Cost optimized CO2 pipeline transportation grid: A case study from Italian industries

This paper presents the feasibility study of CO 2 sequestration from the sources to the sinks in the prospective of Italian Industries. CO 2 produced at these sources captured, compressed to supercritical pressures, transported via pipelines and stored in underground geologic formations such as depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs, un-minable coal seams and deep saline aquifers. In this work, we present the optimized pipeline infrastructure for the CO 2 with appropriate constraints to find lower cost system by the use of nonlinear optimization software LINGO 11.0. This study was conducted on CO 2 transportation complex network of Italian Industries, to find minimum cost network for transporting the CO 2 from sources to the sinks

Nanomedicine: Engineering of a tri-imageable nanoparticle for diagnostics

We have created a potential targeted drug delivery platform with three imaging reporters by coupling the magnetic properties of USPIOs with near infrared fluorescence of Cy5.5 and γ-emissions of 111In that is chelated to a conjugated antibody. The nanoparticle will allow for not only triple verification of localization, but also quantification. During each phase of development, the nanoparticles have been characterized for surface charge and structure by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. Magnetic properties including hysteresis measurements and field cooling analyses were conducted using a superconducting quantum interference device. In vitro analyses of flow cytometry and cell viability as well as in vivo imaging studies have been conducted