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Arturo Macchi

 

Selected articles in journals (by HQP from last 6 years)

·         Séguin M.-A., Hughes R.W., Fitzsimmons M., Macchi A., Mehrani P., Study of particle residence time in a pressurized fluidized bed with in-bed heat exchanger tubes, Powder Technology, 2019, 355, 201-212.

·         Hopley A., Doyle B.J., Roberge D.M., Macchi, A., “Residence time distribution in coil and plate micro-reactors” Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 207, 181-193.

·         Samari M., Ridha F., Manovic V., Macchi A., Anthony E.J., Direct Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Air via Lime-based Sorbents”, Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Feb 2019.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-019-9845-0

·         Rana, S., Sun, Z., Mehrani, P., Hughes, R., Macchi, A. Ilmenite oxidation kinetics for pressurized chemical looping combustion of natural gas. Applied Energy 2019, 238, 747-759.

·         E. Mielke, P. Plouffe, S.S. Mongeon, C. Aellig, S. Filliger, A. Macchi , D.M. Roberge, Micro-reactor mixing unit interspacing for fast liquid-liquid reactions leading to a generalized scale-up methodology. Chemical Engineering Journal 2018 352, pp. 682-694.

·         Parisien, V., Pjontek, D, McKnight, C.A., Wiens, J., Macchi, A. “Impact of catalyst density distribution on the fluid dynamics of an ebullated bed operating at high gas holdup conditions”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2017, 170, 491-500.

·         Symonds R.T., Lu D.Y., Macchi A., Hughes R.W., Anthony E.J., The Effect of HCl and Steam on Cyclic CO2 Capture Performance in Calcium Looping Systems, Chemical Engineering Science (2017),

·        Lane, C.D., Parisien, V., Macchi, A., Donaldson, A.A., “Investigation of bubble swarm drag at elevated pressure in a contaminated system” Chemical Engineering Science, 152, 2, 381-391.

·        B. Duhoux, P. Mehrani, D.Y. Lu, R.T. Symonds, E.J. Anthony, A. Macchi, “Combined calcium looping and chemical looping combustion for post-combustion CO2 capture: process simulation and sensitivity analysis”, Energy Technol. 2016, 4, pp. 1 – 14. Special Issue on Chemical Looping.

·        Mongeon, S.S., Roberge, D.M., Bittel, M., Elsner, P., Macchi, A., “Liquid-Liquid Mass Transfer in an Oscillatory-Flow Mesoscale Coil Reactor without Baffles” (2016) Organic Process Research and Development, 20 (4), pp. 733-741.

·        Ozcan, D.C., Macchi, A., Lu, D.Y., Kierzkowska, A.M., Ahn, H., Müller, C.R., Brandani, S., “Ca-Cu looping process for CO2 capture from a power plant and its comparison with Ca-looping, oxy-combustion and amine-based CO2 capture processes”, (2015) International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 43, pp. 198-212

·        Kus, F.T., Duchesne, M.A., Champagne, S., Hughes, R.W., Lu, D.Y., Macchi, A., Mehrani, P. “Pressurized pneumatic conveying of pulverized fuels for entrained flow gasification” (2016) Powder Technology, 287, pp. 403-411

·        Champagne, S., Lu, D.Y., Symonds, R.T., Macchi, A., Anthony, E.J., “The effect of steam addition to the calciner in a calcium looping pilot plant”, (2016), 290, pp 114-123.

·        Cairns, P.E.C., Clements, B.R., Hughes, R., Herage, T., Zheng, L., Macchi, A., Anthony, E.J., “High-Pressure Oxy-Firing (HiPrOx) of Fuels with Water for the Purpose of Direct Contact Steam Generation” (2015) Energy and Fuels, 29 (7), pp. 4522-4533.

·        Abdul Rahman R, Mehrani P, Lu DY, Anthony EJ, Macchi A. “Investigating the Use of CaO/CuO Sorbents for in-situ CO2 Capture in a Biomass Gasifier”, Energy & Fuels, 2015, Energy and Fuels, 29 (6), pp. 3808-3819.

·        Pjontek, D., McKnight, C.A., Wiens, J., Macchi, A., “Ebullated bed fluid dynamics relevant to industrial hydroprocessing”, (2015) Chemical Engineering Science, 126, pp. 730-744.

·        Plouffe, P., Macchi, A., Roberge, D.M., “From batch to continuous chemical synthesis-a toolbox approach.” (2014) Organic Process Research and Development, 18 (11), pp. 1286-1294.

·        Duchesne M. A., Hughes R.W, Lu D.Y, McCalden D.J., Anthony E.J., Macchi A., “Fate of inorganic matter in entrained-flow slagging gasifiers: Pilot plant testing”, Fuel Processing Technology, 125:18-33, 2014.

·        El Gemayel J., Hughes R., Anthony E.J., Macchi A., Simulation of the Integration of a Bitumen Upgrading Facility and an IGCC Process with Carbon Capture, Fuel, 117 (Part B): 1288-1297, 2014.

·        Ridha F.N., Manovic V., Macchi A., Anthony M.A., Anthony E.J., Assessment of Limestone Treatment with Organic Acids for CO2 capture in Ca-looping cycles, Fuel Processing Technology, 116:284-291, 2013.

 

Patents

·      Roberge, D.M., Plouffe, P., Macchi, A., “Fluid Mixing Structure, Continuous Reaction Unit, Continuous Reaction Reactor and Method Using the Same”, Patent (June 2016) EP3031518 A1, WO2016092581A1, Patent (Nov 2017) US 2017/0326520 A1.

·       Legros R., Chaouki J., Bi H.T., Macchi A., Ratnani K. (1999), “Spout-fluid bed dryer and granulator for the treatment of waste slurries”, Canadian patent no. 2,257,209; U.S. patent no. 5,913,588.

·       Legros, R., Chaouki, J., Bi, H.T., Macchi A., Ratnani K. (1998), “Spout-fluid bed dryer and granulator for the treatment of animal manure”, Canadian patent no. 2,178,575; U.S. patent no. 5,809,664.