Ultraviolet ageing of bituminous materials: A comprehensive literature review from 2011 to 2022

R Polo-Mendoza, G Martinez-Arguelles… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The transport infrastructure is crucial to maintaining the interconnection of urban, rural, and
commercial centres, thus allowing the socioeconomic growth of populations and …

Properties and characterization techniques of graphene modified asphalt binders

R Polo-Mendoza, T Navarro-Donado… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Graphene is a carbon-based nanomaterial used in various industries to improve the
performance of hundreds of materials. For instance, graphene-like materials have been …

Hydrothermal liquefaction for sludge-to-energy conversion: An evaluation of biocrude production and management of waste streams

H Liu, IA Basar, C Eskicioglu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a rapidly developing technology that converts waste
biomass, such as municipal sludge, into a petroleum-like biofuel known as biocrude. At the …

Cascading latent heat thermal energy storage in parabolic trough solar collector as a promising solution: An experimental investigation

K Bagherzadeh, V Piroozmand, R Ahmadi - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy system can be considered as a reliable energy source if it connects to a latent
heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system using phase change materials (PCMs). To …

Incorporating hydrothermal liquefaction into wastewater treatment–Part I: Process optimization for energy recovery and evaluation of product distribution

H Liu, IA Basar, N Lyczko, A Nzihou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The treatment of significant amounts of municipal sewage sludge requires novel and
efficient technologies. This study evaluated hydrothermal liquefaction as a means to …

Characterisation techniques for analysis of imidazolium-based ionic liquids and application in polymer preparation: A review

NA Noorhisham, D Amri, AH Mohamed… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) have been studied extensively
in numerous previous experimental and analysis works to produce ILs with tunable …

Thermal decomposition characteristics of the tire pyrolysis oil derived from a twin-auger reactor: Study of kinetics and evolved gases

F Campuzano, J Ordoñez, JD Martínez, AF Agudelo… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents the characterization of the thermal decomposition (oxidation and
pyrolysis) behavior of the oil (TPO) derived from the pyrolysis of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) in a …

A review on the application of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to petroleum products: Characterization and kinetic study

M Ahmadi Khoshooei, F Fazlollahi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Springer
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) can be used to obtain a variety of thermodynamic or
kinetic data of petroleum products. The application of DSC to petroleum fluids includes …

Precipitated wax content and yield stress of model wax-oil mixtures determined by arrest of flow during cooling at fixed stress

CG Harris, CE Rice, A Shetty, L Mahir… - Journal of Rheology, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To estimate yield stress and other rheological properties relevant to modeling of wax
deposition in pipelines where flow is continuous, but stress varies across the pipe radius …

Thermal and spectroscopic analysis of nitrated compounds and their break-down products using gas chromatography/vacuum UV spectroscopy (GC/VUV)

CA Cruse, JV Goodpaster - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas chromatography/vacuum UV spectroscopy (GC/VUV) was utilized to study various
explosives and pharmaceuticals in the nitrate ester and nitramine structural classes. In …