2013 AIChE Annual Meeting
(576g) Discussion On Thermodynamics Needs of Chemical Industry
Authors
Paul Mathias - Presenter, Fluor Corp
Sumnesh Gupta, The Dow Chemical Company
Richard Elliott, University of Akron
Carl T. Lira, Michigan State University
Background – A lack of industrial- academic interactions in the area of thermodynamics has been noticed by several academic researchers as well as industrial practitioners. This could have a long term impact on the future of thermodynamics research and lead to a lack of improved models and good quality data in the future.
Through this panel discussion, we hope to form teams to develop two documents: (a) Thermophysical Property Needs for Various Unit Operations and (b) Measurement and Modeling Gaps for Various Thermophysical Properties. Future possibilities include Thermophysical Properties for Chemical Products, Properties for Bioseparations, … Volunteers for these teams will be sought at the meeting.