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Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers can handle most control problems if properly tuned. This article describes two basic methods of controller tuning.
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Claus Gunge Ellegaard Mortensen

Claus has been in the Danish bioenergy industry for ten years undertaking biogas sector analysis and facilitating innovation activities between companies and universities in +20 countries. As a director for Biogas Go Global he partners with US biogas stakeholders, the Danish Foreign Ministry – Trade Council in North America and The Danish Energy Agency on building US-Danish partnership within biogas. 

Besides assisting Danish biogas companies in innovation and internationalization, Claus oversees Food & Bio Cluster Denmark startup incubator Copenhagen Agrifood Incubator...Read more

Michael Huesemann

Dr. Michael Huesemann has conducted both experimental and theoretical research in environmental and marine biotechnology for more than twenty years. Dr. Huesemann currently is or has been the principal investigator on numerous major federal and corporate funded research projects focusing on climate change mitigation technologies and biofuels production, which include topics such as lipid synthesis by microalgae for biodiesel and jet biofuel production, fermentation of seaweed to ethanol and other transportation fuels, photosynthetic hydrogen production, biofixation of carbon dioxide from...Read more

Julie Rodriguez



Dr. Rodriguez is the Advanced Biofuels Centre’s Manager and innovation lead at Steeper Energy. Her role is to develop new integrated technologies to optimize Hydrofaction® Oil upgrading pathways into dropping fuels and co-processing with petroleum feedstocks for refinery integration. She has managed collaborative research projects with the Universities of Calgary and Alberta in Canada, and Aalborg University in Denmark, leading pilot plan tests on biocrude’s hydroprocessing. Moreover, she leads and participates in testing and development of demineralization and dewatering of...Read more

Michael Huesemann

Dr. Michael Huesemann has conducted both experimental and theoretical research in environmental and marine biotechnology for more than twenty years. Dr. Huesemann currently is or has been the principal investigator on numerous major federal and corporate funded research projects focusing on climate change mitigation technologies and biofuels production, which include topics such as lipid synthesis by microalgae for biodiesel and jet biofuel production, fermentation of seaweed to ethanol and other transportation fuels, photosynthetic hydrogen production, biofixation of carbon dioxide from...Read more

Julie Rodriguez

Dr. Rodriguez is the Advanced Biofuels Centre’s Manager and innovation lead at Steeper Energy. Her role is to develop new integrated technologies to optimize Hydrofaction® Oil upgrading pathways into dropping fuels and co-processing with petroleum feedstocks for refinery integration. She has managed collaborative research projects with the Universities of Calgary and Alberta in Canada, and Aalborg University in Denmark, leading pilot plan tests on biocrude’s hydroprocessing. Moreover, she leads and participates in testing and development of demineralization and...Read more

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Dr. Rodriguez is the Advanced Biofuels Centre’s Manager and innovation lead at Steeper Energy. Her role is to develop new integrated technologies to optimize Hydrofaction® Oil upgrading pathways into dropping fuels and co-processing with petroleum feedstocks for refinery integration. She has managed collaborative research projects with the Universities of Calgary and Alberta in Canada, and Aalborg University in Denmark, leading pilot plan tests on biocrude’s hydroprocessing. Moreover, she leads and participates in testing and development of demineralization and...Read more

Yatendra K. Lodha

YK Lodha currently located at Mumbai headquarters of Reliance Industries Limited, as Group Head - Safety & Operating Risk, Sustainability & Operating Excellence.  Prior to this, he headed world’s largest refining complex (SEZ) as Site President at Jamnagar. He is a Chemical Engineer and carries a rich experience of over 30years spanning across Operations, Technical services, Project management, Systems development, Operating risk management in various technologies in Petchem and Refining sector. He is passionate about managing risk framework, operating management system &...Read more

Improving Process Safety Culture: A Chat with Reliance Industries’ YK Lodha

November 23, 2021
November 23, 2021

Learn how one company is transforming its process safety culture, and hear predictions about where process safety practices, technology, and related regulatory issues are headed.

Students Excel at Inaugural RAPID® ChemE Cube Competition

November 8, 2021
Student teams from five RAPID Member universities (Carnegie Mellon, Missouri University of Science and Technology, NC State, University of Delaware, and University of Pittsburgh) participated in the pilot competition (2020-2021 season) on November 8 at the 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting to design, build...
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