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Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers

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Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers is a peer-reviewed research journal published in English. The journal has been coming out quarterly as Chemical and Process Engineering since 1980. Starting in 2023 the journal has changed and narrowed its scope focusing on new frontiers of chemical engineering that are key in addressing fundamental challenges in the coming decades.

Accordingly, the journal encourages the researchers from academia and industry to submit their original papers on chemical and process engineering research in the following areas:

• New Advanced (Nano) Materials

• Environment & Water Processing (including circular economy)

• Biochemical & Biomedical Engineering (including pharmaceuticals)

• Climate & Energy (including energy conversion & storage, electrification, decarbonization)

Additionally, the journal is committed to:

• Highlighting research relevant to specific regions or countries

• Encouraging submissions that address challenges pertinent to particular geographic areas

• Collaborating with institutions or researchers from specific regions to promote region-specific studies.

This approach aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of chemical and process engineering challenges and solutions across diverse contexts.

Papers concerning other important current trends in chemical engineering, e.g. digitalization and soft computing are also welcome.

The publishable materials include experimental and theoretical research papers, short communications, critical reviews and perspective articles. Occasionally, Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers publishes thematic Special Issues, as well as conference proceedings that fall within its scope.

We particularly encourage young and aspiring scientists to submit their mauscripts to the journal. To facilitate them, we offer fast publishing of early-stage research works (e.g. conference posters, short communications) via Single-Blind Peer Review Process.

Journal Metrics:
IMPACT FACTOR 2024: 0.7
CiteScore 2024: 0.4
SCImago Journal Rank ( SJR) 2024: 0.164
ournal Citation Indicator (JCI) 2024: 0.07

Ministry of Education and Science (2024): 100 points

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ISSN

ISSN 2300-1925 (Chemical and Process Engineering)

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Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering

Editorial Board

Ali Mesbah, UC Berkeley, USA 0000-0002-1700-0600

Anna Gancarczyk, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 0000-0002-2847-8992

Anna Trusek, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland 0000-0002-3886-7166

Bettina Muster-Slawitsch, AAE Intec, Austria 0000-0002-5944-0831

Daria Camilla Boffito, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada 0000-0002-5252-5752

Donata Konopacka-Łyskawa, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-2924-7360

Dorota Antos, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland 0000-0001-8246-5052

Evgeny Rebrov, University of Warwick, UK 0000-0001-6056-9520

Georgios Stefanidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece 0000-0002-4347-1350

Ireneusz Grubecki, Bydgoszcz Univeristy of Science and Technology, Poland 0000-0001-5378-3115

Johan Tinge, Fibrant B.V., The Netherlands 0000-0003-1776-9580

Katarzyna Bizon, Cracow University of Technology, Poland 0000-0001-7600-4452

Katarzyna Szymańska, Silesian University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-1653-9540

Marcin Bizukojć, Łódź University of Technology, Poland 0000-0003-1641-9917

Marek Ochowiak, Poznań University of Technology, Poland 0000-0003-1543-9967

Mirko Skiborowski, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany 0000-0001-9694-963X

Nikola Nikacevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia 0000-0003-1135-5336

Rafał Rakoczy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-5770-926X

Richard Lakerveld, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 0000-0001-7444-2678

Tom van Gerven, KU Leuven, Belgium 0000-0003-2051-5696

Tomasz Sosnowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland 0000-0002-6775-3766

Editor-in-Chief
Andrzej I. Stankiewicz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 0000-0002-8227-9660

Andrzej Stankiewicz is Emeritus Professor at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and former Director of the TU Delft Process Technology Institute. With 45 years of industrial and academic experience he is author of numerous scientific publications on process intensification, chemical reaction engineering and industrial catalysis. Professor Stankiewicz is Series Editor of the Green Chemistry Book Series (Royal Society of Chemistry) and former Managing Editor of Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification (Elsevier).

The research interests of Andrzej Stankiewicz focus on intensification of chemical processes using electricity-based energy transfer mechanisms. The research in that field brought him, among other things, the prestigious ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. Prof. Stankiewicz is currently affiliated at Warsaw University of Technology where he continues his research on green fuels production and on novel energy storage systems using renewable electricity as primary energy source.

