Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

World Congress on Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering

November 18-20, 2013 Hilton San Antonio Airport, TX, USA

Accepted Abstracts

• Co-pyrolysis of oil shale and High density polyethylene: Structural characterization of the oil

  A. Aboulkas, K. El harfi, M. Nadifiyine and M. Benchanaa

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• Modeling and analysis of ozone absorption and reaction kinetics in the oxidation of organics in effluents in a stirred tank reactor

  A. P. Mathews and K. K. Panda

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• A review of mineral carbonation process routes-challenges and prospects

  Abass A. Olajire

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• Study of a molten carbonate fuel cell combined heat, hydrogen and power system: Energy analysis

  Abdulhakim Amer A. Agll, Yousif M. Hamad, Tarek A. Hamad, Mathew Thomas, Sushrut Bapat, Kevin B. Martin and John W. Sheffield

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• Combustion heat release models of biodiesels

  Abdullah Abuhabaya, Fengshou Gu and Andrew Ball

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• Particle swarm optimization for economic dispatch in power system of PT PLN Manokwari

  Adelhard Beni Rehiara, Elias K. Bawan, Sabar Setiawidayat and Pandung Sarungallo

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• Patent document as a technology mapping tool in the Brazilian energy sector focused on the oil, gas and coke industries: A parallel between residents and non-residents

  Adriana Brigante Deorsola, Alexandre Dantas Rodrigues, Carla Maria Salerno Polato, Luiz Claudio de Oliveira Dupim, Rosana Marques Amorim, Sonia Girardi Bencke and Eduardo Winter

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• Oligoalkyltoluenes as synthetic oils

  Akhmedov A I

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• Brazilian biodiesel: The case of the palm?s social projects

  Aldara da Silva Cesar

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• Genetic algorithm-based pore network extraction from micro-computed tomography images

  Ali Nejad Ebrahimi, Saeid Jamshidi, Stefan Iglauer and Ramin Bozorgmehry

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• Impact of gasoline inhalation on free excitatory and inhibitory amino acids of hippocampus, cerebellum and hypothalamus in the male rats

  Amal A. Kinawy and Ahmed R. Ezzat

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• Evaluation of biodiesel production in membrane reactor

  Ana Katerine C. Lima Lobato, Sirtys Santos L. Andrade, Erik A. Souza and Luiz Carlos L. Santos

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• Thermal drying, direct combustion & gasification of biomass residues for its use as combustible to produce thermal and electrical energy

  Awf Al-Kassir

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• Modeling and simulation of a commercial-scale slurry bubble column rector for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

  Badie I. Morsi

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• Complex analysis of modern state of jet fuels production in Ukraine

  Mykola Seliverstov and Anna Yakovleva

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• Influence factors of single well?s productivity in the Bakken tight oil reservoir, Williston basin

  Liang Tao

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• A contribution to predicting the properties of petroleum fluids

  Grozdana Bogdanic and Ivan Wichterle

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• Considerations on the use of coal-ash and cassava peels on the engineering properties of compressed earth blocks

  Carlos Alberto Rios Reyes

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• Study of desorption oil from absorbent polymeric resin (DVB-MMA) by applying of the nanoemulsion based on Solbrax

  Claudia Regina Elias Mansur and Veronica B. de Souza

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• Nonlinear multigrid methods for numerical solution of saturated and unsaturated flow equation in two space dimensions

  Constantin Popa

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• Co-processing of petroleum vacuum residue with Jatropha oil, plastics, coal and bagasse

  D. K. Sharma

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• Numerical investigation of polyurea coated composite aluminium plates subjected to low velocity projectile impact

  Damith Mohotti, Tuan Ngo and Priyan Mendis

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• DFT study on the mechanism of alkylation reaction between isobutane and 2-butene catalyzed by chloroaluminate ILs

  Daxi Wang, Peng Wang, Jingjiang Liu, Chunming Xu, Jinsen Gao and Xinghua Liu

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• Hybrid leaching: An efficient green technique for the management of metals from E-waste

  Deepak Pant

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• Synthesis of multifunctional polymeric additive for the inhibition of paraffin and asphaltenes deposition

