COLIN SNAPE's Outputs (9)

Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines (2022)
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Coralli, I., Fabbri, D., Facchin, A., Torri, C., Stevens, L. A., & Snape, C. E. (2023). Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 169, Article 105838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105838

Poly(ethylene imine) is a family of polymers with a high content of amine groups employed in various applications and widely investigated as CO2 adsorbents in carbon capture and sequestration. In this study, five branched polyethylenimines (PEIs) of... Read More about Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines.

Regenerability of fly-ash derived zeolite NaP1: Evaluation via copper recovery (2022)
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Ankrah, A. F., Tokay, B., & Snape, C. E. (2023). Regenerability of fly-ash derived zeolite NaP1: Evaluation via copper recovery. Engineering Reports, 5(4), Article e12591. https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12591

Effective regeneration of adsorbents is considered as one of the essential qualities for commercial use. However, most of the studies have only reported the adsorption properties and overlooked the reuse of adsorbents. In this study, we determined th... Read More about Regenerability of fly-ash derived zeolite NaP1: Evaluation via copper recovery.

Combining molecular simulation and experiment to understand the effect of moisture on methane adsorption in kerogens (2022)
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Li, W., Stevens, L. A., Zhang, B., Zheng, D., & Snape, C. E. (2023). Combining molecular simulation and experiment to understand the effect of moisture on methane adsorption in kerogens. Chemical Engineering Journal, 454, 139942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139942

There is a limited understanding of the critical impact moisture has on shale gas resource estimation by affecting gas adsorption and pore structure. Laboratory experiments on dry and 95% relative humidity (R.H.) isolated kerogens are combined with G... Read More about Combining molecular simulation and experiment to understand the effect of moisture on methane adsorption in kerogens.

Synergistic effect in co-processing a residue from a transesterification process with vacuum gas oil in fluid catalytic cracking (2022)
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Haruna, A. M., Meredith, W., & Snape, C. E. (2022). Synergistic effect in co-processing a residue from a transesterification process with vacuum gas oil in fluid catalytic cracking. Fuel, 327, Article 124973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124973

The catalytic co-processing of bottom fuel oil (BFO) with refinery vacuum gas oil (VGO) using a commercial fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) zeolite equilibrium catalyst was carried out to ascertain its potential as a source for biofuels. The BFO used w... Read More about Synergistic effect in co-processing a residue from a transesterification process with vacuum gas oil in fluid catalytic cracking.

Should IQOS Emissions Be Considered as Smoke and Harmful to Health? A Review of the Chemical Evidence (2022)
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Uguna, C. N., & Snape, C. E. (2022). Should IQOS Emissions Be Considered as Smoke and Harmful to Health? A Review of the Chemical Evidence. ACS Omega, 7(26), 22111–22124. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c01527

The chemical evidence that IQOS emissions fit the definition of both an aerosol and smoke, and that IQOS and potentially other heated tobacco products (HTPs) pose some harmful health threats from the range of compounds released even at somewhat lower... Read More about Should IQOS Emissions Be Considered as Smoke and Harmful to Health? A Review of the Chemical Evidence.

Effect of process variables on producing biocoals by hydrothermal carbonisation of pine Kraft lignin at low temperatures (2022)
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Musa, U., Castro-Díaz, M., Uguna, C. N., & Snape, C. E. (2022). Effect of process variables on producing biocoals by hydrothermal carbonisation of pine Kraft lignin at low temperatures. Fuel, 325, Article 124784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124784

Lignin from pulping is recovered in a wet form, making it ideal for hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC). This study investigates the effects of temperature (200–280 °C), residence time (1–6 h), and water to biomass mass ratio (2:1–6:1) on the compositio... Read More about Effect of process variables on producing biocoals by hydrothermal carbonisation of pine Kraft lignin at low temperatures.

Renewable binders from waste biomass for road construction: A review on thermochemical conversion technologies and current developments (2022)
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Weir, A., Jiménez del Barco Carrión, A., Queffélec, C., Bujoli, B., Chailleux, E., Uguna, C., …Airey, G. (2022). Renewable binders from waste biomass for road construction: A review on thermochemical conversion technologies and current developments. Construction and Building Materials, 330, Article 127076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127076

Biobinders (binders manufactured from biomass) are becoming popular in asphalt engineering due to growing environmental concerns of greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuels and depleting petroleum bitumen reserves. Waste biomass products... Read More about Renewable binders from waste biomass for road construction: A review on thermochemical conversion technologies and current developments.

Molecular Formula Prediction for Chemical Filtering of 3D OrbiSIMS Datasets (2022)
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Edney, M. K., Kotowska, A. M., Spanu, M., Trindade, G. F., Wilmot, E., Reid, J., …Scurr, D. J. (2022). Molecular Formula Prediction for Chemical Filtering of 3D OrbiSIMS Datasets. Analytical Chemistry, 94(11), 4703–4711. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04898

Modern mass spectrometry techniques produce a wealth of spectral data, and although this is an advantage in terms of the richness of the information available, the volume and complexity of data can prevent a thorough interpretation to reach useful co... Read More about Molecular Formula Prediction for Chemical Filtering of 3D OrbiSIMS Datasets.

Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Fly-Ash Derived Zeolite NaP1 (2022)
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Ankrah, A. F., Tokay, B., & Snape, C. E. (2022). Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Fly-Ash Derived Zeolite NaP1. International Journal of Environmental Research, 16(2), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-022-00395-9

Fly-ash derived zeolites have recently -received great attention as cheaper adsorbents to remove heavy metals from water since they can be synthesized from a waste product. In this study, we evaluated the single- and multi-cation adsorption efficienc... Read More about Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Fly-Ash Derived Zeolite NaP1.