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تقيم كفاءة مزيج مثبط التاكل لمحاكاة مياه التبريد باستخدام القطب الاسطواني الدوار == Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibitors Blend Efficiency For Simulated Cooling Waters Using Rotating Cylinder Electrode

Author name: عبير عبد الخالق القصب

Supervisor name: قاسم جبار سليمان

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: Al-Nahrain University - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تم بحث كفائة مثبط التاكل لمزيج من نتريت الصوديوم / سداسي فوسفات الصوديوم على تاكل الفولاذ الكربوني في محاكاة انظمة مياه التبريد من خلال فقدان الوزن وتقنية الاستقطاب الكهروكيميائية. شملت الدراسة تاثير درجة الحرارة30، 45، 60 ?م، سرعة الدوران 200، 600، 1000 | The corrosion inhibition action of a blend of sodium nitrite/sodium hexametaphosphate (SN+SHMP) on corrosion of carbon steel in simulated cooling water systems (CWS) has been investigated by weight loss and electrochemical polarization technique. The effects of temperature 30, 45, and 60 oC, rotational velocity 200, 600, and 1000 rpm, and salts concentrations (0.005 N, 0.01 N, 0.03 N, 0.05 N) NaCl + 0.0736 N Na2SO4 on corrosion of carbon steel were studied in the absence and presence of mixed inhibiting blend (SN+SHMP). Also, the effects of inhibitors blend concentrations of 600 ppm, and 800 ppm (SN+SHMP), at temperatures of 30, and 60 oC, and rotational velocity of 200 and 1000 rpm, on corrosion rate of carbon steel were studied using Second - order Rotatable Design (Box - Wilson Design) to identify the significant effects and interaction in performing weight loss studies and corrosion potential approach. Electrochemical polarization measurements were used to study the behavior of carbon steel in different salt concentrations of (CWS) with pH of 7.5 in absence and presence of the inhibiting blend. The results showed that increasing the temperature, rotational velocity, and NaCl salts concentration leads to an increase in the corrosion rate for both uninhibited and inhibited solutions. The regression model (Box - Wilson Design) that has been developed using experimental data was used to verify that the interaction term of temperature with inhibitors blend and the square term of inhibitors blend are significant for corrosion rate in 0.05 N NaCl solution while the main variables are not pronounced. Also, it is found that the corrosion rate decreases with increases in inhibitor blend concentration up to 800 ppm in 0.05 N NaCl solution. Inhibitor blend concentration of 600 ppm is highly effective giving a high efficiency in 0.005, 0.01 and 0.03 N NaCl solutions of 98.5%, 97.7%, and 96% respectively. Electrochemical polarization studies show that increasing the inhibitors blend concentration (SN+SHMP) shifts the corrosion potential to more noble value (more positive), indicating the anodic nature of the inhibiting blend used.

اتزان الاطوار لاستخلاص الملوثات الفينولية من المياه الصناعية باستخدام تقنية الاغشية السائلة == Phase Equilibria For Extraction of Phenolic Pollutants From Industrial Wastewater Using Liquid Membrane Technique

Author name: انور جاسم محسن

Supervisor name: خالد فرهود جسب

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: كلا من الصناعة الكيميائية (chemical industry) والبحث الاكاديمي (academia search) للمذيبات البديلة يجب ان تلبي متطلبات التكنولوجيا النظيفة (cleaner technology) حيث ان المذيبات الاكثر استخداما على نطاق واسع هي المتطايرة والضارة. في العمل الحالي، تم تحقيق | Both chemical industry and academia search for alternative solvents to meet the cleaner technology requirements since the most widely used solvents are volatile and harmful. In the present work, the technical feasibilities of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as bulk liquid membranes (BLM) for phenol removal from Industrial Wastewater was investigated. Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) used as a membrane mainly due to their properties of low vapor pressure, low volatility and they are often stable. Four ionic liquids with high hydrophobicity were used : 1 - butyl - 3 - methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [Bmim] [PF6], 1 - butyl - 3 - methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide [Bmim][NTf2], 1 - Ethyl - 3 - methyimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide [Emim][NTf2] and 1 - hexyl - 3 - methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [Hmim][PF6], in which, phenol Extraction efficiency and stripping efficiency were studied. The effect of different types of anion and hydrophobicity of the ionic liquids on the phenol extraction and stripping efficiencies were investigated. Different operating parameters of feed phase pH, feed concentration, NaOH concentration were studied. In addition to the effect of single ionic liquid (SILs) and binary mixtures ionic liquid (BMILs) on the phenol extraction and stripping efficiencies were also studied. The study shows that highest phenol extraction and stripping efficiencies were [Bmim][NTf2], [Bmim][NTf2+PF6] and [Emim][NTf2], [Bmim+Emim][NTf2] respectively. Phase equilibria for the extraction of phenol from industrial wastewater using ionic liquid membranes was determined. The efficiency of ten new solvents as a selective ILs solvent in the extraction of phenol from wastewater was investigated. Data have been estimated experimentally for ten systems containing, phenol + water as a common component liquid and + ten IL solvents. The consistency and accuracy of the tie line data were evaluated using three correlation namely, Bachman, Hand, and Othmer and Tobias. The Plait Point for each ternary system was estimated. Among the ILs used to extract the phenol from wastewater, [Bmim][NTf2+PF6] shows the highest selectivity and distribution coefficient. The liquid - liquid equilibrium data have been predicated using electrolyte non - random - two - liquid (e - NRTL) model and extended UNIversal - QUAsi - Chemical (e - UNIQUAC) model. The binary interaction parameters have been calculated using Maximum Likelihood Principle technique. The experimental data fitted by the e - NRTL model is more accurate than the e - UNIQUAC model.

انتاج ايثايل ثلاثي بينوتايل ايثر من ثلاثي بيوتايل الكحول وايثايل الكحول باستخدام البيتا زيولايت المصنع من قشور الرز العراقي بواسطة التقطير التفاعلي == Production of Ethyl Tert - Butyl Ether From Tert - Butyl Alcohol And Ethyl Alcohol Catalyzed By ? - Zeolite Synthesis From Iraqi Rice Husk In Reactive Distillation

Author name: مؤيد خليل ابراهيم

Supervisor name: ودود طاهر محمد | عمار صالح عباس

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Doctorate

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تم انتاج مادة اثل ثلاثي بيوتايل ايثر من تفاعل ثلاثي البيوتانول والايثانول باستخدام تقنية التقطير التفاعلي وبوجود العامل المساعد بيتا زيولات المحضر محليا من قشور الارز العراقي كعامل مساعد.ثلاثة انواع من العامل المساعد تم تحضيرھا من قشور الرز العراقي باع | This work was conducted to study the production of ethyl tert - butyl ether from tert - butanol and ethanol by using reactive distillation technique in the presence of locally prepared ? - zeolite catalyst from Iraqi rice husk Three types of catalyst have been prepared from Iraqi rice husk as silica source and used in this work with which are ? - zeolite with three different Si/Al ratios (10,20 and 30) for comparing with commercial ? - zeolite which purchased from China to compare its characterization and activity in the production of ethyl tert - butyl ether from tert - butanol and ethanol.Kinetic of reaction of tert - butanol and ethanol to produce ethyl tert - butyl ether was studied separately by using batch reactor. The experiments were carried out under operating conditions of; temperature of (323,333 and 343k), four catalyst types and feed mole ratio ethanol/tert - butanol varied from (1.23 - 1.96) using excess ethanol, the rate equation at 323 k for ethyl tert - butyl ether was found as shown The Arrehnius equations of constants of reactions rate were found as shown : k1 = exp (22.769 - 9912.5 /T)? k2 =exp (37.952 - 11335 /T) kw = exp ( - 40.03 + 9644 /T) The main study includes the continuous packed reactive distillation column to produce ethyl tert - buty ether. The tert - butanol and ethanol reaction was carried out by continuous packed reactive distillation column using the three types of the prepared ? - zeolites and commercial ? - zeolite at atmospheric pressure, The operating variables studied the tert - butanol feed varied from (1 - 7) ml/min., recycle ratio varied from (1 - 7) and weight of catalyst used was varied from (10 - 40) g.The analysis of samples produced from reaction was carried out using gas chromatography GC showed that the tert - butanol conversion was 100% for all types of ? - zeolite with best yield 88% toward ethyl tert - butyl ether by using prepared ? - zeolite with Si/Al of 10, tert - butanol feed flow rate 3 ml/min., weight of catalyst 20g, recycle ratio 3. The result showed that the yield of ethyl tert - butyl ether was increasing from 64% to 88% when the operating conditions varied from lower to upper limit using prepared ? - zeolite with Si/Al of 10. Also, the results showed that, the prepared ? - zeolite with Si/Al of 10 gives better yield than commercial one.

