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Transesterification of canola oil to biodiesel using CaO/Talc nanopowder as a mixed oxide catalyst
, Article Chemical Engineering and Technology ; Volume 40, Issue 10 , 2017 , Pages 1923-1930 ; 09307516 (ISSN) ; Kazemeini, M ; Bastan, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
Abstract
A series of heterogeneous catalysts including different molar ratios of CaO/talc was synthesized to study the transesterification reaction of canola oil and methanol under different reaction conditions. Characterization and kinetic results revealed that the activity of this catalyst was enhanced due to the increase of CaO/talc molar ratio value leading to an improvement in the biodiesel production. Moreover, the effect of various parameters on the activity of the undertaken catalysts was studied in order to determine the optimum process conditions. Leaching measurements and the durability of the CaO/talc catalyst under several reaction cycles were evaluated and proved it to be a stable...
Renewable hydrogen production by aqueous-phase reforming of Glycerol using Ni/Al2O3-MgO nano-catalyst: effect of the Ni loading
, Article Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery ; 2020 ; Kazemeini, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
2020
Abstract
Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) of oxygenated hydrocarbons for hydrogen production presents several advantages as feed molecules might be easily found in a wide range of biomass; there is no need for its vaporization and the process allows thorough exploitation of the environmental benefits of using hydrogen as an energy carrier. In this contribution, catalysts with active phase Ni supported on Al2O3-MgO were synthesized at different loadings (1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 wt%) through the co-precipitation technique and tested for the Glycerol APR reaction. Effects of the Ni loading on physicochemical characteristics of Ni/Al2O3-MgO catalysts were examined. Moreover, catalytic performance was...
Renewable hydrogen production by aqueous-phase reforming of Glycerol using Ni/Al2O3-MgO nano-catalyst: effect of the Ni loading
, Article Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery ; Volume 13, Issue 1 , 2023 , Pages 237-246 ; 21906815 (ISSN) ; Kazemeini, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
2023
Abstract
Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) of oxygenated hydrocarbons for hydrogen production presents several advantages as feed molecules might be easily found in a wide range of biomass; there is no need for its vaporization and the process allows thorough exploitation of the environmental benefits of using hydrogen as an energy carrier. In this contribution, catalysts with active phase Ni supported on Al2O3-MgO were synthesized at different loadings (1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 wt%) through the co-precipitation technique and tested for the Glycerol APR reaction. Effects of the Ni loading on physicochemical characteristics of Ni/Al2O3-MgO catalysts were examined. Moreover, catalytic performance was...
Optimization and Continuous Synthesis of Medicines Utilizing Catalysts Through a Micro-Reactor System
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Kazemeini, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
In order to fabricate batch and continuous systems to synthesize Pirfenidone (PFD), Solidwork and COMSOL software were used. Effects of parameters on reaction yield including; microreactors, micromixer, solvents, temperature, reaction time, and catalysts were understudied. Moreover, FTIR, NMR and HPLC analyses used to evaluate the prepared PFD. Its yield in microfluidic (30.5 %) was higher than that of batch (17.1 %) reactor. Besides, reaction yield in the presence of DMSO was higher than DMF in both reactors. It was shown that, adding a micromixer enhanced reaction time. leading to a higher PFD yield. Nonetheless, the yield was reduced by enhancing the temperature when DMF was utilized....
Aqueous-phase reforming of glycerol for production of alkanes over Ni/CexZr1-xO2 nano-catalyst: Effects of the support's composition
, Article Renewable Energy ; Volume 108 , 2017 , Pages 417-424 ; 09601481 (ISSN) ; Kazemeini, M ; Larimi, A. S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2017
Abstract
The aqueous phase reforming (APR) reaction of glycerol considered to be environmentally green. It converted polyols into value added products including; H2 and alkanes. Ni species known for its capability of producing alkane-rich gas under the APR process conditions might be utilized for this purpose. In this research, the conversion of glycerol into alkanes demonstrated using 10wt% Ni/CexZr1-xO2 (with x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 1) catalysts. In order to better understand the behavior of these materials, they were evaluated physio-chemically through the; XRD, BET, H2-TPR, H2-Chemisorption and TEM analyses. Moreover; performances of the synthesized materials were determined through their...
Production of renewable hydrogen through aqueous-phase reforming of glycerol over Ni/Al2O3–MgO nano-catalyst
, Article International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ; Volume 43, Issue 2 , 2018 , Pages 614-621 ; 03603199 (ISSN) ; Kazemeini, M ; Larimi, A ; Maleki, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
Abstract
In this study, a series of Ni nano-catalysts supported on Al2O3 and MgO were prepared through the co-precipitation technique. Effects of the Al/Mg ratio on physicochemical characteristics of Ni/Al2O3–MgO catalysts were examined. Moreover, catalytic performance was investigated in order to determine the optimum catalyst for H2 production in aqueous phase reforming (APR) of glycerol. It was revealed that, the APR activity of synthesized catalysts strongly depended on the aforementioned ratio. In addition, it was observed that, the catalytic activity of Ni/MgO and Ni/Al2O3 samples were both lower than that of the corresponding mixed oxide supports. Furthermore, it was shown that, amongst the...
