2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Fundamentals and Applications for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment and Valorization

This session will explore the emerging areas of municipal solid waste treatment and valorization

Chair

Eunsung Kan, University of Hawaii

Co-Chairs

Dr. Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ramesh Chawla, Howard University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(733a) Catalytic Depolymerization of Chitin into High-Value Platform Chemicals
Hsi-Wu Wong, Harsha Gogulapati

03:40 PM

(733b) Assessing the Effect of Substrate and Catalyst on Catalytic Waste Gasification
Stephen A. Reeves, Eric M. Lange, Jade Moten, Aliandra D. Barbutti, Jorge E. Gatica

04:05 PM

(733c) Use of Cosolvents for Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites and Their Effect on the Relative Mass Transfer and Reaction Kinetic Rates
Timara Benson, Dhruba Paudel, Ramesh Chawla

04:30 PM

(733d) Case Study on the Application of Aspen HYSYS to Simulate and Optimise the Process of Plastics for the Production of Fuels
Nasir Al Lagtah, Rogelio Ernesto Zuniga Montanez

04:55 PM

(733e) Experimental Study on Gasification of Anaerobic Digestion Solid Residue Derived from Municipal Solid Waste: Effects of Temperature, Moisture Content and Gasifying Agent
Xiang Kan, Ye Shen, Zhiyi Yao, Yanjun Dai, Chi-Hwa Wang