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Energy and Resource Efficiency Plenary

Mar 22, 2010
Amory B. Lovins
Amory Lovins leads a discussion of the 10xE concepts for reducing energy use by a factor of 10. Following is the announcement of the award recipients of the joint AIChE-RMI 10xE competition.

Real Time Detection of Gaseous Metal Contaminants in Coal Flue and Fuel Gas

Mar 21, 2010
Erik C. Rupp
The Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) is a promising technology for the future use of coal to provide energy. During this process, many of the trace elements present in coal are volatilized, and remain in the gas phase through the gas turbine, only to be released in the flue gas. Trace...

Mercury Control with Regenerative Activated Coke Technology

Mar 21, 2010
James Peters
Many issues face coal fired utilities with respect to environmental demands, some based on regulations and others based on local pressures. These include increasingly stringent control of criteria pollutants, anticipated federal and state requirements for mercury control, issues revolving around...

What Does it Take to Address the Nation's Energy Challenges

Nov 8, 2009
Dana Christensen
The nation is facing a renaissance in energy technology to include dramatic changes in transportation, electricity production, distribution and use, and energy efficiency. The nation is also rapidly expanding its scientific capabilities and is currently leading the world in areas such as material...

Developing Energy Strategies Plenary

Apr 27, 2009
Charles 'Chuck' Black, Dr. Ajoy Banerjee, Reyad Fezzani
This special plenary session will feature invited speakers to discuss the most significant energy issues currently confronting industry today in the context of a new Presidential Administration, a new Congress, evolving state and regional programs and ever changing international climate. Moderated...

Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies

Apr 27, 2009
Manolis Tomadakis, Michael Pien, Virendra Mathur
Papers on dealing with recent advances in basic and applied research work on fuel cell (including feed stocks) and battery technology. Please Note : Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: · Gas Diffusion Layer...

100 Years of Petroleum Refining Catalysts

Nov 18, 2008
E. Thomas Habib
100 years ago in 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T Ford and ushered in the age when cars were affordable to middle class Americans. At that time petroleum refining consisted primarily of distillation only, and the amount of gasoline required to fuel a large number of automobiles was simply...

History of the Development of LNG Technology

Nov 18, 2008
Chen-Hwa Chiu
LNG started with the peak-shaving LNG plants in the USA. This is followed by the international interest of transporting LNG across the ocean for energy utilization. The size of LNG plants has moved from a size of around 1.0 MTPA to a 4.0 and 7.5 MTPA sizes. And the compressors are moving from Frame...

Renewable Power: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time

April
2009
Special Section
Bernard S. Lee, David E. Gushee
Before renewable sources such as wind and solar can contribute significantly to the overall energy mix, massive electricity storage is needed to turn the raw power into dispatchable power.

Reduce Your Plant’s Water Footprint

April
2011
Critical Issues
David L. Nystuen
Water footprint reduction and water pollution prevention are integral to any environmental sustainability initiative. Use this rigorous, systematic process to conduct a baseline water assessment that integrates water pollution prevention and water...

Capturing Carbon from Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants

April
2009
Special Section
Andrew P. Jones, James T. Murphy, Jared P. Ciferno, Timothy E. Fout
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is spearheading R&D on a variety of post-combustion and oxy-combustion technologies to cost-effectively achieve 90% CO2 capture.

Demonstrating CCS Integration

August
2011
Special Section
Nick Irvin, P.E., P.G., Richard A. Esposito
The largest, fully integrated process for separating CO2 from fluegas and compressing it to a supercritical fluid, transporting the CO2 by pipeline, and injecting the CO2 into a saline reservoir is now underway at the Plant Barry generating station...

Save Energy Through Automation

January
2010
Instrumentation
Douglas C. White
Identifying the right automation investments — those with low costs and high impacts — can result in millions of dollars in energy savings for petrochemical plants. <br>

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