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    Synthesis of Graphene and Graphene Oxide and It’s Applications for Adsorption of Iodine

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Rizehkar, Sevda Sadat (Author) ; Outokesh, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Khanchi, Alireza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Graphene is pure carbon in the form of a very thin, nearly transparent sheet, one atom thick. It is remarkably strong for its very low weight. Graphene is a novel particle that can improve adsorption properties. We use graphene for Iodine gas adsorption. Iodine-131 (usually in the chemical form of iodide) is a component of nuclear fallout, and is particularly dangerous owing to the thyroid gland's propensity to concentrate ingested iodine, where it is kept for periods longer than this isotope's radiological half-life of eight days. For this reason, if people are expected to be exposed to a significant amount of environmental radioactive iodine (iodine-131 in fallout), they may be instructed... 

    Swirl Injector Modeling for Cryogenic Propulsion

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Yousefi, Alireza (Author) ; Morad, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Flow analysis in and out of the pressure-swirl injector in supercritical condition is investigated in this thesis. These injectors widely are used in different industries such gas turbine combustion chamber and liquid fuel rockets. Flow simulation in these injectors is so complex because of existence of gas core in axial region and high swirl and axial speeds in injectors. Unlike subcritical condition, droplet and ligament don’t form in supercritical condition so injector performance represents with two parameters including liquid film thickness in vortex chamber and liquid spreading angle. Mass flow, geometric constant, length and the distance between tangential inlet and injector head, are... 

    Study of Injection Process from Bi-Swirl Injector in Supercritical Condition

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Dorosti, Ehsan (Author) ; Farshchi, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Mardani, Amir (Co-Advisor)
    Abstract
    Presently, a wide range of devices operate at supercritical condition. In fact, supercritical condition refers to a condition in which both temperature and pressure of injected fluid exceed the critical point. In the case of modern internal combustion engine, the temperature and pressure of combustion chamber is high enough that can be considered as supercritical condition, whilst the fuel injected may be subcritical or transcritical.It has been widely accepted that in supercritical state, vaporization enthalpy is vanished and there is no distinction between gas and liquid. Hence, only a single state will remain which is neither liquid nor gas and referred to as fluid. Moreover, many... 

    Comparative study on adsorption of iodine vapor by silica-supported Cu nanoparticles and micronized copper

    , Article Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research ; Volume 51, Issue 47 , 2012 , Pages 15315-15323 ; 08885885 (ISSN) Outokesh, M ; Saket, A ; Ahmadi, S. J ; Hosseinpour, M ; Khanchi, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    2012
    Abstract
    The current study is aimed at comparison of adsorption behaviors of silica-supported Cu nanoparticles (Si-N-Cu) and micrometric copper powder (Mi-Cu) for uptake of iodine vapor. The Si-N-Cu was synthesized by the decomposition of aqueous Cu(NO3)2 solution at supercritical condition, followed by reduction of the sample by H 2-N2 mixture. The Si-N-Cu sample with 29.4 nm Cu particles adsorbed 95% of I2 at partial pressure 10-5 bar in 1 h, while the 1 μm Mi-Cu adsorbed 51% of iodine in 6 h, indicating higher yield and faster kinetics of the nanometric sample. Theoretical analysis revealed the existence of a strong thermodynamic size effect in the Cu-I2 reaction system, so that molar |ΔG| for 2... 

    Discharge capacity of conventional side weirs in supercritical conditions

    , Article 4th European Congress of the International Association of Hydroenvironment engineering and Research, IAHR 2016, 27 July 2016 through 29 July 2016 ; 2016 , Pages 658-664 ; 9781138029774 (ISBN) Parvaneh, A ; Jalili Ghazizadeh, M. R ; Kabiri Samani, A ; Nekooie, M. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    CRC Press/Balkema  2016
    Abstract
    Side weirs are widely used for level control and flow regulation in hydraulic engineering applications such as irrigation, land drainage, and sewer systems. These hydraulic structures allow a part of the flow to spill laterally when the surface of the flow in the main channel rises above the weir crest. The supercritical flow over a side-weir is a typical case of spatially varied flow with decreasing discharge. This study is aimed at investigating the variations of specific energy along the side-weir using experimental results. Some diagrams have been presented in terms of dimensionless ratio of diverted discharge to total discharge. These diagrams which can be used in the design of side... 

