Publications related to Supercritical drying

Investigation of Biomass Hydrothermal Conversion Products by HRMS

The dependency on fossil fuels and their impact on the environment is a matter of great concern for the future sustainability of modern society. The development of the "green" technologies which utilize renewable energy sources is now under investigation. ...

EPFL2023

New Approach to Synthesis of Tetralin via Naphthalene Hydrogenation in Supercritical Conditions Using Polymer-Stabilized Pt Nanoparticles

Lioubov Kiwi

Supercritical (SC) fluid technologies are well-established methods in modern green chemical synthesis. Using SC fluids as solvents instead of traditional liquids gives benefits of higher diffusivity and lower viscosity, which allows mass transfer intensifi ...

2020

Scanning PIV of turbulent flows over and through rough porous beds using refractive index matching

Christophe Ancey, Gauthier Paul Daniel Marie Rousseau

This paper presents image velocimetry measurements on turbulent flows adjacent to a permeable bed made of randomly packed glass particles. For measuring flow velocities inside the bed, the refractive index of the glass particles was matched with that of th ...

SPRINGER2020

Experimental studies of hydro-mechanical couplings in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs

Mateo Alejandro Acosta

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) allow for worldwide geothermal electricity production. They target deep (3-5 km), fractured rock reservoirs whose permeability is artificially increased through hydraulic stimulations (fluid injections). The injections mod ...

EPFL2020

Visualization of supercritical water pseudo-boiling at Widom line crossover

Christian Ludwig, Andrea Testino

Supercritical water is a green solvent used in many technological applications including materials synthesis, nuclear engineering, bioenergy, or waste treatment and it occurs in nature. Despite its relevance in natural systems and technical applications, t ...

Nature Research2019

Supercritical water anomalies in the vicinity of the Widom line

Christian Ludwig

Supercritical water is used in a variety of chemical and industrial applications. As a consequence, a detailed knowledge of the structure-properties correlations is of uttermost importance. Although supercritical water was considered as a homogeneous fluid ...

Nature Research2019

Printing of NiO-YSZ nanocomposites: from continuous synthesis to inkjet deposition

Andreas Stephan Lesch, Victor Costa Bassetto, Massimo Rosa

Water-based inks, containing nanometric NiO and YSZ particles in 66/34 vol. % ratio, are produced by colloidal stabilization of a binary dispersion obtained via continuous hydrothermal synthesis at supercritical conditions, i.e. 280 bar and 400 °C. The met ...

2019

Production of Additive‐Free Amorphous Nanoparticles with a SAW‐Based Microfluidic Spray‐Dryer

Esther Amstad, Huachuan Du, Mathias Steinacher, Duncan Christophe Emmanuel Gilbert

Spray‐drying is a widely employed, cost‐effective process to formulate solutions into solid particles of controlled sizes and compositions. In addition, this process can also offer control over the structure of spray‐dried particles: if the solvent is evap ...

Wiley2019

Multiple Inflow Branches at Supercritical-Type Vortex Drop Shaft

Michael Pfister, Jean-Marc Ribi, Corrado Gisonni, Gaetano Crispino, Thierry Fuchsmann

Vortex drop shafts serve to overcome important elevation differences in drainage systems. If well designed, they are performant in terms of energy dissipation and safety. However, the standard design requires well-defined approach flow conditions to ensure ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2018

The impact of sorbent geometry on the sulphur adsorption under supercritical water conditions: a numerical study

Christian Ludwig, Andrea Testino

A numerical model to show the impact of the adsorption bed geometry on the desulfurization process of wet biomass under supercritical water (SCW) gasification process has been developed. Three different geometries, straight channels (pipe), sharp-edged cha ...

Springer Heidelberg2017

Multi-objective Optimization of Supercritical Water Gasification of Leftover Brazilian Ginseng Roots After Phytochemical Recovery Steps

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Juliana Queiroz Albarelli, Diego Tresinari dos Santos

The present study aims at studying the supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of the leftover Brazilian ginseng roots after phytochemicals extraction for synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, envisioning the development of a promising Brazilian ginseng ...

2017

Catalytic supercritical water gasification: Interaction of sulfur with ZnO and the ruthenium catalyst

Christian Ludwig, Frédéric Vogel, Gaël Peng

Continuous catalytic supercritical water gasification (CSCWG; 400 degrees C, 28 MPa) of microalgal biomass (Chlorella vulgaris) was carried out at the microalgae production site of ZHAW in Wadenswil (Switzerland) non-stop over a period of 100 h. Characteri ...

Elsevier2017

Apparatus for salt separation under supercritical water conditions

Daniel Favrat, François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian

Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized be ...

2016

Can we approach the gas-liquid critical point using slab simulations of two coexisting phases?

Dominic John Tildesley

In this paper, we demonstrate that it is possible to approach the gas-liquid critical point of the Lennard-Jones fluid by performing simulations in a slab geometry using a cut-off potential. In the slab simulation geometry, it is essential to apply an accu ...

Amer Inst Physics2016

Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Pressurized Systems

Patrick Voyame

The depletion of carbon-based fossil fuels and the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration will force an inevitable change in the future global energy landscape. CO2 reduction presents the advantages of decreasing its atmospheric concentration and ...

EPFL2016

Supercriticality conditions for asymmetric zero-range process with sitewise disorder

Thomas Mountford

We discuss necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of disordered asymmetric zero-range process to the critical invariant measure. ...

Brazilian Statistical Association2015

Electrochemistry in Supercritical Fluids: A Mini Review

Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Patrick Voyame

A brief overview of the literature relating to electrochemical studies and processes undertaken in supercritical fluids is presented. This review mostly concerns carbon dioxide and hydrofluorocarbons, given the accessibility of their supercritical states, ...

Elsevier2014

Steady-state macroscale voltammetry in a supercritical carbon dioxide medium

Hubert Girault, Astrid Johana Olaya Avendano, Dmitry Momotenko, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Patrick Voyame

The electrochemical oxidation and reduction of decamethylferrocene is demonstrated in supercritical carbon dioxide at a macro gold disc electrode at 100 bar and 313 K. Fast mass transport effects were exhibited and the corresponding steady-state voltammetr ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2013

Thermo-economic and environmental model of microalgae-to-SNG conversion process through hydrothermal gasification

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Kevin Arrandel

Due to its high photosynthesis conversion efficiency, microalgae are currently considered as a serious feedstock for next-generation biofuels production. One possible conversion process is the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) through catalytic hyd ...

2013

Biodegradable polylactide/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite foam scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, John Christopher Plummer, Claire Diane Delabarde

Supercritical carbon dioxide processing of poly--lactide (PLLA)/hydroxyapatite (nHA) nanocomposites was investigated as a means to prepare foams suitable as scaffolds in bone tissue engineering applications. For given foaming parameters, addition of nHA to ...

Springer US2012