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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.

Institute for Sustainability (IfS)

IfS is an umbrella organization encompassing a broad spectrum of activities related to sustainability. It has three sub-entities: the Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF), the Center for Sustainable Technology Practices (CSTP), and the Youth Council on Sustainability Science and Technology (YCOSST). It also provides oversight to the AIChE Sustainability Index (sm).

Environmental Division (ENV)

The ENV division provides relevant programs on current environmental topics and non-confidential information concerning all aspects of environmental activity. The division promotes publication of papers of interest to chemical engineers in environmental activities as well as coordinates the Institute’s activities with other related societies.

Sustainability Innovation in the Consumer Products Industry

January

2009

Special Section

Len Sauers, Shekhar Mitra

Sustainability is both a responsibility and an opportunity, and innovation can be the key to success.

Profit from Effective Greenhouse Gas Management -- A Six-Step Plan

May

2003

Environmental Management

Joseph W. Hower, Michael P. Scott, Stanley R. Hayes

Follow this procedure for evaluating the strategic importance of greenhouse gas (GHG) issues to your firm and developing a corporate strategy for managing GHGs.

Improve Catalytic Oxidizer Operation

January

2007

Environmental Management

John C. Bonacci

A catalyst guard bed is a simple, low-cost modification that reduces catalyst-replacement costs, saves natural gas and cuts energy expenses.

Measuring and Communicating Sustainability through Eco-Efficiency Analysis

December

2010

Environmental Management

Bruce W. Uhlman, Peter Saling

Eco-efficiency analysis promotes an understanding of the economic and environmental trade-offs over products’ lifecycles, and supports informed, strategic decision-making in all areas of a business, from spurring innovative product development to...

Using Metrics to Track Progress of Community Outreach Programs

December

2004

Environmental Management

Mary F. McDaniel, Michael J. Sullivan , Richard D. Siegel

Use this process to develop metrics to help you understand how well you are implementing your community outreach program, as well as how to improve it.

Dealing with Climate Change at the Local Level

February

2008

Opinion

Paul A. Jennings

Whatever problems may be caused by climate change, engineers will be expected to solve them.Now is the time to begin addressing the issues at the local and regional scale.

Industrial Ecology: A Chemical Engineering Challenge

November

2002

Environmental Management

David T. Allen, R. Scott Butner

Industrial ecology involves turning wastes into raw materials -- an art that chemical engineers have practiced for decades.

Industrial-Scale Flare Testing

May

2006

Environmental Management

Charles Baukal, Jianhui Hong, Mahmoud Fleifil, Robert Schwartz

Advanced flare testing at full scale can help to ensure that the system operates as designed. This article explains what's involved and the parameters that should be measured and evaluated to demonstrate performance, reliability and safety.

What Does It Mean To Be Green?

September

2009

Opinion

Phillip E. Savage, P.E.

Sustainability encompasses green chemistry and green engineering, among other concepts. This article explores some of the principles of sustainability and provides a framework for developing a lifecycle approach to chemical engineering.

Collect and Destroy Emissions Safely

May

2004

Environmental Management

Tony Ennis

Vent collection and destruction systems are complex, and their safety depends on the proper integration of the discrete elements. This article provides guidance on how to achieve that.

A Renewable Route to Propylene Glycol

August

2007

News Feature

Suzanne Shelley

Rapid expansion in biodiesel production has spurred a bumper crop of competing processes to turn byproduct glycerin into propylene glycol.

Demonstrating CCS Integration

August

2011

Special Section

Nick Irvin, P.E., P.G., Richard A. Esposito

The largest, fully integrated process for separating CO2 from fluegas and compressing it to a supercritical fluid, transporting the CO2 by pipeline, and injecting the CO2 into a saline reservoir is now underway at the Plant Barry generating station...