2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

(576g) Discussion On Thermodynamics Needs of Chemical Industry

Authors

Gupta, S., The Dow Chemical Company
Elliott, R., University of Akron
Lira, C. T., 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.