CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS, Volume 24,2011Published by AIDIC

ICheaP-10,10th International Conference on Chemical and

Process Engineering

ICheaP-108 - 11 May 2011, Florence, Italy

Organized and Promoted by:

AIDIC, the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering

Editor

Sauro Pierucci

PARTI

AIDIC Associazione Italiana Di Ingegneria Chimica

Content

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Reaction Engineering

Estimation of the Thermodinamic Properties of Several Oxigenated CompoundsInvolved in Biomasses Pyrolysis

Giulia Bozzano and Mario Dente

The Effect of Co-gasification of the Biomass Pellets with Gas on the Thermal

Degradation of Biomass

Vera Suzdalenko, Inesa Barmina, Agnese Lickrastina and Maija Zake

Fluidized Bed Gasification ofCoal/biomass Slurries

Giovanna Ruoppolo, Antonio Cante, Riccardo Chirone, Francesco Miccio and Vitale

Stanzione

Gasification ofWoodchips from the San Rossore Natural Reserve Maintenance for ChpApplication: a Case Study Analysis

Marco Simone, Cristiano Nicolella and Leonardo Tognotti

Solid Waste and Biomass Gasification: Fundamental Processes and Numerical Simulation

Deborah Panepinto and Giuseppe Genon

Synthesis of Pyrazolidine by Intramolecular Raschig Amination: Modelling and

Optimization

Ahmad El Hajj, Emilie Labarthe, Anne-Julie Bougrine and Henri Delalu

Study ofthe Influence ofAlcohols on the Synthesis of Short Chain Esters

Maria Dolores Romero, Jose Maria Gomez, Beatriz Diaz-Suelto and Alicia Garcia-Sanz

Synthesis of Epichlorohydrin from Glycerol. Hydrochlorination of Glycerol

Georgy Dmitriev and Leonid Zanaveskin

Hydrogen Peroxide Direct Synthesis: from Catalyst Preparation to Continuous Reactors

Pierdomenico Biasi, Paolo Canu, Francesco Pinna and Tapio Salmi

Synthesis and Characterization of Nipdce/?-al2o3 Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenationof 1,3-butadiene. Impregnation Conditions Study

Luis Lozano, Julia Guerra, Susana Curbelo, Joaquin Brito and Claudia Olivera-Fuentes

Detailed Kinetics ofthe Pyrolysis and Oxidation ofAnisole

Emma Barker Hemings, Giulia Bozzano, Mario Dente and Eliseo Ranzi

Problems Recorded on the Appropriateness of a Pilot Plant for Production of second

Generation Biofuels by Fast Pyrolysis

Fabio Leal Mendes and Marco Antonio Gaya Figueiredo

Kinetic Modeling of Dicumyl Peroxide Thermal Decomposition in Cumene

llaria Di Somma, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi and Vincenzo Caprio

Ammonia Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO in a Monolithic Reverse Flow Reactor

Emilio Munoz Vega, Salvador Garcia Ordoez and Fernando V. Diez Sanz

Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition as a Source of Propellant Gas for Actuators in

Rehabilitation Robotics: a Feasibility StudyLuca Turchetti, Flavia Vitale, Dino Accoto, Eugenio Guglielmelli and Maria Cristina

Annesini

Photocatalytic Degradation of Geosmin: Intermediates and Degradation Pathway Analysis

Emomotimi Bamuza-Pemu and Evans Martin Nkhalambayausi Chirwa

Influence of the Support in the Deactivation of Bifunctional Catalysts (pt-pd/support) onthe Hydrocracking of Leo

Alazne Gutierrez, Jose Maria Arandes, Pedro Castano, Andres Tomas Aguayo and

Javier Bilbao

Transesterification of Ethylacetate over Na2si2o5 Solid CatalystZahira Yaakob, Silija Padikkaparambil, Narayanan Binitha, Ramakrishnan Resmi and

Viswanathan Suraja

Development ofa Water Tolerant Solid Acid Catalyst with a Low Hydraulic Resistance

Using the Ice Templating Method

Shin Mukai, Kazuhiro Murakami, Masatoshi Hashimoto and Yoshitaka Satoh

Novel Reaction Scheme for the Selective Oxidation of O-xylene to Phthalic Anhydride

Robert Marx, Hans-Joerg Woelk, Gerhard Mestl and Thomas Turek

Multiplicity ofTemperature Wave Trains in Periodically Forced Reactors Networks

Erasmo Mancusi, Pietro Altimari, Lucia Russo and Silvestro Crescitelli

Mathematical Modelling of Transports and Reactions in an Innovative Solid Oxide Fuel