اختيار الافضل للمفاعل النازل لوحدة التكسير بالعامل المساعد == Optimization Technique of Fcc Downer Reactor

Author name: علي محسن غضبان

Supervisor name: Safa A. Al | Naimi

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Oil Refining and Gas Technology

Degree: Higher Diploma

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering and Oil Refining Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: يشتمل البحث على عمل نموذج رياضي لمفاعل النازلdowner) ) في وحدة التكسير المحفز بالعامل المساعد وان التفاعل يشمل اربع مكونات هي التغذية Gas oil)) والغازات الخفيفة (Light gases) والكازولين (Gasoline) والفحم (Coke) اوما يسمى ب Four lumps model لوصف حركة تفاعل | In this work, mathematical model for downer reactor have been developed, in which a four - lump model is used to characterize the feed and the products, where gas oil cracks to give lighter fractions and coke. The integrated reactor steady state model makes gross assumption about the hydrodynamics, using 4th. order Runga Kutta method. Polymath version 5.1 and Aspen version 7.3 programs are used to solve the simulation model. This model can predict the mixing temperature and pressure profiles at mixer (MxR) chamber; also shows the physical performance and productivity all over the downer height. An interactive excel worksheet is constructed and used as a powerful tool for solving the model equations and studying the effect of any change in operating variables on the unit performance. Also observed the simulated results by using two programs (Polymath and Aspen) and the difference between them especially in temperature , pressure and product yield profile plotted along the reactor length and shows that the results from Aspen are better than Polymath because the first is more advanced and accurate. The operation of downer reactor for catalytic cracking is associated with several important objectives such as feed rate and height, diameter of reactor and amount of catalyst rate as well as the production requirements, all of which need to be optimized simultaneously. In this study, a validated mathematical model was used to perform the single - objective optimization of the FCC system at the design stage. In the optimization study, four operating parameters were used as decision variables. These variables were chosen based onsystematic sensitivity analysis of the system which showed complex interplay of the decision variables over the system performance indicators. Elitist Polymath version 5.1 enhanced with Excel flow sheet 2007 were used to solve a number of objective function optimization problems. The objective functions used are maximization of the gasoline yield, and minimization of the catalyst flow rate. The optimal results obtained here provide physical insights that can help in the design stage of the downer reactor.

تصنيع وتشخيص الزيولايت النانوي المتبلور نوع ZSM - 5 والزيولايت المركب نوع ZSM - 5 / MCM - 41 لانتاج الوقود الحيوي == Synthesis And Characterization of Nanocrystalline ZSM - 5 And ZSM - 5 / MCM - 41 Composite Zeolite For Biodiesel Production

Author name: اسراء عبد الجبار صالح النعمة

Supervisor name: نجوى صابر مجيد

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Doctorate

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: الزيولايت النانوي - المتبلور بنوعين تم تصنيعهما ووصف خصائصيهما، النوع الاول يحتوي على ويحتوي على ZSM - 5/MCM - والاخر من نوع المركب 41 ZSM - مسام مايكروية ويسمى 5 05 نانومتر(. - نوعين من المسام ,المايكروية )اقل من 2 نانو متر( ومسام متوسطة ) 2 اجريت عم | Nanocrystalline ZSM - 5 zeolite and micro - mesoporous ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 composite zeolite were synthesized by hydrothermal treatment - conventional method. For ZSM - 5 two compositions were under investigation with different silica to alumina ratio of 86 and 68. Study of principal variables affecting the characterisics of synthesized zeolites were investigated in both aspects concerning chemical and process variables. Micro - mesoporous ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 composite zeolite were synthesized using alkaline treatment method and two step crystallization.Loading of synthesized zeolites with transition metals copper, cobalt, and ceria were conducted by impregnation.All zeolites products were characterized by X - ray diffraction (XRD), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR), Brunauer - Emmet - Teller (N2 adsorption - desorption isotherm), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X - ray fluorescence (XRF), and Thermogravemetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetry (TGA/DSC).XRD - patterns for ZSM - 5 showed, at different temperature ranging from (150 - 180 oC) and time of crystallization from 48 - 96h, that ZSM - 5 phase is the only obtained in almost all samples and the peaks at angle 2?= 7 ? 9o and 2?= 22.5 - 24.4o are typical. XRD - patterns for ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 identified by the 3 peaks in 2? < 10o and still having the peaks of ZSM - 5.AFM reports for both zeolites, ZSM - 5 and ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 indicated that a nano - level size of about 50 nm has been got. FTIR results showed that for ZSM - 5, the peaks near bands 3400, 1080, 800, 550, 450 cm - 1 have been clearly obtained. For ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 showedthe shifting of band at 1100 cm - 1 accompanied with a decrease of intensity in bands near 440 - 450 cm - 1.BET surface area results for ZSM - 5 samples showed a value of 320 - 380 m2/g and pore volume of 0.2 cm3/g. BET surface area for ZSM - 5/MCM - 41 showed an average value of 612 m2/g and pore volume of 0.5421 cm3/g.TEM images revealed that the loading of transition metals of copper and cobalt on both types of zeolite catalysts are distributed well on the surface of zeolite and on nano - level size.Biodiesel production, using prepared catalysts were conducted by esterification and transesterification by oleic acid and sunflower oil respectively with ethanol and methanol.Batch heterogeneous esterification process gave medium conversion of 69%. Semi - batch heterogeneous esterification gave better conversion of about 85%. The effect of both catalysts (Cu - ZSM - 5 and Co - Cu - ZSM - 5/MCM - 41) were similar and gave increase in conversion between 11 - 13%.Transesterification heterogeneous batch process using base - catalyzed (Ce - Na - ZSM - 5) and acid catalyzed heterogeneous transesterification (HZSM - 5), using sunflower oil and methanol showed a yield of 26% and 33% respectively relative to oil.

الاضافات على زيوت التزيت لتحسين خواصها == Additives For Lubricantion Oil To Improve Its Properties

Author name: وسام عدنان حيدر العبيدي

Supervisor name: عدنان عبد الجبار عبد الرزاق السالم

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Oil Refining and Gas Technology

Degree: Higher Diploma

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering and Oil Refining Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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دراسة تاثير النانو سليكا المحضرة من رمال السيليكا العراقية على بعض الخواص الميكانيكية لمتراكبات الكونكريت == Study The Effect of Nano - Silica Prepared From Iraqi Silica Sand On Some Mechanical Properties of Concrete Composites

