2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Methane Mitigation Technologies: Capture, Emission Control, and Conversion Innovations II

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with significant implications for climate change and energy sustainability. With growing regulatory and economic pressures to reduce methane emissions, innovations in sensor technologies, dynamic compressor systems, and data-driven emissions tracking are reshaping industry best practices. This session will explore cutting-edge advancements in methane detection, quantification, mitigation, and conversion technologies. Topics are included but not limited to novel materials for methane capture and separation, innovative reactor designs for methane conversion, and breakthrough technologies that transform waste methane into value-added products, real-time methane monitoring systems, advanced leak detection and repair (LDAR) strategies, AI-based methane technologies, advancements in material development for catalytic and non-catalytic methane conversion, membrane-based separation, and integrated system designs. This session welcomes contributions from experimental, numerical and simulation approaches to better understand methane emissions dynamics, optimize mitigation strategies, and enhance process efficiency.

Chair

Tugba Turnaoglu, University of Kansas

Co-Chairs

Canan Karakaya, Colorado School of Mines
Pejman Kazempoor, University of Oklahoma

Presentations

12:30 PM

12:48 PM

Alexander John Cruz, Dheeraj Sachdev, Ali Mansouri, Yeidy Sorani Montenegro Camacho, Elkid Cobani

01:06 PM

Aniruddha Weling, Anan Wang, Chong Tao, Hunter Wylie, David Newman, Peter Evans

01:24 PM

01:42 PM

Stephen Summits, Pooja Zen Santhamoorthy, Ashwin Ravichandran, Emmanouil Skountzos, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, David S. Mebane, Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, John W. Lawson

02:18 PM

Meshal Aldawsari, Natasha Chrisandina, Sewar Jennifer S Almasalha, Ruhayma Ali, Erin Tullos, David Allen, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

02:36 PM