Cell

Antonio Bertei, Cristiano Nicolella and Alain Thorel

Development of Microstructured Catalytic Wall Reactors for Hydrogen Production byMethanol Steam Reforming over Novel Pt/in2o3/al2o3 Catalysts

Gunther Kolb, Steffen Keller, Sascha Pecov, H. Pennemann and RalfZapf

Modelling of Simultaneous Reaction and Diffusion in Chemical Reactors with Particle

Size Distributions: Application of Ion-exchange Resins in Heterogeneous CatalysisOlatunde Jogunola, Tapio Salmi, Johan Warna, Sebastien Leveneur andJyri-PekkaMikkola

Pla Depolimerization Kinetics: a Preliminary Study

Fausto Gironi and Vincenzo Piemonte

A Chemical Engineering Approach to Cellulose Substitution Kinetics

Tapio Salmi, Pia Damlin, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola and Matias Kangas

Design and Modelling of a Continuous Dispersion Copolymerization Process in the

Presence ofa Stabilizing Agent Elaborated in Situ

Fernand Pla, Christian Fonteix and Hanno Van Der Wal

Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds in the Presence Crown-ethers

Yuriy Melnyk, Viktor Reutskyy, Stepan Melnyk, Volodymyr Starchevskyy and VolodymyrReutskyy

Autothermal Reforming of Hydrocarbon Fuels

Harald Zeman, Michael Url and Hermann Hojbauer

New Aspects of Bioethanol One-step Catalytic Conversion to Fuel ComponentsAndrey Chistyakov, Mark Tsodikov, Mariya Chudakova, Alexandr Gekhman, lliyaMoiseev and F. Luk

Supercritical Water Oxidation of Isopropanol Under Conditions of Both Oxidant Deficit

and Excess

Jose Abelleira, Jezabel Sanchez-Oneto, Juan Ramon Portela and Enrique Martinez De

La Ossa

Nanotechnology

Development of a Tio2 Nanotube Array-based Photo-reactor for H2 Production by Water

Splitting187

Claudio Ampelli, Rosalba Passalacqua, Siglinda Perathoner and Gabriele Centi

Nanometric Tio2 as Nbbs for Functional Organic-inorganic Hybrids with Efficient

Interfacial Charge Transfer

Pavlo Gorbovyi, Mamadou Traore, Khay Chhor, L. Museur, A.I. Kuznetsov, 193

B.N. Chichkov and Andrei Kanaev

Fabrication and Characterization of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanostructures Grown byMetal Displacement Deposition Into Anodic Alumina Membranes

199Rosalinda Inguanta, Germano Ferrara, Salvatore Piazza and Carmelo Sunseri

Preparation of Zno Rod-like Nanostructures with Different Precursors

Marivone Gusatti, Carlos Eduardo Maduro Campos, Gilvan S. Barroso, Daniel Aragao 205

Ribeiro Souza, Jeane A. Rosario, Humberto Gracher Riella and Nivaldo Cabral Kuhnen

Production of Nanoparticles of Hydroxyapatite by Using a Rotating Disk Reactor

211Mariapaola Parisi, Marco Stoller and Angeto Chianese

Preparation of Copper Nanoparticles in Chitosan Membranes and Their Application for

Irreversible Humidity Indicator

Fernanda Condi Godoi, Rodrigo Balloni Rabelo,Fernando Cruz Vasconcellos and 217

Marisa Masumi Beppu

Surface Morphology ofa Catalytic Wall Microreactor Constructed by Direct Metal Laser

Sintering Process

Aulus Roberto Bineli, Maria Barbosa, Ana Paula Peres, Andre Luiz Jardini Munhoz and 223

Rubens Maciel Filho

Photocatalitic Degradation of Orange li in Aqueous Solutions by Immobilazed

Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide

229Marco Stoller, K. Movassaghi and Angelo Chianese

Process System Engineering

Adaptive Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control of Non-linear Processes

Bartolomeo Cosenza and Mose Galluzzo

Dynamic Modelling and Parameter Estimation of a Cu/ni Roasting Section

Mimes Alic, Tor Anders Hauge and Bernt Lie241

Dynamic Characteristics ofCounter-current Flow Processes

Jennifer Puschke and Heinz A. Preisig

Supply Chain Design and Capacity Planning: from first to second Generation Biofuel

Systems

Sara Giarola, Andrea Zamboni and Fabrizio Bezzo

A Mathematical Programming Approach to Generate Optimal System Configurationsand Maintenance Policies of Multichannel Multilayer Protective Systems

