Chemical Engineering / Kimya Mühendisliği
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Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 21Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (pbdes) in Background Air Around the Aegean: Implications for Phase Partitioning and Size Distribution(Springer Verlag, 2017) Besis, Athanasios; Lammel, Gerhard; Kukucka, Petr; Samara, Constantini; Sofuoğlu, Aysun; Dumanoğlu, Yetkin; Eleftheriadis, Kostas; Kouvarakis, Giorgos; Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil; Vassilatou, Vassiliki; Voutsa, DimitraThe occurrence and atmospheric behavior of tri- to deca-polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated during a 2-week campaign concurrently conducted in July 2012 at four background sites around the Aegean Sea. The study focused on the gas/particle (G/P) partitioning at three sites (Ag. Paraskevi/central Greece/suburban, Finokalia/southern Greece/remote coastal, and Urla/Turkey/rural coastal) and on the size distribution at two sites (Neochorouda/northern Greece/rural inland and Finokalia/southern Greece/remote coastal). The lowest mean total (G + P) concentrations of ∑7PBDE (BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-66, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-153, BDE-154) and BDE-209 (0.81 and 0.95 pg m−3, respectively) were found at the remote site Finokalia. Partitioning coefficients, KP, were calculated, and their linear relationships with ambient temperature and the physicochemical properties of the analyzed PBDE congeners, i.e., the subcooled liquid pressure (PL°) and the octanol-air partition coefficient (KOA), were investigated. The equilibrium adsorption (PL°-based) and absorption (KOA-based) models, as well as a steady-state absorption model including an equilibrium and a non-equilibrium term, both being functions of log KOA, were used to predict the fraction Φ of PBDEs associated with the particle phase. The steady-state model proved to be superior to predict G/P partitioning of BDE-209. The distribution of particle-bound PBDEs across size fractions < 0.95, 0.95–1.5, 1.5–3.0, 3.0–7.2, and > 7.2 μm indicated a positive correlation between the mass median aerodynamic diameter and log PL° for the less brominated congeners, whereas a negative correlation was observed for the high brominated congeners. The potential source regions of PBDEs were acknowledged as a combination of long-range transport with short-distance sources.Article Citation - WoS: 23Citation - Scopus: 29Dynamic Nature of Supercritical Co2 Adsorption on Coals(Springer Verlag, 2017) Özdemir, EkremAdsorption on non-rigid solids was shown to be a dynamic process. Excess adsorption and desorption isotherms of CO2 on eight Argonne Premium coal samples were measured at 55 °C and pressures up to 14 MPa by manometric method. The excess adsorption isotherms of CO2 on powdered coals showed almost Langmuir-like to rectilinear shape behavior at low pressures up to 9 MPa, and it increased noticeably at pressures higher than 9 MPa. There was a significant hysteresis between the excess adsorption and desorption isotherms for each rank of coals, which was related to the volumetric uncertainties occurring during the adsorption isotherm measurements. The parameters related to the adsorption capacity and micro porous characteristics of the coal were obtained at different pressure ranges by fitting the experimental data to the modified Dubinin-Astakhov (D-A) equation at the increasingly larger pressure ranges, using only the first 4 data points of the excess adsorption isotherm initially, and progressively using additional data points for the subsequent values. It was shown that the curve fit parameters vary with pressure, and therefore, concluded that the adsorption on non-rigid solids such as CO2 on coal is indeed a dynamic process. It was suggested that new adsorption isotherm equations need to be developed considering the dynamic nature of the adsorption on solid adsorbents.