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Safety in the LNG Value Chain

Dec 12, 2012
Georges Melhem, Henry Ozog

In this webinar, presenters describe and examine potential LNG (liquefied natural gas) hazards and risk-reduction methods for the LNG value chain ― production and consumption.

Center for Energy Initiatives (CEI)

The Center for Energy Initiatives is an AIChE Industry Technology Group devoted to the development, design and efficient use of energy by chemical engineers and related professionals.

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Completing the Cycle: Capturing Gaseous Waste Carbon As Fuel/Chemicals

Oct 17, 2011
Michael A. Schultz
The world currently faces an enormous energy challenge. LanzaTech responds to this challenge by capturing and beneficially reusing waste carbon to make low carbon fuels and chemicals. The International Energy Outlook, in its 2010 reference case, projects that world primary energy consumption will...

Preparation of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Palladium Catalyst for Biofuel Upgrade

Oct 17, 2011
Ling Fei
Preparation of Mesoporous Silica-supported Palladium Catalyst for Biofuel Upgrade Ling Fei, Joshua Hill, Qianglu Lin, Yun Xu, Shuguang Deng, Hongmei Luo Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003 A large number of reactions in organic chemistry (such as...

Can a Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank BLEVE?

Oct 17, 2011
Subramanya Nayak
Abstract A BLEVE (boiling-liquid expanding-vapor explosion) occurs when a tank containing liquefied gas ruptures, resulting in the instantaneous release of the vapor, boiling liquid, missiles (tank fragments), and blast wave 1 . The most common type of the BLEVE is caused when the external wall of...

Synthesis of Bifunctional Catalyst for Aqueous Phase Reforming of Biomass

Oct 17, 2011
Richa Tungal
This study reports the synthesis of novel bifunctional catalytic material and its utilization in catalytic aqueous phase reforming of biomass to enhance selectivity and conversion into hydrogen and higher hydrocarbons. The synthesis involved the preparation of mesoporous aluminosilicate catalyst by...

Solar Grade Silicon Production In Fluidized Bed Reactor

Oct 17, 2011
Juan Du
In this work, we present a multi-scale modeling approach for solar grade silicon production in fluidized bed reactor (FBR) by thermal decomposition of silane. The FBR process has been commercialized by several companies and promises to deliver poly-silicon at reasonable and stable price. Silane...

Modeling and Scale up of CO2-Water Pretreatment of Guayule Biomass

Oct 17, 2011
Ehsan Moharreri
A carbon dioxide – water pretreatment process was developed for guayule biomass. The guayule biomass was mixed with water and then loaded to a reactor where it was exposed to a biphasic environment consisting of CO2 rich vapor phase and water rich liquid phase. Then, the biomass was enzymatically...

Synthesis of Optimal Adsorptive Carbon Capture Processes

Oct 17, 2011
David C. Miller
Solid sorbent carbon capture systems have the potential to require significantly lower regeneration energy compared to aqueous monoethanol amine (MEA) systems. To date, the majority of work on solid sorbents has focused on developing the sorbent materials themselves. In order to advance these...

Gas Evolution In a Flow-Assisted Zinc-Nickel Oxide Battery

Oct 17, 2011
Yasumasa Ito
Zinc-based rechargeable batteries are one of the most attractive electrical energy storage systems due to its advantages such as low cost and green. On the other hand, short cycle life due to internal short circuit is the most critical disadvantage. We have carried out experiments in flow-assisted...

Biojet Production From Hydrocracking of Vegetable Oil

Oct 17, 2011
Huali Wang
The development of fuels from alternative and renewable sources to replace commercial petroleum products has been a subject of increasing research in recent years. At present, there are few economically feasible processes to produce jet fuel from plant oils and animal fats, especially with non-...

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