Bond interchange reactions in functionalized triglyceride oil/poly(ethylene terephthalate) compositions

Naturally functionalized triglyceride oils are renewable resources which contain reactive chemical groups, hydroxyl in the case of castor oil, and epoxide in the case of vernonia oil. In this article, the reaction of these groups, and the ester linkages between the glycerol and acid residue portions of the oil molecule with poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is investigated through a variety of means. Multiple reactions are possible in the triglyceride–PET system, some of which form a copolymer that increases miscibility, and if allowed to continue, forms a completely random copolymer mixture. Among the numerous reactions possible, PET–ester exchange with the hydroxyl or epoxide functionality of the triglyceride oils is found to be the most significant, and the effects of these and other reactions are observed and structural implications discussed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Pyrolysis Analysis and Kinetics of Crude Oils

This research presents the results of an experimental study on the determination of pyrolysis behaviour and kinetics of six crude oils by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG/DTG). Crude oil pyrolysis indicated two main temperature ranges where loss of mass was observed. The first region between ambient to 400°C was distillation. The second region between 400 and 600°C was visbreaking and thermal cracking. Arrhenius-type kinetic model is used to determine the kinetic parameters of crude oils studied. It was observed that as crude oils gets heavier (°API decreases) cracking activation energy increases. Activation energy of cracking also show a general trend with asphaltene content. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Screening the origin and weathering of oil slicks by attenuated total reflectance mid-IR spectrometry

The combination of attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform mid-infrared spectrometry (ATR-FTMIR) and multivariate pattern recognition is presented as a fast and convenient methodology to ascertain the source product an oil slick comes from and to evaluate the extent of its weathering. Different types of hydrocarbons (including crude oils, several heavy distillates and the Prestige's heavy fuel oil) were spilled on metallic containers designed ad hoc and their fate monitored by ATR-FTMIR. Not only environmental conditions were considered for weathering but artificial IR- and UV-irradiation. Pattern-recognition studies revealed that the different hydrocarbons clustered at different locations on the score plots and that the samples corresponding to each oil became ordered according to the extent of their weathering. Among them, fuel oil samples coming from the recent disaster of the Prestige tanker off the Galician shoreline showed a distinctive behaviour. Comparison of natural-, IR- and UV-weathering of a crude oil showed that IR solar radiation can be important in oil-weathering, in addition to broadly-reported UV degradation.     

Components of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Artemisia pontica</Emphasis>

Chemical components from the aerial part of the Kazakhstan population of Artemisia pontica, from which the rarely encountered flavonoids 7-O-methyl- and 4′,7-di-O-methyl-esters of apigenin were isolated for the first time, were identified. The complete chemical composition of the essential oil was established using GC-MS.__________Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 143–145, March–April, 2005.     

Effect of Neck Formation on the Measurement of Dynamic Interfacial Tension in a Drop Volume Tensiometer

Dynamic interfacial tension values obtained by drop volume tensiometry will be affected under certain experimental conditions by the formation of a neck between the drop and the capillary tip. This phenomenon must be accounted for to obtain accurate values of interfacial tension. In this work, neck formation for a water–mineral oil system is studied under conditions where hydrodynamic effects can be neglected. A model originally developed for the determination of the surface tension of a suspended drop is modified for application to dynamic interfacial tensions of surfactant-containing liquids. The model relates apparent values of interfacial tension calculated from drops possessing necks to actual values. Experiments with Span 80 (sorbitan monooleate) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactants in a mineral oil–water system are used to test the validity of the developed model. For the small tip diameter used, good agreement is obtained for Span 80 up to the critical micelle concentration, and for low concentrations of SDS, when the surfactant adsorption is diffusion-limited. In both cases, the neck diameter of the growing drop can be considered constant over the range of dynamic interfacial tensions tested.     

Qualitative evaluation of aromatic herbs by direct headspace GC analysis. Applications of the method and comparison with the traditional analysis of essential oils

GC headspace analyses of various aromatizing herbs have been compared with those relating to the essential oils, obtained by steam distillation, of the same plants. In this way it was possible to establish the most significant differences between the composition of a herb flavor and that of its essential oil. In particular, we observed some very volatile compounds in the headspace samples which were absent from the essential oil; these components may make an important contribution to the herb flavor. The identification of these substances is still in progress.     

开放性尘源粉尘运动轨迹的数值计算

在对粉尘颗粒在大气中受力状况进行分析的基础上 ,采用颗粒随机轨道模型对尘源表面的粉尘在大气中的运动轨迹进行了数值计算 ,再现了野外现场观测的现象 ,从而证明了数值计算的可靠性 .利用ParticleSourceinCell算法 ,计算了由开放性粉尘造成的大气含尘质量分数 ,为定量预测露天矿粉堆料对环境造成的污染提供了依据 .     

采油中的润湿热、粘附功和吸附焓变

为了深入了解润湿热、粘附功和吸附焓变在；果油中的地位、应用和相互关系，从概念、相互关系和测量方法等方面探讨了3个量的意义，分析了它们在采油中的作用和应用。分析表明，粘附与润湿均与吸附有关，二者关系密切，在采油中起着举足轻重的作用。油在岩石表面的粘附功、润湿热越大，越不容易被驱走；驱油剂在岩石表面的润湿热越大，越有利于自发渗吸，提高洗油效率；驱油剂在岩石表面的吸附焓变越大，吸附能力越强，越有利于改变岩石表面的性质。     

火灾烟气浓度弥散过程中分岔与奇异性研究

结合某大型储油罐区的自然环境条件，建立了火灾烟气浓度及其随时空变化的数学模型；借助ALOFT-FT软件，揭示火灾烟气浓度弥散过程中的分岔和奇异性；利用三维多彩散点和三维矩阵技术对火灾烟气中CO，SO2和PM10的分岔和奇异性实现可视化，绘出了在下风向轴线上和地表上火灾烟气中CO，SO2和PM10浓度的弥散燕列图和弥散燕影图，为制定重大事故应急救援预案和火灾事故人员疏散提供科学的决策依据。     

常压蒸馏塔模拟分析

根据常减压炼油装置在线模拟分析与优化控制的需要，研究了常减压蒸馏塔模型建立及求解方法，设计开发成功该装置的严格在线模拟分析优化系统．结合实际工艺流程，通过研究分析原油常压蒸馏塔的结构特点，提出了模拟常压蒸馏装置的模块法收敛求解新策略，即把该装置分解为精馏、吸收、闪蒸等模块的流程组合，克服了现有模拟方法的局限性，可方便地将已有的数学模型、解算方法等成熟模块应用于常压塔的模拟分析，准确有效地进行装置的严格在线模拟与优化．