Author name: علي داود سلمان

Supervisor name: نجاة جمعة صالح

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: ان الهدف من هذا البحث هو تحضير دقائق السليكا النانوية من رمال السليكا العراقية من منجم ارضمة غرب العراق باستخدام طريقة الطحن المتعدد في (جهاز الطحن بالكرات)،حيث تم تشخيص دقائق السليكا بواسطة اجهزة التشخيص التالية SEM, AFM, PSA,FT - IR, XRD, XRF, BET,TEM. | The purposes of this work are to prepare, characterize silica nanoparticles for a first time from Ardma location at Anbar province in western Iraq by combination of top down approach using ultrafine grinding (Ball milling) and drying processes, evaluate the effect of nano - silica sand (NSS) addition on mechanical properties (compressive and splitting tensile strengths) of mortar mixture, and optimization of the operating variables (NS particle size and percentage of (NS) by using [WinQSB] and [STATISTICA] software technique to find the optimum values. (XRF) test shows enrichment of SiO2 after leaching with sulfuric acid. The prepared (NS) is characterized by SEM, AFM, PSA, FT - IR, XRD, XRF, BET and TEM. According to Particle Size Analyzers (PSA) silica sand has successfully been reduced to particle size of 50 nm after (30) hours of milling. The (AFM) test reveal two different groups of samples were analyzed, the range of first group was (60 - 120) nm after 40 hours of milling, the range of second group was (90 - 170)nm after 50 hours of milling. X - ray diffraction of silica sand before and after milling process shows that surface , structural changes duo to amorphization phenomenon result from an intensive mechanical treatment by (Ball milling) of silica sand. This result supports the incorporating (NS) into cement mortar. The (BET) analysis shows that the (NS) has different surface areas according to particle size. The (TEM) and (SEM) images of NS show that various shapes of the(NS) particles including irregular, spherical, and highly agglomerated in shape due to Van der Walls force on the particles surface. Three different ranges of particle sizes of (NS) have been used; (30 - 100)nm,(60 - 120)nm and(90 - 170)nm with three percentages of each (2% ,6% and 10% per weight of cement) and a w/c of 0.48. The SEM images of mortar mixture at the age of 28 days show existence of many Ca(OH)2 crystals needles over - shadowed and cover a large area with porous structure, while after adding (NSS) the Ca(OH)2needles are invisible and compact structure with the absence of the un - hydrated crystals which explains the superior strengths results. NSS contributes to enhancement of cement mortar through yielding denser, more compact and uniform mixtures. The optimization results of mechanical properties proved that an improvement in compressive strength of 29.889% at optimum conditions (adding 6% of 50nm particle size) in 28 days age, while for tensile strength was 22.863% at optimum conditions (adding 8% of 50nm particle size) in 28 days age. NSS obtained by ball milling of silica sand can be produced in large quantities at low prices, by sustainable method so that mass application in concrete is within reach According to my knowledge there is no previous work focusing on preparing of silica nanoparticles from Iraqi silica sand, and using it to improve mechanical properties of cement mortar by using optimization technique.

دراسة الهيدروديناميكية والحركية في مفاعل الطبقة الفوارة لوحدة النفط الثقيل == Hydrodynamic And Kinetic Study In An Ebullated - Bed Reactor For The Heavy Oil (H - Oil Unit)

Author name: هالة حسين حسن ابو نايلة

Supervisor name: محمد فاضل عبد | شاكر محمود احمد

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Oil Refining and Gas Technology

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering and Oil Refining Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: ان النمو المضطرد في انتاج النفوط الثقيلة والطلب المتزايد على المقطرات الوسطيه اعطى اهمية قصوى لعمليات التكسير في المصافي النفطية، وتعتبر طريقة (H - Oil) باستخدام مفاعلات الطبقة الفوارة واحدة من اهم عمليات التكسير المحفز والتي تهدف الى تكسير النفوط الثقيل | The present work was devoted to study the hydrodynamic characteristics of a lab - scale cold - flow ebullated bed three phase column. It was also to investigate the kinetic behavior of an industrial - scale ebullated bed reactor, licensed by Axens Co., installed and operated in Lukoil refinery at Bourgas - Bulgaria.For the design of experiments in the lab - scale cold - flow column, factorial method was introduced to study the influence of the operating variables (i.e., gas and liquid superficial velocities and the liquid internal reflux ratio) on the objective functions (i.e., individual holdups and bubble characteristics).Pressure gradient method was used to estimate the individual holdups and bed porosity along the column, while photographic method was utilized to obtain images of the moving gas bubble which analyzed using Ai Adobe Illustrator CC (64 Bit) software to determine the geometric characteristics of bubbles.The results showed that liquid internal reflux ratio, which characterized the ebullated bed three phase bubble column, has a predominant effect on the individual holdups and bubble sizes.The operating and geometric variables of the lab - scale cold - flow ebullated bed were carefully selected to simulate the hydrodynamic characteristic of the industrial unit through matching five dimensionless groups (M - group, E?tv?s number, Reynolds number, density ratio and velocity ratio) of the cold - flowlab - scale and industrial systems.The percentage average deviations between each two particular groups of the two systems were (14.7%, 25%, 13.14%, 15.2%, and 20%), respectively. Although this did not result in a perfect match, considering the uncertainty in the industrial units exact operating properties, the match was considered to be sufficiently close.A five - lump kinetic model was selected, to describe the catalytic hydrocracking of heavy oil, to formulate the reaction rate equations of vacuum residue, vacuum gas oil, middle distillate, naphtha, and gases. These equations were inserted into the individual mass balance equation of each lump and then utilized in a program of MATLAB based on the nonlinear least square method to estimate the kinetic parameters (rate constants and activation energies of the proposed reaction pathways), to investigate the effect of the operating variables (e.g., operating temperature, WHSV, and reaction time ) on the kinetic parameters and performance of the industrial ebullated bed reactor. It was found that, - The intra - pellet (internal) diffusion was the rate - limiting step in the H - Oil reaction system. - The effectiveness factor decreases with increasing reaction temperature and WHSV. - The outcomes of the mathematical model confirmed the reaction orders of hydrocracking of vacuum residue and catalyst deactivation to be 2.1 and 0.18, respectively. - Activation and deactivation energies resulted to be quite similar of 48.87 and 50.68 kcal/mole, respectively, meaning that there is no strong effect of the deactivation process over the global hydrocracking reaction. - The hydrocracking of vacuum residue has a higher selectivity toward VGO production than toward other lumps in the following order : VGO < Middle Distillate < Naphtha <Gases. - WHSV has a negative impact on yield fractions of the industrial ebullated bed reactor while the images were different with the operating temperature. The formulated model was validated by comparing its outcomes with the findings of other related model (e.g Sa´nchez and Ancheyta, 2007) from literature. The results of comparison confirmed the reliability of the present model.Key words : Hydrodynamic, Kinetic Parameters, Heavy Oil, Ebullated Bed, Reactor.

تاكل الفولاذ الكاربوني تحت ظروف الخلط في وسط ثنائي الطور لمحلول ملحي مع زيت الغاز وثنائي اوكسيد الكاربون والسيطرة علية بالحماية الكاثودية == Corrosion of Carbon Steel In Stirred Two Phase Media of Brine - Gas Oil And Brine - CO2 And Prevention By Cathodic Protection

Author name: ساهر محمد عزيز

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: Al-Nahrain University

Language: English

Full text from the source: https://nahrainuniv.edu.iq/sites/default/files/Combined_321.pdf

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: Corrosion tests of carbon steel (CS) in single and two phase media of two immiscible liquids (CaCO3 solution - gasoil mixture) and liquid - gas (CaCO3 solution - CO2 gas) under different operating conditions of temperature, agitation velocity, phase fractions, gas flow rate, and immersion time were carried out using weight loss method and electrochemical polarization technique. Flat blade disc turbine mixer was used to simulate the two phase flow conditions.The ranges of operating parameters in two immiscible phase tests were agitation velocities of (0 - 1200 rpm), temperature of (25 - 45 oC), (1 - 10 vol %) gas oil. The effect of presence of acids such as HCl and H2SO4 on corrosion rate was also investigated under different conditions.Corrosion rate (iL) measurements in CO2 saturated solution were also attained in different operating conditions of temperatures(25 - 45 oC), agitation velocity (0 - 800 rpm), salts concentrations (2.5 × 10 - 3 to 9.9 × 10 - 3M), CO2 flow rate (0.142 to1.132 m3/h ), and immersion time by determining the limiting current density.The pH values, oxygen solubility, and electrical conductivity of tested solutions were measured under all to interpret the obtained result.The results revealed that increasing agitation velocity and temperature leads to an increase of the corrosion rate in single phase brine solution. The corrosion rate in brine - gasoil mixture is irregularly varied with concentration of gasoil and agitation velocity. The limiting current density in single phase CaCO3 increases with the increase in agitation velocity, concentration of brine, and temperature. The corrosion rate in two phase brine - CO2 mixture decreases with the increase of agitation velocity flow rate of CO2, temperature, and immersion time. The corrosion potential of Carbon steel under various conditions were determined and discussed.Cathodic protection was used to protect carbon steel in brine - CO2 mixture by using zinc as sacrificial anode under different operating conditions of flow rate of CO2, agitation velocity, and temperature. Good corrosion protection efficiency was attained.

