Fall 1999 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX

Topical Chair (Group 12)
Kamlesh Bhatia
DuPont
Experimental Stn

Vice-chair (Group 10)
Michael Malone
University of Massachusetts
Department of Chemical Engineering

Sponsor: Group 5, Management, Group 12, Process Development
Chair (Group 5)
Lou Shrier

Co-chair (Group 12)
Prabir Basu
Monsanto

• Process Technology: The Key to Boosting Downstream Value, paper 43a, Eric L. Moorehead*, Kellogg Brown & root, Houston, TX
• Acquisition and Delivery of Reactor Technology, paper 43b, Barry L. Tarmy*, TBD Technology, Berkeley Heights, NJ
• Non-tradition R&D and Process Development, paper 43c, Jonathan H. Worstell*, Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX
• Designing an R&D Function: A Case Study, paper 43d, A. L. Shrier*
• Questions and Answers 1 – "Managing Industrial R&D", paper 43e, global Development Opportunities, LLC, Washington, DC
• Managing Intellectual Property in an R&D, paper 43f, Murray Nadler*, Houston, TX
• Managing Process Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry, paper 43g, Rick J. Rutter*, Searle R&D, Skokie, IL
• Managing Chemical Process R&D in a Samll Pharmaceutical Company, paper 43h, Douglas L. Cole*, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, CA
• Questions and Answers II – "Managing Industrial R&D", paper 43i, A. L. Shrier, Global Development Opportunities, LLC, Washington, DC

Sponsor: Topical Conference on Process Development from Research to Manufacturing
Chair (Area 12a)
Christine Seymour
Monsanto

Co-chair (Group 4)
Colin Howat
Dept. of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

• Industry-University Collaborations: Creating Effective Research Programs, paper 42a, David S. Brown, Jonathan H. Worstell, Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX
• Opportunities for Student Innovation Program at Lehigh University, paper 42b, Israel E. Wachs*, Lehigh University, Bethelehem, PA
• Resource Planning Under Uncertainty – A Consortium between Purdue and Searle, paper 42c, R. Brian Houston*, Monsanto Life Sciences, Skokie, IL
• Industry – University Collaboration in Elastomer Manufacturing, paper 42d, J. E. Puskas*, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
• Collaboration between Searle and Purdue on Intelligent Systems for Process Engineering, paper 42e, Prabir Basu, Jonathan M. Vinson*, Skokie, IL, Linas Mockus, Searle, Skokie, IL
• Collaborating with Industry on Fuel Additives and Fuel Utilization Researcxh, paper 42f, Galen J. Suppes*, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• Collaborative Research in Logistics Optimization, paper 42f, Kaoru Fujita, Toshiya Sanaka, Mitsubishi Chemical Coporation, Ushiodon, Japan, Antonis C. Kokossis, Sameer D. Mokashi*, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK.

Sponsor: Group 12, (Technology Transfer); Co-sponsor: Group 5, Management
Chair (Group 12)
Cawas Cooper
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

Co-chair (Group 5)
Jim Trainham
DuPont

• Rate Limiting Steps and Technology Transfer, paper 44a, R. Jonathan H. Worstell*, Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX
• Business Tools for Technology Transfer, paper 44b, James B. Ayers*, CGR Management Consultants, Playa del Rey, CA
• Process Development Program for a Melamine Production Process, paper 44c, Jamo K. Ilme, Suvi I. K. Sundquist, Kemira Agrao Oy, Espoo, Finland, Lauri Maatta, Kemira Chemicals Oy, Oulu, Finland, Ilkka Turunen*, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland
• Technology Transfer in the Chemical Industry: A New Way of Doing Business, paper 44d, Jay B. Rappaport*, DuPont, Wilmington, DE
• Process Develop0ment Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry for Chromatographic Unit Operations, paper 44e, Anita M. Katti*, Engineering and Process Chromatography Solutions, Boulder, CO
• The CerOx Process: From National Labs to Commercialization, paper 44f, Fred A. Coppotelli, Norvell J. Nelson*, Wendell G. Pells, G. Anthony Steward, CerOx Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
• Challenges in Technology Transfer, paper 44g, Ramoorthy Chandrasekhar*, Fluor Daniel, Greenville, SC

Sponsor: Group 6, Mixing Forum; Co-sponsor: Area 12b, Pilot Plants
Chair (Group 6)
Richard Grenville
DuPont Engineering

Co-chair (Area 12b)
Xiao-Xiong Lu
Solutia Inc.

