Study on Numerical Simulation of Geometric Elements of Blasting Funnel Based on PFC5.0 by Wenle Gao, Zehua Zhang, Baojie Li, Kunpeng Li

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Retraction notice to “Comparative simulation of green finance-driven oil production and expulsion: Technological innovation with Expulsinator and traditional pyrolysis in near-natu... by YuQiao Song, Zohid Hakimov, Muhammad Noman

“…This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal).The article duplicates significant parts of a paper that had already appeared in Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 117, July 2020, 104412, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104412. …”
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Optimized Production of Biodiesel Using Internet of Things Sensed Temperature with Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization by G. Loganathan, M. Kannan

“…Regardless of receiving rising attention, many researchers have explored microalgae-based biofuel production and found biodiesel production is cost-effective compared to petroleum-centered conventional fuels. The primary reason is that the lipid accumulation of microalgae is possible. …”
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Adsorbate-driven dynamic active sites in stannosilicate zeolites by Xianfeng Yi, Yao Xiao, Changjiu Xia, Fengqing Liu, Yujia Liu, Yu Hui, Xin Yu, Yucai Qin, Wei Chen, Zhiqiang Liu, Lijuan Song, Anmin Zheng

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Separation of cis- and trans-Asarone from Acorus tatarinowii by Preparative Gas Chromatography by H. L. Zuo, F. Q. Yang, X. M. Zhang, Z. N. Xia

“…The oil was primarily fractionated by silica gel chromatography using different ratios of petroleum ether and ethyl acetate as gradient elution solvents. …”
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3D-printed and In-situ prepared hydrogel anti-bacterial wound patch with silver nanoparticle embedded matrix by Hanin Amara, Fahad Alam, Said El Turk, Haider Butt

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Experiment and Model Investigation on the Permeability Evolution of Granite under Triaxial Compressive Damage by Zhenxing Ji, Zhide Wu, Hong Yang, Lihua Zhang, Zhenhua Ouyang, Haiyang Yi

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Assessment of the Oxidative Desulfurization of Middle Distillate Surrogate Fuels with Spectroscopic Techniques by Eleni Syntyhaki, Anastasia Detsi, Dimitrios Karonis

“…The model sulfur compounds, as well as the solvent, are present in petroleum middle distillates. The selection of the compounds was made so that they represent various kinds of sulfur compounds. …”
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Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards by Marina E. Rottmueller, Curt D. Storlazzi, Fabian Frick

“…Along Florida’s 460 km-long coral reef-fringed coastline, coral reef restoration could reduce the risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination by preventing the flooding of petroleum storage tank systems (-9%), onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems (-4%), and wastewater treatment plants (-10%). …”
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Acrylated Biopolymers Derived via Epoxidation and Subsequent Acrylation of Vegetable Oils by Yee Heng Ho, Anupreetha Parthiban, Min Chyong Thian, Zhen Hong Ban, Parthiban Siwayanan

“…However, there are some challenges in the synthesis of acrylated epoxidized vegetable oils in achieving the performance of similar acrylated polymer derived from petroleum sources. In this paper, the chemical structure, properties, and chemical modifications of different types of vegetable oils were reviewed where the emphasis was given on epoxidation and its subsequent acrylation processes. …”
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Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology in Healthcare and Agriculture by Sonali Vyas, Mohammad Shabaz, Prajjawal Pandit, L. Rama Parvathy, Isaac Ofori

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A New Quantitative Approach for Element-Mineral Determination Based on “EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy) Method” by Peigang Liu, Zhelin Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang

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Determination of Dynamic Mechanical Properties on Addition of Carbon Black-Nanosilica Hybrid Fillers in NR-SBR Blends with Special Reference to Power Transmission Belt Applications by Thuruthil Raju Aswathy, Seshadri Mohan, Thangavel Kalaivendhan, A. Mohammed Adhil

“…Nanofillers which are having unique morphology along with excellent properties help to reduce the dependency in petroleum products and in turn make the products more sustainable. …”
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Genetic Mechanism of Lower-Order Faults in Shale Formations in Rift Basins by Haimeng Yang, Xuepeng Wu, Jingshou Liu, Caifu Hu

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Numerical Analysis of Dynamic Characteristics of Thermowell Based on Two-Way Thermo-Fluid-Solid Coupling by Yongchao Zhang, Lilin Ding, Mei Qi, Guangxia Bei

“…Because thermowells are prone to fatigue damage in petroleum cracking gas pipelines, in this paper, the LES method is used to simulate the flow around thermowells through two-way thermal-fluid-solid coupling, the internal causes of thermowell damage are explored, and measures for improving the thermowell safety are proposed. …”
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Induced Unbalance as a Method for Improving the Dynamic Stability of High-Speed Turbochargers by R. Gordon Kirk, Ali A. Alsaeed

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Sintering Behavior of CNT Reinforced Al6061 and Al2124 Nanocomposites by Nouari Saheb

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Bioremediation of Soil Microcosms from Auto-Mechanic Workshops by AT Ajao, AO Oluwajobi, VS Olatayo

“…Microbial activities are essential for the restoration of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, their roles includes biotransformation and mineralization of petroleum products into harmless compounds. In this study eighty six soil samples from fifteen auto-mechanic workshops within Ilorin metropolis were collected. …”
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The crystal structure of bis(4-chloro-2-(((2-chloroethyl)imino)methyl)phenolato-κ2N,O)-oxidovanadium(IV), C18H16Cl4N2O3V by Wei Wei, Zhang Ya-Zhai, Zhang Heng-Qiang, Zhang Qi-Ying, Xuan Zhao-Kun, Chen Hong-Li

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Fault Detection Method Based on Improved Faster R-CNN: Take ResNet-50 as an Example by Xie Renjun, Yuan Junliang, Wu Yi, Shu Mengcheng

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