Minimize Wastes from Specialty Chemical Processes
Jeffrey Mueller, Michael Cipullo
Use this holistic approach as the basis for a process development strategy to identify environmentally sound, cost-effective, low-waste-generating processes.
Environmental Sustainability
Agency - Friend or Foe?
Mar 14, 2011
Anju Bhatia
Permitting a new plant, process, or modification can be daunting task. Early presentation and meetings with the Agency can help you climb the paperwork hill. In this session, a brief description of the various Bureaus and how they interact will be presented. Further information will be provided on the Bureau of Air which has the most complex rules and regulations.
Special Section: Energy - Regulatory Programs Governing Shale Gas Development
Mary Ellen Ternes
The production of natural gas from shale is subject to environmental regulations, including a combination of requirements already followed by conventional gas developers, plus new ones specific to shale gas.
Marcellus Shale Gas Wastewater Reuse and Recycle
AIChE Webinar
Oct 3, 2012
Jessica Gray
This webinar provides background on how water is used for drilling and hydraulic fracturing and includes a review of hydraulic fracturing fluid composition and flowback and produced water quantity and composition.
Fracking: The Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale
AIChE Web Forum
Nov 15, 2011
Dale Keairns, Lee Fuller, Michael Domach, Stephen A. Holditch, P.E.
Led by experts from academia, government and industry, this interactive Web Forum presents an overview of the history, the current state of development and a look into the future of natural gas shale and its extraction, along with implications of
Grand Challenges in Sustainable Biofuels Production
SBE Webinar
Apr 22, 2009
Gregory Stephanopoulos
It is now clear that, for many reasons, corn has serious limitations as feedstock for biofuel production.
The Truth about Anthropogenic Climate Change
Virtual Local Section Webinar
Apr 28, 2011
Arvid Pasto
This presentation will describe the situation as depicted by the UN-IPCC and other AGW supporters. Then the theories, models, and assumptions utilized by AGW adherents will be examined.
BACT for Greenhouse Gases - BACT to the Future Coming to a Facility Near You
Virtual Local Section Webinar
Jan 13, 2011
Mark Lockhart, Ron B. Crum
USEPA will begin regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases in Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits beginning January 2nd, 2011.
Challenges for Global Energy
AIChE Webinar
Apr 21, 2009
Dr. Nathan Lewis
This presentation describes and evaluates the technical, political, and economic challenges involved with widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies.
A Perspective on the World's Energy Challenge
AIChE Webinar
Apr 6, 2009
John Chen
Modern life depends upon the availability of plentiful energy at reasonable cost. Life styles, industries, agriculture, health care all assume availability of energy on demand. Is this situation sustainable?
Climate Change: Engineering R/D Needed!
AIChE Webinar
Jan 13, 2009
Dr. M. J. Plodinec
There are large uncertainties in the climate change debate that reflect the absence of the engineering community.
Chemical Engineering Outside the Pipe: Industrial Ecology and Sustainability
Nov 7, 2010
Roland Clift
The 2010 Danckwerts lecture is concerned with explaining the emerging field of Industrial Ecology (IE) and why it represents a new and important area for application of the skills of the chemical engineer. Wikipedia, defines Industrial Ecology (IE) as “a ‘systems-based, multidisciplinary discourse...
The Rise of China - Progress at What Price?
Boonsri Dickinson
As China undergoes an industrial revolution, its once pristine lands are being choked by pollution from coal-fired plants. Spurred by the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China is quickly cleaning the air. And, it has long-term plans to invest...
Green Design, Green Energy, and Sustainability
SEF Webinar
Jan 25, 2012
Urmila Diwekar
This webinar presents a systems analysis perspective that extends the traditional design framework to green design, green energy and industrial ecology leading to sustainability.
Is Your Facility Carbon Capture Ready? Understanding the Basics of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
AIChE Webinar
Nov 30, 2011
Dr. Gerald Hill
In this webinar, engineering professionals find out how to implement and deploy Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects. Specific areas addressed are project development, operations, and monitoring.
Biomimicry of the Fungal Consolidation of Biomass Pretreatment with Saccharification
Oct 18, 2011
Justin T. Kaffenberger
Efficient breakdown of ligno-cellulosic material prior to fermentation for bio-fuel production is a key step in optimizing bio-fuel production. Current industrial practice involves chemical pretreatment and acid or enzymatic saccharification to prepare ligno-cellulosic biomass for fermentation. The...
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