214186 Chemical Engineering Contributions of Jim Fair

Monday, March 14, 2011: 8:05 AM
Crystal C (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
A. Frank Seibert, Separations Research Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and R. Bruce Eldridge, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

In October 2010, the chemical engineering community lost a great friend and role model with the passing of James R. Fair. The timeless accomplishments of James R. Fair in the areas of distillation, absorption and stripping are well-known within the AIChE distillation community.   However, Jim was also equally interested in other chemical engineering areas and provided significant contributions in heat transfer, liquid and supercritical extraction, reactive distillation and adsorption.  Jim Fair’s accomplishments in these and some surprising areas will be presented.

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See more of this Session: Following Dr. Fair’s Footsteps: Fractionation and Tray Optimization
See more of this Group/Topical: Topical 8: The Dr. James Fair Heritage Distillation Symposium