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Paweł Sobieszuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland 0000-0003-3648-5866

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Barbara Zakrzewska, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland 0000-0001-7745-9272

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Marek Stelmaszczyk, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

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Content

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3

1 UAS and a virtual environment as possible response tools to the incidents involving uncontrolled release of dangerous gases – a case study

Anna Rabajczyk , Jacek Zboina , Maria Zielecka , Radosław Fellner , Piotr Kaczmarzyk , Dariusz Pietrzela , Grzegorz Zawistowski

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3 | e65 | DOI: 10.24425/cpe.2024.149460

Keywords: unmanned aerial system (UAS) Ammonia emergency situations ALOHA

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Various types of events and emergency situations have a significant impact on the safety of people and the environment. This especially refers to the incidents involving the emission of pollutants, such as ammonia, into the atmosphere. The article presents the concept of combining unmanned aerial vehicles with contamination plume modelling. Such a solution allows for mapping negative effects of ammonia release caused by the damage to a tank (with set parameters) during its transport as well as by the point leakage (such as unsealing in the installation). Simulation based on the ALOHA model makes it possible to indicate the direction of pollution spread and constitutes the basis for taking action. And, the use of a drone allows to control contamination in real time and verify the probability of a threat occurring in a given area.

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Authors and Affiliations

Anna Rabajczyk

Jacek Zboina

Maria Zielecka

Radosław Fellner

Piotr Kaczmarzyk

Dariusz Pietrzela

Grzegorz Zawistowski

Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection, National Research Institute, Nadwiślańska 213, 05-420 Józefów, Poland
Fire University of Warsaw, Słowackiego 52/54, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland

2 The use of accumulation elements with lumped parameters to model the operation of heat exchange installations under randomly changing temperatures

Jacek Kropiwnicki , Bartosz Dawidowicz , Przemysław Wojewódka , Andrzej Rogala

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3 | e66 | DOI: 10.24425/cpe.2024.149461

Keywords: heat transfer modelling warming-up process chemical installation temperature control randomly modified conditions

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At the design stage of heat exchange installation used for gas conversion it is required to test the stability of the installation operation for the expected variable heat loads. For this purpose, a numerical model of the installation can be used. The paper presents an original concept of modelling the operation of heat exchange installations for randomly changing temperatures. Accumulation elements with lumped parameters were used in the model, which significantly facilitates the definition of model parameters and the calculation itself at the design stage. Due to the randomly changing temperatures supplying the accumulation element by the heating medium and the non-linear nature of the functions used in the calculation model, the iterative procedure was used for calculations. The process of validation of the proposed computational model of the accumulation element with lumped parameters was carried out for a water installation powered by a natural gas-fired boiler. The obtained results showed very good accuracy of the applied approach, the root mean square error for tested data has reached 1°C to 3°C, depending on the analysed case.

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Authors and Affiliations

Jacek Kropiwnicki

Bartosz Dawidowicz

Przemysław Wojewódka

Andrzej Rogala

Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-223, Gdansk, Poland
Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-223Gdansk, Poland

3 Gliding discharge plasma-catalytic system for decomposition of ammonia as a chemical carrier of hydrogen

Michał Młotek , Maria Ogrodowska , Michalina Perron , Bogdan Ulejczyk , Krzysztof Krawczyk

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3 | e67 | DOI: 10.24425/cpe.2024.149462

Keywords: plasma-catalytic process ammonia decomposition gliding discharge hydrogen

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Hydrogen has been identified as an essential component of a decarbonized and sustainable energy system. The use of hydrogen is associated with the problem of its storage and distribution. Storing hydrogen in the gaseous state is energy-consuming, mainly due to the process of its compression. A much higher density of hydrogen can be obtained after its liquefaction. Hydrogen can also bond in chemical compounds, for example, in ammonia which contains 17.8% hydrogen by weight. The aim of the work was to examine the ammonia decomposition process in the plasma-catalytic system and to determine the effect of the process parameters on energy consumption. The applied catalysts allowed higher ammonia conversion than the homogeneous system. The lowest energy consumption, 593 kJ/molH2, was obtained for the 10% Fe/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The highest ammonia conversion (approx. 90%) was obtained using the 10% Co/Al₂O₃ catalyst.

