Chemical Engineering / Kimya Mühendisliği

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  • Research Project
    Kompozit aluminyum köpük malzemesinin hazırlanması ve mekanik özelliklerinin karakterizasyonu
    (TÜBİTAK - Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, 2001) Yılmaz, Selahattin; Güden, Mustafa; Elbir, Semih
    Bu projede SiC tozları (SiCt), Sic viskerları (SiCv kıl kristal) ve granule Al2O3 tozları (Al2O3g) ayrı ayrı Alüminyum ile karşılaştırılarak metal matriks kompozit (MMK) köpükler hazırlanmıştır. Matriks malzemesi olarak Alüminyum seçilmiştir. TiH2 tozları şişirici ajan olarak kullanılmışlardır.MMK köpükler toz metallurji tekniği ile hazırlanmıştır. Matriks, şişirici alan (%0.5%)ve takviye malzemesi (SiCt veya SiCv veya Al2O3g) iyice karıştırıldıktan sonra, sıcak preste 450circ C ve 200 MPa basınç altında sıkıştırılmaktadır. (%99 Relative yoğunluk) Burda yarı mamül olarak tanımlayabileceğimiz tabletler elde edilmketedir. Yarı mamül matriks malzemesinin erime sıcaklığının üstünde bir sıcaklığa (750 - 850circ C) kadar ısıtılmış bir fırına konmaktadır. Bu sıcaklıklarda, TiH2 bozunması ile açığa çıkan H2 gazları metal içerisinde genleşmekte ve metalin içinde gaz hücrelerinin oluşmasını (köpükleşme) sağlamaktadır. Köpükleşen malzeme fırından çıkarılarak hızlıca soğutulmaktadır. Bu yöntem izlenerek MMK köpükler üretilmiştir. Fırın sıcaklığı ve fırında kalma süresi parametre olarak çalışılmıştır. MMK köpükler malzemeler darbe enerjisini emme için kullanılabilirler. Sonuç olarak Aluminyum köpüklerden daha yüksek enerji emme kapasitesine sahip MMK köpükler hazırlanmıştır.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 13
    Effect of Cnt Incorporation on Pan/Ppy Nanofibers Synthesized by Electrospinning Method
    (TÜBİTAK, 2020) İnce Yardımcı, Atike; Tanoğlu, Metin; Yılmaz, Selahattin; Selamet, Yusuf
    In this study, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) added polyacrylonitrile/polypyrrole (PAN/PPy) electrospun nanofibers were produced. Average diameters of the nanofibers were measured as 268 and 153 nm for 10 and 25 wt% of PPy contents, respectively. A relatively higher strain to failure values (23.3%) were observed for the low PPy content. When as-grown CNTs (1 and 4 wt%) were added into the PAN/PPy blends, disordered nanofibers were observed to form within the microstructure. To improve the interfacial properties of CNTs/PAN/PPy composites, CNTs were functionalized with H2SO4/HNO3/HCl solution. The functionalized CNTs were well dispersed within the nanofibers and aligned along the direction of nanofibers. Therefore, beads formation on nanofibers decreased. The impedance of the nanofibers was found to decrease with the PPy content and CNT addition. These nanofibers had a great potential to be used as an electrochemical actuator or a tissue engineering scaffold.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 3
    Validation on of Local Thermal Equilibrium and Uniform Pressure Assumptions for an Isobaric Adsorption Process in an Adsorbent Bed
    (Türk Isı Bilimi ve Tekniği Derneği, 2016) Gediz İliş, Gamze; Mobedi, Moghtada; Ülkü, Semra
    Bu çalışmanın amacı, adsorbent yatakta ısı ve kütle transferini analiz etmek için kullanılan yerel ısıl denge ve sabit basınç yaklaşımı varsayımların geçerliliğini araştırmaktır. İçerisinde silika jel partikülleri içeren bir yatak ile su kabı olan bir deney düzeneği tasarlanmış ve adsorpsiyon sürecinde yatağın içinde farklı yerlerde yerel sıcaklık ve basınç ölçülmüştür. Ayrıca, sabit basınç yaklaşımı ve yerel ısıl denge varsayımlara dayalı ısı ve kütle transferi denklemleri çözülmüştür. Sayısal sonuçlar, ilgili deneysel sonuçlarla karşılaştırılmış ve aralarında oldukça iyi bir uyum tespit edilmiştir. Gerçekleştirilen karşılaştırmaya dayanarak, incelenen yatak için iki önemli sonuç şu şekildedir: a) katı madde ve su buharı arasında yerel ısıl denge bulunmaktadır, b) bir yatak içinde parçacıklar arası kütle transferi direnci ihmal edilebilir düzeyde olup konsantrasyonunun ve sıcaklığın belirlenmesi için sabit basınç yaklaşımı geçerlidir. Ayrıca, bu çalışmada sunulan deneysel sonuçlar diğer araştırmacıların sayısal çalışmalarının geçerliliğini doğtulamak için değerli veriler sağlayacaktır.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 25
    Citation - Scopus: 26
    Lowering the Sintering Temperature of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes by Infiltration
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Sındıraç, Can; Çakırlar, Seda; Büyükaksoy, Aligül; Akkurt, Sedat
    A dense electrolyte with a relative density of over 95% is vital to prevent gas leakage and thus the achievement of high open circuit voltage in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The densification process of ceria based electrolyte requires high temperatures heat treatment (i.e. 1400-1500 degrees C). Thus, the minimum co-sintering temperatures of the anode-electrode bilayers are fixed at these values, resulting in coarse anode microstructures and consequently poor performance. The main purpose of this study is to densify gadolinia doped ceria (GDC), a common SOFC electrolyte, at temperatures lower than 1400 degrees C. By this aim, an approach involving the infiltration of polymeric precursors into porous electrolyte scaffolds, a method commonly used for composite SOFC electrodes, is proposed. By infiltrating polymeric precursors of GDC into porous GDC scaffolds, a reduction in the sintering temperature by at least 200 degrees C is achieved with no additives that might affect the electrical properties. Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy line scan analyses performed on porous GDC scaffolds infiltrated by a marker solution (polymeric FeOx precursor in this case) reveals a homogeneous infiltrated phase distribution, demonstrating the effectiveness of polymeric precursors.
