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Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 2004-2005

Barghi, S.

Barghi, S., A. Prakash, A. Margaritis, and M.A. Bergougnou. 2004. Flow Regime Identification in a Slurry Bubble Column From Gas Holdup and Pressure Fluctuations Analysis. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 82 (5): 865-870.

Bassi, A.

Deshpande, A., A. Bassi, and A. Prakash. 2005. Ultrasound-Assisted, Base-Catalyzed Oxidation of 4,6-Dimethyldibenzothiophene in a Biphasic Diesel-Acetonitrile System. Energy & Fuels 19 (1): 28-34.

Liu, V.L., G. Nakhla, and A. Bassi. 2004. Treatability and Kinetics Studies of Mesophilic Aerobic Biodegradation of High Oil and Grease Pet Food Wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials 112 (1-2): 87-94.

Zeidan, A., S. Rohani, and A. Bassi. 2004. Dynamic and Steady-State Sedimentation of Polydisperse Suspension and Prediction of Outlets Particle-Size Distribution. Chemical Engineering Science 59 (13): 2619-2632.

Bergougnou, M.A.

Tzounakos, A., D.G. Karamanev, A. Margaritis, and M.A. Bergougnou. 2004. Effect of the Surfactant Concentration on the Rise of Gas Bubbles in Power-Law Non-Newtonian Liquids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (18): 5790-5795.

Berruti, F.

House, P.K., M. Saberian, C.L. Briens, F. Berruti, and E. Chan. 2004. Injection of a Liquid Spray Into a Fluidized Bed: Particle-Liquid Mixing and Impact on Fluid Coker Yields. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (18): 5663-5669.

McDougall, S., M. Saberian, C. Briens, F. Berruti, and E. Chan. 2005. Effect of Liquid Properties on the Agglomerating Tendency of a Wet Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed. Powder Technology 149 (2-3): 61-67.

Briens, C.

Natarajan, S., C. Zhang, and C. Briens. 2005. Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of Gas Flow Through Packed Beds. Powder Technology 152 (1-3): 31-40.

Charpentier, P.A.

Bakhbakhi, Y., P. Charpentier, and S. Rohani. 2005. The Solubility of Phenanthrene in Toluene: In-Situ ATR-FTIR, Experimental Measurement, and Thermodynamic Modelling. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 83 (2): 267-273.

Sui, R.H., A.S. Rizkalla, and P.A. Charpentier. 2004. Synthesis and Formation of Silica Aerogel Particles by a Novel Sol-Gel Route in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (32): 11886-11892.

De Lasa, H.I.

Atias, J.A., and H. De Lasa. 2004. Adsorption and Catalytic Reaction in FCC Catalysts Using a Novel Fluidized CREC Riser Simulator. Chemical Engineering Science 59 (22-23): 5663-5669.

Atias, J.A., and H. De Lasa. 2004. Adsorption, Diffusion, and Reaction Phenomena on FCC Catalysts in the CREC Riser Simulator. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (16): 4709-4720.

Nova, S., S. Krol, and H. De Lasa. 2004. Particle Velocity and Particle Clustering in Down-Flow Reactors. Powder Technology 148 (2-3): 172-185.

Nova, S.R., S. Krol, and H.I. De Lasa. 2004. CREC Fiber-Optic Probes for Particle Velocity and Particle Clustering: Design Principles and Calibration Procedures. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (18): 5620-5631.

Tonetto, G., J. Atias, and H. De Lasa. 2004. FCC Catalysts With Different Zeolite Crystallite Sizes: Acidity, Structural Properties and Reactivity. Applied Catalysis A-General 270 (1-2): 9-25.

Tonetto, G., M.L. Ferreira, and H. De Lasa. 2004. Steam Promoted Mesoporosity in USY Zeolites: Structural Properties and 1,2,4-TMB Reactivity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical 216 (1): 83-99.

Volpe, M., G. Tonetto, and H. De Lasa. 2004. Butane Dehydrogenation on Vanadium Supported Catalysts Under Oxygen Free Atmosphere. Applied Catalysis A-General 272 (1-2): 69-78.

Hossain, M.M.

Hossain, M.M., M.A. Al-Saleh, M.A. Shalabi, T. Kimura, and T. Inui. 2004. Pd-Rh Promoted Co/HPS Catalysts for Heavy Oil Upgrading. Applied Catalysis A-General 278 (1): 65-71.

