Surface‐modified carbon black derived from used car tires as alternative,reusable, and regenerable catalysts for H2 release studies from sodium borohydride methanolysis

Carbon black (CB) obtained from used car tire rubbers were treated with concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids. The oxidized CB (CB‐COO‐Na⁺) is subsequently modified with epichlorohydrin (ECH) and amines including polyethylene imine (PEI). These modified CBs such as CB‐PEI are used as metal‐free catalysts in methanolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen generation rate (HGR) of 3089 ± 44.69 mL.min^‐1.g^‐1 is accomplished at room temperature with CB‐PEI‐hydrochloric acid (HCl) catalyst. The resulting activation energy of 34.7 kJ/mol for the temperature range of ?20°C to +30°C compares favorably to most of alternative catalysts reported in literature while reaction catalyzing capabilities of CB‐PEI‐HCl particles extend to the subzero temperature range (?20°C‐0°C). The reuse and regeneration studies conducted for the CB‐PEI‐HCl catalyst showed that these catalysts do provide complete conversion at every use up to five consecutive runs and retain 50 ± 2.5% of the original hydrogen generation rate at the fifth consecutive reuse. The CBs‐based catalysts are fully regenerated with HCl treatment.     

Use of locality sensitive hashing (LSH) algorithm to match Web of Science and Scopus

Scientometrics - A novel hashing algorithm is applied to match two prominent and important bibliographic databases at the paper level. In the literature, such tasks have been studied and conducted...     

Thermo-economic analysis of chlor-alkali electrolysis for hydrogen production in the electrochlorination plant: Real case

This study deals with the implementations of electrochemical technology for the on-site production of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and hydrogen from seawater for utilization in the steam power plant. The effects of electrical current and seawater temperature on the performance of electrochlorination system are investigated. The obtained results show that current efficiency increases with increasing electrical current. The current efficiency of the system is calculated as 94% at a maximum electric current with a value of 4000 A and maximum temperature with a value of 30 °C. Electricity consumption increases for the unit generation of available chlorine in the case of both enhancements of electrical current and seawater. Hydrogen generation is directly proportional to the variation of the electrical current. Also, improvement in seawater temperature provides more efficient hydrogen generation. Moreover, energy and exergy efficiencies of the whole system are positively affected by an increase of current. However, energy and exergy efficiencies are determined to be 50.4% and 3.04%, respectively, under the best operational conditions. Besides, the cheapest product cost of the hydrogen gas is calculated as $4.04/kg under the greatest electrical current and seawater temperatures.     

Geochemical characteristics of major and trace elements in Sahinali Coals,Aydin, Turkey

In this study, geochemical behavior of elements is investigated in 25 coal samples collected at 10 locations of ?ahinli coaliferous units at southeast of Ayd?n, Turkey. In all the samples, X-ray powder diffraction and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analyses were performed and element and mineral compositions were determined. Total organic carbon (TOC) values of coals are between 14.6 and 37.7 wt% with average of 28.5 wt%. Samples are composed of quartz, calcite, feldspar, dolomite, mica, gypsum, and salt minerals which are accompanied by illite-, kaolinite-, and smectite-type clay minerals. Comparison of average element contents of world coals and studied samples yields that K > Fe > As > U > Cs > Y > Er > Al > Th > Rb > Yb > W > Tb > Dy > Lu > Ce > Sm > La > Ho > Si > Nd > Gd > Tm > Eu > Nb > Pr > Pb > Sn > Ni > Cu > Ga > Ta > Sb > Zr > Cd > V > Zn > Co > Mo > P > Hf > Ba are found to be enriched, while Mn > Be > Ca > Sr > Bi > Mg are found to be depleted. Statistically elements are correlated with TOC.