  • Book
    International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition Ppm 2015, 15-18 September 2015, Izmir-Turkey
    (Organizing Committee of the International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition, 2015) Polat, Mehmet; Tanoğlu, Metin; Kılıç Özdemir, Sevgi; Polat, Mehmet; Tanoğlu, Metin
    We welcome you to the International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition, PPM 2015. The foreword of the proceedings and the abstracts books of the previous symposium, PPM 2013 which was the first of its series, started with the following sentence: ‘Idea of organizing a symposium on porous and powder materials owes its germination to the curiosity about the “other side of the fence”.’ It was a very fitting and almost a prophetic statement because 700 participants from 50 countries hosted by PPM 2013 belonged to an incredibly wide spectrum of science and technology, who one way or another dealt with porous and powder materials. It was both a fascinating and engaging sight to have people from the cement industry sitting in the sessions related to Biological and Medical Aspects since they realized that a characterization technique used in this field may actually answer some questions in theirs. Do we not deal with the same basic questions when we truly try to understand a material no matter where it originates from or how it is being put into application?
  • Book
    International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition Ppm 2013, 3-6 September 2013, Çeşme Izmir-Turkey
    (Organizing Committee of the International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition, 2013) Özdemir, Sevgi Kılıç; Polat, Mehmet; Tanoğlu, Metin; Kılıç Özdemir, Sevgi; Polat, Mehmet; Tanoğlu, Metin
    We welcome you to the first of the International Porous and Powder Materials Symposium and Exhibition, PPM 2013. The idea of organizing a symposium on porous and powder materials owes its germination to the curiosity about the ‘other side of the fence’. We are all familiar of the mild surprise when we come accross with a research paper from a totaly unrelated field written in a completely different terminology but describing something pleasantly familiar. Just imagine the elation of a PhD student in ceramics who is trying to optimize the stability and plasticity of the green body reading about the double layer around a protein, of an environmental engineer who is attempting to flocculate a nasty sludge coming accross with the concept of aggregation of micellar structures or of a researcher in chemical engineering who is looking for the perfect catalyst seeing the SEM pictures of porous nanoparticles developed for drug delivery. The list could be extended with much better examples by the readers of this book. But the best set of words to describe these feelings is an awareness of wholeness and solidarity.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 42
    Citation - Scopus: 43
    Well-Defined Cholesterol Polymers With Ph-Controlled Membrane Switching Activity
    (American Chemical Society, 2012) Sevimli, Sema; İnci, Fatih; Zareie, Hadi M.; Bulmuş, Volga
    Cholesterol has been used as an effective component of therapeutic delivery systems because of its ability to cross cellular membranes. Considering this, well-defined copolymers of methacrylic acid and cholesteryl methacrylate, poly(methacrylic acid-co-cholesteryl methacrylate) P(MAA-co-CMA), were generated as potential delivery system components for pH-controlled intracellular delivery of therapeutics. Statistical copolymers with varying cholesterol contents (2, 4, and 8 mol %) were synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis showed that the hydrodynamic diameters of the copolymers in aqueous solutions ranged from 5 ± 0.3 to 7 ± 0.4 nm for the copolymers having 2 and 4 mol % CMA and 8 ± 1.1 to 13 ± 1.9 nm for the copolymer having 8 mol % CMA with increasing pH (pH 4.5-7.4). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis revealed that the copolymer having 8 mol % CMA formed supramolecular assemblies while the copolymers having 2 and 4 mol % CMA existed as unimers in aqueous solution. The pH-responsive behavior of the copolymers was investigated via UV-visible spectroscopy revealing phase transitions at pH 3.9 for 2 mol % CMA, pH 4.7 for 4 mol % CMA, and pH 5.4 for 8 mol % CMA. Lipid bilayers and liposomes as models for cellular membranes were generated to probe their interactions with the synthesized copolymers. The interactions were determined in a pH-dependent manner (at pH 5.0 and 7.4) using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy and liposome leakage assay. Both the SPR analyses and liposome leakage assays indicated that the copolymer containing 2 mol % CMA displayed the greatest polymer-lipid interactions at pH 5.0, presenting the highest binding ability to the lipid bilayer surfaces, and also demonstrating the highest membrane destabilization activity. CellTiter-Blue assay showed that the copolymers did not affect the cell viability up to 30 μM over a period of 72 h. © 2012 American Chemical Society.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    Effects of Catalyst Precursor Type and Preparation Conditions, and Solvent Type on Activity and Selectivity of Pt/Sio2 Catalyst in Citral Hydrogenation