Jiang, H.J.

Jiang, H.J., and P. Woodard. 2005. Methodology of Generic Modeling as Applied to Energy Coupling of Co2 Laser Material Interaction. Optics and Lasers in Engineering 43 (1): 19-31.

Jutan, A.

Hu, Q., S. Rohani, and A. Jutan. 2005. Modelling and Optimization of Seeded Batch Crystallizers. Computers & Chemical Engineering 29 (4): 911-918.

Hu, Q., S. Rohani, D.X. Wang, and A. Jutan. 2004. Nonlinear Kinetic Parameter Estimation for Batch Cooling Seeded Crystallization. AICHE Journal 50 (8): 1786-1794.

Hua, X.M., S. Rohani, and A. Jutan. 2004. Cascade Closed-Loop Optimization and Control of Batch Reactors. Chemical Engineering Science 59 (24): 5695-5708.

Karamanev, D.G.

Margaritis, A.

Petersen, E.E., A. Margaritis, R.J. Stewart, P.H. Pilkington, and N.A. Mensour. 2004. The Effects of Wort Valine Concentration on the Total Diacetyl Profile and Levels Late in Batch Fermentations With Brewing Yeast Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 62 (4): 131-139.

Puskas, J.E., Y. Dahman, and A. Margaritis. 2004. Novel Thymine-Functionalized Polystyrenes for Applications in Biotechnology. 2. Adsorption of Model Proteins. Biomacromolecules 5 (4): 1412-1421.

Richard, A., and A. Margaritis. 2004. Empirical Modeling of Batch Fermentation Kinetics for Poly(Glutamic Acid) Production and Other Microbial Biopolymers. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 87 (4): 501-515.

Nakhla, G.

Nakhla, G.F., A. Lugowski, A. Sverdlikov, G. Scherbina, and K. Babcock. 2005. Simultaneous Nitrification-Denitrification and Clarification in a Pseudoliquified Activated Sludge System. Water Environment Research 77 (1): 98-112.

Quesnel, D., and G. Nakhla. 2005. Characterization and Treatability of Aerobic Bacterial Thermophilically Treated Wastewater by a Conventional Activated Sludge and Granular Activated Carbon. Water Research 39 (4): 677-687.

Quesnel, D., and G. Nakhla. 2005. Utilization of an Activated Sludge for the Improvement of an Existing Thermophilic Wastewater Treatment System. Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 131 (4): 570-578.

Prakash, A.

Puskas, J.E.

Kirschnick, T., A. Gottschalk, H. Ott, V. Abetz, J. Puskas, and V. Altstadt. 2004. Melt Processed Blends of Poly(Styrene-Co-Acrylonitrile) and Poly(Phenylene Ether) Compatibilized With Polystyrene-B-Polybutadiene-B-Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Triblock Terpolymers. Polymer 45 (16): 5653-5660.

Puskas, J.E., and Y.H. Chen. 2004. Biomedical Application of Commercial Polymers and Novel Polyisobutylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers for Soft Tissue Replacement. Biomacromolecules 5 (4): 1141-1154.

Puskas, J.E., Y.H. Chen, Y. Dahman, and D. Padavan. 2004. Polyisobutylene-Based Biomaterials. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry 42 (13): 3091-3109.

Puskas, J.E., Y. Kwon, P. Antony, and A.K. Bhowmick. 2005. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Dendritic (Arborescent, Hyperbranched) Polyisobutylene-Polystyrene Block Copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry 43 (9): 1811-1826.

Puskas, J.E., and S. Shaikh. 2004. Comparison of the Mechanism and Kinetics of Living Carbocationic Isobutylene and Styrene Polymerizations Based on Real-Time Ftir Monitoring. Macromolecular Symposia 215: 231-254.

Puskas, J.E., S. Shaikh, K.Z. Yao, K.B. Mcauley, and G. Kaszas. 2005. Kinetic Simulation of Living Carbocationic Polymerizations. II. Simulation of Living Isobutylene Polymerization Using a Mechanistic Model. European Polymer Journal 41 (1): 1-14.

Shaikh, S., J.E. Puskas, and G. Kaszas. 2004. A New High-Throughput Approach to Measure Copolymerization Reactivity Ratios Using Real-Time Ftir Monitoring. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry 42 (16): 4084-4100.