العوامل المؤثرة على ظاهرة تقليل الاعاقة المصاحبة لجريان السوائل بواسطة المضافات البوليمرية والمواد الخافظة للشد السطحي == Effect of Operating Variables On Drag Reduction Phenomenon By Polymers And Surfactants Additives

Author name: ليث مجيد عبود

Supervisor name: issam kamil salih

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Industrial Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تناول البحث دراسة وتطبيق ظاهرة تقليل الاعاقة لاطالة مسافة تصريف السوائل الساقطة بشكل حر من انبوب افقي. حيث تمت دراسة تاثير ارتفاع ونوع السائل , نوع وتركيز البوليمر , قطر الانبوب وخشونة سطحه, واحدى المواد ذات الفعالية السطحية.تم اجراء الاختبارات العملية | Drag reduction phenomenon has been studied and applied to extend the discharge distance of kerosene, gas oil and tap water falling freely from horizontal tube. The effect of liquid head, type of solvent, polymer characteristics and concentration, pipe diameter and roughness and addition of surfactant were investigated.Experimental tests were performed using apparatus consisting of a reservoir connected to a horizontal tube from which the flux was allowed to fall freely under different heads. The distance traveled horizontally was measured and used to estimate the friction factor (ƒ) and the percentage drag reduction (%DR). The tests were carried out under liquid heads of 140, 165, 190, 215, 240 cm to ensure turbulent flow circumstances, i.e. Re ? 3000.Three types of polymers were tested, viz., polyisobutylene (PIB), xanthan gum (XG) and guar gum (GGM). The activities of these polymers for drag reduction were evaluated at concentrations of 10 - 200 ppm for PIB and 50 - 400 ppm for XG and GGM using three solvents, viz., kerosene, gas oil and tap water. Glass tubes of 3,7,10 and 11mm diameters in addition to carbon steel and stainless steel pipes of 10mm diameter were used to investigate the effect of pipe diameter and roughness.The interactions between polymer and surfactant were investigated using sodium luaryl sulfate (SLS) so that experimental tests were performed with PIB in the absence and presence of (SLS) at different concentrations. The discharge distance and %DR is generally increased with increasing liquid head and additive concentration. However %DR is sometimes reached to a maximum value at a specific concentration termed " critical concentration" beyond which %DR is fallen, the %DR observed with 100ppm of PIB is 44.3% at head equal 140 cm and 56% at head equal 240 cm from stainless steel tube. Moreover, %DR is progressively increased with increasing Reynolds number (Re) at any specific concentration, %DR achieved due to the addition 50ppm of PIB is 20.8% at Re equal 17236 and 45.9% at Re equal 26056 from stainless steel tube.Polyisobutylene has effectively reduced drag with kerosene and gas oil. Its activity seems to be higher with gas oil compared to that with kerosene. The maximum %DR achieved due to the addition 100 ppm of PIB in gas oil and kerosene are 63% & 56% respectively from Stainless steel tube. The activity of SLS for drag reduction with kerosene is evidently lower than that of PIB, and the difference between %DR observed is reduced with increasing concentration. Efficiency of PIB is considerably decreased by adding SLS so that the maximum %DR achieved with their mixture is 40.1%.The polymers XG and GGM are effectively reduced drag when added to tap water. Their activities at any specific operating conditions are decreased according to the sequence of XG ? GGM. The maximum %DR observed with them at 300 ppm are 77% and 48.8% respectively. The values of (%DR) measured with all tested liquids seem consistent with Blasius equation and they are progressively shifted to the direction of Virk asymptote with increasing of polymer concentration. The percent drag reduction is well correlated with Reynolds numbers, (L/D) and polymer concentration according to the relation of the form %DR= a (Re)b (C)d (L/D)k, where a, b, d and k are constants, so that a specific empirical correlation is observed for each polymer.

تحسين مواصفات / ازالة الكبريت من النفوط العراقية الثقيلة باستخدام طريقة الاكسدة المعانة بالموجات فوق الصوتية == Upgrading / Desulfurazation of Iraq Heavy Crude Oils Using Oxidation Assisted By Ultrasound

Author name: شيماء كاظم محيسن

Supervisor name: نيران خليل ابراهيم

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Oil Refining and Gas Technology

Degree: Higher Diploma

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering and Oil Refining Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: وجودالكبريت في النفط الخام يشكل تحديات هائلة فيما يتعلق بالاثار البيئية والاقتصادية السلبية.وعلى هذا النحو ايضا سلامة المعدات معرضة لمخاطر عالية اثناء معالجة نفط خام الاحدب(3,55? كبريت) بسبب طبيعته الحامضية.وبالتالي فان هذا البحث يهدف الى تقليل محتوى الك | The presence of sulfur in crude oil posses enormous challenges as regards its negative environmental and economic impact. As such, the safety of the equipment is at high risk during the processing of Al - Ahdab crude oil because of its sour nature (3.55wt% sulfur). The present work is aimed at reduce the sulfur content of Al - Ahdab crude oil prior to processing by oxidative desulfurization treatment method using ultrasonic irradiation probe and high speed homogenizer for the enhancement of oxidizing the sulfur compounds and converting them into sulfones. The oxidation step was then followed by solvent extraction to extract the sulfones.An ultrasound - assisted oxidative desulfurization (UAOD) with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of acetic acid and subsequent solvent extraction using a polar solvent (acetonitrile ) has been applied for the desulfurization of Al - Ahdab crude oil in a bench scale unit. The results indicate that the desulfurization efficiency is dependent on the sonication rate. The measured sulfur content of the crude oil, obtained after 10 minutes contact time indicated that the highest efficiency obtained is 81.86%, corresponding to reductionin sulfur content up to 0.664wt.%, when sonication energy of 21139J was used. The second mixing scheme examined was that of using a high speed homogenizer. The results indicate that the desulfurization efficiency increases with increasing mixing speed from5000 to 26000rpm, and reaction time from 15 to 60min. The highest desulfurization efficiency obtained was 72.6% at 26000rpm and 60min reaction time. The above results indicate that UAOD is a successful process to upgrade Al - Ahdab crude oil. However, oxidative desulfurization assisted by high speed agitation also gave reasonable desulfurization efficiency. The sulfur content was reduced to about 1.2% which is less than that of Kirkuk crude (2.8%) and that of AL - Basrah crude (3.16%).

تثبيط التكلسات في انظمة التناضح العكسي باستخدام مواد كيمياوية == Scale Inhibition In Reverse Osmosis Systems Using Chemical Materials

Author name: زهراء احمد عبد الامير

Supervisor name: نجوى صابر مجيد

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تم في ھذا البحث دراسة تثبيط تكون تكلسات كاربونات الكالسيوم على سطح غشاء نظام تناضح عكسي باستخدام نوعين من مثبطات تكون التكلسات وھما كلوريد الزنك ومادة بوليمرية بتراكيز منخفضة ودراسة تاثير تغيير معدل جريان المحلول الداخل, حامضية المحلول الداخل, تركيز ال | The present study deals with the calcium carbonate (CaCO3) inhibition on the membrane surface of the reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system by using two types of scale inhibitors which are Zinc Chloride (ZnCl2) and Polyamino Polyether Methylene Phosphonate (PAPEMP) in low concentrations and study the effect of changing the feed solution flowrate, PH of the feed solution, concentration of the inhibition material and the type of the inhibitor used on the inhibition process. In this study a range of 10 - 25 l/h of feed solution flowrate was used, the concentration of CaCl2 was 610 mg/l, the concentration of NaHCO3 was 511 mg/l, the concentration of MgSO4 was 49 mg/l, the feed pH was in the range of 6 - 10, the operating pressure kept constant at 3 bars and the temperature washeld constant at room temperature (about 40 °C) through all experiments. The concentration of the feed solution was constant, but the concentration of the inhibitors was changed using 2, 4 and 8 mg/l of Zinc Chloride then using 8 and 15 mg/l of Polyamino Polyether Methylene Phosphonate The results showed that : Permeate rate increases as the feed flowrate increases while it decreases with time.Total dissolved solids decreases as the feed flowrate increases while it increases with time.Recovery rate decreases as the feed flowrate increases and it also decreases with time.Permeate rate, recovery rate and the total dissolved solids decreases as the inlet solution pH increases.Permeate rate and recovery rate increases while the total dissolved solids decreases when Zinc chloride or Polyamino Polyether Methylene Phosphonate was used.Permeate rate and recovery rate increases when Polyamino Polyether Methylene Phosphonate inhibitor was used more than the increment of them when Zinc chloride inhibitor was used.Total dissolved solids decreases when Zinc chloride inhibitor was used more than the diminution of them when Polyamino Polyether Methylene Phosphonate inhibitor was used.

