Waste disposal is imposed by the European Union under Treaty of Accession concerning waste management order. One of the waste disposal methods is thermal utilisation. The paper presents an investigation of sewage sludge briquettes used as a fuel in combustion process. The research study was carried out on samples taken from the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bochnia. Briquettes with lime were formed. The analysis of the elementary chemical composition of municipal sewage sludge, the composition of the ash and thermogravimetric analysis were carried out. The results indicate that the prepared briquettes had sufficient fuel properties.
A method of monitoring sewage sludge pyrolysis and gasification was proposed. Samples of sludge were pyrolysed in Ar and gasified in CO2 in a thermobalance. The evolved gases were analysed on the calibrated MS, the samples of sludge and solid residues at different stages of the processes were subjected to elemental analysis. The identification and the quantitative characterisation of chemical reactions were performed, based on the DTG and MS profiles.
New binary lanthanum-aluminum triphosphates were synthesized by thermal-condensation method from H3PO4, La2O3 and Al(OH)3. These pigments could be potentially used as special inorganic pigments; their corrosion-inhibition properties were widely studied. Synthesis conditions were determined on the basis of DTA and TG measurements. The products were also characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Physical properties - density by pycnometric method, particle size distribution, oil number and critical pigment volume concentration (CPVC), pH and specific conductivity of their aqueous extracts were also determined. [...]
In the present paper, the results of thermal analysis (DSC and TGA) and atomic force microscopy studies of microcrystalline chitosan (MCCh) with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) are presented. Microcrystalline chitosan is blended with poly(vinyl alcohol) in acetic acid solution and this solution is cast to prepare the blend film. From thermal curves the thermal transitions: Tg, Tm and characteristic temperatures of decomposition: Tdi, Tmax have been determined and compared. The influence of the degree of PVA hydrolysis on the thermal properties of blend systems has been discussed. The surface properties of the MCCh and PVA films and their blends have been studied by tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM). The changes of topography images were considered by determining the root mean square (RMS) deviation in the image data. The obtained results suggested that in solid MCCh/PVA mixtures the components are poorly miscible.
The purpose of current study was to improve the solubility and dissolution profile of BCS class-II drug Glipizide using glutaric acid as a coformer via various cocrystalization techniques i.e., dry grinding, liquid assisted grinding, slurry and solvent evaporation. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was performed to determine the interaction between components of glipizide-glutaric acid (GPZ-GLU) cocrystals. Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) studies confirmed the crystalline nature of formulated cocrystals. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) revealed cylindrical to rectangular shape of cocrystals. Flow properties of GPZ-GLU cocrystals were evaluated by micromeritics analysis. Size and surface morphology was determined by zeta sizer analysis and optical microscopy. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis were performed to determine the melting points as well as thermal stability of pure components and formulated GPZ-GLU cocrystals. In-vitro drug release studies were carried out using dissolution apparatus-II. GPZ-GLU cocrystals showed higher drug release at pH 6.8 as compared to pH 1.2. However, percent drug release of optimum formulations at pH 6.8 was determined as; 24%-92.2% (F3) and 12.0%-93.5% (F7). Solubility studies revealed improved solubility as compared to pure drug in water i.e., 53 folds and 54.27 folds from F3 and F7 cocrystals, respectively. Finally it was concluded that glutaric acid has improved the solubility and dissolution profile of glipizide. However, many cocrystal formers have been reported in literature that can be used to enhance the physicochemical properties as well as bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs via cocrystalization technique.