AIChE Annual Meeting

Biomasspyrolysisrefinery: Hydrodeoxygenation of Liquid Phase Pyrolysis Oil

Nov 5, 2013

BiomassPyrolysisRefinery: Hydrodeoxygenation of Liquid Phase Pyrolysis Oil H. Pucher , R. Feiner , N. Schwaiger , P. Pucher* , M. Siebenhofer Graz...

Chromatographic Scale-Up On a Volume Basis

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 5, 2013

The scale-up of a chromatographic separation is in principle a simple procedure since the process parameters are scalable in a linear fashion. The...

Synthesis of Fine Chemicals by Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Critical Approach of the Role of Solvent for Hydrogenation Reactions

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 5, 2013

The synthesis of fine chemicals over solid catalysts often involves the use of solvents that may strongly influence the catalyst performance. Thus ,...

Force to Death and New Life, Some with Programming Vitality

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Regenerative medicine is the quest to provide biological or hybrid synthetic-biological materials that can enable or facilitate therapeutic...

Upgrading of Low Rank Coal By The Integration of CCS/Coal-Drying

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Coal is one of the most important energy sources in the world for electricity and other applications. Coals are generally classified as high and low...

Immunostimulating Effect of Ginseng Polysaccharide Nanoparticles On Macrophage Cell Lines

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Ginseng polysaccharides , one of the main components of ginseng , provide unique biological activities such as immunostimulating effects. This work...

Material Screening and Process Optimization for Cost-Effective Adsorption-Based CO2 Capture

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Elecrticity generation in power plants account for more than 73% of the total stationary CO2 emissions in the United States [1]. While carbon capture...

Syngas Mass Transfer Analysis in a Hollow Fiber Reactor

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Biofuel production via fermentation is produced primarily by fermentation of simple sugars. Besides the sugar fermentation route , there exists a...

Chemical Engineering Skills Sought by Pharmaceutical Industry

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Performance Analysis of a Staged Pressurized Oxyfuel Combustion (SPOC) Power Plant With Minimal Flue Gas Recycle

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Power plant CO 2 emissions account for a major portion of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere. Presently, the costs...

Hydrodeoxygenation of Meta-Cresol On Pt/SiO2 and Pt/Hbeta

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Catalytic conversion of lignin derived meta-cresol (3-methylphenol) was investigated over Pt/SiO2 , HBeta and Pt/HBeta catalysts. Over Pt/SiO2 , 3-...

Improvement of Distillation Column Efficiency By Integration With Organic Rankine Power Generation Cycle

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Distillation as main separation technology consumes greater than 40% of the energy used by the chemical and petroleum process industries but the...

Optimal Integration of Compression Heat Within Oxy-Combustion Coal-Based Power Plants

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Oxy-combustion is a competitive technology to enable the capture of CO2 from coal based power plants. The reduction in power efficiency and the...

The Nature of Torrefaction Effect On Producing High-Quality Fuel Intermediate Via Fast Pyrolysis

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Session T4 08 Thermochemical Conversion I AIChE 2013 November 3 ~ 8 , 2013 San Francisco , CA The Nature of Torrefaction Effect on Producing High-...

The Potential Of Osmotic Membrane Dehumidification

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

THE POTENTIAL OF OSMOTIC MEMBRANE DEHUMIDIFICATION Arthur Kesten, Jeffrey McCutcheon, Ariel Girelli and Jack Blechner An osmotic membrane...

Systematic Approach for Energy Efficient Eco-Industrial Parks

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Sustainability since its original conceptualization is considered to have four dimensions; social; economic; environmental and institutional. It is...

Differential Diagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Extent of Progression Through Short-Term Calcium Loading

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

In the human body , total plasma calcium is maintained within a specific range (8.5-10.3 mg/dl) [1] via a regulatory system that employs parathyroid...

Computational Tools to Accelerate the Development of Carbon Capture Technology

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI) was initiated in 2010 to develop and deploy state-of-the-art...

Economic and Engineering Assessment of Combined Heat and Power Fuel Cell Systems Installed in Commercial Buildings

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

PNNL support of the DOE’s Fuel Cells Technology Office is to identify near term niche markets where fuel cells have potential , work with the DOE and...

Structure-Activity Relationships in Biomass Chars Formed in An Entrained-Flow Reactor

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Pine and switchgrass (sieved to 180-250 µm) were pyrolyzed in an entrained-flow reactor at high temperatures (600-1000 °C) and high pressures (1-20...

The Benefits of Using a Polarity-Swing-Assisted- Regeneration (PSAR) On CO2BOLs: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

CO2-Binding Organic Liquids (CO2BOLs) are a class of second-generation non-aqueous chemically selective CO2-separating solvents. CO2BOLs are unique...

Producing Biochars With Consistent Properties From Forestry Residues: Using Spatial Variations of Reactor Temperature History to Choose Pyrolysis Conditions

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

One desirable quality of reactors used for the thermochemical conversion of biomass is that they be “feedstock-blind”: capable of producing...

