Search results for "Chemical engineering"

Molecular organization via ionic interactions at interfaces. 1. Monolayers and LB films of cyclic bisbipyridinium tetracations and dimyristoylphospha…

1993

Channel flow at an immobilised liquid|liquid interface

2000

A novel rectangular channel flow electrochemical cell for the study of liquid | liquid interfaces is presented. The organic phase is immobilised by the use of a gelling agent, while the aqueous phase flows past the interface. This creates an asymmetric setup that allows us to establish diagnostic criteria to determine, for example, the direction of the ion transfer. The effects of varying flow rate and sweep rate have been considered both theoretically and experimentally. By comparison with two-dimensional simulations, it is demonstrated that a simple one-dimensional theory can be used to describe the cyclic voltammetry response of the channel flow cell.

Effect of modified starch or maltodextrin incorporation on the barrier and mechanical properties, moisture sensitivity and appearance of soy protein …

2012

Abstract This work aimed to study the effect of starch (acetylated di-starch phosphate and starch acetate) and maltodextrin (DE 10.2 and DE 15.6) on the properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) films. Films were cast from heated (70 °C for 20 min) alkaline (pH 10) aqueous solutions of soy protein isolate (8%) containing glycerol (50% of SPI) as a plasticizer and starch or maltodextrin (20% of SPI). For all types of films, water vapor sorption kinetics during 24 h at 25 °C and 75% relative humidity (RH), diffusion coefficient of water vapor, water vapor permeability at 25 °C for two relative humidity differentials (40–75 and 40–100%), tensile strength and elongation at break, color and micros…

Abatement of Acid Orange 7 in macro and micro reactors. Effect of the electrocatalytic route

2014

Abstract The electrochemical treatment of aqueous solutions contaminated by Acid Orange 7 (AO7) was widely studied with the main objective to evaluate as the electrocatalytic route affects the performances of the degradation process in macro and microfluidic cells. Direct anodic oxidation (EO), electro-Fenton (EF), electro-generation of active chlorine (IOAC) and coupled processes were investigated in macro and microfluidic reactors in order to select more effective conditions for the treatment of such compound. The effect of numerous operative parameters (such as nature of the electrode materials, coupling of processes, flow rate, current density and inter-electrode distance) on the perfor…

Study of liquid–liquid extraction of ethanol + water azeotropic mixtures using two imidazolium-based ionic liquids

2018

Abstract The present work was focused on the study of two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents in liquid–liquid extraction of ethanol from aqueous mixtures. With this aim, the experimental liquid–liquid equilibria (LLE) data of water (1) + ethanol (2) + 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([emim][Tf2N]) (3) and water (1) + ethanol (2) + 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([hmim][Tf2N]) (4) systems were obtained at different temperatures: 283.2, 303.2, and 323.2 K, in order to check the influence of temperature. The results were correlated by non-random two-liquid (NRTL) and universal quasichemical (UNIQUAC) models with good c…

Resin adsorption as a means to enrich rare stilbenes and coumarin from pigeon pea leaves extracts

2011

Abstract In this study, resin adsorption as a means to enrich rare stilbenes cajaninstilbene acid (CSA) and longistyline C (LLC), and coumarin cajanuslactone (CL) from pigeon pea leaves was investigated. Among widely used twenty macroporous adsorption resins, NKA-9 resin presented higher adsorption capacity and desorption ratio in static tests. The adsorption kinetic model fitted better depended on types of compounds and pH values. The experimental adsorption data were better fitted to Langmuir isotherm (R2 0.921–0.991) than Freundlich isotherm (R2 0.753–0.988). In order to optimize the operating parameters for separating CSA, LLC and CL, dynamic adsorption and desorption tests were carried…

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | Crop-Protecting Agents

2007

Capillary eletrophoresis (CE) is becoming an advantageous technique for determining crop protecting agents as a result of its simplicity and high separation efficiency. Controversely, inappropriate limits of detection (LODs) and a lack of selective detectors restrict its applications. The present article provides a general idea of recent advances in off-column and on-column approaches to trace enrichment in analyzing real samples, and recapitulates the determination of crop-protecting agents by conventional CE as well as by emerging techniques, such as CE-laser induced fluorescence (LIF) or CE-mass spectrometry (MS). The usefulness of these approaches in food and environmental applications …

Analytical Techniques for Furosemide Determination

2006

Abstract Due to the clinical importance of furosemide, a large number of analytical procedures to detect the presence of this drug in pharmaceutical and physiological samples has been developed. In this manuscript, a review of the most frequent analytical techniques described to determine furosemide is presented. Special attention has been paid to spectrophotometric and chromatographic techniques, but also to relevant methods using capillary electrophoresis or flow‐injection analysis, as well as the detection modes coupled to these techniques. The review also focuses on the different degradation pathways of the drug and cautions to prevent it, otherwise rarely or confusedly mentioned in the…

Negative pressure cavitation accelerated processing for extraction of main bioactive flavonoids from Radix Scutellariae

2011

Abstract To enhance the extraction efficiency and reduce the energy consumption, an emerging technology named negative pressure cavitation extraction (NPCE) has been shown to be a feasible option for the extraction of bioactive compounds in agricultural crops and medicinal plants. Meanwhile, it can be applied at the pilot scale as a manufacturing process for edible and medicinal plants. Currently, NPCE was proposed for extraction of baicalin, wogonoside, baicalein and wogonin from Radix Scutellariae on the basis of a central composite design (CCD) and response surface methodology (RSM). With proper optimization (80 mesh of particle size, 40 mL/g of liquid/solid ratio, 75% aqueous ethanol as…

Organochlorine residue analysis of commercial milks by capillary gas chromatography

1991

The determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in milks requires the use of efficient extraction methods. A rapid procedure has been developed, based on extraction of organochlorine residues from milk on to octadecylsilica solid phase extraction cartridges and elution with hexane. The addition of different organic solvents to the milk before solid phase extraction has been studied. The use of methanol to disrupt the fat globules enables almost complete recovery of the residues with minimum extraction of fatty substances. Recovery experiments were performed for eighteen compounds present at ppb levels in whole, two per cent, and skimmed milks. The average recove…