Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICACE 2015

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nano-fluids in Channel Containing Different Shapes of Submerged Tube....Pages 3-9
A Numerical Investigation Based on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Characteristics of Air in a Circular Tube Heat Exchanger with Inclined Ribs....Pages 11-20
Experimental Studies Involving Flow Visualization Over Non-circular Geometries....Pages 21-28
Thermohydraulic Transport Characteristics of Micro Mixer in Micro Channel....Pages 29-39
Esterification of Ethanol and Maleic Acid in Packed Bed Reactor Catalyzed by Sulfonic Acid Functionalized Silica (SAFS)....Pages 41-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Batch Drying of Wheat in a Multiple Porous Draft Tube Spouted Bed....Pages 51-57
Studies on Drying Characteristics of Rhizomes of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc)....Pages 59-65
Cationic Dyes Sequestration from Aqueous Phase Using Biosurfactant Based Reverse Micelles....Pages 67-74
Screening of Solvents for Deacidification of Sardine Oil....Pages 75-80
Forward Osmosis Membrane Concentration of Raw Sugarcane Juice....Pages 81-88
Microencapsulation of C-Phycocyanin by Microfludics....Pages 89-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Demineralization Study of Low Grade Indian Coal by Aqueous Caustic Leaching....Pages 99-108
Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Kinetics Studies for Removal of Disperse Orange 25 Dye from Contaminated Water Using Adsorption on Acid-Treated Red Mud....Pages 109-117
Removal of Cd(II) Ions from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption on ZnCl2-Activated Carbon: Equilibrium and Kinetic Study....Pages 119-131
Removal of CO2 in a Multistage Fluidized Bed Reactor by Activated Carbon Prepared from Green Coconut Shell....Pages 133-142
Comparative Study for Removal of Cr(VI) Using Sweetlime Peel Powder and Lemon Peel Powder in A Fixed Bed Column....Pages 143-152
Adsorption Kinetics for the Removal of Chromium(VI) from Synthetic Waste Water Using Adsorbent Derived from Saw Dust, Bark and Rice Husk....Pages 153-163
Utilization of an Agro Waste, Groundnut Shell Ash, for Removal of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid....Pages 165-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Synthesis of ZnO Based Nanocatalyst with Palash Flower Powder for Degradation of Phenol....Pages 177-184
Calculation of Hydroxyl Radical Concentration Using an Indirect Method-Effect of pH and Carbonate Ion....Pages 185-193
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Granular Activated Carbon Supported Titanium Dioxide Photocatalytic Process for Carbofuran Removal....Pages 195-201
Electrodeposition of TiO2/Ni-P Composite Electrodes for Efficient Water Electrolysis....Pages 203-209
Photocatalytic Degradation of Congo Red Dye Using Silver Doped TiO2 Nanosheets....Pages 211-217
Effect of TiO2/MgO Nanocomposites on the Photocatalytic Activity Towards Removal of Organic Dyes....Pages 219-225
Visible Light Induced ZnTiO3 Photocatalyst Synthesized by Co-Precipitation Process....Pages 227-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Mathematical Modelling on Particulate Removal in Multistage Dual-flow Sieve Plate Column Wet Scrubber....Pages 237-245
Development of a Computational Model of Venturi Scrubber to Simulate Its Performance for Filtered Vented Containment System....Pages 247-255
Mathematical Modelling of Bitumen and Oil Shale Extraction Using Supercritical Fluid....Pages 257-268
Methanol and Water Crossover in a Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: Mathematical Model....Pages 269-276
Tuning of PID Controllers for First Order Plus Time Delay Unstable Systems....Pages 277-283
Modelling of Interactive Multivariable Systems for Control....Pages 285-291
Bayesian Inference Approach to Estimate Robin Coefficient Using Metropolis Hastings Algorithm....Pages 293-302
Modeling and Simulation of Non-catalytic Transesterification of Cottonseed Oil....Pages 303-309
Simulation of Hydroperoxide Process for the Production of Propylene Oxide....Pages 311-318
Simulation of Natural Convection in Diamond Shaped Cavity Filled with Air or Water....Pages 319-325
CFD Simulation of Heat Transfer Using Nanofluids in Microchannel Having Dimples and Protrusions....Pages 327-335
CFD Simulation of Chemical Looping Combustion of Coal....Pages 337-344
Analysis of Flow Behaviour in a Jet Ejector Using CFD....Pages 345-354
CFD Studies on Pressure Drop for Low Reynolds Fluid Flows Across Orifice in Similarly Shaped Microchannel....Pages 355-360