Browsing Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications by Title
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Modeling the Synthesis of Butyl Methacrylate Macromonomer by Sequential ATRP-CCTP
(Wiley, 2019)The atom transfer radical polymerization of butyl methacrylate mediated by Cu(I)Br/N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine in anisole at 70 °C with the subsequent addition of bis(difluoroboryldiphenylglyoximato)cobalt(II) ... -
A multi-commodity flow formulation for the optimal design of wastewater treatment networks
(Elsevier BV, 2020-03-04)The wastewater treatment network (WWTN) optimization problem can be viewed as an extension of the generalized pooling problem (GPP), where not only the different streams are mixed and split, but also some chemical components ... -
A new cross decomposition method for stochastic mixed-integer linear programming
(Elsevier BV, 2017-01-16)Two-stage stochastic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problems can arise naturally from a variety of process design and operation problems. These problems, with a scenario based formulation, lead to large-scale MILPs ... -
A new optimization model and a customized solution method for natural gas production network design and operation
(Wiley, 2017-03-01)This article proposes to tackle integrated design and operation of natural gas production networks under uncertainty, using a new two-stage stochastic programming model, a novel reformulation strategy, and a customized ... -
A Novel Flexible Hybrid Battery–Supercapacitor Based on a Self‐Assembled Vanadium‐Graphene Hydrogel
(Wiley, 2020-03-23)A novel flexible hybrid battery–supercapacitor device is proposed consisting of high specific surface area electrodes paired with an electrolyte, which contains a redox species that can exist in more than two oxidation ... -
Novel Formulation and Efficient Solution Strategy for Strategic Optimization of an Industrial Chemical Supply Chain Under Demand Uncertainty
(The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015)This paper is concerned with strategic optimization of a typical industrial chemical supply chain, which involves a material purchase and transportation network, several manufacturing plants with on-site material and product ... -
Optimal Utilization of Natural Gas Pipeline Storage Capacity Under Future Supply Uncertainty
(Elsevier, 2020-05-07)The ability of pipelines to store gas by increasing their operating pressure, or linepacking, is a common operational practice used to mitigate future operational uncertainty. The optimal operation of a gas pipeline network ... -
Optimized inkjet-printed silver nanoparticle films: theoretical and experimental investigations
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-05-29)We study the influence of inkjet printing scheme and sintering parameter on the electrical resistivity of multi-layer silver nanoparticle films. A central composite Design Of Experiments (DOE) is employed to maximize ... -
Polylactic acid macromonomer radical propagation kinetics and degradation behaviour
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2017-08-01)Polylactic acid ethyl ester methacrylate (PLANEMA) macromonomers are synthesized with N = 1, 5, 7, and 9 average number of polyester units. While propagation rate coefficients (kp) determined by pulsed laser polymerization ... -
Printing of graphene supercapacitors with enhanced capacitances induced by a leavening agent
(Elsevier BV, 2020-04-01)The excellent electrical and mechanical properties of graphene make it a promising electrode material for energy storage devices such as supercapacitors. However, graphene flakes tend to restack upon processing which lowers ... -
Pulsed laser studies of cationic reactive surfactant radical propagation kinetics
(Elsevier BV, 2017-11-09)Pulsed laser polymerization coupled with size exclusion chromatography (PLP-SEC) was implemented to study the micellar radical homopropagation kinetics of cationic surfmer, polycaprolactone choline iodide ester methacrylate ... -
Pulsed-laser and quantum mechanics study of n-butyl cyanoacrylate and methyl methacrylate free-radical copolymerization
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015-02-17)The free-radical polymerization (FRP) kinetics for n-butyl cyanoacrylate (BCA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) copolymerization are studied in bulk at 30–70 °C using both a pulsed-laser polymerization technique and Quantum ... -
Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of Bio-Renewable Butyrolactone Monomer in Aqueous Solution
(MDPI AG, 2017-12)The radical copolymerization kinetics of acrylamide (AM) and the water-soluble monomer sodium 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-methylene butanoate (SHMeMB), formed by saponification of the bio-sourced monomer γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ- ... -
A rechargeable zinc copper battery using a selective cation exchange membrane
(Elsevier BV, 2020-03-31)The Daniell cell (zinc copper battery) was only used as primary cell due to the copper ion crossover preventing its ability to be stored and recharged. We modify the classic design and introduce a cation exchange membrane ... -
Reversible Photoisomerization from Borepin to Boratanorcaradiene and Double Aryl Migration from Boron to Carbon
(2019-03-26)B(npy)Ar2 (npy=2-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyridine) compounds bearing various nonbulky aryl groups undergo a clean and sequential two-step photoisomerization in which two aryl substituents on boron migrate to a carbon atom of the ... -
Robust scenario formulations for strategic supply chain optimization under uncertainty
(Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013)Strategic supply chain optimization (SCO) problems are often modelled as a two-stage optimization problem, in which the first-stage variables represent decisions on the development of the supply chain and the second-stage ... -
Sequential Model-Based A- and V-Optimal Design of Experiments for Building Fundamental Models of Pharmaceutical Production Processes
(Elsevier BV, 2019-07-02)Sequential model-based A- and V-optimal experimental designs are known to be effective for maximizing the information content of data, leading to reliable parameter estimates and model predictions. A- and V-optimal designs ... -
Solvent Effects on Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate and Butyl Methacrylate
(MDPI AG, 2019-03)2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is an important component of many acrylic resins used in coatings formulations, as the functionality ensures that the chains participate in the cross-linking reactions required to form ... -
Structure of the Electrical Double Layer Revisited: Electrode Capacitance in Aqueous Solutions
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020-04-28)The structure of the electrical double layer at the interface of planar electrodes and aqueous solutions is investigated. Electrical impedance spectroscopy is used to measure the impedance of aqueous solutions of sodium ... -
A sugar-template manufacturing method for microsystem ion-exchange membranes
(IOP Publishing, 2017-06)In this work, we report on a novel method for producing ion-exchange membranes that can be integrated directly into polydimethylsiloxane-based micro devices. Ionomers such as NafionTM, a copolymer with high conductivity ...