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    Development of the near infrared spectroscopy model for detecting herbicide concentrations contaminated in water
    This research aims to develop the near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) models for detecting herbicide concentrations contaminated in water. Atrazine, the organochlorine herbicide, solution in the concentration range of 0-15 ppm were prepared in distilled water. Near infrared spectra were scanned by using Fourier transform spectrometer at wavenumbers of 12,500-4,000 cm<sup>-1</sup> (800-2, 500 nm). Partial least square regression technique was used to establish the NIR models for detecting herbicide concentrations. The developed models showed high prediction potential of herbicide concentrations contaminated in water with the R<sup>2</sup> of 0.97, RMSEE of 0.899 ppm, bias of -0.0003 ppm and RPD of 5.43. This indicated that these models can apply to analyse contamination of atrazine in the natural water sources.
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    Identification of active sites and their redox strength to select products from photocatalysis in aqueous solutions
    (2026-04-01)
    Nguyen, Van Can
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    Ardchon, Chatiya
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    Lee, Yuh Lang
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    Teng, Hsisheng
    Solar-driven photocatalytic H<inf>2</inf> evolution from aqueous solutions is promising for sustainable energy production, but it typically requires sacrificial electron donors to expedite the evolution. The fate and reaction pathways of these donors, especially their selective oxidation driven by active sites with distinct redox strengths, are rarely studied. The present study demonstrates that the reforming of sacrificial methanol in photocatalytic H<inf>2</inf> evolution can be directed toward selective production of value-added C<inf>2</inf> chemicals by tuning the redox properties of co-catalyst-derived active sites. Model catalysts, potassium poly(heptazine imide) (KPHI) decorated with Pt and CoP co-catalysts, i.e., Pt@KPHI and CoP@KPHI, are used to elucidate the reaction pathways, where acetate and ethylene glycol are the predominant liquid-phase products, respectively, alongside the gaseous H<inf>2</inf> evolution. In the Pt@KPHI system, Pt serves as a strong electron trap to effectively reduce water into H<inf>2</inf> and methanol into <sup>•</sup>CH<inf>3</inf> and induces hole-driven deep oxidation of methanol into <sup>•</sup>CO<inf>2</inf><sup>−</sup> on KPHI. The C−C coupling of <sup>•</sup>CH<inf>3</inf> and <sup>•</sup>CO<inf>2</inf><sup>−</sup> radicals selectively forms acetate. In the CoP@KPHI system, CoP served as a mild hole trap to proceed with methanol dehydrogenation into <sup>•</sup>CH<inf>2</inf>OH radicals and then ethylene glycol, while mild reduction takes place over KPHI to produce H<inf>2</inf>, presenting parallel redox reactions without any interaction. Our work illustrates how co-catalyst-induced active sites govern charge transfer and interaction between the redox reactions, thus selectively producing valuable chemicals from H<inf>2</inf>-evolution photocatalysis.
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    High temperature oxidation of stainless steels
    (2020-01-01)
    Chandra-Ambhorn, Somrerk
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    Hayashi, Shigenari
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    Latu-Romain, Laurence
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    This chapter is dedicated to the description of high temperature oxidation of both chromia and alumina forming alloys. The defect structures of iron and chromium are firstly reviewed. The effects of elements on stainless steel oxidation behaviour are further addressed. For the chromia-forming stainless steel, the oxidation rate is reduced with the increased silicon content but not in a monotonic manner. Titanium and niobium can reduce breakaway oxidation of Fe–18Cr–10Ni austenitic stainless steel. Titanium can enhance the adhesion of scale to the Fe–18Cr by mechanical keying effect of TiO2 formed at the steel/scale interface. For the alumina-forming stainless steel, the formation of alumina and its transformation during oxidation are reviewed. Chromium can be added to reduce the critical aluminium content in the steels in order to form alumina at high temperatures. The addition of reactive elements with appropriate level can improve scale adhesion and reduce the steel oxidation rate. Refractory element like molybdenum can increase strength of material but also accelerate the oxidation rate of the steels containing reactive elements. The development of new alumina-forming austenitic alloy grades is finally described.