  Elizabete F. Lucas, Luiz Carlos M. Palermo, Roberta S. Oliveira, Nelson F. Souza Jr, and Alexandre C. Silvino

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• A controlled release system based on poly (Lactic Acid) for release of additives used in oil production

  Elizabete F. Lucas, Jaciene J. F. Cardoso, Bernardo R. Rosa and Eduardo Ricci

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• Scheduling multiproduct pipeline networks with time discretizations

  Erito Marques de Souza Filho, Virgilio Jose Martins Ferreira Filho and Laura Bahiense

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• Technological prospects for reducing water consumption in oil refineries

  Felipe Ramalho Pombo

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• Accelerated oxidation methods for determining the oxidative stability of biodiesel

  Francisco D. Avila Orozco, Antonio C. Sousa, Claudia E. Domini, Mario Cesar Ugulino Araujo and Beatriz S. Fern?ndez Band

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• Oilfield chemicals - Any link with sand production?

  Gbenga Folorunso Oluyemi

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• Industrial application of the pre-oxidation for improving thermodynamic stability of an oilfield produced water

  Gexin You

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• Calorimetric studies of the physico-chemical properties of oil-well cement dispersants

  Ghada Bassioni

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• ?RO/NF applications in brackish groundwater desalination: Membrane characterization?

  Ghazaleh Vaseghi, Abbas Ghassemi and James loya

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• Separation of benzene and cyclohexane by extractive distillation using task specific ionic liquids

  Girma Gonfa

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• Offline and online applications of low-field NMR-spectroscopy

  Gisela Guthausen Franz Dalitz, Lennart Kreckel, Anna Steiwand, Klaus Raffelt and Michael Maiwald

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• Enhanced oil recovery using calcium carbonate and silicon dioxide nanoparticles

  Gisele Javornik, Regina de Fatima Peralta Muniz Moreira and Humberto Jorge Jose

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• Interfacial tensions between reservoir brine and CO2 at high pressures for different salinity

  Haitao Wang, Zengmin Lun, Chengyuan Lu, Ming Luo, Weiyi Pan and Rui Wang

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• Ethanol vs. Gasoline in Brazil: What to expect when sustainability is incorporated

  Henrique Pacini

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• Impact of agronomic treatments on fuel characteristics of herbaceous biomass feedstock for potential combustion

  Hilla Kludze

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• Effects of types of photobioreactor, light, and nitrogen availability on the bioenergy production potential and CO2 fixation by Thermosynechococcus CL-1

  Hsin Chu, Chih Ming Su, Hsin Ta Hsueh and Hsing Hui Chen

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• Gamma ray spectrometry logs as a hydrocarbon indicator for clastic reservoir rocks in Egypt

  I. M. Al-Alfy, M. A. Nabih and E. A. Eysa

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• The application of heterogeneous catalysts in the esterification of fatty wastes

  Ivoneide de Carvalho Lopes Barros

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• An experimental study of gas flooding to improve oil recovery in shale oil cores

  James Sheng and Talal Gamadi

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• Laboratory evaluation of cyclic CO2 injection for shale oil reservoirs

  James Sheng and Talal Gamadi

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• A comparative experimental study of sweep efficiency in naturally fractured reservoirs

  James Sheng and Faizan Nasir

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• Risk-opportunity-reserve analysis and production peak forecasting on world conventional oil and gas perspectives

  Jian Zhang, Lingyan Wu and Youshun Sun

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• Anion conducting poly(vinyl alcohol)/ploy(diallyldimethylammouium chloride) (PVA-PDDA) membranes with high durable alkaline stability for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

  Jinli Qiao

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• New insights into the effects of crude oil composition on the oxidation behavior through TG/DTG/ DTA tests and oxidation tube experiments

  Jin-Zhou Zhao and Hu Jia

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• What role can hydrogen play in a global sustainable energy strategy?

