2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

This session is intended for researchers wishing to present work on any aspect of chemical or physical processes in the atmosphere of relevance to chemical engineers and atmospheric scientists. Topics may include gas-phase and particulate phase atmospheric chemistry, laboratory studies, modeling, instrumentation, and field measurements.

Chair

Nga Lee Ng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Co-Chairs

Armin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
Kristina Wagstrom, University of Connecticut
V. Faye McNeill, Columbia University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(273a) Effects of Surfactants on the Hygroscopicity and CCN Activity of Aerosols
Hemanta Timsina, Timothy Raymond, Dabrina Dutcher

08:45 AM

(273b) Chemical Characterization of Water Soluble Organic Matter in Rural and Contrasting Urban Environments in the Southeastern United States
Nga Lee Ng, Lu Xu, Hongyu Guo, Rodney Weber

09:00 AM

(273i) New Findings Based on Airborne Measurements of Aerosol Particles and Stratocumulus Clouds off the California Coast
Armin Sorooshian, Zhen Wang, Ewan Crosbie, Lindsay C. Maudlin, Haflidi Jonsson, Richard C. Flagan, John H. Seinfeld

09:15 AM

(273d) Elucidating the Role of Photons and Atmospheric Aerosols in the Reduction of Oxidized Mercury Species
Sean Tacey, Manos Mavrikakis, Lang Xu, Tibor Szilvási, James Schauer

09:30 AM

(273e) Quantifying Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to U.S. Waterways
Xuanwen Chen, Fatema Parvez, Kristina Wagstrom

09:45 AM

(273f) Air-Quality Conscious Study for Multiple Olefin Plants' Turnaround Operations
Sijie Ge, Sujing Wang, Qiang Xu, Thomas C. Ho

10:00 AM

(273g) Jet Aircraft Non-Volatile Particulate Matter Characterization and Estimation
Randy L. Vander Wal, Joseph Abrahamson

10:15 AM

(273h) Simulation of Particulate Matter Formation during Heating Different Cooking Oils Using Aspen Plus
Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh, Ulmeken Kaibaldiyeva, Aida Kadyrbayeva