Surface temperature excess in heterogeneous catalysis

In this dissertation we study the surface temperature excess in heterogeneous catalysis. For heterogeneous reactions, such as gas-solid catalytic reactions, the reactions take place at the interfaces between the two phases: the gas and the solid catalyst. Large amount of reaction heats are released at the interface for strong exothermic...

Slip and friction of liquid flow over solid surfaces: On the validity of the no slip condition in hydrodynamic systems

In the first chapter a review is presented of the existing ideas on surfactant dynamics, and irreversible thermodynamics is introduced as a tool of reference for different models. The two examples of lubrication and detergency are used to survey the implications of specific boundary conditions in dissipative processes. The second chapter gives a...

Detergency in Liquid CO2

In this dissertation we study Detergency in liquid Carbon Dioxide. Detergency is the cleaning performance of additives, surfactants in particular, in washing fluids. Liquid CO2 is under consideration, for environmental and toxicological reasons, to replace perchloro-ethylene as the solvent in textile dry cleaning technology. Inherent problems of...

The adhesive of the Blue Mussel: Controlling cross-linking

Understanding detergency: The role of surfactant dynamics in efficient textile cleaning

Emulsion lubrication in cold rolling

Syneresis in Cement Paste Systems

The recycling of surfactants from wastewater of laundry washing plants

Dynamics of confined liquid systems: The rupture of soap films

Surface Roughness and Particle Size Effect in Brownian Coagulation

Marginal regeneration

Adsorption and the Adhesion of Polymer Melts on Metal Surfaces

On the control of powder compact microstructure through methods of wet consolidation

Clean coal combustion with in situ impregnated sol-gel sorbent