• Flexible Mising system Design for Process Development and Scale-Up, paper 45a, Frank P. Lee*, Emily Moore, Xerox Research Centre of Canada, Mississauga, Canada
• Mising Times Prediction and Concentration Gradient Formation in Industrial Aerated Rushton-Turbine-Agitated Reactors, paper 45b, Fabrice Guillard*, Christian Tragardh, Lund Institute of Technology, Division of Food Engineering, Lund, Sweden
• Major Parameters of Turbulent Flows in Mixing Tanks Calculated and Used by VisiMix Software, paper 45c, Leonid N. Braginsky, Yury V. Kokotov, Yuri Z. Nekhamkin, Michael A. Reyz*, VisiMix Ltd., Rockville, MD
• Simulation of Mixing and Heat Transfer in Stirred Tanks with VisiMix(tm), paper 45d, Ke Liu, Kenneth Neeld*, Solutia Inc., Bridgeport, NJ
• Study of Mass Transfer Parameters in Liquid Phase Toluene Oxidation Process in Agitated Reactors, paper 45e, Badie I. Morsi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsuburgh, PA, Romain Lemoine*, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Dept., Pittsburgh, PA
• Hydrodynamic Parameters in Soybean Oil Hydrogenation Process under Industrial Conditions, paper 45f, Badie I. Morsi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Benoit T. Fillion*, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Dept., Pittsburgh, PA
• Fluid Dynamics and Mixing in Three Phase Coal Hydrogenation Sieve Cascade Reactors, paper 45g, Alex M. Bakopoulos*, SNC-Lavalin E&C, Samia,
• Quantitative Characterization of Mixing in Tote(Bin)-Blenders, paper 45i, Fernando Muzzil*, Osama S. Sudah, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
• Dry Mixing of Ultrafine Powders by MAIS and Mechanofusion, paper 45j, Dongguang Wei*, Chemical Eng. Dept., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, Matthew Libera, Materials Sci. and Eng., Dept., Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, Rajesh Dave, Mechanical Eng. Dept., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Neward, NJ, Robert Pfeffer, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Sponsor: Area 12a, Process Research and Innovation, Co-sponsor: Group 6, Mixing Forum
Chair (Area 12a):
Prof. Ka Ng
University of Massachussetts
Chemical Engineering Dept.
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Co-chair (Group 6):
Midey Chang-Mateu
Rohm & Haas

• Optimization of Process Efficiency for Tubular Low-Density Polyethylene Reactors Using Full PDF Simulations, paper 46a, Frank-Olaf Maehling, Elenac GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Rodney O. Fox, Nitin H. Kolhapure*, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• A Computational and Experimental Study of Mixing and Reaction in Stirred Tank Reactors Using a Novel Micro-Mising-Based CFD Model, paper 46b, Otute Akitai, Piero M. Armenante*, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
• A General Framework for the Integration of Computation Fluid Dynamics and Process Simulations, paper 46c, Fabrizio Bezzo*, Sandro Macchietto, Centre for Process Systems Engineering (Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine), London, UK, Costas C. Pantelides, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
• Towards Reliable Validated CFD Simulations of Industrial Mixing, paper 46d, Simon E. Leefe*, BHR Group Limited, Cranfield, UK
• Development of Agitated Reactors for Liquid Phase Specialty Chemical processes: Synthesis, Simulation and Scale-up, paper 46e, Ka M. Ng, Ketan D. Samant*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Quenching and Instability in In dustrial Chlorination Reactors, paper 46f, L.A. Hebert, K.A. Pividal, David H. West*, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX
• A Case Study: Better Mising Improves a "Mature" Process and Saves Money, paper 46g, David Dunn, Lyn Hughes, Richard Moss, Michael Parr, Colin Scattergood, Cheryl I. Teich*, Rohm & hass Company, Spring House , PA
• Development, Commercialization and Subsequent Optimization of Heterogeneous Catalytic Alkylation, paper 46h, Oldrich Mikus*, AECI Ltd, Business Development Unit, Modderfontein, Republic of South Africa, J. Dudas, V. Naidoo, CSIR, Moderfontein, South Africa

Sponsor: Area 12b, Pilot Plants, Co-sponsor: Group 9, Environmental
Chair (Group 9)
Earl Beaver
Monsanto Company

