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    Application of Ultrasound for Synthesis of Biodiesel

    By NIRAJ SUBHASHRAO TOPARE, Kiran D. Patil, Parikshit Naik, Akash Sonawane, Pratik Joshi

    Abstract: The aim of study is to synthesize a biodiesel from soybean oil using ultrasonic process. At present, biodiesel is produced in batch reactors in which the required energy is provided by heating by mechanical mixing. Alternatively, ultrasonic processing is an effective way to attain required mixing providing the necessary activation energy. Ultrasonic is a very desirable tool for producing biodiesel from vegetable oil and animal fats, because it lowers the …

    Published in Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 1–8 Read article

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    Characterization of Activated Carbon Prepared from Citrus Sinensis (Orange) Peels by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)

    By NIRAJ SUBHASHRAO TOPARE, Pratik Joshi

    Abstract: The orange (specifically, the sweet orange) is the fruit of the citrus species Citrus sinensis in the family rutaceae. Citrus sinensis (orange) fruit is one of the common traditional plants grown in many areas in India. The wastes of the Citrus sinensis (orange) fruit called orange peels were used to prepare activated carbon through chemical activation method. The activated carbon is an excellent adsorbent and its applications are widely described …

    Published in Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 50–52 Read article

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    Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Rhodamine-B by using UV/TiO2 and Nb2O5 Process: A Kinetic Study

    By NIRAJ SUBHASHRAO TOPARE

    Abstract: The photo-catalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B (RB) in aqueous solution with titanium dioxide (TiO2) and niobium pentaoxide (Nb2O5) as photocatalyst in slurry form has been carried out using UV-A light (254 nm). The effect of various parameters such as catalyst loading, pH and initial concentration of the RB dye on degradation have been determined. An attempt has been made to study the effect of process parameters through concentration of dye, amount …

    Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 12–24 Read article

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