Fleet sizing is an essential element of chemical supply chain management. It is expensive to purchase and maintain tank cars. Further, the sizing decision is not an isolated one and is closely linked to fleet routing, ...

In a liquid fluidised bed system, the motion of each phase is governed by fluid–particle and particle–particle interactions. The particle–particle collisions can significantly affect the motion of individual particles and ...

Using computational modeling, we show that millimeter-sized polymer gels undergoing the self-oscillating Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction can spontaneously self-aggregate to form macroscopic, self-rotating pinwheels. ...

Al2O3 nanoparticles causes a significant depression in the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature (TNI). The gel-like suspensions are less sensitive to pre-shear and show a large structural recovery after shear ...

We present the chemical exfoliation of magnesium diboride (MgB2) by employing organic chelating agents for synthesising boron-based nanosheets in high yield. MgB2 is a promising parent material towards realising quasi-2D ...

Modern chemical plants consist of a number of integrated and interlinked process units. When an abnormal situation occurs, the automation system alerts the operators through alarms. In this work, we introduce a new type ...

Modern chemical plants have evolved into extremely large and complex operations. Operators rely on the plant automation system, particularly the DCS, for managing the plant operations which themselves have become open, and ...

The wetting and dissolution of a BCS class II drug (Ibuprofen) is enhanced by solventless solid dispersion technique using co-milling. The co-milling is performed in a planetary ball mill using 1:1 wt. ratio of Ibuprofen ...

In this study, corn starch and ibuprofen are treated in Argon (Ar) plasma to enhance the wettability of the powders without using any additive or guest particle. The powder and pellets were exposed to the Ar plasma for ...