    Detail Design of a Supercritical Injection Tester, Based on Numerical Simulation of the Spray Structures under Supercritical Conditions

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Pourmahmoud, Ataollah (Author) ; Farshchi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Based on the results of a cryogenic swirl flow numerical simulation under supercritical conditions, a global injection tester has been designed. For numerical simulation of the injection process by using ANSYS FLUENT as the CFD solver, the full 3D flowfield has been meshed by a fully structure manner. k-ω(SST) has been used as the turbulence model which has been captured many of the swirl cryogenic flow structures in the both steady and unsteady conditions. Also, the modified Soave-Redlich-Kwong EOS has been accommodated in a broad range of supercritical pressures for estimating state functions, thermodynamic properties and transport properties. The results show that increasing ambient... 

    Numerical Study of Combustion of H2-O2 Cryogenic Propellant under Supercritical Condition

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Barani, Ehsan (Author) ; Mardani, Amir (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In order to improve performance and optimize design of high pressure combustion devices such as liquid rocket engine, gas turbine engine, and diesel engine there is a need for comprehensive understanding of injection, mixing and combustion in supercritical condition. Under this condition chamber pressure is higher than critical pressure of fuel and oxidizer. The characteristic of supercritical condition, include changing thermophysical properties such as density, CP, and compressibility factor. Therefore under this condition ideal state equation cannot correctly predict the mentioned properties. These characteristics make supercritical combustion different from other combustion regimes.... 

    Numerical Simulations of the Coaxial Shear and Swirl Injectors’ Cryogenic Flowfields under Trans- and Supercritical Conditions

    , Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Poormahmood, Ata’allah (Author) ; Farshchi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Characterizing the dynamics dictating injection and mixing of the coaxial shear and swirl injectors is of central importance in the context of space rockets, diesel and direct injection reciprocating engines, and modern turbine gases. Sophisticated with precise thermo-physical models along with high-fidelity turbulence approaches, a computational platform –based on OpenFOAM open source code– is developed to simulate the practical injectors flow-fields under trans- and supercritical conditions. Aiming at providing a deep insight on the underlying physics, the investigations are conducted in a hierarchical manner; the flow complexities are added step-by-step to eventually construct the... 

    Synthesis of thoria nanoparticles via the hydrothermal method in supercritical condition

    , Article Materials Letters ; Volume 81 , 2012 , Pages 99-101 ; 0167577X (ISSN) Moeini, M ; Malekzadeh, A ; Ahmadi, S. J ; Hosseinpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier  2012
    Abstract
    Thorium dioxide (thoria) nano-particle was synthesized by employing supercritical water (SCW) as an excellent reaction environment for hydrothermal crystallization of metal oxide particles. This method is ideal for production of ultrafine powder having controlled stoichiometry, high quality, purity and crystallinity. The nano-crystalline thoria was prepared in a stainless steel (316 L) autoclave, fed with an aqueous solution of Th(NO 3) 4.5H 2O as a reactant and took place under SCW condition up to 450 °C for 45 min. The product was recovered and characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermal Gravimetry Analysis (TG/DTA) and Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) surface area analysis. The... 

    Hydrothermal synthesis of CuO nanoparticles: Study on effects of operational conditions on yield, purity, and size of the nanoparticles

    , Article Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research ; Volume 50, Issue 6 , February , 2011 , Pages 3540-3554 ; 08885885 (ISSN) Outokesh, M ; Hosseinpour, M ; Ahmadi, S. J ; Mousavand, T ; Sadjadi, S ; Soltanian, W ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Hydrothermal synthesis of CuO nanoparticles under near-critical and supercritical conditions was investigated from two different standpoints in the current study. The first standpoint was optimization of "yield", "purity", and "size of the nanoparticles" that were optimized at T = 500 °C, time = 2 h, [Cu(NO3)2] = 0.1 mol dm-3, and pH 3. This was achieved by undertaking an orthogonal experiment design methodology and performing different instrumental analyses, such as X-ray diffractometry, inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, and transmission electron microscopy, along with treatment of the data by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The second goal of the study was elucidation of the... 

