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I have the proximate and ultimate analysis of biomass and using this, I want to convert it into conventional components using a reactor like Ryield but I'm not able to do this calculation. Can...
27 December 2021 1,356 2 View
YMA Agar, 20.00 g/L Dextrose, 10.00 g/L Malt extract, 3.00 g/L Peptic digest 5.00 g/L Yeast extract, 3.00 g/L
22 December 2021 2,557 10 View
Hello, I am growing rice. The leaves do not look healthy. And emerging leaves are dying before they unroll. Please see the attached images. I haven’t seen this before. I am growing the rice in UC...
21 December 2021 9,754 6 View
For production of bacterial biosurfactants, it is recommended to add sterile oil to the culture broth (MSM or LB). While the medium can simply be autoclaved, how can the oil be sterilised prior to...
17 December 2021 4,282 3 View
Hi all, I am trying to obtain a w/o microemulsion, using sunflower oil and water (containing varying concentrations of polymers). I am using PGPR as a surfactant, but it seems I cannot get the...
15 December 2021 7,216 13 View
I have tried to vary various reaction conditions, including surfactant concentration, oil/water ratio and temperature.
14 December 2021 6,549 2 View
Explaining the role of the structural directing agent
13 December 2021 2,922 4 View
In my electrospinning setup, I used to produce fibers from PCL (polycaprolactone) on a rotating drum. My solvent is made up of Dimethylformamide (DFM) and Tetrahydrofuran (THF). Recently, whatever...
13 December 2021 1,502 8 View
I am undertaking a time series experiment to follow the biodegradation of oil compounds over several time points. I would be interested to know if only freezing the sample at -20C would be...
11 December 2021 702 2 View
viscosity index available for lubricant oil explaining the quality of lubricant oil . Likewise any possibilities for viscosity index of edible oil relate quality of edible oil
11 December 2021 789 1 View
How to select compound for bioremediation by bacteria by its genome analysis?
11 December 2021 4,134 3 View
Dear Sirs/Madams, I am trying to choose the best binder to make PCBN but when we use PCBN abrasive grains with a semi-metallic bond for grinding, the form of wear mainly occurs near the cutting...
11 December 2021 1,687 0 View
I am simulating gasification of biomass in aspen plus using RCSTR but facing the following problem. ´´ THE E-BAL LOOP FAILED ON THE FIRST ITERATION BECAUSE THE M-BAL LOOP DID NOT CONVERGE IN...
09 December 2021 304 1 View
I'm working on the modal analysis of a cracked rectangular plate and come across an error. A sketch of the model is shown in the attached graph. I use KSCON command to model the stress...
02 December 2021 4,525 1 View
I have been testing 2 types of oil with this surfactant but did not managed to get a one phase mixture even after adding water with small concentrations. I tried using Tween 80 as the surfactant...
27 November 2021 9,162 8 View
Mentionable that, I have got the quarterly data of both Brent and WTI in nominal USD. However, I am not able to manage the data in real USD; adjusted for inflation. I would be thankful if anyone...
26 November 2021 4,510 7 View
Hope that everyone will be quite fine sir I am working on Self nanoemulsyfying drug delivery of low orally bioavailable drugs but em facing some problem my formulation have zeta potential of -10...
25 November 2021 931 3 View
I have been anaerobically fermenting biomass for a week and measuring the pressure in the bottles every day. Over the first couple of days pressure increased due to hydrogen production - but now...
24 November 2021 9,210 2 View
I have mutation data of several genes and want to determine the association among their mutation status (variable has only two values 0 for not mutated and 1 for mutated for all the genes. I wish...
24 November 2021 4,433 4 View
Hello, I am running a plant based yoghurt fermentation (10 - 50kg bucket/tank batch) but after 16h the pH drop is quite poor (stops at 5.4 - 5.8). The yoghurt base is UHT treated before and...
23 November 2021 8,434 9 View
Is it possible to get a theoretical biogas yield if you change the retention time in an anaerobic process? This is assuming that I have actual data from using say, 40 days retention time and I...
18 November 2021 2,557 3 View
I am working on a mushroom to cheek for any anti-cancer properties. the water extracts were the most significant for the MTT assay, while for the IC50 the ethanol extracts had the lowest values,...
11 November 2021 8,565 3 View
after doing a GCMS analysis i didn't get any informations about the compositions of the essential oil i'm working with, so i think that my essential oil still mixed with the solvent so what are...
30 October 2021 2,332 6 View
I am running a drying model and would like to have the water content of a chlorella vulgaris microalgae, before drying. Thanks. best.
28 October 2021 8,418 2 View