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 10Methods of Humidity Determination Part Ii: Determination of Material Humidity(Springer Verlag, 2008) Rübner, Katrin; Balköse, Devrim; Robens, E.Part II covers the most common methods of measuring the humidity of solid material. State of water near solid surfaces, gravimetric measurement of material humidity, measurement of water sorption isotherms, chemical methods for determination of water content, measurement of material humidity via the gas phase, standardisation, cosmonautical observations are reviewed.Article Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 17Diffusion Mechanism of Water Vapour in a Zeolitic Tuff Rich in Clinoptilolite(Springer Verlag, 2008) Çakıcıoğlu Özkan, Seher Fehime; Ülkü, SemraThe adsorption kinetics of H2O in a clinoptilolite rich zeolitic tuff was experimentally investigated at 18°C. In the identification of the diffusion mechanism the isothermal adsorption model equation was used. It was found out that the intraparticle mass transfer becomes more dominant over the heat transfer with increase in particle size and the adsorptive dose pressure. Although initially intraparticle mass transfer was the controlling resistance later external heat transfer also contributes to the transfer mechanism.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 21Co2 and N2 Adsorption on the Acid (hcl, Hno 3, H2so4 and H3po4) Treated Zeolites(Springer Verlag, 2005) Ertan, Aslı; Özkan, Seher Fehime ÇakıcıoğluCO2 and N2 adsorption on the acid treated natural and synthetic zeolites at 5◦C and 25◦C was studied. The system heterogeneity was higher for CO2 than N2 adsorption and decreased with acid treatment.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Water Vapour Adsorption on Organic and Inorganic Polymers(Springer Verlag, 2003) Balköse, Devrim; Özkan, Fehime; Ulutan, Sevgi; Ülkü, SemraWater vapour adsorption on polymers affects their processing behaviour and useful properties. Water vapour adsorption on organic polymers, silk, Nylon 6 fibres in undrawn and permanent set forms, polyester micro fibres, plasticised PVC films with 60 phr dioctylphthalate (OOP) and inorganic polymer sepiolite particles were investigated in this study. The materials were examined using the BET equation. The surface areas of silk, cast Nylon 6 and muss Nylon 6 were determined as 108, 46 and 23 m2 g-1, respectively. Sepiolite did not fit BET equation. Polyester and PVC adsorbed very small amounts of moisture.Article Citation - WoS: 21Citation - Scopus: 23Activated Carbon Adsorption of Fuel Oxygenates Mtbe and Etbe From Water(Springer Verlag, 2009) İnal, Fikret; Yetgin, Senem; Aksu, Gülsüm T.; Şimşek, Selvi; Sofuoğlu, Aysun; Sofuoğlu, Sait CemilThe aqueous phase adsorption of fuel oxygenates methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) onto commercially available granular activated carbon (GAC; Norit GAC 1240) was investigated in a batch system at 27°C. The oxygenate concentrations were determined by headspace gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses. The experimental data were used with four two-parameter isotherm models (Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich) and two kinetic models (pseudo first-order and pseudo second-order) to determine equilibrium and kinetic parameters. Considering the correlation coefficient and root mean square error, Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm showed better fit with the equilibrium data for MTBE. However, the performances of Langmuir and Dubinin-Radushkevich models were comparable for ETBE. The adsorption capacities were calculated as 5.50 and 6.92 mg/g for MTBE and ETBE, respectively, at an equilibrium solution concentration of 1 mg/L using Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm. The differences between the model predictions and experimental data were similar for the pseudo first-order and pseudo second-order kinetic models. Gibbs free-energy changes of adsorption were found to be -22.59 and -28.55 kJ/mol for MTBE-GAC and ETBE-GAC systems, respectively, under the experimental conditions studied.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 15A Study of Adsorption of Water Vapour on Wool Under Static and Dynamic Conditions(Springer Verlag, 1998) Ülkü, Semra; Balköse, Devrim; Çağa, Tayfun; Özkan, Fehime; Ulutan, SevgiAdsorption of water vapour on wool provides not only textile comfort, but also convenience in transportation due to increase in its bulk density. The adsorption and desorption isotherms of water vapour for wool were determined by both volumetric technique using a Coulter Omnisorp 100CX instrument and gravimetric method employing a Cahn 2000 electronic microbalance. Adsorption isotherm fitting to B.E.T. model and hysteresis on desorption was observed. The average effective diffusion coefficient of water in wool was found to be 8.4 × 10-14 m2 s-1 at 25°C from gravimetric data. The effects of packing height and air velocity on the breakthrough curves were also investigated in the wool packed columns. For pseudo first order model, k values changing between 0.33 × 10-6 -69 × 10-6 s-1 was obtained for 2.2-6.4 cm s-1 air velocity and 0.05-0.20 m packing height ranges.