معالجة الماء من حقول النفط باستخدام محاليل ايونية في منظومة التعويم بالهواء المذاب == Treatment of Oilfield Produced Water Using Ionic Liquids In A Dissolved Air Flotation System

Author name: اوس عباس فاضل

Supervisor name: سوسن عبد مسلم محمد | سعدي كاظم عبد الحسين

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: في العراق معدل تراكيز الزيوت والشحوم (OG) في الماء المنتج يجب الا يتجاوز 09 ملغم\لتر. ولذلك فانه يتطلب معالجة المياه المنتجة بغية تلبية الحد التنظيمي للتصريف مسبقا.تم جلب نماذج الماء المنتج الخام من شركة نفط الوسط ) Md.O.C ( من الحقول النفطية من شرق بغد | In Iraq the average Oil and Grease (OG) in water concentration in discharge produced water must not exceed 10ppm. Therefore treatment of produced water is required in order to meet the pre - disposal regulatory limit.Raw produced water samples were procured from the Middle oil company (Md.O.C) (from East of Baghdad fields).Jar tests experiments were used to give a first, rough estimation for coagulants dosage of Ferric chloride and aluminum sulfate and pH values that will be used in the batch Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) experiments. Then, the effects of the three ionic liquids (ILs) types; 1 - hexyl - 3 - methylimidazolium tetra fluoroborate (ILE), 1 - hexyl - 3 - metylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (ILF) and 1 - octyl - 3 - methylimidazolium tetra fluoroborate (ILG) on the performance of the batch DAF unit were evaluated.It was concluded that, the beast operating conditions of the batch DAF unit were at a saturation pressure of 5 bar, recycle ratio of 50% and ambient temperature of 30 - 35 ?C. Ferric chloride with a dosage of 10 ppm was chosen as the suitable coagulant due to its low sensitivity to pH change, and its high removal efficiency for oil and turbidity in about ten minutes. ILs were used at concentration of 50 ?l per one liter of treated produced water. It was used in two positions of the DAF system; the saturation vessel and the treatment tank. The OG removal efficiency using ILG as an efficient surfactant in saturation vessel was higher than that in the treatment tank and higher than other ILs (ILG>ILF>ILE). The highest demulsification rates were obtained through saturation pressure range (2 - 5) bar. It reached about 90% removal efficiency at a pressure of 5 bar, and it was obtained 85% at saturation pressure of 3 bar which reduces the operation costs. The treated water concentration at 3bar was 9.5 ppm which meets the Iraqi pre - disposal regulatory limit.The results of testing the three ILs (ILE, ILF and ILG) in the saturation vessel and the treatment tank were used to produce contour line for the OG removal efficiency. This was conducted in order to detect the performance of the three ILs The results of optical microscope which was used to study coalescence of oil droplets in water phase, lead to consider the ILG as an effective demulsifier for Iraqi oil field produced water It was noted that the use of ILs in saturation vessel allowed micro bubble generation at operating pressures lower than 3 bar with high - energy savings.

اداء الحماية الكاثودية لخطوط الانابيب == Performance of Cathodic Protection For Pipe Lines

Author name: انس ثائر علي

Supervisor name: نصير عبود عيسى الحبوبي

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: Al-Nahrain University - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

Full text from the source: https://nahrainuniv.edu.iq/sites/default/files/ANAS%20THESIS%20.pdf

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: ان تاكل الهياكل المعدنية المدفونة في التربة والتي على اتصال مع التربة لفترة طويلة تعتبر مشكلة هندسية واقتصادية كبيرة.في جميع انحاء العالم هنالك الكثير من انابيب النفط والغاز والماء وكابلات الاتصالات وكذلك صهاريج التخزين والمباني والاسسات والعديد من الهيا | The corrosion of metallic structures buried in soils or in contact with soils has long been a serious engineering and economic problem. All over the world millions of kilometers of gas, water, oil pipelines, communication cables, power cables as well as storage tanks, buildings foundations, and many other structures are buried in the soil, suffering from soil corrosion problems which affect mainly the external surfaces of these structures. In many countries pipelines are by far the most important means of hydrocarbon transportation. This applies to the transport of crude, finished products and natural gas.It is an international problem with more structures and materials buried in the soil. The truly international scope of interest of this subject can be seen by the amount of literature and researches in this field. Attempts have been made to overcome this problem by the use of various types of techniques. The most common and applicable technique is cathodic protection.In this research a carbon steel pipe of length 100 cm buried in a wooden box submerged by soil and impressed current cathodic protection system (ICCP).was applied using power supply and electrical closed circuit, several important factors affecting the pipe protection from corrosion has been studied, like Anode position (distance and depth), soil resistivity (wet and dry), condition the pipe (coated and un - coated), distribution of potential and currents along the pipe(cathode) and the amount of current required to achieve cathodic protection.A correlation was achieved to simulate the ranges of parameters and factors affecting Impressed Current Cathodic Protection. Regression of this model to data and results yielded parameter values vary depending on the effect of the same factor.

ازالة الكبريت بالامتزاز من النفثا الثقيلة العراقية بواسطة 13X زيولايت == Adsorption Desulfurization of Iraqi Heavy Naphtha Using 13X Zeolite

Author name: موفق محمد يحيى

Supervisor name: حسين قاسم حسين

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: اجري هذا العمل لدراسة تاثير الامتزاز الانتقائي في ازالة مركبات الكبريت من النفثا الثقيلة العراقية التي تم توريدها من مصفاة الدورة. انجزت عملية الامتزاز بواسطة 13 منخل جزيئي داخل العمود ذو الحشوة الثابتة. X 6?? - من ??5 LHSV وقد نفذ الامتزاز الانتقائي في | This work was conducted to study the effect of selective adsorption on removal of sulfur compounds from Iraqi heavy naphtha which was supplied from Al - Dura refinery. The adsorption was carried out by molecular sieve 13X in a fixed - bed column.The selective adsorption was run out at different operating conditions such as LHSV from 1.5 - 6.0 h P - 1 P , molecular sieve bed weight from 15 - 30 g , sulfur inlet concentration of feedstock from 600 - 1650 ppm, and adsorption temperature at 25 PoPC and 40 PoPC.The breakthrough time, breakpoint and saturation state ( bed replace point ) were determined for different operating conditions in addition to the ratio of accumulated effluent weight per bed weight. Also , regeneration possibility of 13X spent catalyst was studied by using oxidative technique at different temperatures and air flow rates.The results show that increasing in LHSV and inlet concentration makes the breakthrough curves more steeper , also the breakthrough time and breakpoint decreases. Increasing the bed weight will increase both the breakthrough time and breakpoint.The best operating conditions for removing sulfur compounds were LHSV 3.0 h - 1 , bed weight of molecular sieve about 20 g and 25oC temperature , where the sulfur content in a heavy naphtha was reduced from nearly 600 ppm to less than 1 ppm (by weight).Regeneration step was thermally took place by hot air flow in a range of 16.66 - 25 liter / min and temperature range from 200 - 350 oC , the best desorption conditions for (85.8%) weight percent removal were at 16.66 liter / min air flow and 350 oC.

