Showing 12 results for Rezai
William L. Headrick,, Alireza Rezaie, William G. Fahrenholtz,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (spring 2008 2008)
Abstract
gasification (BBLG). One particularly harsh application is linings for gasifiers used in the
treatment of black liquor (BL). Black liquor is a water solution of the non-cellulose portion of the
wood (mainly lignin) and the spent pulping chemicals (Na2CO3, K2CO3, and Na2S). Development
of new refractory materials for the black liquor gasification (BLG) application is a critical issue
for implementation of this technology. FactSage® thermodynamic software was used to analyze
the phases present in BL smelt and to predict the interaction of BL smelt with different refractory
compounds. The modeling included prediction of the phases formed under the operating
conditions of high temperature black liquor gasification (BLG) process. At the operating
temperature of the BLG, FactSage® predicted that the water would evaporate from the BL and that
the organic portion of BL would combust, leaving a black liquor smelt composed of sodium
carbonate (70-75%), potassium carbonate (2-5%), and sodium sulfide (20-25%). Exposure of
aluminosilicates to this smelt leads to significant corrosion due to formation of expansive phases
with subsequent cracking and spalling. Oxides (ZrO2, CeO2, La2O3, Y2O3, Li2O, MgO and CaO)
were determined to be resistant to black liquor smelt but non-oxides (SiC and Si3N4) would oxidize
and dissolve in the smelt. The other candidates such as MgAl2O4 and BaAl2O4 were resistant to
sodium carbonate but not to potassium carbonate. LiAlO2 was stable with both sodium carbonate
and potassium carbonate. Candidate materials selected on the basis of the thermodynamic
calculations are being tested by sessile drop test for corrosion resistance to molten black liquor
smelt. Sessile drop testing has confirmed the thermodynamic predictions for Al2O3, CeO2, MgO
and CaO. Sessile drop testing showed that the thermodynamic predictions were incorrect for ZrO2.
M. Ebrahimi-Basabi,, J. Javadpour,, H. Rezaie, M. Goodarzi,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (winter 2009 2009)
Abstract
Abstract: Nano- size alumina particles have been synthesized by mechanical activation of a dry powder mixture of
AlCl3 and CaO. Mechanical milling of the above raw materials with the conditions adopted in this study resulted in
the formation of a mixture consisting of crystalline CaO and amorphous aluminum chlorides phases. There was no
sign of chemical reaction occurring during milling stage as evidenced by x-ray diffraction studies. Subsequent heat
treatment of the milled powder at 350ºC resulted in the occurrence of displacement reaction and the formation of
Al2O3 particles within a water soluble CaCl2 matrix. The effect of higher temperature calcinations on the phase
development in this powder mixture was followed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and scanning electron
microscope ( SEM). Differential thermal analysis (DTA) was used to compare the thermal behavior between the
milled and unmilled powders. Perhaps the most important result in this study was the observation of á-Al2O3 phase
at a very low temperature of 500ºC.
M. Ardestani,, H. Razavizadeh,, H. Arabi, H. R. Rezaie,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (Spring 2009 2009)
Abstract
Abstract:
materials can be fabricated by sintering of W-Cu composite powders. In this research W-20%wt Cu composite powders
was synthesized via a co-precipitation method. Precipitate obtained from a mixture of copper nitrate and ammonium
paratungstate (APT) in distilled water contained W-Cu compounds. This precipitate was washed, dried and calcined
at 550
of dried precipitate powder was determined by thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-ray
diffraction (XRD). The sintering of the reduced powders was investigated as a function of temperature. Relative density
of more than 98% obtained for the powders sintered at 1200
close to theoretical calculations. The hardness of the sintered powders was 320 Vickers.
