USC Goes Beyond the Basics for Freshmen September 10, 2019UCS upperclassmen have developed a design challenge program for chemical engineering freshmen.
Modeling of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices for Electric Vehicles Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 3, 2013Abstract: Electrochemical energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles have to be designed and optimized for...
Bench-Scale Electrochemical Production of Synthesis Gas Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 1, 2012Syn-gas is a very useful mixture of H 2 and CO that can be utilized to synthesize a great variety of commodity chemicals and transportation fuels...
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...
Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Useful Products Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012Utilization of captured CO 2 provides an advantageous alternative especially in locations where CO 2 sequestration in geologic media is not feasible...
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...
Lifetime and Efficiency Studies of Zinc/Bromine Electrochemical Energy Storage In Large Scale Renewable Energy Applications Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 19, 2011As the world's power needs grow, the demand for power from renewable resources, such as wind or solar, is increasing. One major drawback associated...
Material and Engineering Assessments of Electrochemical Processes for Carbon Capture Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Integrating carbon capture technology with large source carbon emitters is necessary in the very near future to mitigate the contribution of...
Novel Electrochemical Process for Capture of CO2 From Power Plant Flue Gas Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Energy efficient capture of CO 2 released from coal based power plants is a major challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The existing...
Synthesis of Green Diesel Fuel From Fatty Acid Feedstocks Via Electrochemical Hofer-Moest Decarboxylation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Production of biodiesel by esterification or transesterification of long-chain fatty acids is a well known process, but the fuel product has...
Highly Active Oxide Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011A clean and efficient way to overcome the limited supply of fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect is the production of hydrogen fuel from sunlight...
Investigating Fundamental Electrochemical Processes In a Li-O2 Battery Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 16, 2011Li-air batteries have received significant attention as a potential high specific energy alternative to current state-of-the-art rechargeable Li-ion...
Photoelectrochemical Properties of Birnessite-Type MnO2 Thin Films for Solar Water Splitting Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 11, 2010Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting to produce clean hydrogen fuel is an attractive method for harvesting intermittent solar energy and...
Chemically Reacting Flow: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation, Second Edition October, 2017This book develops fundamental concepts in fluid mechanics and physical chemistry while helping students and professional develop the analytical and simulation skills needed to solve read-world engineering problems. New material in the second edition includes reactive porous-media flows and...
Electrochemical Processes for Bio-Oil Deoxygenation April 23, 2014Biomass fast pyrolysis yields oxygen rich (hydrogen deficient) hydrocarbons of inferior fuel quality. They contain upwards of 40 dry-weight % oxygen, whereas petroleum contains around 1%, so these bio-oils must be upgraded to be rightfully considered a replacement for liquid fossil fuels. Jack Ferrell of NREL's National bioenergy Center spoke at the Spring Meeting about their program to develop electrochemical hydrodeoxygenation processes.