Some Perspectives in Thermodynamics Needs of Chemical Industry
Chau-Chyun Chen
Texas Tech University
Applied thermodynamics is a key scientific foundation of chemical industry. While tremendous past accomplishments and recent advances in applied thermodynamics have served the industry needs well and contributed to the progress of chemical industry, many unsolved problems remain and new challenges emerge. This presentation shares some research opportunities being pursued with the aim to serve the diverse thermodynamics needs of the industry. Specifically, we touch on thermodynamic modeling needs and new lessons learned for high salinity produced water in oil and gas productions, defense nuclear waste treatment processes, drug solubility in polymers/surfactants for lipid-based or solid dispersion formulation, asphaltene aggregation in petroleum blending, and electrochemical potential of flow battery systems for energy storage.
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