  John Andrews and Bahman Shabani

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• The influence of XC-polymer on drilling fluid filter cake properties and formation damage

  K. A. Fattah and Sh. O. Blkoor

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• Controllable synthesis of single, double and triple walled carbon nanotubes from asphalt and petroleum coke

  Kai Xu, Yongfeng Li, Fan Yang, Chunming Xu and Jinsen Gao

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• Uptake of excess oxygen by fully indium-exchanged Zeolite Y to form cyclo-ozone rings and peroxides

  Karl Seff

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• Evaluation of the EOR potential in shale oil reservoirs by water and gas flooding

  Ke Chen

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• The human element in controlling safety hazards

  Ken Wells

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• Volatility and loss of motor gasoline: Environmental and chemmotological aspects

  Larysa Chernyak and Sergii Boichenko

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• CO2 and viscosity breaker assisted steam huff and puff technology for horizontal wells in a super-heavy oil reservoir

  Li Zhaomin, Lu Teng and Li Binfei

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• New measures to build safer chemical enterprises

  Liu Qiang

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• Easy to use IR methodology for screening additives into biofuels

  Luciano do Nascimento Batista

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• Study of the operating conditions on the deposition of natural gas in pipelines

  Luiz Carlos L. Santos, Joao Paulo L. Santos, Ana Katerine C. L. Lobato and Caetano Moraes

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• Monodisperse gold nanoparticles supported on rice husk silica for heterogeneous catalysis applications

  Luyi Sun, Yan Li, Davontae L. Habbit, Haoran Chen, Jingjing Liu and Raheim R. Turner

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• Analysis of heavy oil thermal recovering method through electromagnetic radiation using wavelet transform

  M. Dantas Santos, A. D. Doria Neto, J. P. da Silva and W. da Mata

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• Experimental studies on constant mass expansion of gas reservoirs

  M. El Aily, M. H. M. Khalil, S. M. Desouky, M. H. Batanoni and M. R. Mahmoud

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• Measurable specifications of heavy oils for estimation of thermophysical properties related to design and operation of equipment in production and processing

  M. R. Riazi

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• Green mesostructured catalysts

  M. Selvaraj

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• CFD modeling of the emulsions (oil-water) on pipelines corrosion

  Madjid Meriem-Benziane, Hamou Zahloul, Ibrahim Gadi and Noureddine Boudouani

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• Pre-treatment of olive oil mill wastewaters based on solar management techniques: an integrated rational approach

  Maha A. Tony, A. M. Tayeb and James H. Clark

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• Physical and chemical prerequisites of petrochemicals rational use

  Margaryta Radomska

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• Biodiesel and glycerol separation through membrane technology

  Maria Carolina Sergi Gomes, Wardleison Martins Moreira, Pedro Augusto Arroyo and Nehemias Curvelo Pereira

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• Development of a WD-XRF analysis method of minor and trace elements in liquid petroleum products

  Maria Fernanda Gazulla Barreda

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• Biofuels and food security: Micro-evidence from Ethiopia

  Martha Negash and Johan F. M. Swinnen

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• Integration of a municipal solid waste gasification plant with solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine

  Masoud Rokni

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• Simultaneous determination of quality parameters in biodiesel/diesel blends using synchronous fluorescence and multivariate analysis

  Mat?as Insausti, Carlos Romano, Marcelo F. Pistonesi and Beatriz S. Fernandez Band

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• The elasticities of demand for highway transportation fuel in Nigeria

  Maxwell Umunna Nwachukwu and Harold Chike

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• Organic facies characteristics and petroleum generation potential of the Permian coals and related fine-grained sediments of the Dighipara coal basin, Bangladesh

  Md. Farhaduzzaman, Wan Hasiah Abdullah and Md. Aminul Islam

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• Simultaneous treatment of palm oil mill effluent and electricity generation in dual chamber microbial fuel cell

  Maksudur Rahman Khan, Baranitharan E. and Jailani Bin Salihon

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• Kinetics of CO2 absorption in aqueous solutions of Diethylenetriamine and Piperazine

  Meng-Hui Li, Guan-He Chen and Rhoda Leron

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• By-products of oil fractions pyrolysis as a raw material for the production of reactive resins

  Michael Bratychak

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• Experimental investigation into the effects of two-stage injection on diesel combustion and emissions in a high-speed optical diesel engine

