Repackaging the Planet June 14, 2018Current plastic recycling efforts just aren't enough, but new solutions are evolving in response to public awareness and outrage.
SPS '18 - Innovations in Transforming Waste to Value-Added Products December 5-7, 2018Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJSPS' 18 will focus on waste valorization and sustainability challenges, as well as opportunities for creating value-added products from the waste streams abundant in our cities, oceans, and food supply chains. The conference is chaired by Serpil Guran, Rutgers University.
Technical Entity Trends: Repackaging the Planet May2018Technical Entity TrendsLucy Lyudmila AlexanderDramatic images of plastic floating in our oceans and stories of its detriment to marine life have drawn the public’s attention to the plastics industry and, especially, plastic packaging — which accounts for 26% of all plastics used by volume. The...
Earth Day 2018 April 22, 2018This year's Earth Day coincides with the opening of AIChE's Spring Meeting and the 14th Global Congress on Global Safety. #AIChESpring #GCPS
CEP: News Update March2018News UpdateVaccine Boosts Immune System Response to Cancer Cancer can be difficult to treat because its highly proliferative cells spread throughout the body, effectively evading the immune system’s surveillance. One opportunity that scientists are pursuing...
Catalyst Turns Nitrates into Water and Air in Single Step January 5, 2018Engineers have discovered a catalyst that could prove useful in purifying water polluted with nitrates from agricultural runoff and other sources.
Harnessing E. Coli to Manage Carbon Dioxide January 9, 2018Scientists have devised a method that harnesses E. coli to potentially capture, store, or recycle carbon dioxide.
Concentrating Solar Power: Solar Energy on Demand Archived Webinar Jun 21, 2017 Can a power plant ever expect to reliably provide solar power on demand—even when it’s nighttime or cloudy? Find out here. Join National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Craig Turchi as he explores the possibilities that arise when thermal energy storage systems (TES) are combined with concentrating...
Successful Retrofit Applying Ultra-Low NOx, High-Capacity Burners on an Existing Heater with a Small Radiant Section Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017Successful retrofit of high capacity ultra-low NOx burners is accomplished via thorough evaluation of the existing heater, comprehensive CFD modeling...
Supercharge Styrene Polymerization Control with Dorf Ketal ACtifyTM Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Just over twenty years ago, the styrene monomer industry witnessed a dramatic change in the accepted method of in-process polymer control. In the 20...
An "Intolerable" Risk: Applying the UK Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology to Freedom Industries, WV Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016The Environmental Equivalent of a Fatality: Had the UK's Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology Been Applied to Freedom Industries in West...
Application of Dynamic Simulation in Improving Plant Efficiency Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 12, 2016Application of Dynamic Simulation in Improving Plant Efficiency By Tim Song, Maryn Pols, Prakash Ramdoss CB&I 2 Riverway, Suite 1300 Houston, TX...
The Refinery Risk and Technology Review "RTR" Rule - Major Refinery Impacts and Targeted Solutions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016The Refinery “RTR” rule was final as of September 30, 2015. The ruling is complex with wide-spread consequences for all U.S. Refiners. The...
Water Desalination By Shock Electrodialysis Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015The development of cost and energy efficient water purification systems, specifically desalination systems, is one of the most critical engineering...
Dissolution of Lignin in Recalcitrant Biomass Using Ionic Liquid - Glycerol Mixtures Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015Lignocellulosic biomass has a recalcitrant structure including interwoven cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin biomacromolecules that is challenging...
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...
Kinetic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Capture By Potassium Carbonate Supported on Activated Carbon Using a Fluidized Bed Reactor Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015CO2 is a major anthropogenic gas contributing to global warming. The growing concerns for climate change have encouraged research activities towards...
CFD Modeling of Air Emissions from Controlled Flare Tests Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Although significant progress has been made in developing technologies capable of measuring flare efficiencies and emissions in situ, essential...
Integrating Wastewater Reuse with Seawater Desalination Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Freshwater shortages are forcing industrial customers to rethink water supply options. Industrial facilities located near oceans or saline aquifers...
