Can inferior properties of crude biomass pyrolytic oil be attributed to the presence of polar compound?

Can basic inferior fuel related properties of crude biomass pyrolysis oil (BPO) be attributed to the presence of polar compound such as various oxygenates, nitrogen heterocycles and...

08 September 2019 4,591 4 View

What is the significance of additive in Oil Sands Recovery Processes?

What is the significance of additive in Oil Sands Recovery Processes? What is the role of Mechanical Engineer with the adoption of additive for recovery?

07 August 2019 6,373 3 View

How feasible is it to demonstrate solid fuel conversion and biodiesel modelling in program environments such as matlab, python and fortran?

How feasible is it to demonstrate solid fuel conversion and biodiesel production modelling in program environments such as matlab, python and fortran?

05 June 2019 4,353 4 View

What are the latest innovations in biodiesel production, hydrogen and fuel cells?

What are the latest innovations in biodiesel production, hydrogen and fuel cells?

03 April 2019 4,717 3 View

What are the useful material and book for modeling biomass conversion processes using relevant tools (e.g., Aspen Plus)?

What are the useful material and book for modeling biomass conversion processes using relevant tools (e.g., Aspen Plus)?

02 March 2019 7,687 3 View

As a Ph.D supervisor, how will guide your project students to investigate techo-economic study of CO2 capture in manufacturing industry?

As a Ph.D Supervisor, how will guide your project students to investigate CO2 capture and utilization in manufacturing industry via techno-economic tool?

01 February 2019 7,991 1 View

How can I adopt CFD, C++ and finite element to improve and model Li batery management for effective utilization?

How can I adopt CFD, C+ + and finite element to improve and model Li battery management for effective utilization? I would appreciate discussions on the technique of model tools, experimental...

01 February 2019 5,625 2 View

How will I develop and validate gas turbine combustors with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models?

Dear RG, How will I develop and validate gas turbine combustors with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models? Best Regards, Dr. O.D. SAMUEL

11 December 2018 1,672 4 View

Can cetane number of ethylic biodiesel production from oil (e.g coconut ethyl ester) be calculated from individual ethyl estters from a literature?

Dear RG, Literature has showed that cetane number (CN) of biodiesel e.g jatroha oil methyl can be calculated by CN =Xme (wt.%)XCNme; where CN is the cetane number of the biodiesel; Xme is the...

11 December 2018 8,399 5 View

What is the best way to teach CFD to undergraduate students in Department of Mechanical Engineering?

What is the best way to teach CFD/suitable lecture material to undergraduate students in Department of Mechanical Engineering?

11 December 2018 2,844 14 View

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

What are the most relevant MSc proposal topics for Petroleum Production Engineering at the moment?

I am a Petroleum Production Engg MSc student at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and I am in the process of selecting a topic for my MSc Engineering Investigation proposal. I would very much...

01 March 2021 7,396 4 View

How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

Hi everyone How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

25 February 2021 4,075 1 View

How we can measure Kemp % in wool without using of benzene?

Would you please let me to know about the methods for measurement of medullation and Kemp % on animal? My problem is that the wool sampling and sending to laboratory is not possible. So I would...

21 February 2021 7,260 4 View

How to get/count refractive index in gasses?

20 February 2021 8,202 6 View

Is secondary metabolite production more at vegetative growth stage or during reproductive stage?

Hi, I am working on the effect of heavy metals on a medicinal plant by pot experimentation. Analyzing the effect of heavy metals on secondary metabolites is one of the parameters. I will be...

11 February 2021 6,683 6 View

Is ANSYS Fluent good for simulation of a three phase reactor(stusy of its hydrodynamics or mass transfer...)?

Hello everybody, I would like to simulate a three phase reactor and study its hydrodynamics. I would like to know which type of software is better? I have a good command of ANSYS Fluent and I am...

10 February 2021 4,303 3 View

Solar energy production forecasting ?

Hello everyone! I am interested in the topic of solar energy production forecasting for a ground-mounted PV system of more than 100MW capacity. Can anyone please suggest what are the main data...

08 February 2021 6,834 5 View

How to make Fast Green FCF from powder?

Hi everyone We need Fast Green to electroporate plasmid into mice embryos, therefore we simply need it to see some color in the liquid we are electroporating so that electroporation is more...

07 February 2021 1,671 2 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View