Alkane Production from Biomass,Using Nano-Heterogeneous Catalysts
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Kazemeini, Mohammad
(Supervisor)
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Khorasheh, Farhad
(Supervisor)
Abstract
Reduced supplies of fossil fuels worldwide attention to the economic and energy-efficient processes for the production of fuel from renewable sources is diverted.Biomass has the potential shown because it has features such as frequency and is renewable. Because of the high solubility of hydrocarbons derived from biomass in large amounts of water and oxygen, the process is then performed on the aqueous phase is considered. Recent research for the production of alkanes by the deformation of the aqueous phase (Aqueous Phase Reforming) by Catalyst on hydrocarbons derived from biomass, such as glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, glucose, and etc. has been done. Here is our attempt to use the APR...
Effect of heating profile on desorption curve in temperature programmed desorption analysis: Case study of acid sites distribution of SAPO-34
, Article Journal of Porous Materials ; Volume 16, Issue 5 , 2009 , Pages 599-603 ; 13802224 (ISSN) ; Farhadi, F ; Khorasheh, F ; Yan, Z. F ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Comparison of the traditional linear heating method of TPD with an original stepwise heating scheme was reported for the first time. Stepwise heating TPD was carried out by keeping the temperature constant as soon as ammonia desorption signal rises until the signal returns to the baseline. More ammonia desorption peaks on a SAPO-34 catalyst were identified using TPD with stepwise heating. The effect of temperature ramp on desorption peak broadening in TPD curve was also addressed. The more distinct ammonia desorption peaks in stepwise TPD indicates that ammonia adsorbs in about five or six different ways on SAPO-34, and attribution of different adsorptions may be explained considering some...
Theoretical and experimental study of cascade solar stills
, Article Solar Energy ; Volume 90 , April , 2013 , Pages 205-211 ; 0038092X (ISSN) ; Sharak, A. Z ; Moghadam, H ; Tabrizi, F. F ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
Most part of Iran is dominated by arid and semi-arid areas due to low annual rainfall. The need for production of fresh water from brackish water is considerably high, especially in dry regions. In this study 1 month daily-based experimental data from a solar still site has been reported. The technical and operational problems of this site which finally contributed to the total cease of the site are described. Then a detailed analysis is investigated on progress of a prototype which constructed in order to solve the site's problems. The results of 1 month of experimental data of the final design showed that the last prototype could be used to solve the current problems of the site. The...
Application of a continuous kinetic model for the hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Vol. 32, Issue. 18 , 2014 , Pages 2245-2252 ; ISSN: 10916466 ; Khorasheh, F ; Farhadi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
Abstract
Hydrocracking is one of the most versatile petroleum refining processes for production of valuable products including gasoline, gas oil, and jet fuel. In this paper, a five-parameter continuous lumping model was used for kinetic modeling of hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil (VGO). The model parameters were estimated from industrial data obtained from a fixed bed reactor operating at an average temperature of 400°C and residence time of 0.3 h. Product distributions were obtained in terms of the weight fraction of various boiling point cuts. The model parameters were estimated using the Nelder-Mead optimization procedure and were correlated with temperature. Comparison of experimental and...
An improved methodology for design of custom-made hip prostheses to be fabricated using additive manufacturing technologies
, Article Rapid Prototyping Journal ; Volume 18, Issue 5 , 2012 , Pages 389-400 ; 13552546 (ISSN) ; Abbaszadeh, F ; Farahmand, F ; Sharif University of Technology
Emerald
2012
Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an improved methodology for design of custom-made hip prostheses, through integration of advanced image processing, computer aided design (CAD) and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Design/methodology/approach - The proposed methodology for design of custom-made hip prostheses is based on an independent design criterion for each of the intra-medullary and extra-medullary portions of the prosthesis. The intra-medullar part of the prosthesis is designed using a more accurate and detailed description of the 3D geometry of the femoral intra-medullary cavity, including the septum calcar ridge, so that an improved fill and fit performance...
