Catalyzing Commercialization: Sustainable Production of Bricks Promises to Curb Global Emissions June2017Catalyzing CommercializationbioMASON, a start-up located in Research Triangle Park, NC, has developed a process for “growing” bricks at room temperature rather than firing them in kilns. The process employs bacteria to grow the building materials without emitting greenhouse gases, and without depleting nonrenewable resources.
CEP: News Update May2017News Update4D Printing Creates Shape-Shifting Materials Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology and Singapore Univ. of Technology and Design have developed a way to 3D-print objects that can easily change shape when they are heated. The process could...
Process Control Considerations in Process Design Archived Webinar Feb 8, 2017 What does a process design engineer need to know about process control? Here’s a quick introduction to what you need to know to be able to complete a process flowsheet and understand the impact of control on process hydraulics. In 60 minutes, Towler explains the basics of process control and...
Pressure Relief Valve Sizing Equations Basis Archived Webinar Mar 14, 2012 Engineers responsible for the sizing of pressure relief valves, will get a more in-depth understanding of the mathematical basis for the sizing equations.
Two-Phase Gas/Liquid Pipe Flow and Relief Sizing Archived Webinar Feb 15, 2012 Learn methods for identifying flow regimes and determining friction loss in two-phase distributed and homogeneous gas/liquid pipe flows and sizing relief valves for frozen and flashing homogeneous two-phase flow.
The Extended History of PRICAT(TM) 468 for C4 Acetylene Hydrogenation Archived Webinar May 5, 2011 Step three of the 'Eight Steps to Specify a Catalyst Bed' is selecting the catalyst. The process of developing and selecting catalysts is often shrouded in mystery. Examining the history of a product development can demystify the process. This is a story about the development of a selective...
Introduction to Fluidized Bed Technology Archived Webinar Apr 13, 2011 This webinar explores the fundamentals of fluidization: how materials fluidize; differences in fluidization characteristics based on size and density; minimum fluidization; bubble formation, size and coalescence; and fluid bed flow regimes.
Chemical Product Design Archived Webinar Sep 9, 2009 This webinar will be of particular benefit to industrial practitioners involved in the design of chemical products and processes, and faculty at universities who teach courses and carry out research in product and/or process design.
AIChE Journal Highlight: A High-Throughput Approach to Designing Materials November2016Journal HighlightIn the November AIChE Journal Perspective article, “High-Throughput Methods Using Composition and Structure Spread Libraries,” John Kitchin and Andrew Gellman of Carnegie Mellon Univ. discuss a method to more efficiently map material properties across composition, structure, and environmental conditions.
Concrete Wind Turbine Towers Will Turbocharge Industry Growth November 23, 2015Wind power in the US is poised to take off and provide almost as much electricity in 2050 as coal-fired power plants do today, according to an Obama administration report . The...
Accurate Molecular Reconstruction of Cracking Feeds Improves the Predictions of Ethylene Yields Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Accurate characterization of petrochemical feeds plays a crucial role in describing the different pyrolysis pathways and reactivity of the various...
Reducing Emissions from Olefin Production Via Chemical Looping Odh Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Olefin production is the largest emitter of CO 2 and NO x in the organic chemical industry. With worldwide ethylene production at ~4,500 MT/yr, the...
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...
Fire from the Cascading Failure of an Oxygen Supply System Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015This paper discusses the investigation, findings, and root cause analysis of a fire due to the loss of oxygen containment in an ethylene oxide...
Planning Early for Compressor Surge Avoidance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Compressor stations are installed at regular interval to drive the flow of gas in a pipeline. The principal component of the compressor station is...
Leapfrogging Optimization Applications to Model Predictive Control and Nonlinear Process Modeling Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Conventionally used optimization methods in chemical engineering applications such as linear programming (LP), Levenberg-Marquardt and sequential...
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...
Tier 3 Processing Options for Natural Gasoline from NGL Fractionation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Natural Gasoline is the bottoms product from the debutanizer or last distillation column in a Natural Gas Liquids, NGL, Fractionation facility...