Chuei-Tin Chang, Yue-Cheng Liao, Kuo-Hwa Liang and Edwin Wibisono

Mixed Amines Application in Gas Sweetening Plants

Reza Mohamadirad, Omid Hamlehdar, Hamidreza Boor, Abdolali Fattahi Monavvar

and Shahram Rostami

Design of an Acidic Natural Gas Purification Plant by Means of a Process Simulator

Laura A. Pellegrini, Stefania Moioli, Barbara Picutti, Paolo Vergani andSimone Gamba

Online Monitoring of Exhaust Gas Emissions of a Boiler with Diesel/biodiesel Fuel Blends

Andrea Valdman, Mauricio De Souza Jr., Rossana Folly and Belkis Valdman

Use of Helical Coil Pipes for Depressurization in a Supercritical Water Oxidation (scwo)Pilot Plant: Experimental Results & Simulation

Jose Manuel Benjumea Trigueros, Jezabel Sanchez-Oneto, Juan Ramon Portela and

Enrique Martinez De La Ossa

Consideration of Variable Physical Properties in Targeting and Design of Heat ExchangerNetworks with Different Type of Heat ExchangersHamid Reza Fallahi, Samira Miryahyaie, Nassim Tahouni and Mohammad Hassan

Panjeshahi

Optimal Design of a Reactive Distillation Column

Edwin Zondervan, Mayank Shah and Andre De Haan

Decision Support for Process Development in the Chemical IndustryNorberl Asprion, Sergej Blagov, Oliver Ryll, Richard Welke, Anton Winterfeld, AgnesDittel, Michael Bortz, Karl-Heinz Kuefer, Jakob Burger, Andreas Scheithauer and

Hans Hasse

Minimizing Water and Energy Consumption in Industrial Water Networks

Marianne Boix, Ludovic Montastruc, Luc Pibouleau, Catherine Azzaro-Pantel and

Serge Domenech

Maximising the Heat Content of Sales Gas at Kailashtila Gas Processing Plant

Md Tanvir Sowgath, Z.M. Hossain and S. Kawsher

A Comparative Study of Solving the Problem of Module Identification in a ComplexNetwork

Toni Lastusilta, Lazaros Papageorgiou and Tapio Westerlund

An Homotopy Method for Global Optimization of Continuous Models

Karim Alloula, Jean-Pierre Belaud and Jean-Marc Le Lann

On Convex Relaxations in Nonconvex Optimization »

Tapio Westerlund, Andreas Lundell andJoakim Westerlund

Moving Finite Elements Method for Investigating Stefan Problems

Jaime Rodrigues, Maria Do Carmo Coimbra and Alirio Rodrigues

Modelling in the Documentation Level Using Mosaic and Numerical Libraries

Stefan Kuntsche, Flavio Manenti, Guido Buzzi-Ferraris and Guenter Wozny

Micro to Macro Equation-free Bifurcation Analysis of Neuronal Random Graphs:

Symmetry Breaking of Majority-rule Dynamics

Konstantinos Spiliotis, Lucia Russo and Constantinos Siettos

Towards the Assessment of Robustness in Industrial Process System

Shyamal Gondkar, Edwin Zondervan, Sivakumar Sreeramagiri and Andre De Haan

Model and Optimisation ofa Multi-effect Evaporator ofSugar Cane Juice: Energy

Consumption and Inversion Losses

Daniela Galatro, Elisa Verruschi and Roberto Guillen

A Virtual Metrology Model Based on Recursive Canonical Variate Analysis with

Applications to Sputtering Process

Tian-Hong Pan, David Shan-Hill Wong and Shi-ShangJang

Global Optimization ofCA2 Constraints by Convex Reformulations

Anders Skjal, Andreas Lundell and Tapio Westerlund

Dynamic Simulation of Lurgi-type Reactor for Methanol SynthesisFlavio Manenti, Silvia Cieri, Marco Restelli, Nadson Murilo Nascimento Lima and

Lamia Zuniga Linan

Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Temperature Prediction in a

Polymerization Process

Manuela Souza Leite, Brunno Ferreira Dos Santos, Liliane Maria Lona, Flavio

Vasconcelos Da Silva and Ana Maria Frattini Fileti

An Innovative Collaborative High-performance Platform for Simulation

Jean-Pierre Belaud, Jean-Stephane Ulmer, Benoit Vautrin, Bernard Nouailhas and

Karim Alloula

On-line Monitoring and Control of an Oil Well Drilling Process

Marcia Vega, Marcela de Freitas Galdino, Claudia Scheid and Andre Martins

Development of an Industrial Multitubular Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor as Cape-openUnit Operation Model Applied to Ethene Production by Ethanol Dehydration Process

