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Extreme purpose of finding the most cost effective design solution with the least waste generation possible, considering environmental and social impacts in chemical engineering design problems justifies developing a systematic methodology for incorporating sustainability concerns into design and...

Simulation Study of Different Alternatives for Isoamyl Butyrate Production by Using Aspen Plus ® Jairo Duran, Karen Cañón, Iván Gil, Gerardo Rodríguez, Julio Vargas Grupo de Procesos Químicos y Bioquímicos. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Universidad Nacional de Colombia...

Oil sands operations in Alberta are poised to experience significant growth over the next number of years. Production of 1.31 million bbl/day of synthetic crude oil and bitumen blends from oil sands in 2008 is projected to increase to over 3 million bbl/day by 2018. This guarantees a large output...

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...

The Effects of Carbon-to-Oxygen ratio upon Supercritical Water Reformation for Hydrogen Production Jared Bouquet 1 , Ryan Tschannen 2 , Aaron Gonzales 2 , and Sunggyu Lee 2 1: Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 2: Ohio University, Athens, OH With the continually growing energy...

Chemical and energy conversion systems based on microchannel process technology (MPT) demonstrate high performance in applications in which rates are controlled by diffusive heat and mass transfer flux. MPT-based heat exchangers, absorbers/desorbers and chemical reactors all benefit from process...

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...

A milestone in process safety was the 1974 Flixborough explosion in the United Kingdom the caused twenty-eight deaths. Following, the accident interest in chemical process industry safety increasd, as well as from government regulatory organizations and the general public. Since 1978, interest in...

The Carboxylate Platform, also known as the MixAlco TM process, is an acidogenic fermentation process using mixed culture inoculums, which offers several advantages compared to conventional bioprocessing, such as: non-sterile fermentation, the use of inexpensive tanks, adaptability to a wide...

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...