Sujan Shrestha

Thermogravimetric and Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Powdered Laboratory Examination Gloves: 2. Analysis of Isotherm and Thermal Scan Traces from 307-455⁰C

Nasrollah Hamidi, Sujan Shrestha, Marketa Marcanikova, Charles T. Laursen & Mashid Ghalili · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2014

The kinetics of pyrolysis of powdered laboratory safety examination gloves (PLEG) by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was studied and the corresponding parameters were evaluated. The goal was to look for approaches to save the condensed energy within the PLEG wastes in order...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2015/13716

Thermogravimetric and Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Powdered Laboratory Examination Gloves: 1. Analysis of Thermal Scan Traces from 310-455ºC

Nasrollah Hamidi, Ruhullah Massoudi, Sujan Shrestha, Marketa Marcanikova, Sihan Chang & Louis Whitesides · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2014

The aim of this study was to develop an energy efficient method to decompose powdered laboratory safety examination gloves (PLEG). This paper reports on the results of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of PLEG without a catalyst. The study was conducted in the Department of Biolog...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2014/12277

Waste Plastics: Pyrolysis of Powdered and Powder-free Laboratory Examination Waste Gloves

Nasrollah Hamidi, Ruhullah Massoudi, Sujan Shrestha, Lycinda Lalmansingh, Travis Pascoe, Comfort Oriakhi & Louis Whitesides · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2013

Aims: The aim of this investigation was to develop a methodology that provides insights to clean up environmental pollution caused by the ever increasing amount of waste plastic materials. The procedure, however, would be practical whenever it is economically advantageous. Therma...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2014/6375