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Dr. Mawaheb Mohamed Zarok Derdar

د.مواهب محمد الزروق الدردار هي احد اعضاء هيئة التدريس بقسم الهندسة الكيميائية بكلية الهندسة. تعمل الدكتورة مواهب الدردار بجامعة طرابلس كـاستاذ مشارك منذ 15-01-2020 ولها العديد من المنشورات العلمية في مجال تخصصها ، رئيس قسم الهندسة الكيميائية منذ فبراير 2022م

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Melt Flow and Impact Behaviour of Composite Materials at Elevated Pressures

استخدام المواد المركبة في التطبيقات الصناعية نمى بشكل سريع وذلك لمميزاته المناسبة التي تشمل ارتفاع نسب المقاومة والمتانة بالنسبة للوزن , وقد أصبحت المواد المركبة بديل المواد المعدنية في العديد من التطبيقات. المواد الثيرموبلاستيكية المركبة تم دراستها في هذه الرسالة حيث استعمل البولي اثيلين كقالب ودعم بإضافة ألياف الزجاج بنسب مختلفة ( 10% , 20% , 30% ) , وتم دراسة تأثير إضافة ألياف الزجاج على الخواص الميكانيكية للعينات. تم الحصول على العينات المركبة باستخدام جهاز البثق وإجراء التجارب لتقيم جريان المنصهر عند درجات الحرارة العالية حيث لاحظنا زيادة الجريان بزيادة الضغط . كما تم تطوير علاقات رياضية لتمثيل علاقات الإجهاد – الانفعال للعينات المركبة المتحصل عليها ,تم الحصول على ثوابت هذه العلاقات الرياضية. كما تم دراسة علاقات زمن الانهيارات للعينات المركبة , وتم تحسين طاقة الكسر للمواد المركبة التي تؤخر من ظاهرة الانهيار. إضافة ألياف الزجاج أدى إلى زيادة زمن الانهيار وتقليل طاقة الكسر. Abstract The use of composite materials in industry applications has grown rapidly, owing to their favorable characteristics, including high strength and stiffness to weight ratios, composite materials have been considered replacement of metals in numerous structural applications.Thermoplastic composite was studied in this thesis where high density polyethylene is used as a matrix and reinforced with different percentages of fiber glass ranging from (10%, 20%, 30%). The influence of addition of fibreglass on mechanical and thermal properties was studied. A pilot plant extruder is used to prepare the needed samples, where experimental investigation is carried out to evaluate the melt flow and the impact behaviour of the melt mixture at high temperature in the extruder. The flow rate increased by increased pressure. A mathematical correlation was developed to represent the stress – strain correlations of the composites used in this work. The combined model would be able to predict the creep, relaxation and recovery of composite materials, the constants of the model was obtained in area where the retardation effect is dominating. Time to failure correlation with stress was studied for the prepared composite material and mathematical correlation is established. The energy absorbed at fracture is improved for the composite material leading to a considerable delay in failure phenomenon. When added fibreglass led to increase time to failure and decrease energy of fracture.
ابتسام خليفة ابولجام (2008)
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Experimental and Theoretical Assessment of Fuel Production from Waste Plastics

Abstract Recently more than 150 million tonnes of plastics were produced in the world. On the one hand, the consumption and production of polymers are increasing, on the other hand as landfill and incineration become more expensive and less accepted .The increasing amount of polymer wastes from them generates further mainly environmental problems. The recycling of plastic wastes is gaining increasing importance. Pyrolysis is one promising method for the treatment of mixed and contaminated plastic wastes. In this way the plastic wastes are converted into fuels or other valuable feedstock for the petrochemical industry. In present work catalytic cracking of waste plastics blend with HGO [Libyan gas oil supplied by the Zawia Oil Refinery Company boils in the range of 275-375Cº] was investigated using H-ZSM5and H-BETA. Reaction systems that were studied included high density polyethylene HDPE and polypropylene blend with HGO, reactions were carried out in one litre micro autoclave reactor under different conditions of weight, temperature and type of catalyst, The optimum conditions were 2.5% catalyst by weight of total feed stock, one hour, atmospheric presser and three temperatures selected 400Cº, 425Cº and 450Cº. The product distribution for the system [plastics and HGO] provided some good results high yield of liquid [gasoline] up to 210Cº, gases and small amount of heavy oils. Some analysis was used to qualify and quantify the product. The results from GC.MS analysis showed that the yield of gasoline (c5-c12) over H-ZSM5 higher than H-BETA. In case of 5%PP, 15%HDPE and 80%HGO over H-ZSM5 at 450Cº, 96% total conversion achieved. The result from TGA in the same case is 15% by weight. Also the theoretical calculations to quantify the produced gases after burring of waste plastic in rotary kiln reactor have been evaluated. it is found that the suitable ratio of CO:H2 to produce methanol is 7:1
بسمة محمود التونسي (2010)
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Study of the Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium for the System Acetonitrile + Benzene + N-heptane

Abstract This research was an attempt to use the currently available activity coefficient methods with universal sets of parameters to simultaneously predict ternary liquid-liquid equilibrium data. The focus of this research was to calculate phase equilibrium data within fair error using set of Parameters obtained from the above-mentioned models. The significance of this work is to study the liquid-liquid phase equilibrium of the ternary system at several temperatures and to test the capability of the various equilibrium models to correlate these data. A series of liquid-liquid equilibrium measurements were performed by changing the composition of the mixture.The prepared mixtures were placed in the extraction vessel and stirred for 2 h and then left to settle for 4 h. Samples were taken by a syringe from both the upper phase and lower layers. Both phases were analyzed using gas chromatography equipped. Liquid-liquid equilibrium for the ternary system acetonitrile + benzene + n-heptane was measured at 298,313,333 K. The results were used to estimate the interaction parameters between each of the three compounds for the NRTL and UNIQUAC models as a function of temperature. The estimated interaction parameters were successfully used to predict the equilibrium compositions by the two models. The UNIQUAC equation was the most accurate model in correlating the overall equilibrium compositions of the studied system. NRTL models satisfactorily predicted the equilibrium compositions. In each of the mentioned the ternary system, the calculated and experimental data were compared. The root mean square deviation (RMSD) between the observed and calculated mole percent for NRTL, UNIQUAC was 1.44%, 1.35% for acetonitrile + benzene + n-heptane
عماد الدين محمد الزغداني (2014)
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