Solar Energy Systems Conference '19 December 12-13, 2019Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative, Waco, TXThe AIChE Center for Energy Initiatives, in collaboration with other entities, is hosting a 2 day symposium to focus on solar energy innovation, challenges and opportunities for engineers and other stakeholders. Submit an Abstract Register Now Conference Flyer
Energy Efficiency, Smart Grids, and Chemical Engineering Archived Webinar Jan 13, 2010 Energy efficiency is beginning to receive increased attention as a way to reduce the use of fossil fuels and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.
Challenges for Global Energy Archived Webinar Apr 21, 2009 This presentation describes and evaluates the technical, political, and economic challenges involved with widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies. It discusses what it would take, on a...
CEP: News Update March2019News UpdateUsing Bacteria to Kill Bacteria: A Clean Water Solution In villages and cities around the world, families drink from unclean water and bathe in muddied pools. More than 800 million people lack access to safe drinking water sources, and at least 2...
Catalyzing Commercialization: Quantum Dot Windows Produce Low-Cost Renewable Energy January2019Catalyzing CommercializationUrban areas consume 70% of energy produced globally and are projected to house approximately 60% of the Earth’s population by 2030. Coupling this high demand with the high price for electricity in cities points to the need for local energy generation. However, the space required for traditional renewable technologies — such as wind or solar — is not available in urban areas. One solution is to incorporate renewable energy production into the façades of buildings, for example with building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) such as solar-harvesting windows.
TJ Wojnar and Kamel Ben-Naceur on the Future of Energy in the Region, Nation, and World November 7, 2018Watch a discussion on the future of energy.
Books: April 2018 April2018BooksThe Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth Michio Kaku, Doubleday, New York, NY, $29.95, 368 pages, Feb. 2018, ISBN: 978-0-385-54276-0 Moving human civilization beyond Earth’s bounds is...
CEP: News Update April2018News UpdateResearchers Create Nanocarbons from Food Waste New rubber composites can be generated from an unusual source: food waste. Portable Test Helps Farmers Find Soil Pathogens Before It’s Too Late A new system for testing the DNA in soil lets farmers find...
Developing Transparent Solar Panels for Windows December 4, 2017Transparent solar panels that are efficient enough to be practical have been elusive, but no longer.
Dihydropteridine/Pteridine As a 2H+/2e- Redox Mediator for the Catalytic Reduction of CO2 to Methanol Via Hydride-Proton Transfer Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 11, 2015The development of renewable energy technologies has been the focus of tremendous recent effort. One particularly desirable approach involves using...
A Generalized Framework for the Assessment of Solar Fuels Technologies Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014
Design Considerations of Deployable Solar-Hydrogen Generators Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014The generation of hydrogen from sunlight is an attractive alternative to directly capture and store solar-energy in the form of a fuel. Solar-fuel...
Comparison of Potential Alternative Process Options for Solar Energy Storage and Distribution Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 5, 2013The TRANS-CSP study conducted by DLR in 2006 concluded that around 630.000 TWh(el) of renewable energy could be harvested economically in desert...
New Reactor Concept for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Under Sunlight Irradiation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012New reactor concept for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under sunlight irradiation M. Schröder, M. Schwarze, K. Kailasam, A. Thomas, R. Schomäcker...
Development of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising pathway for renewable H 2 production, but there remains a great need for improving the...
Dynamic Model of a Solar Thermochemical Water-Splitting Reactor with Integrated Energy Collection and Storage Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012Global climate change is the preeminent challenge of the 21 st century. Carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion is altering the world's...
Vision-Based Solar Irradiation Prediction for the Control of Solar-Thermal Reactors Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012One of the biggest challenges that solar thermochemical processes face is dealing with the intermittent nature of solar irradiation. Changes in solar...
Energy Storage Layouts for Concentrated Solar Plants – A Comparison of Process Control Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 29, 2012Energy Storage Layouts for Concentrated Solar Plants ? A comparison of Process Control Flavio Manenti 1,* , Zohreh Ravaghi-Ardebili 1 , Giovanni...
A Shell-and-Tube Direct Steam Generator for Concentrated Solar Power Generation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 29, 2012?Making Solar Energy Economical? is one of the Grand Challenges posed by the National Academy of Engineering. However, innovation in concentrating...
Photoanode Area Dependent Efficiency and Recombination In Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Current-voltage characterization was carried out on dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with different photoanode areas ranging from 0.01 cm 2 to 1 cm...
Hydrothermal Fabrication of Ordered SnO2 Nanorod Arrays by Liquid Phase Conversion Process for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011One-dimensional semiconductor materials have attracted significant research interest because of their unique properties for various technological...
Rapid Deposition of Titania Nanoparticles for Dye Solar Cells Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), while only having been designed about twenty years ago, are considered to be one of the most promising third-...
The Horizontal Ribbon Growth of Solar Silicon Crystals: Process Analysis, Stability, and Control Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011Present-day photovoltaic technology is predominantly based on the fabrication of solar cells from silicon. The cost and efficiency of silicon-based...
Solar Thermochemical Recycling of CO2 Using ALD Deposited CoFe2O4 On Alumina Supports Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011Fuels production through metal oxide redox cycling can be completely renewable if reduction temperatures are achieved using concentrated solar energy...
Solar Thermal Production of Hydrogen Using Alumina Supported Ferrites: Thermodynamic Evaluation and On-Sun Validation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011Alumina supports were coated with CoFe 2 O 4 using an alternating atomic layer deposition process. Nano-powder and hollow skeletal shells were used...
Solar Thermal Power Plant Simulation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011A detailed model of a real solar thermal power plant has been built using a steady state power plant simulation software. The plant includes numerous...
Computational Modeling and On-Sun Model Validation for a Multiple Tube Solar Reactor with Reflective Cavity Walls Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011A three-dimensional steady state computational fluid dynamics model is developed for a solar receiver consisting of a reflective cavity with a...
Liquid Fuel Production Using Solar-Thermal Energy: Process Development and Technoeconomic Evaluation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011We have previously described a novel solar-based concept for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide and water. This system applies...
Solar Grade Silicon Production In Fluidized Bed Reactor Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011In this work, we present a multi-scale modeling approach for solar grade silicon production in fluidized bed reactor (FBR) by thermal decomposition...
Using Supercritical Fluids for CdS and CdTeS Nanoparticle Decorated TiO2 Nanostructures Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2010Abstract: TiO2 nanowires were sensitized with CdS and CdTeS quantum dots which were grown using an in situ colloidal method using both conventional...