Quality be Design and Regulatory Science: An Academic Perspective

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

. In advanced biomedical manufacturing , Quality System Regulation (QSR) has already been used by CDRH in medical device regulations and oversight...

Improving Glucose Yield By Fractionation of Biomass With Non-Cl? Ionic Liquids

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Lignocellulosic biomass is a sustainable , available energy resource that is mostly carbon-neutral. To convert it to liquid fuels by biochemical...

3-D Printing As a Tool in the Design of Gas-Liquid Contactors for CO2 Capture

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

In order to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants , and mitigate their impact on global climate change , DOE has called for...

Determination of Pyrolysis Oils Aging Components By Polarity-Based Fractionation

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Biomass pyrolysis oils can be potential transportation fuels if they could be successfully upgraded and refined. Conventional pyrolysis oils or bio-...

Membranes for Heat Integrated CO2 Capture Via Sub-Ambient Temperature Operation

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Pulverized coal (PC) power plants emit CO2 in flue gas at atmospheric pressure with a volume concentration of 10-15%. Post-combustion capture of CO2...

Reactant Conversion and Product Speciation of Carbohydrate Model-Compound Pyrolysis Using a Novel Flow Reactor

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Reactant Conversion and Product Speciation of Carbohydrate Model-Compound Pyrolysis Using a Novel Flow ReactorPatrick J. Fahey , Vikram Seshadri ,...

Zeolite/Polymer Composite Membranes for CO2 Capture From Flue Gas

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Membrane technology provides a promising approach for CO2 capture from post-combustion flue gas due to its smaller footprint and potentially lower...

The Remarkable Role of Extractable Lignin in Enhancing Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Organosolv Pretreated Biomass

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

The interactions between lignin and cellulase enzymes play a critical role in the effective enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass...

Petroleum Industry's Need for Chemical Engineering Talent

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Chemical Engineering Skills for the Global Chemical Industry

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Evolving Distribution of Faculty Strengths in Chemical Engineering Departments

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Chemical engineering is justifiably recognized as a discipline well suited for the nation’s technical and leadership human resource. In the recent...

A Low Cost, High Capacity Regenerable Sorbent for Post Combustion CO2 Capture

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

TDA Research , Inc (TDA) is developing a low cost , high capacity CO2 adsorbent and demonstrating its technical and economic viability for post-...

Functionalized Responsive Membranes for Environmental Applications (invited paper)

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

The functionalization of microfiltration membrane pores with macromolecules undergoing conformational changes provides nano-scale interactions in a...

An Open-Source Code for Simulating Biomass Pyrolysis in Fluidized-Bed Reactors

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

A numerical framework named BIOTC (BIOmass Thermochemical Conversion) for simulating biomass fast pyrolysis is developed in this study. Fast...

Capture of Carbon Dioxide With Tetraethylenepentamine-Functionalized Industrial Carbon Nanotubes

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Industrial carbon nanotubes (I-CNTs) is a low-cost substitute for commercially available multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CCNTs). In this work , I-CNTs...

New Advances In Membranes For Antibiotic Recovery and Controlled Release

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

This presentation covers new advances in two types of membranes: (1) supported liquid membranes (SLMs) with strip dispersion for recovery of...

Energy, Economy, Environment and Sustainable Development in the Middle East and North Africa

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

In this presentation we review the present state of energy demand and production in the Middle East and the world. Oil and gas reserves in the Middle...

Surface Functionalization Of Mesoporous Sorbents For Post-Combustion CO2 Capture

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Solid sorbent technologies for CO2 capture have several advantages over the traditional amine-based solvent absorption approaches. For instance ,...

Zeolite vs MOF Membranes For Carbon Dioxide Separation: Which Is Best?

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Carbon dioxide separation from light gases is a very important environmental and energy issue. The state-of-the-art process for the purification of...

A Novel Fast Pyrolysis Model Based On Variable-Power Image Furnace Results

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

A Novel Fast Pyrolysis Model Based On Variable-Power Image Furnace Results Guillain MAUVIEL, LRGP, CNRS - Université de Lorraine Mélina CHRISTODOULOU...

Towards Personalized Therapy. Biomolecular Complexities Beyond Gene Expression

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 4, 2013

Treatment of cancer has been a perennial challenge to clinicians and researchers alike for more than a century. Existing treatment modalities are...

Some Perspectives On the Impact of BIG Data On Process Systems Engineering

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

This presentation offers some advice to young researchers based on my own experiences in industry and academia. It also provides a personal...

Slurry Electrode for An All-Iron Flow Battery for Low Cost Large-Scale Energy Storage

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Slurry Electrode for an All-Iron Flow Battery for Low Cost Large-Scale Energy Storage Tyler J Petek, Jesse S Wainright, and Robert F Savinell Case...

Dealing With Missing Data and Synchronization Issues in Batch Process Monitoring

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

After visiting professor John F. MacGregor in Fall 1997 I got really fascinated by the potential of multivariate latent variable methods for batch...

Inorganic Electrolyte Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Inorganic Electrolyte Membranes for Redox Flow BatteriesZhi Xu , Ioannis Michos , Ruidong Yang ,Junhang DongDepartment of Chemical Engineering ,...