Szorb Sulfur Removal Technology - a Solution of Tier 3 Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015S Zorb(TM) Sulfur Removal Technology is very different from what is commonly known as the Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) Technologies. What distinguishes...
Designing Advanced Activated Carbons for Enhanced Mercury Capture Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014Roger Cayton, Jacob Lowring, and Joe Wong ADA Carbon Solutions EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards requiring stringent emission controls for coal-...
Rapid Detection of Trace Element Concentrations Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Laser-Breakdown Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014The rapid and precise measurement of trace species is imperative for various applications such as industrial process, environment and human health...
Optimal CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) Supply Chain Network for Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014More than 60% of the total anthropogenic CO 2 emissions in the U.S. are emitted from stationary sources such as power plants, iron and steel...
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),...
AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: Practical Applications of LCA in Industry and Product Design Archived Webinar Jun 10, 2014 Life Cycle Assessment is a tool used in the field of industrial ecology to evaluate the environmental impacts of products or processes over their entire life cycle – from raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and end-of-life management. This webinar outlines the need for environmental tools...
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...
Modeling A Scaled 300 kWth Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor With Barracuda Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013As global warming is continuing to gain recognition as a problem, new technologies for capturing greenhouse gasses such as CO 2 are being introduced...
Performance Analysis of Rdf Gasification in a Two Stage Fluid Bed - Plasma Process Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RDF GASIFICATION IN A TWO STAGE FLUID BED - PLASMA PROCESS M. MATERAZZI* **, P. LETTIERI*, R. TAYLOR **, C. CHAPMAN ** *...
Theory and Computation in Modern Chemical Engineering. A Thermodynamicist?s Perspective Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013Chemical engineers have been at the forefront of the development of powerful algorithms that enable the molecular-based analysis of complex systems...
Utilization of Low-Grade Heat and Process Integration in Oxy-Combustion Coal Based Power Plants Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is a technology that collects and concentrates the CO2 emitted from large point sources, transports it to a suitable...
Worker Behavior Changing by Dynamic Culture Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013INTRODUCTION The chemical industries need appropriated project of process to control safety and production avoiding accidents and environmental...
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...
Reservoir Model Optimization Using the Seismic Response to CO2 Injection and Stochastic Inversion Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 1, 2012Reservoir Model Optimization Using the Seismic Response to CO 2 Injection and Stochastic Inversion Abelardo L. Ramirez 1 , Kathy Dyer 1 , Donald J...
Numerical Simulation of Reservoir-Wellbore Fluid Flow Simulations At Geologic CO2 Sequestration Sites: Coupled or De-Coupled? Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 1, 2012Leakage of CO 2 and brine through pre-existing wellbores is considered to be one of the main potential risks at geologic CO 2 sequestration sites. To...
5-HMF Production in Piperylene Sulfone: A Bifunctional Solvent for Reaction and Separation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 20125-Hydroxylmethylfurfural has garnered wide interest as a potential bio-based commodity chemical due to its multiple reactive groups and relatively...
Using Non-Cl? Containing Ionic Liquids for Rice Hull Pretreatment Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012Rice is the fundamental food for about half the world's population and provides over 20% of calories consumed by humans. Since the rice hull or husk...
High Efficiency Direct Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuel Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012In this paper, we will discuss a design of an electrochemical cell for CO 2 reduction implementing a proton exchange membrane (PEM) by adding a...
Post-Combustion Gas Permeation Carbon Capture System Models Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012Post-Combustion Gas Permeation Carbon Capture System Models Juan E. Morinelly, David C. Miller National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Gas...
Coupling Industrial Carbon Mineralisation and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012Coupling industrial carbon mineralisation and ocean alkalinity enhancement Introduction The ocean carbonate system has the potential to store ~10 2...
Marcellus Shale Gas Wastewater Reuse and Recycle Archived Webinar Oct 3, 2012 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.