Integrated Modelling and Optimization of Refinery Hydrogen Networks Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Current trends in the demand of middle distillates are stretching the existing hydrogen production capacity, resulting in a deficit in the refinery...
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...
Development of Highly Selective and Stable DTP Catalyst for Propylene Production from Methanol Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Recently, on-purpose ethylene/propylene production technologies from DME/methanol are being introduced in China. JGC Corporation and Mitsubishi...
Porosity and Mineralogical Changes in Iron-Bearing Sandstone with CO2 Injection Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015One of the four trapping mechanisms for long term CO 2 geological storage is mineral trapping. Increased acidity from CO 2 solubility in brine...
Particle Flow Behaviors in a New Type of FCC Feed Injection Scheme Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process is one of the most important techniques in the refining industry. In the present FCC reactor-regenerator...
Kraft Lignin Depolymerization Under Hydrothermal Conditions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Kraft lignin depolymerization was conducted in water and mixture of water and alcohols with different ratios. The highest lignin conversion yields...
Net Present Value in Gas Turbine Generator Selection for LNG Liquefaction Plants-a Case Study Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015With the gradual rise in the size of LNG liquefaction facilities where multiple LNG trains are built within a single site, the selection of optimum...
Petrochemical Technology Trends: Looking Beyond the Short Term Fix Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015The petrochemical industry is both driven by fundamental raw material and product supply-demand factors, and enabled by technologies that open the...
Opportunities for Co-Processing Biomass Derived Intermediates in a Petroleum Refinery Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015As the biofuels industry broadens to include advanced liquid hydrocarbon fuels, understanding commercialization opportunities and leveraging existing...
Energy Bandwidth Studies for Petroleum Refining and Chemicals Manufacturing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Energy efficiency underlies American manufacturing competitiveness. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office commissioned energy...
Reliability: The Next Revolution in Process Manufacturing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015David Rosenthal, PE, CMRP is a Reliability Consultant representing his Reliability Strategy and Implementation Consultancy LLC firm. He previously...
Flange Corrosion: Prevention and Mitigation through Better Gasketing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Typical bolted flanged joints utilize gaskets that leave crevices at the flange ID. Coupled with aggressive chemicals, dissimilar metals, and...
Model Based Analysis of Plasticization Behaviour of Polymeric Membranes Used for High Pressure CO2 Separation in Natural Gas Processing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Plasticization resistant property is very important in measuring the performance of polymer membranes for high pressure CO 2 separation from natural...
Pressure Relief Valve Sizing Concerns for Valves in Ethylene, Propylene, and Ethane Service Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014Sizing pressure relief valves is a complex process for any chemical or petrochemical; however, relief devices in Ethylene, Propylene, and Ethane...
Crude Distillation HCl Corrosion - Understanding Water Dew Point vs. Salt Point vs. Ionic Dew Point Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014The understanding of the causes of corrosion in the overhead of a refinery crude oil distilling unit has been evolving rapidly over the past decade...
An Evaluation of RANS Turbulence Models for Structured Foam Reactor Simulation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2014The use of structured open-cell foams with high external surface area is gaining importance in industrial applications due to more energy efficiency...
Safer, More Effective Furnace Coking Control Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014For as long ethylene has been produced via the steam cracking method, producers have searched for various ways of extending the time of operation...
Steam Trap Maintenance and Design for Energy Optimization Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014Steam availability is a key resource and constraint in an ethylene plant and where turbines are used for energy optimization. A steam leak and steam...
An Optimization Framework for Designing Input Signals for Plant Testing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014The plant test is a critically important step in the development of model-based process controllers such as MPC, since the resulting data becomes the...
Ethylene Furnace Reliability Engineered Refractory Solutions for Cracking Furnaces Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014The reliable operation of cracking furnaces has a direct and critical impact on the profitability of ethylene plants. While it can be shown that no...