Evaluation and enhancing of operational performance and training objective in accordance with Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA)
, Article International Air Safety Seminar Proceedings, 1 November 2011 through 3 November 2011 ; November , 2011 , Pages 78-99 ; 02705176 (ISSN) ; 9781618393975 (ISBN) ; Goodarzi, F ; Sharafbafi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
Real-time impulse noise suppression from images using an efficient weighted-average filtering
, Article IEEE Signal Processing Letters ; Volume 22, Issue 8 , 2015 , Pages 1050-1054 ; 10709908 (ISSN) ; Hessar, F ; Marvasti, F ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2015
Abstract
In this letter, we propose a method for real-time high density impulse noise suppression from images. In our method, we first apply an impulse detector to identify the corrupted pixels and then employ an innovative weighted-average filter to restore them. The filter takes the nearest neighboring interpolated image as the initial image and computes the weights according to the relative positions of the corrupted and uncorrupted pixels. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms the best existing methods in both PSNR measure and visual quality and is quite suitable for real-time applications
Kinetic modeling of pyrolysis of scrap tires
, Article Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis ; Volume 84, Issue 2 , 2009 , Pages 157-164 ; 01652370 (ISSN) ; Farhadi, F ; Khorasheh, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
The disposal of used tires is a major environmental problem. With increasing interest on recovery of wastes, pyrolysis is considered as an alternative process for recovering some of the value in scrap tires. An accurate kinetic model is required to predict product yields during thermal or catalytic pyrolysis of scrap tires. Pyrolysis products contain a variety of hydrocarbons over a wide boiling range. A common approach for kinetic modeling of such complex systems is lumping where each lump is defined by a boiling point range. Available experimental data for thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of scrap tires from the literature were used to evaluate two types of lumping models; discrete and...
Determine oil content in petroleum waxes
, Article Hydrocarbon Processing ; Volume 85, Issue 6 , 2006 , Pages 95-97 ; 00188190 (ISSN) ; Yazdani, F ; Farhadi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2006
Analytical modeling of variable-reluctance tubular resolver based on magnetic equivalent circuit and conformal mapping
, Article IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement ; Volume 70 , 2021 ; 00189456 (ISSN) ; Zare, F ; Tootoonchian, F ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2021
Abstract
Compared with flat linear structures, tubular linear machines do not face edge effects, making their performance better than their flat counterparts. In this article, a novel linear variable-reluctance resolver with tubular configuration is proposed. To optimize the design of an electromagnetic structure, modeling methods are used. Thus, in this article, an analytical model for the proposed resolver is presented. This model is based on the magnetic equivalent circuit (MEC) method and is considerably less time-consuming than finite element analysis (FEA), yet provides accurate results. A conformal mapping is employed to compute the permeance of the air-gap. The proposed model is then utilized...
Information and the Brukner-Zeilinger interpretation of quantum mechanics: A critical investigation
, Article Foundations of Physics Letters ; Volume 19, Issue 1 , 2006 , Pages 1-20 ; 08949875 (ISSN) ; Safinejad, F ; Naqsh, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2006
Abstract
In Brukner and Zeilinger's interpretation of quantum mechanics, information is introduced as the most fundamental notion and the finiteness of information is considered as an essential feature of quantum systems. They also define a new measure of information which is inherently different from the Shannon information and try to show that the latter is not useful in defining the information content in a quantum object. Here, we show that there are serious problems in their approach which make their efforts unsatisfactory. The finiteness of information does not explain how objective results appear in experiments and what an instantaneous change in the so-called information vector (or catalog of...
Key parameters in hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of low silicon content SAPO-34 molecular sieve
, Article Microporous and Mesoporous Materials ; Volume 126, Issue 1-2 , 2009 , Pages 1-7 ; 13871811 (ISSN) ; Farhadi, F ; Khorasheh, F ; Sahebdelfar, S ; Asadi, M ; Yan, Z. F ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Low silicon content SAPO-34 was successfully synthesized using the conventional hydrothermal crystallization in the static condition. Effects of different synthesis conditions including crystallization temperature and the silicon source were investigated through X-ray diffraction patterns. It was concluded that the silicon source had a significant effect on silicon incorporation into the alumino-phosphate building blocks in the course of crystallization. Using precipitated silica instead of silica sol resulted in the formation of impurities of alumino-phosphates phases whose crystalline structures collapse at the high temperature of calcination. For the low silicon SAPO-34 synthesis, the...
On the Finiteness of Noetherian Rings with Finitely Many Regular Elements
, Article Communications in Algebra ; Vol. 42, issue. 7 , 2014 , pp. 2869-2870 ; ISSN: 00927872 ; Heydari, F
2014
Abstract
Let R be a left Noetherian ring and ZD(R) be the set of all zero-divisors of R. In this paper, it is shown that if RZD(R) is finite, then R is finite
Precision of direction of arrival (DOA) estimation using novel three dimensional array geometries
, Article AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications ; Volume 75 , 2017 , Pages 35-45 ; 14348411 (ISSN) ; Farzaneh, F
Elsevier GmbH
2017
Abstract
Numerous methods for direction of arrival (DOA) estimation, used in smart antennas have been already reported in previous studies. The precision of DOA estimation depends on the choice of the algorithm and the geometrical configuration of the antenna array. In this work, the performance of new geometrical configurations, i.e. 2D with equal area and 3D with equal volume including circular, square, triangular, hexagonal and star geometries, with equal number of antenna elements, are examined and compared to each other to find the most proper geometry. Monte-Carlo simulations are performed to evaluate the DOA precision of the proposed arrays using the MUSIC algorithm. It is shown that in three...