Electrochemical Engineering Archived Webinar Apr 25, 2018 Are you involved in the design and/or operation of electrochemical devices? This webinar is for you. In 60 minutes, you’ll gain a basic understanding of the hardware, operation and architecture of an electrochemical system and the advantages and challenges of electrochemical processes. Through real...
Five Things to Ensure Compliance and Efficiency with Your Mechanical Integrity Program Archived Webinar Mar 7, 2018 Explore mechanical integrity and how a programmed implementation of activities can ensure that critical equipment will be suitable throughout the life of the process.
Modeling Packed Bed Reactors Archived Webinar Oct 19, 2017 Do you work with investigations of packed bed reactors? Are you still modeling using the traditional approach of semi-analytical approximations? Learn why and how to model in the COMSOL software. In this 60-minute COMSOL-sponsored webinar, review the basic operation of a packed bed reactor and how...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
QbD in Development of Film Coated Tablets: A Risk Assessment Based Doe Towards a Robust Product and Process Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014The principles of Quality by Design (QbD) were applied during the formulation development of a film-coated tablet. A risk based approach was used to...
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...
Production of Hydrogen from High BTU Natural Gas By Non-Thermal Plasma Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014Ceramatec has been developing the use of non-thermal plasma to catalyze the reformation of natural gas and other hydrocarbons for several years. The...
Conversion of Caffeine and Lipids in Catalytic Fast-Pyrolysis of Spent Coffee Grounds Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Ari Fischer , Shoucheng Du, George M. Bollas Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Abstract...
Pd-Catalyst Assisted Organosolv Process to Isolate Ethanol Organosolv Lignin Retaining Compatible Characteristics for Producing Lignin Monomeric Compounds Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014
Comparison of Lab, Pilot, and Commercial Scale Low Consistency Mechanical Refining for Improvements in Enzymatic Digestibility of Pretreated Hardwood Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014Mechanical refining has been shown to improve biomass enzymatic digestibility. In this study industrial high-yield sodium carbonate hardwood pulp and...
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,...
Cracker Feedstock Changes: From Naphtha to Ethane Cracker Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014Driven by the US shale gas boom, cracking ethane to ethylene became more attractive than cracking liquid feedstocks in the last years. Therefore...
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...
Improved Bolted Joint Reliability: Innovative Gasket, Unsurpassed Recovery Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2014Currently, there are two well established and common types of gaskets which cover most critical, high pressure, and high temperature applications in...
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 Effect of Trip Throttle Valve Pressure Loss on Steam Turbine Performance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014The pressure loss of the inlet trip throttle valve affects the performance of the high pressure (HP) section of a controlled extraction condensing...
Maximize Enzymatic Saccharification and Minimize Sugar Degradation in SPORL Pretreatment of Douglas-Fir At a Low Temperature: A Kinetic Approach Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Maximize sugar yield and minimize inhibitor formation are often difficult to achieve simultaneously in pretreatment of lignocelluloses. The objective...
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...
High-Titer and High-Yield n-Butanol Production From Lignocellulosic Biomass By Engineered Clostridium Tyrobutyricum Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Fermentative n-butanol production by solventogenic clostridia usually suffers from low butanol titer , low butanol yield , and high substrate cost...
Conversion of Fusel Oil Alcohols to Alkyl Carbonates By Carbon Dioxide Fixation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013The development of suitable methods for the preparation of interesting CO 2 -containing compounds, like organic carbonates, is an alternative to...
A Parametric Study of Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Competitiveness in the United States Through 2050 Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013We modeled and conducted a parametric analysis of the US light-duty vehicle park to examine the impact of natural gas vehicles as they compete with...
Feasibility Analysis of the Implementation of a CO2 to Synthetic Fuel Process in Offshore Oil Production Platform Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013The discovery of a new oil province known as pre-salt, located in the Brazilian coast, represents a new frontier in the world's oil production...
Maximizing CO2 Uptake in Concrete Blocks Carbonation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Maximizing CO2 uptake in concrete blocks carbonationYixin Shao1* , Yaodong Jia1 , Zhen He2 and Liang Hu31Department of Civil Engineering , McGill...
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...
Hot Water Flowthrough Pretreatment of Cellulosic Biomass Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 8, 2013Transportation is a key energy use sector which will likely need liquid fuels for a long time if not indefinitely. Cellulosic biomass is a promising...
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...
Distribution and Diffusion of Sara Fractions in Bituminous Layer of Athabasca Oil Sands: Instrumental Measurements and Molecular Dynamic Simulation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013The bitumen liberation and recovery of oil sands have been well known affected , to some extent , by the bitumen physical properties , especially the...
The Effect of Blend Shearing and Compression On Dissolution Dynamics for Immediate Release Tablets Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Knowledge of the effect of processing parameters and formulation variations in drug release kinetics is key for assessing the risks involved in...
Synthesis and Redox Pathways of MgAl2O4-Stabilized, Fe-Cu-Based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Water Splitting Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Hydrogen may become an important energy carrier in the future. The current technologies for the large scale production of H 2 , i.e. steam reforming...
Inducing Cellulase Activity of Microbulbifer Hydrolyticus Using Hot-Water Wood Extract As Substrate Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013This study used wood extract from Paulownia elongata (WE) and hydrolisate of sugar maple (hydrolysate) produced during hot-water extraction as...
CO Hydrodeoxygenation On Functionalized Metal-Free CNT Surfaces Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013CO hydro-deoxygenation can lead to products such as hydrocarbons (obtained through Fischer Tropsch Synthesis) and oxygenates (such as alcohols...
Solid Fuel Conversion Via Chemical-Looping With Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) Using Co-Precipitation Derived Cu-Mn Oxygen Carriers Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is an emerging CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technology. In CLC oxygen derived from a solid oxygen carrier is used...
Precise Monomeric Control of Multicomponent Random Copolymers: Excipient Design for Oral Drug Delivery Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Random copolymers (RCPs) are macromolecules composed of two or more monomers with desirable functionalities randomly distributed along the polymer...
Development of a Catalytic Microreactor for Aqueous Phase Reforming of Biofeeds Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013Hydrogen production by means of Aqueous Phase Reforming (APR) is an excellent way of valorization of waste biomass. In APR , a water soluble...
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...
Characteristics of Ethylene Generation in the Mixing Region of Autothermal Reforming Applications Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013Mixture preparation prior to a reforming catalyst is one of the important challenges in developing reliable hydrocarbon reformers. Reactants should...
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...