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Authors and Affiliations

Michał Młotek

Maria Ogrodowska

Michalina Perron

Bogdan Ulejczyk

Krzysztof Krawczyk

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Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warszawa, Poland

4 Synthesis of TiOF₂/CuO particles via coprecipitation method and their further thermal transformation to F-TiO₂/CuO

Dmitry Sofronov , Miroslaw Rucki , Alexey Lebedynskiy , Pavel Mateychenko , Sergii Minenko , Anna Shaposhnyk , Zbigniew Siemiatkowski , Jerzy Jozwik , Arkadiusz Tofil

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3 | e68 | DOI: 10.24425/cpe.2024.149463

Keywords: synthesis titanium oxyfluoride titanium oxide copper(II) oxide photocatalyst

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The paper presents a novel, low-cost and simple route for synthesis of TiOF₂/CuO and F-TiO₂/CuO out of fluoride solutions. The obtained materials after calcination can be used in various photocatalytic applications, e.g. in water treatment. It was demonstrated that control of synthesis process parameters, such as pH, allowed for synthesis of particles with different phase composition and properties. Thus, pH≤4 environment had created conditions for formation of two structures of TiOF₂, hexagonal and cubic ones, as well as CuTiF₆(H₂O)₄. Increase of Cu content promoted increase of the cubic c-TiOF₂ phase. When the solutions exhibited pH>5, the synthesized particles consisted of (NH₄)₂TiF₆·2H₂O, (NH₄)₃TiF₇, and (NH₄)₂СuF₄·4H₂O. Calcination above 300 °С provided formation of TiOF₂/CuO particles, while elevated temperatures of 600 °С ensured appearance of F-TiO₂/CuO material. It was found that higher copper concentrations resulted with higher fluoride percentage after calcination at 600 °С. It was also demonstrated that F-TiO₂/CuO particles synthesized at рН≤4 exhibited energy band gap Eg of 3.3–3.25 eV, which decreased down to 2.85 eV for higher copper(II) oxide concentrations of 10 wt.%. Notably, the particles F-TiO₂/CuO synthesized at pH>5 exhibited band gap Eg of 3.4–3.5 eV, which decreased down to 2.9 eV for higher CuO concentrations.

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Authors and Affiliations

Dmitry Sofronov

Miroslaw Rucki

Alexey Lebedynskiy

Pavel Mateychenko

Sergii Minenko

Anna Shaposhnyk

Zbigniew Siemiatkowski

Jerzy Jozwik

Arkadiusz Tofil

Institute for Single Crystals, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prosp. Nauki, 60, Kharkiv 61178, Ukraine
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
State Scientific Institution «Institute for Single Crystals», National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prosp. Nauki, 60, Kharkiv 61178, Ukraine
Institute for Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prosp. Nauki,60, Kharkiv 61178, Ukraine
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Casimir Pulaski Radom University, Stasieckiego Str. 51,26-600 Radom, Poland
Department of Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Lublin Universityof Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The University College of Applied Sciences inChełm, ul. Pocztowa 54, Chełm 22–100, Poland

5 Dynamics of the phenomenon of immiscible viscous fingering in porous media - experimental studies and model description

Mariola Błaszczyk , Magdalena Wróbel-Jędrzejewska , Łukasz Przybysz , Budzyń Aleksandra

Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers | 2024 | vol. 45 | No 3 | e69 | DOI: 10.24425/cpe.2024.149464

Keywords: viscous fingering porous media fluid displacing carbon footprint water footprint economic benefits

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Improvement of life quality, food production and sustainability requires search for better, efficient natural resources extracting methods, while minimizing environmental impact, which is determined by carbon and water footprint calculation. In order to counter global phenomena, it is necessary for food-producing chain to work together to take conscious action on environment. Restoring balance demands action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rational water use, by reducing energy intensive processes or increasing efficiency of wastewater treatment methods. This requires a thorough understanding of all phenomena that determine a given process. Viscous fingering occurs during such processes as enhanced oil recovery, metal crystallization in batteries, sugar refining, groundwater purification and many others. Research to improve knowledge of this phenomenon and ability to predict its effects is crucial in development of basic industrial processes. This paper presents an experimental study of tracking immiscible viscous fingering in modified Hele-Shaw cells filled with a granular bed of known parameters. The influence of bed parameters and flow conditions on the observed phenomenon was investigated. During the tests, beds with the following grain diameter ranges were used: 200–300, 300–400 and 400–600 μm; the liquid was injected at three different flow rates in the range of 100–400 ml/h. On the basis of carried out work, a model of the studied phenomenon was proposed, which made it possible to determine the extent and the fingering scale.

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Mariola Błaszczyk

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Magdalena Wróbel-Jędrzejewska

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Budzyń Aleksandra

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Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Address: 213 Wolczanska St., 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agriculture and Food Biotechnology - State Research Institute, Department of Technology and Refrigeration Techniques in Lodz, Al. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego 84, 92-202 Lodz, Poland