Edvaldo Rodrigo Morals, Betania Hoss Lunelli, Igor Victorino, Maria Regina WolfMaciel and Rubens Maciel Filho

A Study for the Implementation of an Economic Optimization of Coking Plants

Andreea Raluca Savu, I. Muntean, Gheorghe Lazea and Paul-Serban Agachi

1-d Reactive Transport Modelling in Heterogeneous Porous Media

Ouacil Saouli, Mossaab Bencheikh Lehocine and Abdessalam Hassen Meniai

Computational Approach for Studying the Laser Radiation Thermal Cracking Process of

Heavy Petroleum Fraction: Optimization of Laser Operational Conditions

Oscar Javier Celis, Laura Plazas Tovar, Andre Luiz Jardini Munhoz, Christiane Siegel,Rubens Maciel Filho and Maria Regina WolfMaciel

Design and Optimization of a Hybrid Distillation/melt Crystallization Process UsingGenetic Algorithms

Cristofer Bravo-Bravo, Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez, Salvador Hernandez-Castro,

Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio and Abel Briones-Ramirez

Simulation of Wildland Fires in Large-scale Eterogeneous Environements

Alexei Alexandridis, Lucia Russo, Dimitris Vakalis and Constantinos Siettos

Optimal Heat Integration and Transfer Distribution in an Extractive Distillation SystemUsing Columns with Internal Heat Exchangers

Diego Mendoza and Carlos Arturo Martinez Riascos

A New Approach for Pid Controller Tuning from Closed-loop Setpoint Experiment

Mohammad Shamsuzzoha and Eid Al-Mutairi

Food

Mathematical Model with Shrinkage of an Eggplant Drying Process

Antonio Brasiello, Silvestro Crescitelli, Giuseppina Adiletta, Marisa Di Matteo and

Donatella Albanese

Growth and Survival of Mixed Probiotics in Nonfat Fermented Milk: the Effect of Inulin

Ricardo De Souza Pinheiro Oliveira, Patrizia Perego, Marice Nogueira De Oliveira

and Attilio Converti

Thermal Characterization ofOrange, Lemongrass, and Basil Essential Oilss

Patricia Fazzio Martins, Paula Sbaite, Cibelem Benites and Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

Tannins Extraction from Walnuts Residues

Claudio Capparucci, Fausto Gironi and Vincenzo Piemonte

Dynamism of the Water Species as a Probe Molecule in Food

Yasuyuki Konishi and Masayoshi Kobayashi

Experimental Assessment of the Impact of Cultivation Conditions on Kefiran Production

by the Mixed Microflora Imbedded in Kefir Grains

Katja Zajsek and Andreja Gorsek

Application of Sbb Staining Technique for Monitoring Pha Production in Milk WheyFermentation

Riccardo Andrea Carletto, Alessandro Chiado, Luca Gillio, Francesco Bosco and Luca

Marmo

Kluyveromyces Marxianus Biofilm in Cheese Whey Fermentation for Bioethanol

Production

Yogesh Joshi, Beatrice Senatore and Massimo Poletto

Influence of Secondary Homogenisation and Final Thermal Treatment on the Evolution

ofthe Rheological Properties ofModel Puddings for Dysphagia Nutritional SupportJosefina Carbone, Lida Quinchia, Concepcion Valencia, Pedro Partal, Jose Maria

Franco, Edmundo Brito-De La Fuente and Crispulo Gallegos

Physico-chemical and Sensorial Evaluation of Guava Jelly Made Without Added SugarRubia Correa, Gisele Sora, Charles Haminiuk, Miriam Ambrosio-Ugri, Rosangela

Bergamasco and Angelica Marquetotti Salcedo Vieira

Experimental Analysis and Mathematical Modelling of the Effect of Starch Gelatinization

on Chestnuts RehydrationPietro Altimari, Giuseppina Adiletta, Donatella Albanese, Silvestro Crescitelli and 511

Marisa Di Matteo

Evaluation of Enzymatic Pretreatment of Passion Fruit Juice

Rui Carlos Castro Domingiies, Sebastiao De Faria Junior, Rafael B. Silva, Grasiele 517

Scaramal Madrona, Vicelma Luiz Cardoso and Miria Hespanhol Miranda Reis