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Effect of Crystallinity and Degree of Polymerization On the Fast Pyrolysis Decomposition Products of Cellulose

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
Fast pyrolysis has received significant attention as a possible pathway for converting biomass to transportation fuels and chemicals. Cellulose is...

A Monte Carlo Approach for Estimating and Validating Contingencies for CCS

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
The AACE International recommended practice for estimating process and project contingencies provides a set of contingency factors to be applied to...

Automating Molecular Modeling of Gasification with the Kinetic Modelers Toolbox

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
Automating Molecular Modeling of Gasification with the Kinetic Modelers Toolbox Scott R. Horton*, Craig A. Bennett, Michael T. Klein Department of...

Mixture Component Prediction Using Iterative Optimization Technology

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
Spectroscopy techniques such as near infrared (NIR), mid Infrared (MIR) and ultraviolet (UV) are commonly used to monitor various process operations...

Transient Heat and Mass Transfer in a Reacting Cerium Dioxide Medium Exposed to Direct High-Flux Irradiation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
A numerical heat and mass transfer model is presented for a porous medium of cerium dioxide exposed to direct high-flux irradiation and undergoing...

NETL CO2 Injection and Storage Cost Model

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has developed a model to estimate the costs of storing captured CO 2 ...

A Novel QbD Tool for Statistical Data Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
One of cornerstones of Quality by Design (QbD) is Design of Experiments (DoE). However, in addition to DoE, ICH Q8 (R2) recommends an enhanced...

Vision-Based Solar Irradiation Prediction for the Control of Solar-Thermal Reactors

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
One of the biggest challenges that solar thermochemical processes face is dealing with the intermittent nature of solar irradiation. Changes in solar...

A Common Modeling Framework to Evaluate and Compare the Economics of CCUS Technologies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 30, 2012
The current status of performance and cost estimates for CCUS in power plant applications will be reviewed in this presentation, along with a...

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