Rizkalla, A.S.

Rohani, S.

Arifuzzaman, S.M., and S. Rohani. 2004. Experimental Study of Brushite Precipitation. Journal of Crystal Growth 267 (3-4): 624-634.

Hu, Q., S. Rohani, and A. Jutan. 2005. Modelling and Optimization of Seeded Batch Crystallizers. Computers & Chemical Engineering 29 (4): 911-918.

Hu, Q., S. Rohani, D.X. Wang, and A. Jutan. 2004. Nonlinear Kinetic Parameter Estimation for Batch Cooling Seeded Crystallization. AICHE Journal 50 (8): 1786-1794.

Hua, X.M., S. Rohani, and A. Jutan. 2004. Cascade Closed-Loop Optimization and Control of Batch Reactors. Chemical Engineering Science 59 (24): 5695-5708.

Manifar, T., S. Rohani, T.P. Bender, H.B. Goodbrand, R. Gaynor, and M. Saban. 2005. Copper(I)-Medliated Ligand-Accelerated Ullmann-Type Coupling of Anilines With Aryliodides: Ligand Selection and Reaction Kinetics for Synthesis of Tri-P-Tolylamine. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 44 (4): 789-798.

Manifar, T., S. Rohani, and M. Jennings. 2005. N-(3-Methylphenyl)-N,N-bis(4-Methylphenyl) Amine. Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online 61 (4): O1032-O1034.

Manifar, T., S. Rohani, and M. Jennings. 2004. N,N,N-Tris(3-Methylphenyl)Amine. Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online 60 (12): O2301-O2303.

Manifar, T., S. Rohani, and M.C. Jennings. 2005. N,N-Bis-(3-Methylphenyl)-N-(4-Methylphenyl) Amine. Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online 61 (5): O1297-O1299.

Manifar, T., S. Rohani, and M. Saban. 2005. Measurement and Development of Solubility Correlations for Tritolylamine in Twelve Organic Solvents. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 44 (4): 970-976.

Mirmehrabi, M., S. Rohani, K.S.K. Murthy, and B. Radatus. 2004. Improving the Filterability and Solid Density of Ranitidine Hydrochloride Form 1. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 93 (7): 1692-1700.

Mirmehrabi, M., S. Rohani, K.S.K. Murthy, and B. Radatus. 2004. Solubility, Dissolution Rate and Phase Transition Studies of Ranitidine Hydrochloride Tautomeric Forms. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 282 (1-2): 73-85.

Zhu, J.J.

Cheng, Y., and J.X. Zhu. 2005. CFD Modelling and Simulation of Hydrodynamics in Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Beds. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 83 (2): 177-185.

Huang, W.X., A.J. Yan, and J.J. Zhu. 2005. Axial Solids Distribution and Flow Development in the Risers of Circulating Fluidized Beds With Different Heights. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers 36 (1): 17-24.

Li, Z., J. Zhu, and C. Zhang. 2005. Numerical Simulations of Ultrafine Powder Coating Systems. Powder Technology 150 (3): 155-167.

Lv, P.M., Z.H. Xiong, J. Chang, C.Z. Wu, Y. Chen, and J.X. Zhu. 2004. An Experimental Study on Biomass Air-Steam Gasification in a Fluidized Bed. Bioresource Technology 95 (1): 95-101.

Wang, F.J., R. Martinuzzi, and J. Zhu. 2005. Experimental Study of Particle Trajectory in Electrostatics Powder Coating Process. Powder Technology 150 (1): 20-29.

Wang, T.J., J. Chang, P. Lv, and J.X. Zhu. 2005. Novel Catalyst for Cracking of Biomass Tar. Energy & Fuels 19 (1): 22-27.

Xu, C.B., and J. Zhu. 2004. One-Step Preparation of Highly Dispersed Metal-Supported Catalysts by Fluidized-Bed Mocvd for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. Nanotechnology 15 (11): 1671-1681.

Yan, A., and J.J. Zhu. 2004. Scale-up Effect of Riser Reactors (1): Axial and Radial Solids Concentration Distribution and Flow Development. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (18): 5810-5819.

Yan, A.J., J. Ball, and J. Zhu. 2005. Scale-up Effect of Riser Reactors (3) Axial and Radial Solids Flux Distribution and Flow Development. Chemical Engineering Journal 109 (1-3): 97-106.