Mercury Removal in Ethylene Plants: An Update and a Case Study Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Ethylene producers have faced the challenge of feedstock contaminants for decades. Mercury is one of the contaminants often present in ethylene plant...
An Optimal Cost-Effective Approach to Sensor Siting for Industrial Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Perimeter or fenceline monitoring for emissions of hazardous gases is very important for hazardous waste sites, landfills, and industrial facilities...
A Novel Reactive Distillation Approach for Producing 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone From Glycerol Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 19, 2011Glycerol is a viable renewable feedstock that has emerged as a consequence of triglyceride conversion to biodiesel. In addition to glycerol...
New Catalytic Technology for Converting Heavy Oils Derived From Alberta Oil Sands Into Petrochemical Feedstock Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Oil sands operations in Alberta are poised to experience significant growth over the next number of years. Production of 1.31 million bbl/day of...
Rules of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Conditions for Thermochemical Treatment of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood Waste Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 16, 2011Lab-scale pyrolysis experiments have been performed to gain insight in the mechanisms influencing the metal behavior during carbonization of...
Wastewater Treatment for Refineries Using Canadian Tar Sands SAGD Crude as Feed Stock Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 15, 2011Refineries using Canadian Crude as feed stock are experiencing high emulsion wastewater from Desalter mud wash operation. This waste is high in COD /...
Real Time CO2 and Energy Cost Reductions: Field Experiences In Petrochemical Plants Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 14, 2011Over a period of more than 10 years of deploying industrial projects related to energy systems real time optimization and cost reduction in...
Microreactor for Industrial Application: Technical and Economical Benefits Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2010A glass based high throughput microreactor technology is presented illustrating the basic design window, technical data and configuration. An...
On-Line Studies of Pd Based Sorbents for the Removal of Gaseous Metal Contaminants: Capture and Regeneration Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010The Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) is a promising technology for the future use of coal to provide clean energy in a more efficient...
Putting Green Energy to Work: EU Decarbonizing Railroads and Steel with Hydrogen April 5, 2017The EU is reducing carbon production, thanks to hydrogen-fueled rail technology and new steelmaking technology.
Distributed Ammonia Synthesis Archived Webinar Dec 21, 2016 This 60-minute webinar describes a research project that takes wind—which is too far from urban areas to be used—and turns it into ammonia used on local farms. This project involves a small plant which raises the question: What will happen to the chemical industry when the plant is not fed from a...
AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: OAQPS Update on Multipollutant Science and Policy Considerations Archived Webinar Sep 30, 2015 In the first part of this presentation, (presented by Bryan Hubbell), EPA discusses the current state of multipollutant air quality research with an emphasis on the most policy relevant research. Challenges in conducting and interpreting multipollutant health studies are also discussed, as well as...
How Our Communities Collect Waste and Recyclables Archived Webinar Sep 2, 2015 The presentation provides an overview on collecting solid waste (SW) from the curb in front of your home to the point of processing and/or disposal. It includes a brief history of how the industry has transitioned from horse and buggy to modern collecting methods. We discuss the various methods...
Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact -- An Overview of Real-World Examples Archived Webinar Jun 1, 2011 This webinar presents highlights and insights from the recently published book Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact. It describes case studies and real world examples of application of the principles of sustainability in the development and implementation of...
"Green Energy?" Hydro Produces Significant Emissions Say Researchers 3 CommentsOctober 25, 2016When the Paris climate accord goes into effect in November, the world will have to start living within a tight carbon budget. At this point, without big technological...
World's Largest Solar Plant Goes Online in Tamil Nadu, India October 4, 2016The Paris climate agreement is the world’s best effort yet to ward off the existential threat of climate change. Fortunately, it's much closer to reality now that India formally...
Deepwater Wind to Install First US Offshore Wind July 15, 2016Developer Deepwater Wind is on the verge of launching the first offshore wind farm in the US. Later this fall, w hen its five turbines finally power up off the coast of Rhode...
Worldwide Electric-Car Charging Network Ramps Up August 5, 2016As new electric vehicles (EVs) begin to flood the world's roads and highways, sold by a global who's-who of traditional car makers, it's important to remember that Nissan was the...
Elon Musk Opens Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory August 8, 2016Two weeks ago reporters and fans joined Elon Musk and chief technical officer J.B. Straubel at the official opening of Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory, where, in addition to giving...
Norway’s Oslo Airport Now Offers Jet Biofuel to All Airlines January 27, 2016As the aviation industry begins to cobble together a global supply chain for jet biofuel, in Europe it all starts with Finland's Neste Oil, whose NEXBTL technology already...
Two Major Water Contamination Mysteries Solved September 1, 2016Few of her peers were surprised when Professor Joan Rose received 2016's Stockholm Water Prize in Geneva last March, which celebrated her career sleuthing, identifying, and...
