Safety is paramount aspect of any chemical plant. In this paper various approaches to enhance process safety are evaluated. The specific enhancements include process design methodologies for improving inherent safety and ...

Using computational modeling, we show that self-oscillating Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) gels can both emit and sense a chemical signal and thus drive neighboring gel pieces to spontaneously self-aggregate, so that the system ...

Hybridization of metal NPs with redox-switchable polymer supports not only mitigates their aggregation, but also introduces interfacial electron pathways desirable for catalysis and numerous other applications. The large ...

Seismic hazard assessment is the key tool for rational planning, safety and design of infrastructures in seismically vulnerable regions. Gujarat is the only state in peninsular India with the maximum seismic hazard of large ...

The rheology of self-assembled elongated iron oxyhydroxide (FeOOH) and spherical silica (SiO2) particles in hexagonal (H1) liquid crystal (LC) phase of water and non-ionic surfactant C12E9 is investigated by varying particle ...

Clostridium acetobutylicum exhibits a two-step metabolic pathway where substrates are first converted to organic acids accompanied by a decrease in pH. The acids are then assimilated to organic solvents. The transition ...

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, the Safety Centre @ Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) organized the International Conference on Safety (ICS) in 2014. Jointly organized with ...

Wind power generation highly depends on the atmospheric variables which itself depend on the time of the day, months and seasons. The intermittency of wind hinders the accuracy of wind forecasting, which is important for ...