Co-chair (Group 12)
Roy Zolandz
DuPont
Experimental Stn

• Separations Research Needs, Barriers and Challenges from Vision 2020, paper 47a, Earl Beaver*, Monsanto Company, Chesterfield, MO, Sharon E. Robinson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• Ionic Liquid/Carbon Dioxide Biphasic Systems: Green Solvents for Reaction and Separation, paper 47b, Lynnette A. Blanchard*, Joan F. Brennecke, Zhiyong Gu, University Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Eric J. Beckman, Daniel Hancu, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Separations Involving Water: An Industry Perspective, paper 47c, David G. R. Short*, Robert W. Sylvester, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
• Selective Removal and Recovery of Nutrient Anions from Wastewater in a Continuous Fixed-Bed Process, paper 47d, Dimitri R. Kioussis*, Peter Kofinas, University of Maryland, College Poark, MD
• Metal Recovery and Reuse from Acid Mine Drainage, paper 47e, Jeffrey W. Allen*, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Rakesh Govind, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• Downhole Separation of Multiphase Fluids, paper 47f, Steven M. Parks, Charles A. Petty*, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• Separation Systems for Treating Waste Streams in a General Purpose Pilot Plant, paper 47g, Frank P. Lee*, Xerox Research Centre of Canada, Mississauga, Canada
• Separation of Plastic Particles in a Liquid-Fluidized Bed Classifier (LFBC), paper 47h, J.M. Calo*, G. Hradil, M. Tucker, Brown University, Providence, RI

Sponsor: Area 12a, Process Research and Innovation, Co-sponsor: Group 10, CAST
Chair (Area 12a)
Prof. Yinlun Huang
Wayne State University
Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Co-chair (Group 10):
Prof. Miguel Bagajewicz
School of Chemical Eng. & Materials Science
University of Oklahoma

• Development of Industrial Heat Exchanger Networks Using Hypertargets, paper 48a, V. Briones, L. Tantimuratha, Dept. of Process Integration, UMIST, Manchester, UK, Antonis C. Kokossis*, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
• Optimization with Simulation Manager and ASPENPLUS, paper 48b, Lorenz T. Biegler, Andreas Waechter, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Kentaro Yasuda*, Chemical Engineering Dept., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Globally Optimal Design of an Ammonia Power Cycle via Infinite Dimensional State-Space (IDEAS) Modelling , paper 48c, Vasilios Manousiouthakis, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Lealon L. Martin*, UCLA Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA
• Cost Optimal Retrofit of Sensor Networks with Loss Estimation Accuracy Bounds , paper 48d, Donald J. Chmielewski*, Chemical Engineering Dept., Los Angeles, CA, Vasilios Manuousiouthakis, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Applications in Process Synthesis Engineering of Generalized Disjunctive Programming Methods based on Nonlinear Convex Hull Relaxation , paper 48e, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Sangbum Lee*, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Global Optimization under Parametric Uncertainty in Product Design, paper 48f, Luke E.K. Achenie, Gennadi M. Ostrovsky, Manish Sinha*, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Flexibility of a Utility Plant under Uncertain Demands , paper 48e, ana M. Eliceche, Patricia M. Hoch*, Noemi C. Petracci, Plapiqui, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
• Efficient Dynamic Optimization of Disbributed Parameter Process Systems, paper 48h, Eva Balsa-Canto, Julio R. Banga*, Chemical Eng., Lab, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas CSIC, Vigo, Spain, Vassilios S. Vassiladis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Antonio A. alonso, Dept. of Chemical Eng. University of Vigo, Vigo. Galiza, Spain
• Object-Oriented Successive Quadratic Programming for Large-Scale Optimization , paper 48i, Roscoe A. Bartlett*, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  

Sponsor: Area 12a, Process Research and Innovation, Co-sponsor: Group 10, CAST
Chair (Area 12a)
Prof. Yinlun Huang
Wayne State University
Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Co-chair (Group 10):
Prof. Miguel Bagajewicz
School of Chemical Eng. & Materials Science
University of Oklahoma

• A Process Integration Approach for the Design of Optimal Water System in Petroleum Refineries, paper 49a, Alberto Alva-Argaez, ITESM Campus Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, Antonia C. Kokossis* University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Mancheeter UK
• Optimal Design of a Plant-Wide Water Use and Wastwater Rouse Network, paper 49b, Yinlun Huang, Helen Huiru Lou Wayne state University, Detrot, MI
• A New Approach tor the Design of Water Utilization Systems with Multiple Contaminants in Process Plants paper 49c, Margiori E. Rivas, Marlano J. SavelskiI, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Intelligent Solvers for Utility Networks, paper 49d, Istvan Heckl, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Veszprem, Veszprem, Hungary, Alexandros M. Strouvalls*, UMIST, Manchester, UK, Antonis C. Kokossis, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK, Ference Friedler, University of Veszprem, Veszprem, Hungary
• Optimal Planning and Scheduling of Offshore Gas Facilities Capital Investment and Operation, paper 49e, Aldo R. Vecchietti, INGAR, Santa Fe, Argentina, A.S. Cullick, Mobil, Dallas, TX, Sriram Vasantharajan*, Mobil Technology Company, Dallas, TX
• Optimal Air Pollution Control, paper 49f, A. Elkamel*, University of Kuwait, Chemical Eng. Dept., Safat, Kuwait
• Operation of a Real Utility Plant to Reduce Natural Gas and Water Consumption, paper 49g, Sergio M. Corvalan, Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Ana M. E. Eliceche*, PLAPIQUI, Bahaia Blanca, Argentina
• Multi-Objective Optimization of Industrial steam Reformers, paper 49h, Santosh K. gupta, Chemical Eng Dept., National University of Singapore, Singapore, J.K. Rajesh, G.P. Rangaiah, Ajay K. Ray*, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Eng., National University of Singapore, Singapore