California's Newest Grid Storage — Batteries Not Included May 5, 2016Rail storage shows major advantages for the future of California's grid storage, potentially leaving storage batteries in the dust.
Novel Wastewater Treatment Is New "It" Technology at Stanford September 8, 2016Can a balding, late-middle-aged researcher who's hawking a still-uncommercialized technology transform America's aging fleet of aerobic waste treatment plants? The feat is a...
The Future Grid Is Here: Nissan Begins Vehicle-to-Grid Storage Trial June 1, 2016Nissan's test in the UK aims to show how cars may one day be an integral part of the grid.
Statoil Green Lights World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm 1 CommentJune 17, 2016Seven years ago, when Statoil moored the world's first full-sized floating turbine ten kilometers off the coast of Norway, engineers were looking to see if the new concept could...
PM2.5 Modeling Challenges Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Air Dispersion Modeling is usually required to demonstrate compliance with the Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM 2.5 in support of an air permit...
The Ohio State University Chemical Looping Processes: 25 Kwth Sub-Pilot Performance Studies for Natural Gas Conversion and 250 Kwth Pilot Unit Developments Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013The increasing focus on developing alternative fossil fuel conversion technologies is fueled by growing concerns on controlling carbon emissions from...
Flare Gas Recirculation Reduces Product Losses and Emissions At Lyondellbasell Ethylene Plant Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013Hydrocarbon losses to an ethylene plant’s flare system, from such varied sources as relief valve leakage, vents from process vessels and clearing of...
From Zero to World No.1 LNG Exporter in Less Than 10 years, Qatar Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Qatar is a member of the OPEC and is a significant oil producer, but the Qatari government has devoted much more efforts to the development of...
Building an Iron-Clad BACT Attack - Avoiding Imposition of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) on Your Next Major Expansion Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013USEPA began regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in major source permits beginning Jan 2nd, 2011. Their long-awaited GHG BACT guidance...
Investigation on the Chemical Degradation of SOFC Anode Caused By the Trace Level of Sulfur and Other Elements Possibly Contained in Coal Derived Fuel Gas Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014The integration of gasification and solid oxide fuel cells will be promising direction to meet the demand of clean and efficient utilization of coal...
The Impact of RD&D on Market Opportunities for Power Plants with Carbon Capture Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE), in conjunction with its National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),...
Overview of the U.S. Doe Carbon Capture Research and Development Program Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014The Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture Program –managed within the Office of Fossil Energy and implemented by the National Energy Technology...
Sustainable R&D for new Technology in Start Ups Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014Often Start Ups develop technology for building block chemicals from renewables. DOE has a list of 12 such building blocks, such as glucaric acid,...
Economic and Engineering Assessment of Combined Heat and Power Fuel Cell Systems Installed in Commercial Buildings Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 4, 2013PNNL support of the DOE’s Fuel Cells Technology Office is to identify near term niche markets where fuel cells have potential , work with the DOE and...
The Hanford River Protection Project Reference Integrated Flowsheet Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste is stored in underground tank farms at Hanford in southeastern Washington State...
2014 Conference Keynote Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 9, 2014Strong process research organizations and capabilities constitute very relevant competitive advantages in the chemical industry, enabling constant...
Getting It Right - Building an Iron-Clad GHG BACT Cost Effectiveness Calculation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Determining which technology constitutes GHG BACT for a new or modified facility often hinges on the GHG BACT cost calculation. The calculation, when...
Advantages and Limitations of Single-Use Systems in Downstream Processing Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Biopharmaceutical downstream processes are generally dominated by chromatographic separations and membrane filtrations. Single-use systems can...
Investigation On the Utilization of Grassy Biomass Grown in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils for the Production of Sugars and Fast Pyrolytic Oil Via a Hybrid Biochemical and Thermochemical Approach Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013Our society is still highly reliant on fossil fuels which are not renewable and causing environmental issues , primarily due to greenhouse gas...
Systematic Approach for Energy Efficient Eco-Industrial Parks Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 4, 2013Sustainability since its original conceptualization is considered to have four dimensions; social; economic; environmental and institutional. It is...
Greenhouse Gas Permitting At the BASF-Total Petrochemicals Cracker Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013The permitting of greenhouse gasses (GHG) is new to industry, the States, and to the Environmental Protection Agency. The process is further...
NETL CO2 Injection and Storage Cost Model Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has developed a model to estimate the costs of storing captured CO 2 ...
Piecing Together a Sustainable Development Strategy October2003ManagementDawn G. RittenhouseHere's how to assess your organization's performance on environmental, economic and social issues and prepare a plan to improve its sustainability.
Targeting Material Reuse via Property Integration August2005Environmental ManagementMahmoud M. El-Halwagi, Vasiliki Kazantzi Material reuse is often governed by the functionalities of the process streams. This new property-based technique creates a pinch diagram that identifies targets for the minimum use of fresh resources and waste discharge, and the maximum integration...