Applications of Cause-Consequence Diagrams in Operational Risk Assessment Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Learning Outcomes: Understand the importance of hazard evaluation and risk assessment in the context of and safety and environmental management...
Green Design, Green Energy, and Sustainability Archived Webinar Jan 25, 2012 This webinar presents a systems analysis perspective that extends the traditional design framework to green design, green energy and industrial ecology leading to sustainability.
Is Your Facility Carbon Capture Ready? Understanding the Basics of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Archived Webinar Nov 30, 2011 In this webinar, engineering professionals find out how to implement and deploy Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects. Specific areas addressed are project development, operations, and monitoring. The webinar provides an overview of the entire value chain of carbon capture storage...
Fracking: The Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Archived Webinar Nov 15, 2011 Led by experts from academia, government and industry, this interactive Web Forum presents an overview of the history, the current state of development and a look into the future of natural gas shale and its extraction, along with implications of the environmental and water impacts.
Biomimicry of the Fungal Consolidation of Biomass Pretreatment with Saccharification Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Efficient breakdown of ligno-cellulosic material prior to fermentation for bio-fuel production is a key step in optimizing bio-fuel production...
New Design for Advanced Zero Emission Power Plant Concept Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011The most significant anthropogenic greenhouse gas is CO 2 , which arises mainly from the use of fossil fuels. A new technology called Advanced Zero...
Reduction of Neptunium In Synthetic High Level Liquid Waste Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011High-level liquid waste (HLLW), which is produced from reprocessing of the spent nuclear fuel and contains actinides, 90Sr, 137Cs, 99Tc, 129I, etc.,...
Stabilization of Hanford K-Basin Sludge by Dissolution of Uranium Metal with Carbonate / Peroxide Solution Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011The Hanford K Basins were used until the mid 1960s to store, under water, spent nuclear fuel from the site’s reactors before reprocessing to recover...
Resilience and Sustainable Development Archived Webinar Sep 21, 2011 This webinar discusses the challenges of sustainable development, and gives examples of current research on life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, and supply chain resilience.
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...
Embedding Sustainability in GlaxoSmithKline's Operations Archived Webinar May 11, 2011 This presentation covers an overview of the Materials Guides with information and EHS ranking on a wide range of solvents and bases and the life cycle impacts associated with solvent manufacture.
The Destruction of Dioxins In Fly Ash by Using Gliding Arc In Tornado Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 14, 2011The characteristic of gliding arc in tornado was investigated under different experimental conditions and the destruction of PCDD/Fs (polychlorinated...
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...
Agency - Friend or Foe? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 14, 2011Permitting a new plant, process, or modification can be daunting task. Early presentation and meetings with the Agency can help you climb the paperwork hill. In this session, a brief description of the various Bureaus and how they interact will be presented. Further information will be provided on the Bureau of Air which has the most complex rules and regulations.
The Energy Challenge: Providing Sustainable Supplies to Meet Growing Demand Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 13, 2011As economies grow and living standards improve, the world faces a dual energy challenge: meeting the growing demand for energy while mitigating...
BACT for Greenhouse Gases - BACT to the Future Coming to a Facility Near You Archived Webinar Jan 13, 2011 USEPA will begin regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases in Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits beginning January 2nd, 2011.
Credentials for Sustainability Professionals Archived Webinar Dec 8, 2010 In order to effect more positive and faster advancements in the sustainability arena, the speaker suggests that the sustainability community must address two fundamental components.
A Compact Integrated Warm Syngas Overall Cleanup System Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2010Gasification of coal or biomass to syngas followed by catalytic synthesis of ammonia, hydrocarbons or oxygenates provides a feasible strategy to meet...
Chemical Engineering Outside the Pipe: Industrial Ecology and Sustainability Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2010The 2010 Danckwerts lecture is concerned with explaining the emerging field of Industrial Ecology (IE) and why it represents a new and important area...
Transitioning to Low Carbon Power Generation by Integrating Renewables with Fossil Energy Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2010It is expected that environmental regulations will be enacted to restrict the amount of carbon emissions from today's power plants. As such, it is...
