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Pilot Plants for Green and Sustainable Processes I


Description:
Advances in the field of green chemistry and sustainability have motivated the development of new pilot plant technologies, processes, and practices. Recyclable solvent systems, solvent-free chemistries, closed loop cooling systems, continuous processes, and brown water systems are but a few of the practices currently finding favour in new and developing pilot plants. A second theme involves the use of bio-based or recycled feedstocks for production fuels and chemicals. This session provides an opportunity to share both successes and failures in the implementation of green and sustainable processes in pilot plants.

Sponsor:
Pilot Plants


Chair:
Neil Osterwalder
Research Engineer
GRT-Inc
861 Ward Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone Number: 805-456-9702
Email: neil.osterwalder@gmail.com

Co-Chair:
Santiago Faucher
Research Staff
Xerox Research Center of Canada
Composite Materials and Process Engineering
2660 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1
Phone Number: 905-823-7091 ext. 261
Email: santiago.faucher@xrcc.xeroxlabs.com


Papers:
A "Green" Pilot Plant Process Cooling Alternative
Frank P. Lee, Xerox Research Centre of Canada; Michael K. Corrigan, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
A Case Study in Miniplant Scale for the Carbon Dioxide Capture of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane Process
Steffen Stünkel, Berlin Institute of Technology; Reinhard Schomäcker, Technical University of Berlin; Günter Wozny, Berlin Institute of Technology
Deep Dehydration of Organic Solvents by Pressure Swing Adsorption
Akitoshi Ito, JGC Corporation; Yasushi Fujimura, JGC Corporation; Hiroshi Umino, JGC Corporation
Esterification of Succinic and Acetic Acid Mixtures with Ethanol by Reactive Distillation
Alvaro Orjuela, Michigan State University & Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Andrea del Pilar Orjuela, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Aspi Kolah, Michigan State University; Carl T. Lira, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University
Development of Technology for Small-Scale Drying of Fish and Its by-Products
Emrod Elisante, University of Dar es Salaam; Bernard Chove, Sokoine University of Agriculture; Charles Mchunguzi, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
See more of this Group/Topical: Process Development Division