دراسة الحركية ونمذجة تفاعل استرة حامض الاوليك باستخدام NaY زيولايت المحضر == Kinetic Study And Modeling of Olic Acid Esterification Over Prepared Nay Zeolite

Author name: رويدة نزيه عباس

Supervisor name: عمار صالح عباس

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تم تحضير زيولايت من نوع استرة حامض الاوليك. اجريت فحوصات الاشعة السينية ونسبة الصوديوم ونسبة السيليكا الى الالومينا والمساحة السطحية والحجم المسامي للعامل المساعد المحضر.اظهرت الفحوصات التوافق بين العامل المساعد المحضر مع التركيب العام للزيولايت القياسي. | The NaY zeolite catalyst was prepared from locally available Iraqi kaolin in order to use it in the esterification reaction of oleic acid. X - ray diffraction, scanning electronic microscopy, sodium content, silica to alumina ratio, surface area and pore volume were determined for the prepared NaY zeolite. The results of x - ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy show that the prepared NaY zeolite has approximately the same crystal structure as the standard. The sodium content was 12.26 wt. %, and the silica to alumina mole ratiowas 2.6, surface area 330 m2/g and pore volume 0.35 cm3/g. Because of the oleic acid is one of the free fatty acids that can found in vegetable oils and animal fats. Oleic acid used as a suggested feedstock to study and simulate production of biodiesel via esterification reaction.Esterification reaction was analyzed at different operational conditions including the ethanol/oleic acid molar ratio of 3/1 and 6/1, different temperature from 40 to 70 °C, reaction time up to 180 minutes and catalyst (2, 5 and 10 wt. % NaY zeolite). The maximum conversion of oleic acid (about 0.83) was observed at 6/1 ethanol/oleic molar ratio, 70 °C reaction temperature, 10 wt. % NaY zeolite as a catalyst, and 60 minutes contact time. The study of the kinetics of the esterification reaction of oleic acid, indicated that the value of the activation energies of esterification ware 42692 and 17218 J/mol for forward and backward reaction respectively, and frequency factors were 7.2*104 (mol - 1/minute) for forward reaction and 4.5 (mol - 1.25/minute) for backward reaction. The values of reactants and products orders were 1, 1, 1.2 and 1 for oleic, ethanol, ester and water respectively.The statistical analysis of the esterification reaction and experimental data indicates that the average relative error was 1.53, within 0.95 confidence level.ReactOp cascade package simulator used for simulation the behavior of batch and plug flow reactors in different operating modes (adiabatic and isothermal) carried out at selected operating conditions Contents Contents.

استخدام المادة النانو مسامية SBA - 15 لازالة الملوث العضوي من المياه الصناعية == A Nanoporous SBA - 15 As Adsorbent For Removal of Organic Pollutants From Wastewater

Author name: رغد عدنان حبش

Supervisor name: انعام اكرم صبري | طالب محمد نايف

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Industrial Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: تم تحضير ماده السليكا النانويه المسامية (SBA - 15) باستخدام (TEOS) كمصدر للسيليكا و(P123) كقوالب ومن ثم اجريت فحوصات عليها منها حيود الاشعة السينية (XRD),المجهر الالكتروني (SEM)،المساحة السطحيه ( (BET وطيف الاشعة تحت الحمراء (FTIR). بعد ذلك تم دراسة سلو | Santa Barbara Amorphous (SBA - 15) nanoporous silica was prepared using Tetraethylorthosilicate TEOS as silica precursor, Pluronic P123 as template, and characterized by means of X - ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), BET surface area and fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The adsorption behavior of methylene blue from synthetic wastewater onto mesoporous SBA - 15 was studied. Both batch and continuous systems were studied. Batch experiments were carried out to measure the adsorption as a function of contact time, initial concentration (15 - 110 mg/l), pH (3 - 11) and adsorbent dose (0.1 - 2.3g/l) to specify the optimum operation condition. The equilibrium of the process was achieved within 20 min. Adsorption isotherms were fitted with the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin models. The equilibrium data were best represented by the Langmuir isotherm model with higher correlation coefficient R2 value of (0.990). The kinetics of the MB sorption on SBA - 15 were examined by using pseudo - first and pseudo - second order kinetics models. The kinetics analysis manifested that the overall adsorption process was successfully fitted with the pseudo - second - order kinetic model. In continuous studies, the adsorption of methylene blue from synthetic wastewater onto SBA - 15 in fixed bed was investigated and breakthrough data of the dye was determined. This research is run in small scale column with an internal diameter of 0.7 cm and 35 cm height at constant temperature and pH value. The effect of bed height (3, 6, 9 cm), flow rate (0.6, 1.0,1.4 ml/min) and initial MB concentrations (40, 70, 100 mg/l) on breakthrough curves were investigated. It is found that breakthrough time increases with increasing bed height, but decreases with increasing methylene blue inlet concentration and flow rate. Thomas and Yan models were used to determine the kinetic constants and to predict the breakthrough curves. The experimental data showed a better fit to Thomas adsorption model. In order to find out the possibility of reuse SBA - 15, desorption study was also carried out in this investigation. SBA - 15 can be effectively recovered by calcinations and reused fourteenth times in batch system and five times in continuous system without significant loss in removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution. The long reuse life of SBA - 15 makes it an efficient adsorbent for removal of methylene blue from wastewater at high potential for application in industry.

عمليات التنافذ الامامي - العكسي لمعالجة المياه الملوثة بالزيوت == Forward - Reverse Osmosis Processes For Oily Wastewater Treatment

Author name: نور حمود زغير

Supervisor name: حسن فرهود مكي

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: في هذه الدراسة, تم بحث مدى ملائمة عمليات التنافذ (الامامي - العكسي) لمعالجة المياه الملوثة بالزيوت. حيث طبقت عملية التنافذ الامامي لاسترجاع الماء النقي من المياه الملوثة بالزيوت. تم استخدام زيت محرك الديزل والكازولين نوع (15W - 40) لتحضير محلول اللقيم, بي | In this study, the feasibility of Forward - Reverse membrane osmosis system was investigated for treating the oily wastewater. Forward osmosis (FO) process was applied to recover pure water from oily wastewater. Gasoline and diesel engine oil (15W - 40) was used to prepare the feed solution (FS). While sodium chloride (NaCl) and magnesium chloride (MgCl2) salts were used as draw solutions, and the membrane that was used in FO process was cellulose triacetate (CTA) membrane. While reverse osmosis process was used to recovery water from the diluted draw solution using polyamide (thin film composite (TFC)) membrane. In the first stage was applying the FO process for treating the oily wastewater with two parts. The first part included the FO process using the batch system whereas the second part included the FO process using the flowing system for different draw solutions. Theoperating parameters studied were : draw solution type, draw solution concentrations (0.25 - 0.75 M), oil concentration in FS (100 - 1000 ppm), the temperatures of FS and DS (30 - 45 °C), pH of FS (4 - 10) and for the forward osmosis flowing process the flow rate of both DS and FS (20 - 60 l/h), while the pressure was maintained at 0.5 bar. The run - time of the FO process was for five hours. It was found that water flux through membrane decreases with increasing time, while oil concentration in the FS increases with increasing time. Also, it was found that the water flux produced from the osmosis cell and oil concentration in FS increase by increasing the concentration of draw solutions, the flow rate of FS and the temperature for a limit (40oC), then, the water flux and oil concentration decrease with increasing the temperature because of happening the internal concentration polarization phenomenon. By increasing the oil concentration in FS and the flow rate of the DS, the water flux and oil concentration in FS were decreased. While it had a fluctuated behavior with increasing the pH of oily wastewater. It was found also that MgCl2 gives water flux higher than NaCl. It was observed that the best operating conditions in this study were : concentration of salt (0.75 M) for MgCl2, oil concentration (100 ppm), pH of FS (7.3), temperature of feed and draw solution (40oC), flow rate of FS (60 l/h), and flow rate of DS (20 l/h). The values of resistance to solute diffusion within the membrane porous support layer were 55.93 h/m and 26.21 h/m for NaCl and MgCl2 respectively. The second stage was applied reverse osmosis process for separating the fresh water from a diluted (NaCl) solution using different parameters such as draw solution concentration (0.08 - 0.16 M), feed flow rate (20 - 40 l/h) within two hours of work of the reverse osmosis system.