W-Cu composites are widely used as contacts, heat sinks and electro discharge electrodes. These kinds of°C in air and then reduced in H2 atmosphere in order to convert to W-Cu powders. The calcination temperature°C . The corresponding electrical conductivity was too
Saber Khoshjavan, Mohammad Heidary, Dr Bahram Rezai,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (summer 2010 2010)
Abstract
Free swelling index (FSI) is an important parameter for cokeability and combustion of coals. In this research, the effects of chemical properties of coals on the coal free swelling index were studied by artificial neural network methods. The artificial neural networks (ANNs) method was used for 200 datasets to estimate the free swelling index value. In this investigation, ten input parameters such as moisture, volatile matter (dry), fixed carbon (dry), ash (dry), total sulfur (organic and pyretic)(dry), (British thermal unit (Btu)/lb) (dry), carbon (dry), hydrogen (dry), nitrogen (dry) as well as oxygen (dry) were used. For selecting the best model for this study the outputs of models were compared. A three-layer ANN was found to be optimum with architecture of ten and four neurons in first and second hidden layer, respectively, and one neuron in output layer. Results of artificial neural network shows that training, testing and validating data’s square correlation coefficients (R2) achieved 0.99, 0.92 and 0.96, respectively. The sensitivity analysis showed that the highest and lowest effects of coal chemical properties on the coal free swelling index were nitrogen (dry) and fixed carbon (dry), respectively.
Keywords: Coal Chemical Properties, Free Swelling Index, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Cokeability and Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN).
F. Foroutan, J. Javadpou, A. Khavandi, M. Atai, H. R. Rezaie,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (spring 2011 2011)
Abstract
Abstract: Composite specimens were prepared by dispersion of various amounts of nano-sized Al2O3 fillers in a monomer system containing 60% Bis-GMA and 40% TEGDMA. For comparative purposes, composite samples containing micrometer size Al2O3 fillers were also prepared following the same procedure. The mechanical properties of the light- cured samples were assessed by three-point flexural strength, diametral tensile strength, and microhardness tests. The results indicated a more than hundred percent increase in the flexural strength and nearly an eighty percent increase in the diametral tensile strength values in the samples containing nano-size Al2O3 filler particles. It is interesting to note that, this improvement was observed at a much lower nano-size filler content. Fracture surfaces analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, indicated a brittle type of fracture in both sets of specimens.
A. Najafi, F. Golestani-Fard, H. R. Rezaie, N. Ehsani,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (spring 2011 2011)
Abstract
Abstract: SiC nano particles with mono dispersed distribution were synthesized by using of silicon alkoxides and phenolic resin as starting materials. After synthesis of sample, characterizations of the obtained powder were investigated via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) with 400-4000 cm-1, X-ray Diffractometry (XRD), Laser Particle Size Analyzing (LPSA), Si29 NMR analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). FTIR and Si29 NMR results of the gel powder indicated that Si-O-C bonds were formed due to hydrolysis and condensation reactions . FTIR results showed a very strong peak for heat treated powder at 1500°C after carbon removal which is corresponded to Si-C bond. Obtained pattern from X-ray diffractometry showed that the final products contain -SiC phase with poly crystalline planes and little amounts of residual carbon. PSA results showed that the average particles size were 50.6 nm with monosized distribution. Also microstructural studies showed that the SiC nano powders have semi spherical morphology with mean particles size of 30-50 nm and also there are some agglomerates with irregular shape.
A. Najafi, F. Golestani-Fard, H. R. Rezaie,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (march 2014)
Abstract
Mono dispersed nano SiC particles with spherical morphology were synthesized in this project by hydrolysis and condensation mechanism during sol gel processing. pH, temperature and precursor’s ratio considered as the main parameters which could influence particles size. According to DLS test results, the smallest size of particles in the sol (<5nm) was obtained at pH<4. It can be observed from rheology test results optimum temperature for achieving nanometeric gel is about 60 ˚C. The optimum pH values for sol stabilization was (2-5) determined by zeta potentiometery. Si 29NMR analysis was used in order to get more details on final structure of gel powders resulted from initial sol. X-ray diffraction studies showed sythesized powder consists of β-SiC phase. Scanning electron microscopy indicated agglomerates size in β-SiC synthesis is less than 100 nm. Finally, TEM studies revealed morphology of β-SiC particles treated in 1500˚C and after 1hr aging is spherical with (20-30) nm size
