Cost Estimating Benchmarks for Brownfield Automation Capital Projects. Determining What Your Project Really Costs Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Early in the financial feasibility stage some idea of total installed costs are needed to proceed. How project costs are affected by scope decisions...
Rui Cruz Invites You to the 2019 Process Development Symposium May 13, 2019Dow's R&D Director for Industrial Solutions shares a preview of the upcoming 2019 Process Development Symposium, where he will deliver the keynote address.
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...
Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow Archived Webinar Jan 30, 2013 This presentation focuses on the critical components of a truly sustainable operation . . . safety, environment, energy, capital management, and asset productivity.
Integrated Complexes - A Luxury or Business Necessity? Archived Webinar Sep 1, 2011 The presentation will cover the refining and petrochemical industry trends, the challenges to staying in business and be profitable in the marketplace, industry impacts, the opportunities for synergy...
Accounting for Ecosystem Services in Strategic Business Decision Making Archived Webinar Aug 10, 2011 This webinar illustrates the role of ecosystem services in providing direct and indirect support to various industrial activities.
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.
Natural Gas Future Archived Webinar Apr 7, 2011 Natural gas, at prices significantly below BTU parity with oil for a long time to come, will certainly play a pivotal role in world energy supply and will move towards becoming the premier fuel of...
Body of Knowledge in Sustainability Overview eLearning (online) CourseTake this online course to understand the concepts and tools that define professional competency in the increasingly important area of sustainability...
Using Automation Modernization As a Lever for Business Success Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 25, 2018When your facility is challenged to improve productivity, process availability, and enterprise profits, modernization of your control system may...
How to Sell the Value of Digitalization with MPC Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 25, 2018Often engineers struggle with selling the value of their ideas on solving problems. This can be compounded when the solution involves new digital...
The Extraordinary Challenge of Mega-Projects Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 11, 2016Shale related developments led to the renaissance of the petrochemical industry in North America. Last 5 plus years have seen an unprecedented pace...
Beyond Implications on a Golden Age of Natural Gas in Korea Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015South Korea is one of the top energy importers in the world where relies on fuel imports for about 97% of its primary energy demand because the...
R&D of Green and High Efficient Cellulosic Fuel Ethanol Process Combined with Value Added By-Products By Three Main Feedstock Components Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014As the biggest developing country, China needs fuel ethanol to meet its demands of the social and economy development. Basing on the “Mid-long term...
A Zinc-Iron Redox Flow Battery for High-Performance and Low-Cost Energy Storage Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 20, 2014Redox flow batteries are considered the most promising scalable technology for the storage of renewable wind and solar electricity. We have developed...
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...
Comparative Techno-Economic Analysis of a Softwood Ethanol Process Featuring Post-Hydrolysis Sugars Concentration Operations and Continuous Fermentation with Cell Recycle Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Many softwood fermentation processes are constrained by low sugars and high inhibitor concentrations in the hydrolysate. Low sugars concentrations...
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...
Strategies to Achieve High-Solid Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Corn Stover Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated biomass is one of the key steps for biofuel and biochemical production. To make the overall process economically...
Should a Chemical Engineer go to Business School? Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014An MBA can increase your ability to consciously think of business development as you perform your role. It can lead to change of career, change of...
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...
Is It Possible to Be Ethical and Still Look Out for Your Company's Best Interest? Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 9, 2014We all like to think of ourselves as ethical individuals and there is a common belief that if we act ethically this will be in our company’s best...
Getting It Right - Building an Iron-Clad GHG BACT Cost Effectiveness Calculation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014Determining which technology constitutes GHG BACT for a new or modified facility often hinges on the GHG BACT cost calculation. The calculation, when...
Systematic Approach for Energy Efficient Eco-Industrial Parks Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 4, 2013Sustainability since its original conceptualization is considered to have four dimensions; social; economic; environmental and institutional. It is...
NETL CO2 Injection and Storage Cost Model Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has developed a model to estimate the costs of storing captured CO 2 ...
First Battery-Powered Container Ship in Water by 2020 May 25, 2017Still dominating home electronics, lithium batteries are constantly pushing into new markets.
Michael Liebreich Says Electric Vehicles Are a Global Revolution Sitting in Your Garage August 30, 2016Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has tracked surging global renewable energy investments for over a decade.
Should Business Promote a Circular Economy to Save the Planet? August 18, 2016What is the "true north of capitalism?" It's a vital question asked by the film Circularity: Preparing for the New Economy.
Nuclear Needs Help Surviving Against Cheap Natural Gas and Renewables July 13, 2016Nuclear reactors have had long, productive lives.
IEA Says Global CO2 Emissions Have Decoupled from Economic Growth April 19, 2016As we watch coal get kicked to the curb, particularly in developed countries, the International Energy Agency thinks it's time for a paradigm-check.