محاكاة لمعمل الاثلين في العراق باستخدام الاسبن بلسن والماتلاب == Simulation of Iraqi Ethylene Plant Using Aspen Plus And Matlab

Author name: هدى عامر عبد القادر

Supervisor name: صفاء الدين عبد الله النعيمي | زيدون محسن شكور

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: يعد معمل الاثيلين واحد من اهم معامل البتروكيماويات والاكبر حجما في العالم في الوقت الحاضر. بالاضافة الى ذلك، فانه يعتبر جوهر اي مجمع للبتروكيماويات. وفي مثل هذه المعامل، يخضع الغاز الطبيعي الى العديد من العمليات لفصل مكوناته.الهدف من هذه الدر | Ethylene plant is one of the most important and largest volume petrochemicals in the world today. In addition, it is a core of any petrochemical complex. In such plant, the natural gas is subjected to many processes to separate the components. The objective of this study is to develop a detailed model to simulate an ethylene plant, which includes a pyrolysis section, a separation system and an integrated refrigeration system. An optimization has been performed for a part of the plant; this part is the furnace.The ethylene plant at the Petrochemical Complex in PC1 - Basrah has been considered as a case of study. The kinetics of ethane thermal cracking in pyrolysis furnace has been simulated using Aspen Plus and MATLAB. The radiant coils in furnace have been modeled as a one dimensional plug - flow reactor in which ethane is subjected to steam cracking. The overall plant has been simulated using Aspen Plus version (7.3), and the reactor has been simulated using MATLAB environment, version (2013a) in addition to Aspen Plus. The validity simulation model test has been achieved by comparing the simulation results with the actual data collected from PC1and it showed a great similarity and reliability for both simulation models.A steady state simulation model has been developed to study the behavior of multi - types feed supplied to the plant. Furthermore, the model has been used to evaluate the effects of various process parameters, including temperature of reaction (Reactor outlet temperature), dilution steam to ethane ratio (DS/HC) and the outlet flow rate of hydrocarbons.The other aim of this study is to obtain the optimum operating conditions using Aspen Plus for the reactor in the furnace which has an effect on the final product to determine the maximum profit. Optimization using Genetic Algorithm (GA) by MATLAB has been used as well as Aspen Plus, and a comparison has been made between both methods. The selection of the optimum operating conditions of reactor was obtained to achieve the following objectives together : • Increasing the production rate of ethylene.• Increasing the outlet flow rate of hydrocarbons.These objectives have managed to be achieved all together by maximizing the total profit obtained from the furnace. Finally, Aspen Plus results show that the objectives have been satisfied by manipulating the decision variables Temperature of reaction (Reactor outlet temperature) in the range of (850 - 920) ?C, dilution steam to ethane ratio DS/HC in the range of (0.2 - 0.5) and the outlet flow rate of hydrocarbons ) in the range of (2421 - 1064) Kmole/hr to increase the profit of the furnace to approximately (10.541%) and (5.55%) for the whole plant.

معالجة واعادة استخدام المياه الناتجة من حقول نفط الاحدب العراقية == Treatment And Reuse of Produced Water From Al - Ahdab Iraqi Oilfields

Author name: حسين باسم عليوي

Supervisor name: Basma A. Abdul | Majeed

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Doctorate

University: University of Baghdad - College Of Engineering - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: الهدف الاساسي من هذا البحث هو تطوير طريقة عملية لمعالجة المياه المنتجة من حقول النفط العراقية. في هذه الدراسة تم توظيف نظام متحد من ثلاث عمليات معالجة هي التخثير والامتزاز والتبادل الايوني لازالة وتقليل بعض الملوثات الرئيسية مثل العكورة والمحتوى الزيتي وم | The overall goal of this research was to develop a practical method of treating co - produced waters from oil - field sources. In this study, combined coagulation - adsorption - ion exchange treatment was employed for the removal of some main contaminants like turbidity, oil content, and total dissolved solids from produced water. These combination steps are not studied before. The wastewater used in this work was taken freshly form Al - Ahdab oilfields. The coagulants used in this study were aluminum sulfate (alum) as a primary coagulant and calcium hydroxide (lime) as a coagulant aid. The performance of these coagulants was investigated through jar test by comparing turbidity removal at different coagulant / coagulants aid ratio, coagulant dose, water pH, and sedimentation time. The best conditions for turbidity removal can be obtained at coagulant dosage of 80 mg/L at pH 6 and 120 min for sedimentation time. There was an improvement in the turbidity removal when 25% lime was used in conjunction with 75% alum. At these conditions, the turbidity reading was reduced from 92 to 2.1 NTU. In addition, an attempt was made to examine the relationship between turbidity (NTU) and total suspended solids (mg/L) on the same samples of produced water. This study presents an investigation on the technical feasibility of using organoclay for adsorption of oil content from produced water. The organoclay was prepared by combination of Iraqi bentonite with quaternary amine (tetraethylammonium chloride). Batch mode experiments were conducted to study the effects of amine/ bentonite ratio, organoclay quantity, pH, and contact time. The analysis results showed that the organoclay adsorbent was very effective in removing oil content from produced water and the best results obtained for the removal of oil content are 16 g/L of prepared organoclay having 35 g amine/ 100 g bentonite, pH 3, and 120 min for contact time. These results reduce the concentration of oil content from 532.1 to 2.7 mg/L. Equilibrium adsorption isotherms and kinetics were investigated. The adsorption isotherm data were fitted well to Temkin isotherm as highest coefficient of correlation (R2=0.996) and lowest value of standard deviation (Sd=2.385). The adsorption kinetic data were fitted very well the pseudo - second order kinetics model (R2=0.997 and Sd=1.644). The continuous experiments were carried out in a fixed - bed column. The results revealed that adsorption capacity increases with increasing bed depth and with decreasing flow rate. In this work, a continuous ion exchange study in fixed - bed columns was performed to reduce TDS concentration from produced water. The experiments were subjected to lab - scale ion exchangers, consisting of two types of commercial resins connected in series. The two types of resins used in this work were : strongly acidic cation exchanger of type Dowex 650C and strongly basic anion exchanger of type Dowex I. 550A. Comparison of Thomas, Yoon - Nelson, and Adams - Bohart models with experimental kinetics results was done, and model parameters were evaluated by linear regression analysis for TDS reduction in different bed depths and flow rates. The obtained experimental data were in good agreement with Thomas and Yoon - Nelson models (R2 reaches to 0.996). Reverse flow regeneration was carried out in a fixed - bed column for exhausted resin by washing with diluted acid and base solutions. The regenerated resin was reused in the same column. Approximately, 65% of the original sorption capacity was restored.

