Effect of water quality on the yield and quality of the products from hydrothermal liquefaction and carbonization of rice straw

S Harisankar, RV Mohan, V Choudhary, R Vinu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The need for fresh water limits the application and scale-up of hydrothermal technologies to
convert waste biomass to energy and chemicals. In an effort to demonstrate the use of …

Co-pyrolysis of bamboo biomass with polypropylene coverall: Distributed activation energy modeling and pyrolysate composition studies

S Chakraborty, K Mohanty, R Vinu - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the pyrolysis kinetics and resource recovery potential from mixtures of
bamboo sawdust (BS) biomass, and a COVID-19 waste material, body coverall (BC). The …

Platform chemicals from hardwood black liquor via hydrothermal liquefaction: influence of process conditions on product yields and quality

S Harisankar, R Vinu - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Black liquor is a complex aqueous by-product from the paper and pulp industry comprising
lignin residues and inorganic chemicals such as NaOH and Na2S. Valorization of black …

Characterization and evaluation of resource recovery potential of beach plastic wastes using analytical Py-GC/MS

SK Pal, G Garcés-Sánchez, M Kranert… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of ocean plastic wastes supposedly comes from land-based sources, while the
remaining comes from marine-based activities and sources such as lines, fishing nets …

Experimental and Modeling Investigation on the Pyrolysis of n-Decane Initiated by Nitropropane. Part I: 1-Nitropropane

Z Jia, J Yang, W Zhou, K Yu - Acs Omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Initiators can accelerate the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon fuels, thereby reducing the required
reaction temperature in the hypersonic vehicle heat exchanger/reactor. Nitro-alkanes are …

Experimental and kinetic modeling studies of N-decane cracking initiated by nitromethane at supercritical pressure

X Han, Z Jia, W Zhou, H Zhang - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The chemical heat sink of endothermic hydrocarbon fuel has been used to solve the thermal
protection problem caused by the high temperature of the scramjet combustion chamber …

Catalytic fast pyrolysis of JP-10 and 3-carene using analytical Py-GC/MS for the production of low molecular weight hydrocarbons

S Priyadarshi, R Vinu - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Endothermic hydrocarbon fuels (EHFs) are meant to regeneratively cool high-speed flight
components and surfaces. In addition to physical heat absorption, they also undergo thermal …

Experimental study on n-hexane pyrolysis initiated by 1-nitropropane in a low-pressure flow reactor

Y He, J Song, J Yang, Y Zhuang, L Qiu, Z Li… - Journal of the Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the species pool and primary channels of initiated pyrolysis of n-
hexane, the low-pressure (30 Torr, 4.0 kPa) flow reactor pyrolysis of n-hexane initiated by …

Effects of 1-nitropropane on pyrolysis of n-hexane at atmospheric pressure

Y He, J Song, Y Zhuang, Y Liu, J Xie - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the effects of 1-nitropropane (1-NP) on the pyrolysis of n-hexane, the
pyrolysis processes of pure n-hexane and n-hexane/1-NP mixture in a jet-stirred reactor …

TEMPO-Assisted Thermal and Catalytic Cracking of 3-Carene and JP-10 to Produce Low-Molecular-Weight Hydrocarbons

S Priyadarshi, S Pal, R Vinu - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study investigates the effect of combining a free-radical initiator, TEMPO (2, 2, 6, 6-
tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy), and a zeolite catalyst (HY) on the pyrolysis of JP-10 …