Sponsor: Group 15, Food, Pharma, Bio; Co-sponsor: Group 12, (Manufacturing) Chair (Group 15):
Jean B. Hunter
Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Cornell Univeristy
Co-chair (Group 12): Ron Mack Monsanto Fax: (847) 982-7465

• Activation and Stabilization of Enzymes for the Epoxidation of Alkenes in Nonaqueous Media, paper 248a, Lillian R. Crow-Frazier, Brian H. Davison, Ping Wang*, Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN
• The Mophological Control of Aspergillus Oryzae in a Parallel Plate Flow Chamber, paper 248b, Zheng J Li*, Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Eng., University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Mark R. Marten, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
• A Comparative Study on the Modeling of Penicillin Production, paper 248c, Gulnur Birol*, Chemical and Environmental Eng. Dept., Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Ali Cinar, Satish J. Parulekar, Cenk Undey, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
• Activity of Immobilized Clostridium Acetobutylicum P262 During the ermentation of Lactose for the Production of Acetone-Butanol, paper 248d, Jean B. Hunter, Dept. of Agr. & Bio. Eng., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Dogan Omek*, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Influence of Initial Gas Bubble Size on the Production of Xanthan Gum, paper 248e, Danielle Bellmer, Silavara Junus, Siobhan Relly, Muluken Tilahun*, Food & Agri. Research and Technology Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• Bioprocess Optimization via Computer Aided Process Design and Simulation, paper 248f, Demetri P. Petrides*, INTELLIGEN, Inc., Scotch Plains, NJ, Pericles T. Lagonikos, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Union, NJ

Sponsor: Group 15, Food, Pharma, Bio; Co-sponsor: Group 12, (Manufacturing)

Chair (Group 15):
Jean B. Hunter
Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Cornell Univeristy

Co-chair (Group 12):
Ron Mack
Monsanto
Fax: (847) 982-7465

• Developments in Biotechnology for Food and Chemical Manufacturing, paper 254a, Jean B. Hunter, Dept. of Agr. & Bio. Eng., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Peter Dellva, Monsanto – Searle, Skokie, IL
• Production of Cyanobacterial Gas Vesicles for Use in Shear-Sensitive Cell Cultures, paper 254b, Joseph M. Segatta, Margo J. Zeleznik, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Akron, OH, Anand Sundararajan, Martek Bioscience Corp., Winchester, KY, Lu-Kwang Ju*, University of Akron, Akron, OH
• Carboxylic Acids Production in Extractive Fermentation Using Fibrous-Bed Bioreactor and Hollow-Fiber Membrane Extractors, paper 254c, Lucy de Guzman, Ellen San Nicolas, Dept. of Chemical Eng., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Abdullatif Tay, Zetang Wu, Dept. of Chemical Eng., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, shang-Tian Yang*, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• Continuous Ethanol Production from Cheese Whey Permeate, paper 254d, Lucila Domingues*, Nelson Lima, Jose A. Teixeira, Centro de Engeharia Biologica-IBQF, Braga, Portugal
• Bioprocessing Strategies for the Inhibition of Proteases in Recombinant Aspergillus Niger Fermentation, paper 254e, Tingyue Gu*, Niren Joshi, Data O’Donnell, Maria Papagianni, Darin Ridgway, Liping Wang, Jianfeng Xu, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Murray Moo-Young, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
• Process Development for Single Cell Oil from Wheat Straw, paper 254f, Shuwei Lin, Balzers and Leybold Instrumentation, Taipei, Taiwan, Jean B. Hunter*, Dept. of Agr. & Bio. Eng., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Scale-up Advantages during Production of Proteins from Transgenic Plants, paper 254g, Brad H. Garcia, Integrated Protein Technologies, Monsanto Company, Middleton, WI, Vikram M. Paradkar*, Integrated Protein Technologies, Monsanto Company, Middleton, WI
• Processing of Transgenic Canola and Extraction of a Recombinant Enzyme, paper 254h, Yun Bai*, Zivko L. Nikolov, Iowa State University, Ames, IA