معالجة واستصلاح الماء المصاحب للنفط العراقي باستخدام طريقة عمود التطويف وتقنية الاغشية == Treatment And Reclaiming of Iraqi Oil Field Produced Water By Flotation Column And Membrane Technology

Author name: هدى كاظم حسن

Supervisor name: ثامر جاسم محمد | قصي فاضل عبد الحميد

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Processes

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering Branch

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: يتم انتاج كميات كبيره من الماء المصاحب النفطي من قبل شركة نفط الجنوب.يعتبر محتوى النفطي oil - water والاملاح الذائبه TDS من اخطر الملوثات والتي تتم معالجتها باحدث التكنلوجيا في السنوات الاخيره تم استخدام تقنية الاغشية لمعالجة الماء المصاحب النفطي.الهدف م | A large amount of oil field produced water is generated by South Oil Company. Oil - in - Water and TDS are the most serious pollutants for which current treatment technologies are often costly and ineffective in order to reuse water. In recent years, membrane process has been applied for produced water treatment.The aim of the present work is to treat produced water from oil well before being disposed in environment or reused as re - injection to oil well or agriculture water. Oil field produced water is very difficult wastewater to treat and its characteristics change as well to well. The sample test of this study was taken from dehydrator in the DSI/North Rumila/Southern Oil Company in Basrah /Iraq. The treatment process of produced water consists of two stages. The first stage as pre - treatment is achieved by continuous dissolved air flotation (DAF) to reduce the oil content. The second stages, as advanced treatment processes, are accomplished by microfiltration (MF) to reduce the turbidity and nanofiltration (NF) to reduce the salt content as TDS of produced water. The experimental work was carried out using dissolved flotation column is of Perspex glass (0.1 m I.D, 1.5 m height). The bottom of the column connected to a conical joint of QVF glass with a Teflon distributer. The effect of operating parameters (flow rate of produced water, pH, initial oil concentration, flotation time, alum dosage and surfactant of SLS) saturated pressure=5 Atm on the oil content or oil removal efficiency was investigated. The results showed that the oil removal efficiency increases with increasing the flow rate of produced water, the flotation time and coagulants dosage. The oil removal efficiency in DAF unit without coagulants is equal to (80, 94, 95%) for initial oil concentration (30, 50, 70 ppm), respectively at a flow rate 0.03 m3/h and pH=6. While flotation with coagulation, the results indicated that the removal efficiency is equal to 94% (residual oil content <10 ppm) at pH=5, alum dosage=560 ppm, and initial oil concentration=50 ppm, and the removal efficiency is equal to 89.6 at pH=6, alum+SLS dosage=80 ppm, and initial oil concentration=50 ppm. The kinetics of flotation column was studied and it was found that the order of the reaction is changing between zero to first order.The treatment of produced water by membrane technique was carried out by cross flow mode in hallow fiber microfiltration (MF) and nanofiltration (NF). The effect of operating parameter such as transmembrane pressure (TMP) (1, 1.5, 2 bars) with cross flow 20 mL/min, at room temperature, on the flux, rejection, and turbidity and TDS removal was studied. The experimental results by MF manifested that the permeation flux is (108, 156, 611 l/m2.h) and transemembrane pressure is 2 bar at initial turbidity (100, 200, 300 NTU), respectively. But NF, as a final treatment of produced water to reuse, was studied at different feed concentrations (82950, 75050, 67150 ppm) with different TMPS. According to the experimental results, the higher permeation of flux =15 (l/m2.h) at 82950 ppm and 2 bar, was obtained.The experimental results of the removal efficiency were represented in two and three dimensional graphs. An empirical correlation for R% as a function of different parameters (flow rate, pH, and oil concentration) was developed by aided computer using the following formula %R= a + c1*x1n1 + c2*x2n2 + c3*x3n3.

انتقال الحرارة في الغليان الحوضي باستخدام موائع النانو == Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Using Nanofluids

Author name: خيرية مطر عيسى الخزاعي

Supervisor name: جمال مانع علي الربيعي

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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دراسة حركية التفاعل لوحدة التهديب بالعامل المساعد في مصفى الدورة == Kinetics Study of Catalytic Reforming Process In Daura Refinery

Author name: حيدر مجيد خضير

Supervisor name: محمد فاضل عبد

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Higher Diploma

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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ازالة الكبريت من زيت الوقود باستخدام الاكسدة المعززة بالموجات الفوق الصوتية == Ultrasound - Assisted Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuel Oil

Author name: جعفر مازن جعفر

Supervisor name: نيران خليل ابراهيم | ولاء عبد الهادي نوري

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Master

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: Due to the dramatic environmental impact of sulfur emissions associated with the exhaust of engines, sulfur content specification for diesel fuels became more and more stringent worldwide. Last environmental regulations for ultralow sulfur diesel require very deep desulfurization processing, which cannot be met by the conventional hydrodesulfurization process (HDS).The present work focuses on benefiting from integrating an ultrasoundassisted oxidative desulfurization process (UAODS) with the conventional HDS process to produce ultra - low sulfur fuels. The proposed method involves a batch ultrasound - assisted oxidative desulfurization process to desulfurize a previously hydrotreated diesel containing 480 ppm sulfur. The oxidizing system used was H2O2/CH3COOH with FeSO4 being used as a catalyst. An ultrasonic probe system was used to enhance the conversion of sulfur - bearing compounds that exist in diesel to sulfones and sulfoxides to affect their removal by a certain separation method, such as extraction or adsorption.The major influential parameters related to UAODS process have been investigated, namely : ratio of oxidant/fuel, ratio of the promoter/oxidant, dose of catalyst, reaction temperature, intensity of ultrasonic waves. A set of comparative studies were also carried out including type of extraction solvent, effect of initial sulfur content, and type of sulfur separation method. Total evaluation for the treated diesel was performed, including GC - MS analysis which has been used to monitor the change of organic sulfur compounds andhydrocarbons in diesel during the desulfurization process.The oxidation treatment, in combination with ultrasonic irradiation, revealed a synergistic effect for diesel desulfurization. The experimental results showed that the removal efficiency for sulfur compounds could amount to 98%, and sulfur level can be reduced to 12 ppm at mild operating conditions (70 and 1 bar). This indicates that this process is so efficient and promising for the production of ultra - low sulfur diesel fuels.The kinetics of the reaction has been also studied. It was observed that the UAODS of diesel fuels fitted pseudo - first - order kinetics under the studied experimental conditions. During this process, values of the apparent rate constant and activation energy were 0.373 min - 1 and 24 kJ/mol, respectively.

تخمين حركية تفاعل ازالة الكبريت للنفثا الثقيلة العراقية == Prediction of Kinetic Reaction of Iragi Heavy Naphtha Desulferization

Author name: سها سامي قاسم

Supervisor name: زيدون محسن شكور

General topic: Chemical Engineering

Specific topic: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Higher Diploma

University: University of Technology - Department Of Chemical Engineering

Language: English

University location: Baghdad

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Abstract: واحدة من التحديات في مصافي تكرير النفط الخام في الاونة الاخيرة هو الحد من محتوى الكبريت من النفثا الثقيلة الى الحدود الدنيا. في هذا البحث تم اخذ مواصفات محتوى الكبريت للنفثا الثقيلة بمعدل 632 جزء في المليون الى 2.5 جزء في المليون، في درجات حرارة التفاعل ( | One of the recent challenges in the petroleum refineries is the reduction of sulfur content of heavy naphtha to the new lower limits. In this reaserch, was taken the specification of the sulfur content of heavy naphtha at arrange 632 ppm to 2.5 ppm, The range of reaction temperatures is (35 - 175) oC and liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) at range of (1.3 - 1.4) hr - 1 and hydrogen pressure is 35 bars.The simulators are useful tools to manage operation and to improve the profitability of the process. In this study, excel and Matlab program were developed to simulate hydrodesulferization process (HDS) in vapor phase reactor of heavy naphtha hydrotreating unit of Daura refinery, the comparison between the plan results with HDS reactor model results was made.. Based on the model results the optimum operating conditions were determined. Acomputer program MATLAB (Matrix Laborator) it is software for developed code of kinetic parameter estimation problem using the estimation method and least square as objective function and new GA as solving method. The code was implemented on personal computer (intel (R) Core (TM) i3 CPU, 2.39 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM). The function to be minimized was the sum of squares of the differences between calculated and measured concentration.Genetic optimization method was used to define the parameters of desulfurization reaction kinetic. This hydrotreating reaction kinetic model for desulfurization of Daura heavy naphtha was determined for heavy naphtha boiling point range of (35 - 175) C and using a commercial (HDS) catalyst cobalt - molybdenum (Co - Mo) supported of alumina.The result showed that the order of kinetic reaction was first order for heavy naphtha hydrotreating with (Co - Mo) supported of alumina, and the graphically method is more suitable and less error than optimization method for represent the kinetic reaction for heavy naphtha hydrotreating in Daura refinery.