuel specifications. The main focus this present study determine sorption kinetics and isotherm a fabricated insitu nano silver/polyvinyl alcohol (insitu Ag/PVA) membrane for pervaporative separation model [mixture (aromatic) 1-octene (aliphatic)]. thickness, surface morphological structure (Atomic Force Microscopy)...
Process simulators are commonly used for effective modeling, simulation, and optimization of separation techniques. A novel mathematical model was developed to determine the component fluxes, factor pervaporation index (PSI) considering effects different physico-chemical parameters (temperature, pressure, feed concentration), on pervaporative benzene from pyrolysis gasoline (benzene/1-octene) with a fabricated insitu(nano)silver/polyvinyl alcohol membrane. The simulation done using MATLAB...
According to EURO IV and V, benzene in gasoline should not exceed 1 volume%, prevent environmental pollution health risks; hence must be removed from pyrolysis (octane booster), before blending with gasoline. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based membranes are quite effective for pervaporative separation of hydrocarbon mixtures. The main objective this work is fabricate insitu Ag/PVA nanocomposite membranes, using simple solution casting approach, model (mixture benzene/1-octene). Debenzenation...