    Supercritical water in top-down formation of tunable-sized graphene quantum dots applicable in effective photothermal treatments of tissues

    , Article Carbon ; Volume 130 , April , 2018 , Pages 267-272 ; 00086223 (ISSN) Tayyebi, A ; Akhavan, O ; Lee, B. K ; Outokesh, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2018
    Abstract
    Supercritical water was used for simultaneous fragmentation and reduction of graphene oxide (GO) sheets into water-dispersible graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with tunable sizes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) demonstrated that by increasing the temperature above the critical point of water, the average size and thickness of the GQDs were decreased and the size uniformity and production yield were increased. The results of thermal conductivity measurement of GQD nanofluids with different weight fractions indicated that the GQDs prepared at supercritical condition could enhance the thermal conductivity of water by 65% as compared to 35% for the GQDs synthesized at sub-critical... 

    Numerical investigation of supercritical combustion of H2-O2

    , Article Energy and Fuels ; Volume 32, Issue 3 , 2018 , Pages 3851-3868 ; 08870624 (ISSN) Mardani, A ; Barani, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    American Chemical Society  2018
    Abstract
    This study investigates GH2/LOX coaxial jet flame at trans- and supercritical conditions using the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes approach. Four two-equation-turbulence models, three real equation of states, two chemical mechanisms, and three different chamber pressures are examined. Predictions show good agreement with measurements qualitatively and quantitatively. Based on the results, the predictions of the Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation of state (EOS) are closer to the experiment, while the Aungier-Redlich-Kwong EOS has more deviation than the others. Moreover, the k-ω shear stress transport model has better performance than the other turbulence models. It is also found that the flow... 

    Numerical study of the mixing dynamics of trans- And supercritical coaxial jets

    , Article Physics of Fluids ; Volume 32, Issue 12 , 2020 Poormahmood, A ; Farshchi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    American Institute of Physics Inc  2020
    Abstract
    Characterization of the transcritical coaxial injectors, accounting for the geometrical features and thermodynamics nonlinearities, is of both practical and fundamental importance. In the present study, the interactions and effects of turbulent mixing and pseudo-boiling phenomena are investigated. To do this, the mixing dynamics of bi-shear jets injected under trans- and supercritical conditions has been investigated numerically using the large-eddy simulation technique. The numerical framework provides real-gas thermodynamics and transport properties, using the Peng-Robinson equation-of-state and Chung's models, respectively. The obtained flow quantities are in good agreement with the... 

    A simple granulation technique for preparing high-porosity nano copper oxide(II) catalyst beads

    , Article Particuology ; Volume 9, Issue 5 , 2011 , Pages 480-485 ; 16742001 (ISSN) Ahmadi, S. J ; Outokesh, M ; Hosseinpour, M ; Mousavand, T ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    A simple and efficient method was developed for fabricating spherical granules of CuO catalyst via a three-step procedure. In the first step, copper oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by hydrothermal decomposition of copper nitrate solution under supercritical condition. Then, they were immobilized in the polymeric matrix of calcium alginate, and followed by high-temperature calcination in an air stream as the third step, in which carbonaceous materials were oxidized, to result in a pebble-type catalyst of high porosity. The produced CuO nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that revealed an average size of 5 nm, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and thermo... 

    Supercritical synthesis and in situ deposition of PbS nanocrystals with oleic acid passivation for quantum dot solar cells

    , Article Materials Chemistry and Physics ; Volume 156 , 2015 , Pages 163-169 ; 02540584 (ISSN) Tavakoli, M. M ; Simchi, A ; Aashuri, H ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2015
    Abstract
    Colloidal quantum dot solar cells have recently attracted significant attention due to their low-processing cost and surging photovoltaic performance. In this paper, a novel, reproducible, and simple solution-based process based on supercritical fluid toluene is presented for in situ growth and deposition PbS nanocrystals with oleic-acid passivation. A lead precursor containing sulfur was mixed with oleic acid in toluene and processed in a supercritical fluid condition at different temperatures of 140, 270 and 330 °C for 20 min. The quantum dots were deposited on a fluorine-doped tin oxide glass substrate inside the supercritical reactor. Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction,...