Low-Temperature Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oils Using Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00134

2018-04-16

While bio-oil-derived fuels hold much promise as a replacement for petroleum, transformation of the highly oxygenated mixture has proven challenging. In particular, bio-oils are reactive and difficult to upgrade through catalytic pyrolysis. To reach a stabili...

Removal of Elemental Mercury in Flue Gas with H2O2 Solution Catalyzed by Zn-Doped BiFeO3

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00484

2018-04-13

Magnetic Zn-doped BiFeO3 catalyst was synthesized by the tartaric acid sol–gel method, and its characteristics were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller technique, and vibration sample magnetomete...

Activated Carbon-Assisted Fabrication of Cost-Efficient ZnO/SiO2 Desulfurizer with Characteristic of High Loadings and High Dispersion

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00532

2018-04-13

With the aid of activated carbon, a series of mesoporous ZnO/SiO2 sorbents are fabricated by sol–gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), N2 adsorption and desorption, scanning electron microscopy and energy ...

Characterization and Comparison of Trace Metal Compositions in Natural Gas, Biogas, and Biomethane

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03915

2018-04-13

Biogases are a renewable energy source intended to facilitate the energy transition from natural gas in various domains such as heat and electricity production. The composition of biogas and biomethane is well-known in terms of major compounds, which include ...

Complementary Analysis of the Water-Soluble and Water-Insoluble Fraction of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Biocrudes by Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00415

2018-04-13

Catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) biocrudes are of interest in the search for renewable energy and fuel. Depending on the process conditions, the produced biocrude can contain low to high percentage of oxygenates such as polyphenols, aldehydes/ketones, furan der...

Ethylene–Vinyl Acetate Copolymer and Resin-Stabilized Asphaltenes Synergistically Improve the Flow Behavior of Model Waxy Oils. 2. Effect of Asphaltene Content

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00720

2018-04-13

In part 1 (10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03657), the synergistic effect of ethylene–vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) pour point depressant (PPD) and rensin-stabilized asphaltenes on improving the flowability of synthetic waxy oil has been verified. This paper is a c...

Effect of Porous Media and Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Complex System on Methane Hydrate Formation

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00041

2018-04-12

Hydrates are mainly stored in the pores of the sedimentary layer, so their formation and storage characteristics in pores are particularly important for the exploitation and utilization of hydrates. Meanwhile, in order to study the rapid formation methods of ...

Study of Sewage Sludge/Coal Co-Combustion by Thermogravimetric Analysis and Single Particle Co-Combustion Method

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00511

2018-04-12

In this paper, a single particle (400–500 μm) co-combustion method was proposed to study the co-combustion characteristics of sewage sludge (SS) and bituminous coal (BC) in air and oxy-fuel conditions. In addition, the thermogravimetric analysis experiments w...

Impact of Salinity and Mineralogy on Slick Water Spontaneous Imbibition and Formation Strength in Shale

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03516

2018-04-12

Spontaneous imbibition is one of the mechanisms proposed to reveal the fate of fluids used during fracturing operations in shale reservoirs. However, the influence of salinity and mineralogy on the imbibition kinetics is not yet well understood. We performed ...

Computational Evaluation of Mg–Salen Compounds as Subsurface Fluid Tracers: Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Toluene–Water Mixtures and Clay Mineral Nanopores

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00435

2018-04-11

Molecular tracers that can be selectively placed underground and uniquely identified at the surface using simple on-site spectroscopic methods would significantly enhance subsurface fluid monitoring capabilities. To ensure their widespread utility, the solubi...