Polymer colloids: current challenges, emerging applications, and new developments

M Aguirre, N Ballard, E Gonzalez, S Hamzehlou… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer colloids are complex materials that have the potential to be used in a vast array of
applications. One of the main reasons for their continued growth in commercial use is the …

[HTML][HTML] Tri-reforming of methane: thermodynamics, operating conditions, reactor technology and efficiency evaluation—a review

S Soleimani, M Lehner - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The production of syngas with optimal energy usage, a minimal environmental impact, and
an adjustable H2/CO molar ratio is possible using tri-reforming of methane (TRM). Despite …

Bifunctional Europium for Operando Catalyst Thermometry in an Exothermic Chemical Reaction

BJP Terlingen, T Arens, TP van Swieten… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Often the reactor or the reaction medium temperature is reported in the field of
heterogeneous catalysis, even though it could vary significantly from the reactive catalyst …

Runaway criteria for predicting the thermal behavior of chemical reactors

YN Yang, J **, LT Zhu, YN Zhou, ZH Luo - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical accidents resulting from thermal runaway of chemical reactors can have severe
consequences, including catastrophic damages to the public, society, property, and …

A Multi-objective optimization for batch chemical reaction Processes: The trade-off between economy and safety

Y Wu, H Ye, H Dong - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract he thermal safety is always a challenging topic in the case of batch reactors
carrying exothermic reactions. To reduce the risk of thermal runaway from both perspectives …

Assessing thermal hazards in bio-oil-glyoxal polymerization and curing with DGEBA and bio-char

J Xu, N Brodu, L Abdelouahed, B Taouk - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional novolac resin uses formaldehyde and an excess of phenol under an acid catalyst
which has a remarkable production and wide applications, however, the polymerization and …

Runaway reaction investigation of di‑tert‑butyl peroxide using adiabatic calorimetry

H Yan, N Yin, J Luo, B Wu, Z Tan, Q Shi - Thermochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal safety assessment is an effective means to put an end to frequent chemical
accidents. The conventional safety assessment generally uses differential scanning …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience-based explainable reinforcement learning in chemical process safety

K Szatmári, G Horváth, S Németh, W Bai… - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
For future applications of artificial intelligence, namely reinforcement learning (RL), we
develop a resilience-based explainable RL agent to make decisions about the activation of …

Deterministic modeling of non-adiabatic solution radical polymerization of n-butyl acrylate in light of runaway prevention

YN Yang, CX Zhu, YN Zhou, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Acrylate polymerizations with high exothermicity exhibit strongly non-isothermal
characteristics. The presence of side reactions involved in the polymerization mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of resilience engineering and reinforcement learning in chemical process safety

K Szatmári, S Németh, A Kummer - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exothermic reactions carried out in batch reactors need a lot of attention to operate because
any insufficient condition can lead to thermal runaway causing an explosion in the worst …