2020: New approaches to adapt escape game activities to large audience in chemical engineering: Numeric supports and students’ participation

Gamification is a widespread phenomenon that relies on using game mechanics in other areas, such as the learning situation. One of the most exciting types of games in the late 2010s is escape games, where the principle is for the players to manage to escape from a room in which they are locked by finding hidden […]

2020: Using Augmented Reality to Stimulate Students and Diffuse Escape Game Activities to Larger Audiences

In a world engaged in a perpetual race for progress, augmented reality (AR) is a new frontier that has attracted much research attention in recent years. The generalization of smartphones and the miniaturization and democratization of connected gadgets are leading to new uses and new expectations. In this article, we provide an AR application to […]

2020: Sudden Decrease of the Dissolved Ozone Concentration in Sprays: A Mass Transfer Phenomenon?

Ozone is known to be a powerful oxidant with low persistence and has been shown to possess biocidal activity against a wide number of fungi and bacteria. These properties make ozone a good candidate as a substitute for chemical phytosanitary products in agriculture. However, when water containing dissolved ozone is sprayed, the concentration of ozone […]

2020: Gas-liquid mass transfer around Taylor bubbles flowing in a long, in-plane, spiral-shaped milli-reactor

Abstract Gas–liquid mass transfer was investigated around Taylor bubbles flowing in a long, in-plane, spiral-shaped milli-reactor involving various configurations. Using a colorimetric technique and image post-treatment, the variation of the equivalent O2 concentration inside the liquid slugs was measured. The coloration positions, corresponding to 99% of the maximum concentration reached in the liquid slug, changed significantly […]

ASTERIX & THE PERIODIC TABLE

Abstract: In this activity, we describe how the comic book Asterix provides a nice opportunity for students to think about chemistry. The character’s name in the comic is a good opportunity to help students memorize the elements from the periodic table. A list of the 118 existing elements associated with a character from the original comic series […]

2020: Hydrodynamics characterization of the impact of free moving particles in an air-lift membrane bioreactor/Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b06749 Abstract Membrane fouling is one of the most investigated topics in the field of membrane processes because it is the main weakness that prevents membrane bioreactors (MBRs) from being widely applied. With a view to reducing membrane fouling, all the phenomena involved in the operation are worth understanding through a fine-tuned and deep examination. […]

2020: Comparison of three different techniques for gas-liquid mass transfer visualization

Abstract In this article three different techniques for visualizing gas-liquid mass transfer are reviewed according to their applications in air-water systems. The three techniques are: Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF with the use of fluorescent resorufin), PLIF with Inhibition (PLIF-I with the use of a ruthenium complex), and a colorimetric technique (using a redox reaction […]