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April 2021

Investigation of Thermal Hazards in Reaction Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Effective process safety programs provide for the prevention and control of hazards, which result in risk reduction and thus sustained value. A major...

Heat Release Analysis of Neat and Upgraded Biorenewable Thermal Deoxygenation Oils in a Diesel Engine

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Thermal DeOxygenation is a non-catalytic thermochemical process which converts biomass-derived levulinic and formic acids to crude hydrocarbon oils...

Application of Design of Experiment Based Approach in Coatings Research

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Latex paints are complex formulations wherein a large number of ingredients are mixed and stabilized to optimize performance against multiple...

Investigation of Transfer Learning for Image Classification and Impact on Training Sample Size for Image Classification Tasks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Recent developments in deep learning have brought huge breakthroughs in the image processing area, which triggered numerous successful applications...

Procedures and Practices for the Development and Use of Physical Property Models

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Process modeling is widely used in conceptual design, detailed engineering, plant startup, and plant operations and maintenance. In turn, process...

Hongwei Shen

Dr. Hongwei Shen has a PHD degree in Chemistry from McGill University in Canada where he studied morphological transitions of block copolymers in solution. He is currently a technical manager who leads a group of scientists focused on surfactant-based formulation research and innovation for home care, personal care, and oral care applications at Colgate Palmolive Company.  He has published over 20 peer-reviewed scientific research papers and held more than a dozen patents....Read more

Identification of Potential Stagnant Areas in an Ethylene Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Unexpected over pressurization, reduced rates and/or equipment damage can occur due to polymer build up in stagnant and low flow areas. After an over...

Using Seeq to Empower SMEs in Ethylene Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The fourth industrial revolution dramatically increased the number IIoT sensors present in chemical manufacturing, corresponding to a wealth of time-...

An Investigation of Practical Implications of Complex Column Arrangements in Industrial Methanol Distillation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
In industrial Methanol distillation, a stream consisting of a multi-component mixture of Methanol, Water and a number of trace components must be...

Blast-resistant design and construction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Blast-resistant design and construction

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