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Process Intensification Routes For Mineral Carbonation, Rafael M. Santos, Tom Van Gerven Dec 2011

Process Intensification Routes For Mineral Carbonation, Rafael M. Santos, Tom Van Gerven

Faculty Publications and Scholarship

Mineral carbonation is a realistic route for capture and storage of carbon dioxide. The principal advantages of this approach are the chemical stability and storage safety of mineral carbonates, the opportunities for process integration available, and the potential for conversion of low-value materials into useful products. In this work the valorisation of alkaline waste materials from thermal processes by mineral carbonation utilizing intensified and integrated mineral carbonation routes is explored. Process intensification is the chemical engineering of the 21st century, and aims at providing the paradigm-shifting techniques that will revolutionize the industry. The combination of process intensification and process integration …


Sustainability Analysis Of Personal Transportation For Near Urban Commuting, Michelle Everett, Michael Pickelsimer, Virginia Browning, William R. Henson, James R. Hall Jr., Yue Cao, Justin Ridenour, Theodore Ansink, James Wilson, Eugene Ng, Matthew Atchley, Scott Teeters, David Irick, Leon Tolbert, Chris Cherry, Robert Counce, Paul D. Frymier May 2011

Sustainability Analysis Of Personal Transportation For Near Urban Commuting, Michelle Everett, Michael Pickelsimer, Virginia Browning, William R. Henson, James R. Hall Jr., Yue Cao, Justin Ridenour, Theodore Ansink, James Wilson, Eugene Ng, Matthew Atchley, Scott Teeters, David Irick, Leon Tolbert, Chris Cherry, Robert Counce, Paul D. Frymier

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

The goal of this P3 project was to test three hypotheses: 1) there exists a vehicle or class of vehicles that can be effectively used to replace a car for near-urban commuting and short range transportation in cities of similar population, topology and traffic volume as Knoxville, TN with significantly less environmental impact than a typical automobile, 2) this vehicle has the appropriate capacity, convenience, and comfort such that people who are not likely to use other forms of alternate transportation will adopt it, and 3) between a fuel cell hybrid and fully battery electric, one of the two designs …