N. Najmoddin, H.r. Rezaie, A. Beitollahi, M.s. Toprak,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (september 2014)
Abstract
The synthesis of mesoporous CuFe2O4 spinel by several nanocasting strategies (i.e., multi-step nanocasting, one step nanocasting, modified solid-liquid), in which copper and iron nitrates are used as precursors and Pluronic P123 as surfactant, is explored. We have also checked the effect of pH, citric acid and sodium citrate in multi-step nanocasting method. The modified solid-liquid method which contains impregnating mesoporous silica by molten state salts in a non-ionic solvent seems to be the best choice to obtain single phase ordered mesoporous copper ferrite. Other methods suffer from the presence of copper oxide or hematite as impurities or lack of integrity in the mesoporous structure. Increasing pH up to 9.5 does not enhance the phase formation inside the pores of the silica matrix. The citric acid yields a fine structure but does not facilitate the phase formation. Adding sodium citrate neither heals the phase formation nor the structure of the final product. Moreover, vinyl- functionalized mesoporous silica exploited in this study as a hard template entraps both metal nitrates in the pores, assisting impregnation procedure
B. Shahbazi, B. Rezai, S. Chehreh Chelgani, S. M. J. Koleini, M. Noaparast,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (march 2015 2015)
Abstract
Multivariable regression and artificial neural network procedures were used to modeling of the input power
and gas holdup of flotation. The stepwise nonlinear equations have shown greater accuracy than linear ones where
they can predict input power, and gas holdup with the correlation coefficients of 0.79 thereby 0.51 in the linear, and
R2=0.88 versus 0.52 in the non linear, respectively. For increasing accuracy of predictions, Feed-forward artificial
neural network (FANN) was applied. FANNs with 2-2-5-5, and 2-2-3-2-2 arrangements, were capable to estimating of
the input power and gas holdup, respectively. They were achieved quite satisfactory correlations of 0.96 in testing stage
for input power prediction, and 0.64 for gas holdup prediction
E. Khoshomid Aghdam, R. Naghizadeh, H. R. Rezaie,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (September 2015)
Abstract
MgAl2O4/Ti(C,N) composites were synthesized through aluminothermic reaction between Al,TiO
2,MgO
powders and phenolic resin in coke bed condition. Effect of addition of carbon black and sugar into the mixture at
different temperatures were investigated. The phases and microstructures of samples were investigated by X-ray
diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). MgAl
2O4
/Ti(C,N) composites without additive were
obtained after heat treatment at 1600˚C. With addition of carbon black TiC, TiN and Ti(C,N) were appeared after firing
at 1400˚C and formation of spinel/Ti(C,N) composites were completed at 1600˚C. In sample containing sugar,
MgAl2O4
-Ti(C,N) composite were completely synthesized at 1400˚C. In this sample crystallite size of Ti(C,N) were 32
nm and carbon content of titanium carbonitride (Ti(C,N)) reached to 0.442 value.
A. M. Zahedi, H. R. Rezaie, J. Javadpour,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (December 2015)
Abstract
Different volume fractions (1.3, 2.6, and 7.6 Vol.%) of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were dispersed within 8Y-TZP nanopowders. Mixed powder specimens were subsequently processed by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and effects of CNTs on the sintering process of 8Y-TZP/CNT composites was studied. Maintenance of CNTs through the SPS process was confirmed using TEM and Raman Spectroscopy. Studies on the sintering profile of zirconia-CNT composites (Z-xC composites) could, to some extent, clarify the effect of CNTs’ volume fraction on the densification rates of Z-xC composites. The specimen with the highest content of CNT (Z-7.6C) showed the lowest sintering rate while it was unable to reach full density.
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N. Maskani, R. Naghizadeh, A. Mirhabibi, H. Rezaie,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (March 2017)
Abstract
The synthesis of micro-sized, uniformly distributed Al2O3-15Vol% Ni powders were studied through three step co-precipitation of hydroxides mixtures from proper solution, calcination at air atmosphere and final step of calcined powders in a carbon bed. Al and Ni hydroxide and amorphous phase were first obtained from their salt’s solutions through chemical co-precipitation method by adjusting pH. The precipitated powders were then calcined to obtain a mixture of their oxides as NiO and NiAl2O4 which were reduced in a carbon bed at various temperatures up to 1300. Proper temperature for calcination in air was determined through TG analysis; 900. SEM observation of powders after reduction, revealed micro-sized Ni particles, along with fin distribution of Ni and Al2O3 elements. XRD analysis of the calcined sample showed the presence of NiAl2O4 and NiO and the same analysis for the reduced sample confirmed the formation of Al2O3 and Ni.