On Demand Conference Presentations

Forward Osmosis: Potential Use In Desalination and Water Reuse

Oct 16, 2011
Ali Altaee
Abstract There has been a recurring interest in using Forward Osmosis (FO) process in water treatment and desalination. The recent advance in membrane technology has encouraged further investment in the process technology. Despite the promising results from pilot and bench scale experiments the...

New Design for Advanced Zero Emission Power Plant Concept

Oct 18, 2011
Wei Chen
The most significant anthropogenic greenhouse gas is CO 2 , which arises mainly from the use of fossil fuels. A new technology called Advanced Zero Emission Power Plant (AZEP) targeting CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) is being developed. In the AZEP concept, CO 2 -diluted O 2 is used to combust the...

Optimal Charge Rates for a Lithium Ion Cell

Oct 19, 2011
Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian
Optimal Charge Rates for a Lithium Ion Cell Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian, Sean Rayman, Ralph E. White Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC29208, USA Abstract The optimum charge rate for a lithium ion cell at each cycle is determined to maximize the useful life...

Design Enhancements of a High Temperature, Ceramic Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger

Nov 9, 2010
Merrill Wilson
The recent developments in the energy and process industries have lead to more efficient, higher-temperature processes and compact equipment. By using small features such as micro-channels, pin fins or plate fins the length scale for which transport occurs is minimized and thus increases the heat...

BIOCORE - On a Paradigm for the Design and Synthesis of Real-Life Biorefineries

Oct 19, 2011
Aikaterini D. Mountraki
As oil is a fast depleting resource (BP, 2010), much is expected by the production of biofuels as valid options to replace fossil-oil transportation fuels. Biorefineries are not an entirely new concept. Many of the traditional biomass conversion technologies such as the sugar and paper industries...

Fouling Monitoring Techniques for Water Treatment Membrane Processes

Nov 7, 2010
Kuo-Lun Tung
Membrane fouling and flux decline are undesirable, albeit inevitable, problems in membrane filtration processes for water treatment. The development of low fouling membranes, the design of high efficiency modules, the selection of optimal operational strategies, and several improvements made in...

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