Publications associées à Multiple Inflow Branches at Supercritical-Type Vortex Drop Shaft

Supercritical water anomalies in the vicinity of the Widom line

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

Visualization of supercritical water pseudo-boiling at Widom line crossover

Andrea Testino, Christian Ludwig

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

Semi-analytical solution of flow to a well in an unconfined-fractured aquifer system separated by an aquitard

David Andrew Barry

Semi-analytical solutions are presented for flow to a well in an extensive homogeneous and anisotropic unconfined-fractured aquifer system separated by an aquitard. The pumping well is of infinitesimal radius and screened in either the overlying unconfined ...

2018

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

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

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

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

Andrea Testino, Christian Ludwig

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

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

Apparatus for salt separation under supercritical water conditions

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

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

Junction chamber at vortex drop shaft: case study of Cossonay

Thierry Fuchsmann, David Dorthe, Michael Pfister, Corrado Gisonni, Gaetano Crispino

The drainage network of the city of Cossonay (Switzerland) is currently being adapted for future needs. In particular, it is required to drain increased storm discharges due to a population augmentation and to provide an adequate concept to overcome unfavo ...

2016

Valorization of sugarcane biorefinery residues using supercritical water gasification: A case study and perspectives

François Maréchal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas

The present study evaluates the use of supercritical fluid technology, particularly supercritical water gasification (SCWG), to add value to residues from a sugarcane biorefinery that produces first and second generation ethanol. This case study aims at el ...

2015

Electrochemistry in Supercritical Fluids: A Mini Review

Patrick Voyame, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Kathryn Ellen Toghill

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

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

Energy recovery in SUDS towards smart water grids: A case study

Anton Schleiss, Irene Almeida Samora

The development of a methodology for urban flood adaptation and energy recovery solutions is resting on the concept of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) as a measure to reduce risks of urban flooding while fully utilizing the available resources. F ...

Elsevier2013

Parsimonious hydrological modelling in urban areas: Towards integrated modelling

Luca Rossi, David Andrew Barry, Sylvain Coutu, Dario Del Giudice

Most popular urban hydrological model used in research and engineering (e.g. MOUSE, SWMM, MUSIC,P8) are spatially distributed with linknode drainage network. If some of them (e.g. PURPS, RUNQUAL, SLAMM, StormTac and WBM) treat the catchment in a lumped fas ...

International Water Association2012

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

Interfacial Photoreduction of Supercritical CO2 by an Aqueous Catalyst

Hubert Girault, Patrick Voyame, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo

Not just a solvent anymore: CO2 reduction under supercritical conditions was achieved in a biphasic water–supercritical CO2 system using an aqueous soluble catalyst (see picture). The introduction of such an interface provides a suitable reaction medium wh ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2011

Interactions and Reactivity at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces : A Bio-Inspired System

Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo

The interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) provides a well-defined platform for fundamental studies of adsorption processes and molecular reactivity in general. Two bio-inspired systems are considered in the present work: adsorbed p ...

EPFL2011

The important role of pressure in supercritical fluid process development revealed by reaction calorimetry

Thierry Meyer, Charalampos Mantelis

The technique of reaction calorimetry adapted for use with reactions in supercritical fluids was used to study some safety aspects of the free-radical dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in scCO2. The reaction heat rate profile was found to ch ...

Wiley-Blackwell2009

Geological heterogeneity in landslides : characterization and flow modelling

Boris Matti

Significant progress has been made these last decades in the development of hydrogeological numerical flow modelling for describing the hydrodynamic behaviour of landslides. However, these new sophisticated methods are still very seldom used in the problem ...

EPFL2008

Hydrocarboxylation of Terminal Alkenes in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Gabor Laurenczy

The catalytic hydrocarboxylation of linear alkenes to carboxylic acids using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent was studied. High selectivities in acids have been obtained. The best results were achieved when adding a perfluorinated surfactant to th ...

2008