A FT-GTL Technology for Small-Scale Applications Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014Abstract Stranded gas wells are reserves of natural gas (NG) that have been discovered but deemed unusable due to physical or economic reasons owing...
Technology Validation Process for Offshore Gas Fields: A Winding Road Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014Technology Validation Process for Offshore Gas fields: A Winding Road Ankur Jariwala Senior Product Manager – Gas Technology Cameron Process Systems...
Application of Common-Cause Failures and Probabilistic Risk Modeling to Assess the Likelihood of Exceeding the Flare Capacity of Multiple LNG Processing Trains Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants operating experience has shown that common-cause events are major elements of shutdown incidents and accidents...
Star LNG: a Family of Small-to-Mid-Scale LNG Processes Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Linde Engineering has successfully developed and marketed a range of processes, which cover the range between 50 t/d and 5,000 t/d LNG product. These...
Production of Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Bio-Based Feedstock Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Ceramatec has been developing a system for production of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas, coal, biomass, and biogas from anaerobic digesters...
Moving Forward as On-Line Analyzers Improve Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Online analyzers and sensors offer significant improvements to processes. They greatly enhance process control helping to insure consistent product...
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...
Furnace Burner Management Practices within Nova Canada Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMay 1, 2013Furnace Burner Management Practices within Nova Canada The focus of this paper will be on the cracking heaters at the NOVA Chemicals Corunna site,...
Value Additiion by Integrating C3 Derivatives with PDH Units Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 30, 2013With rapid development of Ethane based Ethylene production in Middle East and switch to lighter feedstock in US crackers have been mainly responsible...
Importance of Field Testing Liquid Distributors Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Spray nozzles & gravity distributors are primarily used in different Oil refinery facilities (columns, scrubbers, etc.). Installers and...
Enhanced NOAA Chemical Reactivity Worksheet for Determining Chemical Compatibility Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Chemical compatibility is a key consideration throughout the chemical industry wherever two or more chemicals have the potential to mix, either...
Development of a Butanol Fuel Processor for Person-Portable Fuel Cell Power Systems Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012A novel partial oxidation (POX) catalyst and butanol-to-hydrogen fuel processor sub-system concept have been developed to fill the need for person-...
Preserving Feed Composition Effects Downstream of An Open Level in a DMCplus Controller Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012The FS-1 Fractionator is a natural gas fractionation unit which separates natural gas liquids into ethane, propane, butane and C5P. The process...
MPC Revamp of Two Naphtha Crackers, Lessons Learned and Relearned Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Braskem is the 8th largest petrochemical company in the world and the biggest producer of polymers in the Americas. The Braskem Triunfo site includes...
Hydrogen Membrane Technology for Ethylene Production Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR ETHYLENE PRODUCTION U. (Balu) Balachandran, T. H. Lee, C. Y. Park, and S. E. Dorris Energy Systems...
Furnace Convection Section Cleaning Systems - Engineered Solutions for Cracking Furnaces Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012In today's globally competitive petrochemical industry, manufacturers are under pressure to increase production, improve efficiency, and extend...
Equipment Life Extension Using Thermal Spray Aluminum to Mitigate CUI Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Corrosion under insulation (CUI) of carbon and low alloy steels is one of many failure mechanisms that decrease reliability and equipment life while...
Opportunities and Challenges for Advanced Biofuel Industry Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Biofuels have been criticized for leading to rise in food costs. Advanced biofuels steer clear of this controversy as they are produced mostly from...
A Mechanistic and Experimental Study of the Diethyl Ether Oxidation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012A large number of organic compounds, such as ethers, spontaneously form unstable peroxides through a self-propagating process of autoxidation (...
Ethanol Production with Process of Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation at High Temperature Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014
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...
Biodiesel Production from Vegetal Oil and Ethanol Via Transesterification in Supercritical Conditions Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014Biodiesel production from vegetal oil and ethanol via transesterification in supercritical conditions. Introduction The main replacement fuel for the...