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    Experimental and Modelling Analysis of Liquid-Liquid Formation in Alcohol-mixed Gasoline Fuel
    (2019-01-01) ;
    Rukquan, Muntira
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    To tackle the environmental and sustainability problems, substituting gasoline, partially or solitary with bio-based alcohols becomes global practice. Bioethanol and biomethanol are being blended with gasoline in the ratio between 5-100 % by volume varying on the region. Various studies show positive impact of utilizing the blended fuel environmentally, while the others report the adequate efficiency of the blended fuel compare to the conventional gasoline; however, there were nearly no report on the failure or the shorten lifespan of the engine parts such as a high pressure pump (HPP) or an injector. It has been reported that water residue in the blended-bioethanol and biomethanol could cause the formation of the second liquid phase, leading to the chemical ageing reaction, which resulted in the corrosion of the HPP. To understand and prevent the damage, a quaternary behaviour of the blended gasoline-ethanol-methanol-water at the HPP operating condition is needed. In this work, an experimental study of the quaternary behaviour of the blended fuels has been conducted, the experimental data have been matching with the simulated results for better predictive of the mixture behaviour at different conditions. These results could potentially lead to limit or eliminate the HPP-corrosive problem.
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    Effect of water vapour on the high temperature oxidation of stainless steels
    (2020-01-01)
    Chandra-Ambhorn, Somrerk
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    Thublaor, Thammaporn
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    This chapter primarily reviews the nature of water vapour when it presents in bulk gas. The change in a ratio between water vapour and corresponding dissociated hydrogen, which determine the thermodynamic stability of the oxide formation, is analysed when the oxidation kinetics are linear and parabolic. When water vapour reaches the solid/gas interface, chromium species volatilisation and oxidation controlled by surface reaction can occur. The adsorbed water vapour can be further incorporated into the oxide possibly in the form of hydrogen defects. The role of these defects on altering the defect structure of the oxide is discussed. Finally, characteristics of the oxide scale on stainless steels formed in the atmosphere containing water vapour are reviewed.
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    Simple Empirical Relation for an Evacuated-Tube Solar Collector Performance Prediction from Solar Intensity
    (2023-09-01)
    Pongboriboon, Nattapat
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    Wu, Wei
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    In this paper, the effect of solar intensity on the heat pipe tip temperature in a heat pipe type—evacuated-tube solar collector (HP-ETSC) was investigated. A simple relation was proposed, relating the solar intensity to the heat pipe tip temperature generated from the experimental data. This simple empirical relation was applied in a set of heat transfer equations derived to predict the heating medium temperature at the manifold outlet of the evacuated-tube solar collector. The calculated results corresponding to two types of heating medium, i.e., palm oil and water, were compared with experimental results from the literature. The results show that the average error was 6.41% for the case of palm oil and 4.66% for the case of water. Based on the case of water as a heating medium fluid, it was found that the flow rate of the heating medium fluid affected the accuracy of prediction, as the percentage error increased with the heating medium flow rate. The maximum percentage error increased from only 1.83% for a water inlet flowing at a Reynolds number of about 2.4 × 10<sup>3</sup> to 15.23% for a water flow rate at a Reynolds number of about 2.6 × 10<sup>4</sup>. The correction factor was added into the correlation to predict the heat transfer coefficients of heating medium fluids. With this correction factor, the maximum error could be reduced from 11.78% to 7.29% for the palm oil case and from 15.23% to 5.57% for the water case. The average errors corresponding to palm oil and water cases could be reduced to 0.74% and 1.26%, respectively.
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    Development of sofc interconnect stainless steels
    (2020-01-01)
    Chevalier, Sébastien
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    Combemale, Lionel
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    Popa, Ioana
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    Chandra-Ambhorn, Somrerk
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    The chapter introduces components and working principle of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). It is followed by the explanation on the choices of materials focussing on ferritic stainless steels. The review is further made on the required properties of these steels, i.e. low oxidation rate, low chromium species volatilisation rate, high electrical conductivity and good scale adhesion. For the oxidation aspect, the behaviour of stainless steel interconnect in cathode, anode (hydrogen and biogas), and dual atmospheres are described. Surface modification by pre-oxidation and coatings to improve the oxide electrical conductivity and to reduce chromium species volatilisation is finally reviewed.