Key Parameters for Electrothermal Dynamics and Control of 15-Ah Prismatic Li-Ion Batteries

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Four dimensionless key parameters that describe the electrical and thermal response of prismatic lithium-ion batteries are presented. Understanding...

Convection Battery - Performance Improvement and Characterization

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

The convection battery pumps liquid electrolyte between the electrode and counter-electrode. It is different from flow batteries in that the same...

Multivariate Image Analysis and Regression (MIA/MIR) in the Process Industries

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Multivariate Image Analysis (MIA) was first introduced by Esbensen and Geladi in the mid-late 80’s [1] when they proposed to apply Principal...

Convection Battery - Elimination of Dendrite Failure

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

The convection battery pumps liquid electrolyte between the electrode and counter-electrode. It is different from flow batteries in that the same...

Transient Studies of a Sodium-Sulfur Cell

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

In the modern grid era , multiple fossil-fueled power generation facilities and renewable energy sources are expected to interact actively. Power...

Modeling of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices for Electric Vehicles

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Abstract: Electrochemical energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles have to be designed and optimized for...

Development and Comparison of Approximate Maximum Likelihood Methods for Parameter Estimation in Continuous Dynamic Models With Stochastic Disturbances

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

The aim of this work is estimating model parameters in simplified fundamental models intended for on-line process monitoring and state estimation...

A Multidimensional Spectroscopy Approach for Protein Characterization

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Aggregation and oligomerization processes lead to structural changes in proteins that have high relevance in the biomedical and biotechnology fields...

A Comprehensive Mathematical Model of Vinylidene Fluoride Emulsion Polymerization in a Semi-Batch Reactor

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 3, 2013

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) , the second most important fluoropolymer , exhibits a unique combination of desired end-use properties including...

2015 AIChE Annual Meeting

November 8-12, 2015

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City UT

The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. Academic and industry experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies, and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering.

Mass Transfer Evaluation of CO2 Absorption in a Wetted Wall Column

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 1, 2012

The chemical absorption of CO 2 in solvents is considered as one of the mature process options for reducing CO 2 emissions in power plants. Solvents...

Random Thoughts: Inspired by Rich Felder

AIChE Annual Meeting

Oct 29, 2012

This talk is part of the invited session 'Random Thoughts: Inspired by Rich Felder'. Description: This session honors Dr. Richard M. Felder, Hoechst...

Biodiesel Production by Transesterification Using Heterogeneous Base Catalyst and Effect of Co-Solvent

AIChE Annual Meeting

Oct 19, 2011

Biodiesel production by Transestrification using heterogeneous base catalyst and effect of co-solvent Arun Kumar Gupta a , Goutam Deo b Department of...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Panel Discussion

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

A Century of Chemical Design Education: Panel Discussion

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Chemical Process Design: An Enduring Philosophy for a Changing Profession

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Our emphasis at WVU has been to focus on the process as a whole (process design) with less emphasis on equipment design (plant design). It is the...

A Century of Separations: Panel Discussion

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

A Century of Separations: Panel Discussion

A Century of Separations: Economical Lower Energy Intensive Large Scale Separation Devices

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Challenges and emerging approaches to deal with the challenges to create the next generation of large scale low energy intensity separation devices...

A Century of Separations: CO2 Recovery: Myth and Legend

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Carbon dioxide recovery will be the major challenge for the separations community for the foreseeable future. Various separations technologies are...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Batch, the Future of Process Design?

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Process design for the batch industries, particularly pharmaceutical process design, heavily relies on collaboration across technical functions and...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Some Thoughts on Chemical Engineering Design Education

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

This presentation will outline some basics and innovations that may help students better meet future industrial chemical engineering design...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: The Process/Product Design Dichotomy

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

This presentation addresses the interface between process and product design education. Three classes of chemical products are considered: (1) basic...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Systematic Methods for Product Synthesis and Design

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

This talk outlines a systematic decision-making framework for design education that combines various concepts. A number of case study projects are...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Difficulties in Teaching Chemical Product Design

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Molecules, like the salmon pigment astaxanthin and the prostate cancer drug Zoladex, depend for their manufacture on unit operations. But...

A Century of Chemical Engineering Design Education: Teaching Design From an Industrial Perspective: The Practical Problems of Practical Problems

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

Based on conversations with industrial colleagues who teach design, and my own experience at Northwestern, the paper will give suggestions on how the...

200 Years of Chemical Engineering Pedagogy: Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future: The Need for Both Scholarly Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

The talk will offer examples of both scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning, and will provide an overview of opportunities...

200 Years of Chemical Engineering Pedagogy: Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future: Pedagogy and Some Factors That Influence How We Facilitate Student Learning

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

In this session I'll share a personal overview of pedagogy in general. This will include a listing of my personal choices of the major events, from...

200 Years of Chemical Engineering Pedagogy: Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future: The History of Chemical Engineering and Pedagogy: The Paradox of Tradition and Innovation

AIChE Annual Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

This paper will provide a brief history of chemical engineering education and the pedagogies employed in chemical engineering education in an attempt...