The effect of material flow uncertainties on the overall economic performance of a typical gas processing plant (GPP) under various upstream conditions Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014Uncertainty is an inherent characteristic of any chemical process plant. It has a profound effect especially for gas processing plant as its feeds...
Shale Gas Boom and Tight Oil - A Look at Current Projects in the Refining Sector Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014Production of Tight Oil from the Shale Gas Plays in the U.S. is having a profound effect on the Refining Industry. Refiners are maximizing the amount...
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,...
Synthesis of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers From Dimethoxymethane and Paraformaldehyde Catalyzed By Cation Exchange Resins Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Synthesis of oxygenated compounds as diesel fuel additives from coal-based C1 chemicals is of great importance to solve the large surplus of C1...
4CU: A Comprehensive, Coordinated Approach to Carbon Capture and Utilisation ? Electrocatalytic Co-Reduction Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Converting carbon dioxide to vehicle fuel has the potential to reduce future dependence on fossil fuels. In effect a carbon neutral fuel cycle is...
Real Time Process Management in a Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013The pharmaceutical industry has traditionally been batch-manufacturing industry but with the advent of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) by FDA ,...
Implementation of Advanced Hybrid MPC-PID Control System Into a Continuous Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing Pilot-Plant Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013There is a need in pharmaceutical industry for the introduction of innovative manufacturing strategies based on continuous processing that is...
Optimal Design of Antibody Downstream Process of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013With the increasing market potential of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) , it has become critical to rapidly identify the most cost-effective...
Producing Biochars With Consistent Properties From Forestry Residues: Using Spatial Variations of Reactor Temperature History to Choose Pyrolysis Conditions Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 4, 2013One desirable quality of reactors used for the thermochemical conversion of biomass is that they be “feedstock-blind”: capable of producing...
Shale Gas Boom - A New Era of Technology for Ethylene and Ethylene Derivatives Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 4, 2013The high activity in the Shale Gas Plays is having a profound effect on the chemical Industry in the U.S. and beyond. This presentation provides a...
Debottlenecking Catalyst Reactors Though Maximization of the Useable Bed Volume with Johnson Screens’ SSG™ Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 3, 2013Limitations on catalyst reactor vessels can create bottlenecks in the production process which can lead to a need for increased capacity. Capital...
Nanoarchitectured Ni-ZrO2 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production From Steam Reforming of Ethanol Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Hydrogen has been considered as an important alternative energy vector and a bridge to a sustainable energy future. Production of hydrogen...
Simulation and Economics of Biodiesel Production From Microbial Lipids Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011In this work, production of lipid from Lypomyces starkeyi on soluble sweet potato starch was simulated in Aspen Plus simulation. A kinetic model...
Developing Crystallization Processes March2011Reactions and SeparationsChristianto WibowoWith solid-liquid equilibrium as its foundation, this systematic approach makes it easy to identify operating regions and theoretical yield to maximize the desired product.
Room Temperature Shape Memory Polymers Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015Temperature controlled shape memory polymers can be synthesized via a facile method using long chain fatty acid and cross-linked natural rubber. For...
Establishing Content Uniformity Criteria throughout 3-Stage Validation: Estimate, Confirm, and Control Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015Two recent events have prompted the development of establishing content uniformity throughout a 3-stage process validation. The first was the...
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Where We Are and Where We May GO Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015The Germans followed a simple plan when they scaled up the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis to the commercial level. For the reactor, they set a simple...
The New World Order in the Olefins Industry - As a Result of Developments in Advantaged Feedstocks and Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015The new world order for the ethylene markets can be simplified by three types of market positions: areas supportive of new export-oriented ethylene...
Chitosan from Solid-State Fermentation of Soybean Residues By Filamentous Fungi As Biobased Paperboard Coating Additives for HVAC Applications Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014The HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning) industry markets phenolic resin coated-paperboard media for use in the air-cooling of...
Identification of Advanced Electrolytes for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries Via High-Throughput Screening Technique Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 20142,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)benzene (DBBB) has been identified as a promising active species for non-aqueous redox flow batteries...