Abuhesa and Hughes (2009) compared the conventional and catalytic ISC process for oil recovery using a low-pressure combustion cell.
Ultrafine Ag2O was synthesized, and its performance in nanoaluminum-based thermite systems was evaluated using a constant volume combustion cell.
Subsequently, Xia et al. (2002) demonstrated the THAI CAPRI process potential with a series 3D combustion cell experiments, using Lloydminster heavy crude oil with API gravity of 11.9° API and Co-Mo (HDS) catalyst at a temperature of 500 550 °C.
The ignition and reaction process of nAl-based and nTa-based thermites were characterized with T-Jump/TOFMS, and their combustion properties were evaluated in a constant-volume combustion cell and compared to a traditional thermite system (nAl/CuO).
The reactivity was evaluated using a constant-volume combustion cell, which showed that, with increasing iodine content, the Al/CuO/I2 reaction rate is decreased by several orders of magnitude, while the burning time increased.
Results from combustion cell tests show that these thermites can be divided into two groups, with the reactive thermites (e.g., Al K2S2O8) generating ∼10× higher of pressure and ∼10× shorter of burn time than the less reactive thermites in the aforementioned list (e.g., Al K2SO4).
Moreover, combustion cell tests results show that nAl/a-HI3O8 has the highest pressurization rate and peak pressure and shortest burn time, and since it also has an iodine content of ∼75% as high as I2O5 on a per mass basis, this material may be a very promising candidate in biocidal application.
The separated volatile arsenic species were detected with a hydrogen microburner combustion cell to convert arsines to elemental arsenic.
We detected the separated volatile arsenic species using atomic absorption spectroscopy with a hydrogen microburner combustion cell to convert arsines to elemental arsenic (PerkinElmer, Inc., Wellesley, MA).
