Designing the microturbine engine for waste-derived fuels.
Seljak T1, Katrašnik T2.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.).Waste Manag.2016 Jan;47(Pt B):299-310. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.06.004. Epub 2015 Jun 23.
Presented paper deals with adaptation procedure of a microturbine (MGT) for exploitation of refuse derived fuels (RDF). RDF often possess significantly different properties than conventional fuels and usually require at least some adaptations of internal combustion systems to obtain full functionali
Physicochemical characterization of wet microalgal cells disrupted with instant catapult steam explosion for lipid extraction.
Cheng J1, Huang R2, Li T2, Zhou J2, Cen K2.
Bioresource technology.Bioresour Technol.2015 Sep;191:66-72. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 May 7.
Instant catapult steam explosion (ICSE) was employed to disrupt wet microalgal cells for efficient lipid extraction. Physicochemical properties of exploded cells were investigated through SEM, TEM, FTIR, and TGA. The exploded cells increased in fractal dimension (1.53-1.65) when preheat time was pro
A novel application of concentrated solar thermal energy in foundries.
Selvaraj J1, Harikesavan V, Eshwanth A.
Environmental science and pollution research international.Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.2015 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Scrap preheating in foundries is a technology that saves melting energy, leading to economic and environmental benefits. The proposed method in this paper utilizes solar thermal energy for preheating scrap, effected through a parabolic trough concentrator that focuses sunlight onto a receiver which