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Investigation of the extraction of natural alkaloids in Karr reciprocating plate columns: Fluid dynamic study

Yue Wu, Jessica Vovers, Hiep Thuan Lu, Wen Li, Geoffrey W Stevens, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2022  |  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Previous work found that 0.2 M Cyanex® 923 in xylene has potential to extract natural alkaloids such as morphine. In this work, pi..

Investigation of the Extraction of Natural Alkaloids in Karr Reciprocating Hate Columns: Mass Transfer Study

Yue Wu, Jessica Vovers, Thuan Lu Hiep, Wen Li, Geoffrey W Stevens, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2022  |  SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE

Solvent extraction plays a vital role in manufacturing high purity alkaloids from natural poppies. Cyanex® 923, which has been wid..

Investigation of green solvents for the extraction of phenol and natural alkaloids: Solvent and extractant selection

Yue Wu, Wen Li, Jessica Vovers, Hiep Thuan Lu, Geoffrey W Stevens, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2022  |  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Green solvents have been gaining momentum to replace traditional volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solvent extraction processes..

Engineered assembly of water-dispersible nanocatalysts enables low-cost and green CO2 capture

Masood S Alivand, Omid Mazaheri, Yue Wu, Ali Zavabeti, Andrew J Christofferson, Nastaran Meftahi, Salvy P Russo, Geoffrey W Stevens, Colin A Scholes, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2022  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic solvent regeneration has attracted broad interest owing to its potential to reduce energy consumption in CO2 separation,..

Water-Dispersible Nanocatalysts with Engineered Structures: The New Generation of Nanomaterials for Energy-Efficient CO2 Capture

Masood S Alivand, Omid Mazaheri, Yue Wu, Ali Zavabeti, Geoffrey W Stevens, Colin A Scholes, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

The high energy demand of CO2 absorption-desorption technologies has significantly inhibited their industrial utilization and impl..

Catalytic Solvent Regeneration for Energy-Efficient CO2 Capture

Masood S Alivand, Omid Mazaheri, Yue Wu, Geoffrey W Stevens, Colin A Scholes, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING

CO2 emissions from industrial processes and their adverse implications on the climate is of major concern. Carbon capture and stor..

A Review of Technical Advances, Barriers, and Solutions in the Power to Hydrogen (P2H) Roadmap

Guoping Hu, Chao Chen, Thuan Lu Hiep, Yue Wu, Congmin Liu, Lefu Tao, Yuhan Men, Guangli He, Kevin Gang Li

Journal article  |  2020  |  ENGINEERING

Power to hydrogen (P2H) provides a promising solution to the geographic mismatch between sources of renewable energy and the marke..

Preparation of Nanoporous Carbonaceous Promoters for Enhanced CO2 Absorption in Tertiary Amines

MS Alivand, O Mazaheri, Y Wu, GW Stevens, CA Scholes, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2020  |  Engineering

Aqueous solutions of tertiary amines are promising absorbents for CO2 capture, as they are typically characterized by a high absor..

Selective removal of iron(III) from highly salted chloride acidic solutions by solvent extraction using di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate

Guoping Hu, Yue Wu, Desheng Chen, Yong Wang, Tao Qi, Lina Wang

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Metal ions including Fe3+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ are commonly found in the leaching solution of laterite-nickel ores, an..

Precipitation study of CO2-loaded glycinate solution with the introduction of ethanol as an antisolvent

Siming Chen, Yue Wu, Geoffrey W Stevens, Guoping Hu, Wenshou Sun, Kathryn A Mumford

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR) analysis were used to study the precipita..