Gaps and Barriers to Carbon Management Technologies: Outcomes of the Founder Societies Technologies for Carbon Management Workshop Archived Webinar Mar 26, 2010 In this webinar, we will summarize the outcomes of the workshop, and elaborate on the path determined for 2010.
Hybrid Membrane Absorption Process for Post Combustion CO2 Capture Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 23, 2010Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and PoroGen Corporation are jointly developing a novel hybrid membrane – absorption process for pre- and post-...
Stripper Configurations for CO2 Capture by Aqueous Amines Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 23, 2010A monumental task for improving the feasibility of carbon capture from the flue gas of coal-fired power plants is reducing the total energy cost. A...
On the Solubility of Mercury in Liquid Hydrocarbons Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010The solubility of Hgo was determined in 34 pure hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon mixtures, crude oils, and water from -65oC to +65oC (where each solvent...
Mercury Control with Regenerative Activated Coke Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010Many issues face coal fired utilities with respect to environmental demands, some based on regulations and others based on local pressures. These...
Recent Advances in the High Temperature Capture of Elemental Mercury by Inorganic Sorbents: Packed Bed and Flow Reactor Studies Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010This paper reports on recent results relating to high temperature sorption of metallic mercury on MinPlus sorbent, an inorganic substrate derived...
Qualitative Prediction of Sorbent Performance for Mercury Capture by Lab-Scale Tests Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010It would be desirable to have a simple and inexpensive test for predicting sorbent performance for mercury capture in coal-burning power plants and...
Moving Engineering Forward: EPA's Priorities and Practical Industrial Applications Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010This keynote addresses an update of EPA objectives and ways to engage the industry in further discussion.
An Integrated Waste Management System for a Sustainable Society Archived Webinar Feb 24, 2010 What are the hallmarks of an effective integrated was.te management system? How do we best create one for a sustainable society? This webinar provides an overview of the sustainable attributes of an integrated waste management system and the essential role of thermal treatment with energy recovery...
Grand Challenges in Sustainable Biofuels Production Archived Webinar Apr 22, 2009 It is now clear that, for many reasons, corn has serious limitations as feedstock for biofuel production. While cellulosic biomass can potentially provide a sizable fraction of the US liquid fuel needs for transportation, current technologies must be further improved to realize cost-competitive...
A Perspective on the World's Energy Challenge Archived Webinar Apr 6, 2009 Modern life depends upon the availability of plentiful energy at reasonable cost. Life styles, industries, agriculture, health care all assume availability of energy on demand. Is this situation sustainable? These days we see daily headlines, news articles, and commentaries about energy issues...
A Century of Separations: CO2 Recovery: Myth and Legend Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2008Carbon dioxide recovery will be the major challenge for the separations community for the foreseeable future. Various separations technologies are...
Technical Entity Trends: Reuse Carbon Dioxide Emissions via Accelerated Carbonation 1 CommentMay 10, 2017 Imagine a technology that could capture atmospheric carbon dioxide, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, reduce the alkalinity of industrial waste, and generate useful materials — all in one process.
First Battery-Powered Container Ship in Water by 2020 May 25, 2017Still dominating home electronics, lithium batteries are constantly pushing into new markets.
Dr. Art Rosenfeld, California Energy Efficiency Visionary, Dies at 90 February 9, 2017Two weeks ago, Dr. Art Rosenfeld, the embodiment of energy efficiency, died in his home at the age of 90, not far from the Berkeley lab where he worked for over forty years.
Technical Entity Trends: Reducing GHGs through CCUS December 1, 2016Although CCUS gets less attention in the media than some of the other strategies, it is an area where chemical engineers can have a significant impact.
Greener Concrete Possible through "Programmed" Nanoparticles December 15, 2016Researchers at Rice University have recently published work that makes greener concrete a
Novel Nanotechnique Traps Harmful Emissions December 19, 2016Researchers at the University of Texas Dallas have developed a new way of capturing potentially harmful gasses in a me
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.