AIChE Annual Meeting

Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forest residues were physically fractionated through sieving. The bark and wood were separated for large-sized fractions (>12.7 mm) and their contents were determined. The chemical compositions of the large fractions were calculated based on the contents and...

Li-air battery (LAB) with aqueous-based catholyte and a water-stable lithium electrode using a LISICON-type lithium ion conducting glass ceramic membrane can eliminate the problems of Li-air battery with organic electrolytes, such as air-breathing cathode choking and degradation of Li anode. We...

Polymorph and pseudo-polymorph systems play a major role in the pharmaceutical industry because of their potential to impact the performance of finished dosage forms. Quantitative analysis of polymorph and pseudo-polymorph is becoming increasingly important for solid oral dosage forms and...

The prediction of relaxed radial tensile strength (RTS) of pharmaceutical tablets in real-time using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic data collected at-line was investigated. Radial tensile strength is a critical quality attribute (CQA) of tablets which may correlate to drug product performance in...

Component Development for decentralized sustainable hydrogen production Stephan Nestl, Manfred Wegleiter, Viktor Hacker Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz, Steyrergasse 21/2, Austria stephan.nest@tugraz.at , manfred.wegleiter@...

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy is an important component of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technology (FCT) Program efforts to develop fuel cells for a diverse range of applications. The primary objective of the DOE hydrogen production R&D portfolio is to reduce the cost...

Lignocellulosic biomass is a new source of renewable and carbon neutral materials for biofuel and bioenergy production. However, we note the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic for bioconversion. The presence of lignin is a barrier to enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulases, as well as...

The BeauTi-fueL facility is a mobile biomass to liquid facility, where the key equipment of the biomass to liquid process is placed into a commercial container and can be transported to a biomass site for liquid fuel production. This facility can be used to process the biomass such as agriculture...

Design of Experiments (DOE) is the most effective method to achieve product and pro­cess efficiency and optimization. Design of Experiment (DOE) studies can help develop process development knowledge by revealing relationships, including multifactorial interactions, between the variable inputs (e.g...

Writing and printing papers are usually loaded with white pigment particles to improve many paper properties such as light scattering, smoothness, pore-size distribution, and ink-paper interactions. In the conventional method of loading, the filler particles are added directly into the papermaking...