The Chicago Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers is delighted to announce that it will be hosting a tour of Particulate Solid Research, Inc (PSRI) facilities followed by an in-person meeting and dinner (at Paisans Pizzeria and Bar) on September 18, 2024. The event will feature talk from Dr. Reddy Karri, who is President and CEO of PSRI.
Fluidization’s Role in the Scale-Up and Commercialization of Sustainability and Decarbonization Technologies
Speaker Biography:
Dr. S.B. Reddy Karri, President & CEO: Reddy has 36 years experience in particle technology and fluidization. He is the President & CEO of Particulate Solid Research, Inc., an engineering industrial consortium of 36 member companies from Asia, Americas and Europe. He is an expert in the area of fluid particle systems such as fluid beds, cyclones, diplegs, standpipes and risers. He extensively consults and trouble shoots the industrial problems in the energy filed. He currently involved in developing fifteen different emerging technologies at various stages of commercialization. He lead numerous cold flow projects relating to fluid-catalytic cracking, methanol-to-olefins, gas-to-liquids, biomass and recycle plastic pyrolysis, battery materials, polysilicon, dehydrogenation, methane pyrolysis and others. He also developed several engineering tools to design several aspects of fluidized beds, cyclones, diplegs, standpipes and risers. He has written either internally or externally over 150 papers in the area of fluid-particle systems. He has been teaching PSRI technical seminar to the industrial engineers from all over the world for the last 31 years. He has chaired several sessions at AIChE. He was chair of Group 3b and currently Chair of Particle Technology Division of AIChE. He received 2011 AIChE's Fluidized Processing Award sponsored by Dow Chemical Company.
Presentation Abstract:
Fluidized beds and particle technology play major role in industrial scale chemical and petrochemical processes. Commitments in carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction from many of the main refining industry players continue, with goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier in some cases. These targets require reductions in emissions from daily operations, as well as increased deployment of renewable energy, the production of biofuels, or the building of a hydrogen (H2) infrastructure. Fluidized beds are playing a major role in the emerging technologies in paradigm shift in energy sector.
The presentation focuses on:
- Short review of current technologies and the role of particle technology • How best to leverage these technologies for the emerging new processes
- Why fluidization for scale-up (economy of scale) • How to minimize scale-up risk (and improve likelihood of commercialization)
- Partner with experts (consulting!)
- Realistic schedules for process development • Run properly designed pilot and demonstration scale hot units to validate the process technology
- Large scale testing (contract research!)
Meeting Agenda:
5:30-6:30 pm - Tour at PSRI, 4201 W 36th St Bldg A, Chicago IL, 60632
7:00-8:30 pm - Dinner and Meeting at Paisans Pizzeria and Bar, 6226 Ogden Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402
Register here:https://cvent.me/X7Vgoa
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