AIChE Conference Papers on Energy

Presentations that have been given at past AIChE meetings on energy cover the general topics of energy production technologies (such as electricity and fuels), improving energy utilization, and energy use analysis and policy issues.  Here is a growing sampling of some of the presentations that are pdf based:

• Energy Perspectives on Sustainability, Robert C. Armstrong, Deputy Director, MIT Energy Initiative, AIChE Spring Meeting April 9, 2008
• Assuring a Secure Energy Future, Dr.Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy, AIChE Spring Meeting, April 2008
• Global Warming: Engineering R/D Needed!, M. John Plodinec, Science Advisor, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), AIChE Spring Meeting, April 7, 2008
• Thinking Differently:  Developing a New Energy Economy, Dan Arvizu, Director of NREL, AIChE Annual Meeting, November 2007
• Chemical Engineering:  Once Again Poised to Shape the Future of the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry, Carlos Cabrera, AIChE Spring Meeting, April 2007
• Themochemical Design Report: Thermochemical Ethanol via Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, April 2007
• Billion-Ton Study: Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply, April 2005
• Biochemical Design Report: Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design and Economics Utilizing Co-Current Dilute Acid Prehydrolysis and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Corn Stover, June 2002