Publications

AIChE Presentations 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

In addition, some of the presentations presented at the AIChE Spring meeting contain audio. The following selection is from an April 7, 2008 session on "Massive Electricity Storage: Fixing Renewable Power's Achilles Heel." Bernard S. Lee from the Institute of Gas Technology and Dave Gushee, a consultant, chaired the session.