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Product and Process Development for Sustainability I


Description:
This session encourages papers from theoretical or practical contributions on process and/or product development for sustainability. All related areas are welcomed, such as technology innovation for environmentally benign manufacturing, new process development for obtaining sustainable clean energy, development of green products, utilization of renewable resources, as well as the integration of sustainability analysis and supply chain approaches for the enterprise business sustainability.

Sponsor:
Process Research and Innovation
Co-Sponsor(s):
Sustainability (09g), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)


Chair:
Qiang Xu
Associate Professor
Lamar University
Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering
PO Box 10053
Beaumont, TX 77710
Phone Number: 409-880-7818
Email: qiang.xu@lamar.edu

Co-chairs:
Tom Xu
Engineering Consultant
DuPont
DuPont Engineering Research and Technology
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19898
Email: tom.xu@usa.dupont.com

Chuanyu Zhao
Research Assistant
Lamar University
Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering
Beaumont, TX 77710
Fax Number: (409) 880-2197
Email: czhao@my.lamar.edu


Papers:
Process Development for a Higher Quality and Cost Optimized Monomer
Ahmed A. Youssef, SABIC, Innovative Plastics; Mohan Khadilkar, SABIC Innovative Plastics
Carbon Footprint Analysis of Dairy Feed From a Mill in Michigan, USA
Felix Adom, Michigan Technological University & Sustainable Futures Institute; Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas; David R. Shonnard, Michigan Technological University & Sustainable Futures Institute
Sizing of a Packed Reactive Distillation Column for Isoamyl Butyrate Production Using an Equilibrium Model
Jairo A. Duran, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Karen A. Cañon-Rubio, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Alejandro Lopez Gomez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Alvaro Orjuela, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Gerardo Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Analysis of Alternative Processes for Anhydrous Ethanol Production, an Economic and Environmental Approach
Michel Kahwaji Janho, Cleveland State University; Jorge E. Gatica, Cleveland State University; María Rosa Hernández, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Fernando Daniel Mele, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Mauricio Colombo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman
See more of this Group/Topical: Process Development Division