2024 AIChE Annual Meeting

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

This session will explore fundamental and applied research efforts for waste treatment and valorization for mitigating or eliminating negative environmental impacts.

Chair

Matthew Alexander, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Co-Chairs

Aurora Del Carmen Munguia Lopez, UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLAS DE HIDALGO

Presentations

12:30 PM

(681a) Hydrothermal Dechlorination of Municipal Solid Waste
Luke Walker, Aristidis Mihalos, Andrew Wagner

12:51 PM

(681b) Site Location and Impacts of Valorization Operations
Robert Peters, Russell Fricano, Sandra Cutts

01:33 PM

(681d) Effect of Ultrasonic Pretreatment on Anaerobic Digestion to Remove Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Yasna Mortezaei, Goksel N. Demirer, Maggie R. Williams

01:54 PM

(681e) Navigating Environmental Justice in the Convergence of Water Valorization and Redevelopment: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Sandra Cutts, Russell Fricano, Robert Peters

02:15 PM

(681f) Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Sludge: Biochar, Biocrude, and Aqueous Co-Product Transformations with the Addition of Carbonate and Hydroxide Alkali Metals.
João Poli, Yanaidy Pagan, Daniel V. Tabaka, Susan Stagg-Williams

02:36 PM

(681g) Turning Food Waste into Valuable Sorbents for Adsorptive Desulfurization
Henry Sokol, Julia A. Valla