Conference Presentations - 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting

The heterogeneous oxidation of Zn(g) is a promising means of sustainably reducing CO 2 to CO in the two-step Zn/ZnO solar thermochemical cycle. Prior efforts on CO 2 reduction in the cycle have focused on the oxidation of solid or liquid Zn, and elucidate the need for faster kinetics. The rate of...

The transportation sector relies heavily on petroleum as a primary energy source, and currently faces challenges over high crude oil prices, volatility of the global oil market, and high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [1]. As a result, a substantial effort has been taken in the United...

According to the US Department of Energy, there is scientific evidence that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels have caused climate change and that a reduction of these emissions is essential for reducing the risk of future devastating effects. At present, the leading technology for the post...

There are significant differences in the methods employed by various organizations to estimate the cost of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems for fossil fuel power plants. Such differences often are not readily apparent in publicly reported CCS cost estimates. As a consequence, there is a...

Understanding variability in excipient physico-chemical properties is becoming an important aspect of Quality-by-Design (QbD) drug product development. However, present experimental methods are only able to study a few physico-chemical properties on a few excipient lots due to time, cost, and...

“The Role of PAT, Condition Monitoring and Adaptive Control in Delivering QbD” Stephen Hammond, Mark Smith, Pfizer Global Supply, Peapack NJ, USA The use of spectroscopic techniques such as NIR spectroscopy to deliver greater process understanding, either providing difficult to obtain compositional...