caa a22 4500 60617026X CHVBK 20210128100716.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-015-0942-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-015-0942-9 An optimization approach for producing carbon nanotubes involving economic and safety objectives [Elektronische Daten] [Julia Hernández-Vargas, Juan Martinez-Gomez, J. González-Campos, Javier Lara-Romero, José Ponce-Ortega] The unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) make them suitable for an incredible range of applications in materials science, electronics, energy management, and many other fields. CNTs can be manipulated chemically and physically in very useful ways, and their final properties and dimensions strongly depend on the parameters and the nature of the method used for their synthesis, this is why many methods of synthesis have been reported. Several key parameters and operating conditions have to be manipulated to produce CNTs with suitable properties for future applications, and it is evident that all these methods of synthesis need to be optimized. This paper presents an optimization approach for determining the best synthesis method and their corresponding operating conditions for synthesizing carbon nanotubes accounting for technical and economic issues as objective functions for a desired application. Proper correlations for the interaction between the considered variables are proposed, and these correlations are based on experimental data taken from literature. A case study considering three synthesis methods of carbon nanotubes (arc discharge, laser ablation, and chemical vapor deposition) is presented. The results indicate that the safest technology with the minimum cost and maximum efficiency was chemical vapor decomposition using turpentine as carbon source (with a cost of 0.374 USD/g, and 0.00088% fatalities for exposure to 0.1g of catalyst and 0.000006% of fatalities per exposure to 4g of carbon source during 8min of processing). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Carbon nanotubes synthesis nationallicence Optimization nationallicence Optimal synthesis nationallicence Minimum cost of carbon nanotubes nationallicence Safety of carbon nanotubes nationallicence Hernández-Vargas Julia Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut Martinez-Gomez Juan Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut González-Campos J. Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut Lara-Romero Javier Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut Ponce-Ortega José Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/8(2015-12-01), 2185-2195 1618-954X 17:8<2185 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0942-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0942-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernández-Vargas Julia Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martinez-Gomez Juan Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- González-Campos J. Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lara-Romero Javier Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ponce-Ortega José Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/8(2015-12-01), 2185-2195 1618-954X 17:8<2185 2015 17 10098