    (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2011) Depboylu, Can Okan; Yılmaz, Selahattin; Akkurt, Sedat
    In this study, citral hydrogenation reaction in liquid phase over silica gel supported Pt catalysts was investigated. It was desired to hydrogenate carbonyl group selectively to produce valuable unsaturated alcohols, namely geraniol and nerol. Pt/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by impregnation method. The effects of parameters investigated in the present study included Pt precursor type (hexachloroplatinic acid (HCLPA), platinum II acetylacetonate (PAA)), catalyst activation temperature (350°C and 450°C), catalyst activation without calcination, catalyst washing with 0.1 M NaOH and solvent type (ethanol, 2-pentanol). The catalysts activities and selectivities were affected by the type of precursor and activation temperature. The maximum citral conversion (89.50 percent) was achieved at lower activation temperature (350°C) with PAA precursor based catalyst. It was observed that higher activation temperature provided lower citral conversion but higher selectivity to unsaturated alcohols; increasing the activation temperature to 450°C decreased citral conversion to 26.10 percent. But selectivity to unsaturated alcohols, geraniol and nerol, increased from 7.06 to 54.60 percent. Catalyst washing and 2-pentanol prevented acetal formation. Catalyst activation without calcination gave lower citral conversion (20.84 percent) and selectivity to unsaturated alcohols (30.00 percent). Copyright © 2011 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 23
    Citation - Scopus: 25
    A Dimensionless Analysis of Heat and Mass Transport in an Adsorber With Thin Fins; Uniform Pressure Approach
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2011) Gediz İliş, Gamze; Mobedi, Moghtada; Ülkü, Semra
    A numerical study on heat and mass transfer in an annular adsorbent bed assisted with radial fins for an isobaric adsorption process is performed. A uniform pressure approach is employed to determine the changes of temperature and adsorbate concentration profiles in the adsorbent bed. The governing equations which are heat transfer equation for the adsorbent bed, mass balance equation for the adsorbent particle, and conduction heat transfer equation for the thin fin are non-dimensionalized in order to reduce number of governing parameters. The number of governing parameters is reduced to four as Kutateladze number, thermal diffusivity ratio, dimensionless fin coefficient and dimensionless parameter of Γ which compares mass diffusion in the adsorbent particle to heat transfer through the adsorbent bed. Temperature and adsorbate concentration contours are plotted for different values of defined dimensionless parameters to discuss heat and mass transfer rate in the bed. The average dimensionless temperature and average adsorbate concentration throughout the adsorption process are also presented to compare heat and mass transfer rate of different cases. The values of dimensionless fin coefficient, Γ number and thermal diffusivity ratio are changed from 0.01 to 100, 1 to 10 -5 and 0.01 to 100, respectively; while the values of Kutateladze number are 1 and 100. The obtained results revealed that heat transfer rate in an adsorbent bed can be enhanced by the fin when the values of thermal diffusivity ratio and fin coefficient are low (i.e., α -=0.01, δ=0.01). Furthermore, the use of fin in an adsorbent bed with low values of γ number (i.e. γ=10 -5) does not increase heat transfer rate, significantly.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 3
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Heat and Mass Transfer in the Adsorbent Bed of an Adsorption Heat Pump
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2011) Demir, Hasan; Mobedi, Moghtada; Ülkü, Semra
    The heat and mass transfer equations governing an adsorbent bed in an adsorption heat p mp and the mass balance equation for the adsorbent particles in the adsorbent bed were solved numerically to simulate the cycle of a basic adsorption heat pump, which includes isobaric adsorption, isosteric heating, isobaric desorption, and isosteric cooling processes. The finite difference method was used to solve the set of governing equations, which are highly nonlinear and coupled. The pressures of the evaporator and condenser were 2 and 20 kPa, respectively, and the regeneration temperature of the bed was 403 K. Changes in the temperature, adsorptive pressure, and adsorbate concentration in the adsorbent bed at different steps of the cycle were determined. The basic simulated cycle is presented in a Clausius-Clapeyron diagram, which illustrates the changes in average pressure and temperature of the adsorbent bed throughout the cycle. The results of the simulation indicated that the most time-consuming processes in the adsorption heat pump cycle were isobaric adsorption and isobaric desorption. The high thermal resistance of the bed slows down heat transfer, prolonging adsorption and desorption processes.