Monday, 31 October 2005: 3:15 PM-5:45 PM
Wolverine AB (Hyatt Regency Cincinnati)

Environmental Division (09)

#134 - Retrofit Design for Better Economic and Environmental Performance (09012)
Retrofit design is concerned with process improvements at existing plants. Process retrofit projects are often aiming at advancing ecological or economic process metrics. This session would like to invite contributions from industry and academia or collaborations that demonstrate case studies of successful application. Papers on advances is methodical or computer-aided process improvements or life-cycle approaches are welcome.
CoChair:Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Chair:Andreas A. Linninger
3:15 PMRetrofit of a Fine Chemical Intermediate Production Process to Utilize Renewable, Bio-Based Feedstocks
Jeffrey R. Seay, Robert N. D'Alessandro, Mario R. Eden, Christoph Weckbecker
3:35 PMEnvironmentally Friendly Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation System Design: Integration of Ebs Selection and Ips Recycling for Retrofitting
Weiyu Xu, Urmila Diwekar
3:55 PMEvaluating Waste Minimization Alternatives in a Chemical Plant
Iskandar Halim, Rajagopalan Srinivasan
4:15 PMComputational Approach to Quantify Condenser Operations
Romeo Ibrahim, Michalis Xenos, Andres Malcolm, Linas Mockus, Andreas A. Linninger
4:35 PMPollution Prevention through Property-Based Design
Vasiliki Kazantzi, Xaioyun Qin, Dominic Chwan Yee Foo, Mahmoud El-Halwagi
4:55 PMBreakeven Costs of Distributed Advanced Technology Water Treatment Systems
John W. Norton Jr., Walter J. Weber Jr.
Sponsor:Environmental Division

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