2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Process Reengineering for Increased Energy Saving and Improved Environment Protection I

Process Reengineering for Increased Energy Saving and Improved Environment Protection. The session welcomes contributions in the area of sustainable design and operation. Special focus is given to energy conservation and environmental protection. The papers can deal with methodological approaches, metrics, and/or industrial applications. Case studies and track record on the aforementioned topics are also welcome.

Chair

Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University

Co-Chair

Fadwa Eljack, Qatar University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(153a) Assessing the Environmental Impact of a Flare Minimization Approach Using CO2 Emissions and Wobbe Index Calculator – an Ethylene Process Case Study
Fadwa Eljack, Kazi Khoda, Fahd M. Mohammed, Ahmed AlNouss

12:55 PM

(153b) Optimal Sizing of Cogeneration (COGEN) System to Manage Flares from Uncertain Sources during Abnormal Process Operations
Kazi Khoda, Fahd M. Mohammed, Fadwa Eljack

01:20 PM

(153c) Dynamic Simulation Targeting Emission and GHG Reduction Under Abnormal Operations: Start-up of an Ethylene Plant By Total Recycle and Intermediate Storage
Shujing Zhang, Ha Dinh, Yiling Xu, Qiang Xu, Fadwa Eljack, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

01:45 PM

(153d) Electrochemical Approach for Removal of H2S and Inorganic Nutrients in Anaerobic Digestion
Nicholas Williams, Hongjian Lin, Qiyang He, Jing Gan, Aravindan Rajendran, Mi Yan, Yan Yang, Bo Hu

02:10 PM

(153e) Phosphorus Recovery from Manure By Thermochemical-Biological Process
Jing Gan, Hongjian Lin, Mi Yan, Bo Hu, Aravindan Rajendran, Yan Yang, Qiyang He

02:35 PM

(153f) Improving Process Sustainability and Profitablity for a Large U.S. Gray Iron Foundry
Shyam Paudel, Prashant Nagapurkar, Joseph Smith