  Mohammad Reza Herfatmanesh, Mohammadreza Anbari Attar and Hua Zhao

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• Studying the effect of compression ratio on an engine fueled with waste oil produced biodiesel/ diesel fuel

  Mohammed El Kassaby and Medhat A. Nemit Allah

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• Effect of ionic liquids on the efficiency of crude oil recovery

  Mohammed S. Benzagouta, Mabkhot S. Bin-Dahbag, Abdulrahman A. AlQuraishi, Mostafa M. Kinawy, Inas M. Al Nashef and Emad Abdulrahman Almushaigeh

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• Physical and chemical characteristics of activated carbon prepared by pyrolysis of chemically treated date stones and its ability to adsorb organics

  Muthanna J. Ahmed and Samar K. Theydan

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• Engine oils quality issues in Ukraine

  Mykola M. Zakharchuk

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• Selective Pt- and Pd-catalysts on Zr- and Al-Zr pillared Tagan montmorillonite for the isomerization of n-hexane

  N. A. Zakarina, G. V. Akulova and M. M. Malimbaeva

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• Natural Fe-containing kaolinites in reaction of hydrogen sulphide photocatalytic decomposition into hydrogen and sulfur

  N. A. Zakarina, L. D. Volkova and O. K. Kim

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• Role of p-amino benzoic acid modifier on various characteristics of local rice husk silicaor bentonite clay-incorporated metallic nanoparticles used in selective dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde

  Nasser H. Shalaby, Ahmed M. Al-Sabagh, Nasser H. Shalaby, Samia A. Hanafi and Hamdi A. Hassan

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• Organically multi-functionalized rice husk silica xerogel-anchored Ni and Pt as swift nanocatalysts for selective production of acetaldehyde from ethanol

  Nasser H. Shalaby, Salah A. Hassan, Ahmed M. Al-Sabagh, Nasser H. Shalaby, Samia A. Hanafi and Hamdi A. Hassan

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• Thermodynamic, adsorption and electrochemical studies for corrosion inhibition of carbon steel by henna extract in acid medium

  Nour Sh El-Gendy and A. Hamdy

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• Electricity production with microbial fuel cell during wastewater treatment

  Pedram Mohrdar Ghaemmaghami and Abbas Ghassemi

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• New functions of maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene for manipulation of magnetic nanoparticle assembly patterns

  Qingliang He, Suying Wei and Zhanhu Guo

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• Evolution of the Ordovician top and its relationship to reservoirs development, Ordos basin

  Ran Xinquan, Fu Jinhua, Wei Xinshan, Ren Junfeng, Sun Liuyi and Bao Hongping

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• Pruned committee neural network based on accuracy and diversity trade-off for permeability prediction

  S. A. Jafari Kenari, S. Mashohor, Abd R. Ramli and M. Hamiruce Marhaban

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• Flash hydrolysis, a sustainable approach in the processing of microalgae for biofuels and nutrients management

  Sandeep Kumar, Jose Luis Garcia Moscoso, Sergiy Popov, Wassim Obeid and Patrick G. Hatcher

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• Biogas production potential of algae through codigestion with cow dung

  Sanjeev K. Prajapati, Pushpendar Kumar, Poonam Choudhary, PushapChawla, Anushree Malik and V. K. Vijay

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• Micro-sized microbial fuel cells

  Seokheun Choi

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• Turnip oil (Raphanus sativus L.) - non-edible resource for biodiesel production and their blending studies with ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD)

  Shailesh N. Shah, Osvaldo K. Iha, Fl?vio CSC Alves, Brajendra K. Sharma, Sevim Z. Erhan and Paulo A. Z. Suarez

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• Mechanical & morphological investigation of HDPE-PBI fiber reinforced composites

  Shan Faiz, Mohammad Luqman, Arfat Anis and Saeed M. Al-Zahrani

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• Ion-specific effects and adsorption capacity of ionic surfactants with simple molecular structure can be predicted and used to control the stability of foams and emulsions

  Stoyan I. Karakashev

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• High temperature fuel cells for clean and efficient power generation

  Subhash C. Singhal

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