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    Study of atrazine adsorption kinetics by using an activated carbon synthesised from water hyacinth
    (2019-09-24)
    Deetae, Pawinee
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    In this work, atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in Thailand, was removed from water by activated carbon synthesized from water hyacinth. Before adsorption, 3 types of activated carbons used as adsorbents were prepared by different chemical treatment methods; untreated activated carbon (AC), HCl-treated activated carbon (HCl-AC) and NaOH-treated activated carbon (NaOH-AC). After pyrolysis, NaOH-AC became ash, so it was not suitable for using as an adsorbent. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and CHNS methods were used to characterised 2 other adsorbents and the results showed that HCl treatment could improve the surface area and carbon content. This led to the better performance of HCl-AC for removing atrazine from water comparing to AC confirming by the adsorption experiments. In addition, the adsorption kinetics of HCl-AC, the best adsorbent in this research, was investigated by fitting with 4 kinetics models. The results showed that pseudo-second-order was the best kinetics model describing that the atrazine adsorption of HCl-AC was limited by adsorption and 2 active sites of adsorbent were required for adsorbing 1 molecule of atrazine.
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    Corrosion Resistance Enhancement of Reinforced Concrete in Marine Environment by Partial Replacement of Black Rice Husk Ash
    (2023-01-01) ; ;
    Rotchan, Chayanit
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    Haema, Narunat
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    In this work, the black rice husk ash (BRHA), a pozzolanic material, was used as a partial replacement in concrete with the weight percentages of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% for enhancing the corrosion resistivity in the marine environment. The compressive strength, corrosion by accelerated corrosion test by impressed voltage (ACTIV), and chloride (Cl<sup>−</sup> ) penetration of concrete specimens were investigated after 28 days of curing. For corrosion and chloride penetration analyses, the 20% of BRHA replacement specimen was the most effective concrete specimen because the deformation was not observed within 19 days of the test. The cement specimens with lower BRHA percentages were cracked due to the development of stress by the rust formation. For higher BRHA percentages, the protective Fe2O3 was dissolved due to the acidic environment caused by higher chloride accumulation in the cement specimens. The steel rebar was then aggressively attacked by the chloride and it was finally broken. Therefore, the optimization of the BRHA percentage is needed to minimize corrosion. However, the longer curing time of 20% BRHA replacement specimen is required for increasing the compressive strength because its compressive strength is slightly lower than the standard.
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    Study of atrazine removal by an adsorbent synthesised by water hyacinth
    (2018-08-14)
    Nuntamongkol, Sitanan
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    Deetae, Pawinee
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    In this work, water hyacinth was selected as a raw materials for synthesising the activated carbon used for removing atrazine, one of the most famous herbicides used in Thailand, from water. Three different treating methods were performed in order to attain the best adsorbent; untreated (AC), HCl-treated (HCl-AC) and NaOH-treated (NaOH-AC) activated carbons. After pyrolysis, NaOH-AC became ash, so it was not suitable for using as an adsorbent. Among these, HCl-AC was the best adsorbent for removing atrazine from water because of its highest surface areas. The adsorption experiments using AC and HCl-AC as the adsorbents confirmed that the adsorption efficiency of HCl-AC was higher than that of AC. In addition, the adsorption isotherm of HCl-AC was investigated by varying the atrazine initial concentration in the range of 3-15 ppm. The results best fitted with Langmuir isotherm that means this adsorption phenomenon was chemisorption with the maximum adsorbent capacity of 24.510 mg/g, Langmuir isotherm constant of 10.462 L/mg and the separation factor of 0.006 indicating that the equilibrium sorption of atrazine by HCl-AC was favourable.
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