Water (Sustainability & Environment)

Contaminants in Wastewater Circulate Between Landfills and Treatment Plants

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:46 +0000

January

2025

Microplastics and PFAS are two of the most persistent classes of emerging contaminants in global water systems.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:14 +0000

Contaminants in Wastewater Circulate Between Landfills and Treatment Plants; New Material Enables Carbon Capture at High Temperatures; Fuzzy Accounting Around "Net Zero" Slows Progress on Climate Change; High Levels of Renewable Power Reduce the Intensity of Blackouts;

January

2025

Books: November 2024

Karen Simpson — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:03:40 +0000

Become a more well-read chemical engineer.

November

2024

A 3D-Printed “Forest” to Desalinate Seawater

Gennady Shafirovich — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:51:01 +0000

September

2024

A new design for solar steam generators could enable more efficient saltwater desalination.

CEP: News Update

Gennady Shafirovich — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:37:41 +0000

Exploring Hydrogen for Short-Range Flight; Sequestering NOx in Concrete Could Net Economic Benefits; A 3D-Printed "Forest" to Desalinate Seawater; Building Flavor into Cultivated Meat; Shocking the Soil to Instantly Degrade PFAS;

September

2024

Wastewater Process Design and Simulation Using Open-Equation Software

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:28:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

We present our experience developing and validating a library of models for municipal wastewater treatment using AVEVA Process Simulation, an open-...

Aerogel Innovations: Harnessing Reduced Graphene Oxide for Efficient Organic Dye Removal in Aqueous Environments

Site Administrator — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 26, 2024

Ensuring clean water sources is pivotal for sustainable development and the well-being of communities worldwide. This study represents a pioneering...

Decoding Digital Shifts: Energy Transition's Impact on Technology

Karen Simpson — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:45:53 +0000

At this moment, perhaps hundreds of miles from you or maybe just down the road, a municipal water facility team leader participates in a discussion with her team considering the pros and cons of innovations to their process. They are influenced — just as you and I are — by the global transition to renewable energy sources. They have been challenged by top leadership to find ways to evolve their legacy systems into data-driven, reliable, and eco-friendly production processes and products. No small task.

Catalyzing Commercialization: Paper Coating Enables World’s First Water Filter for Pennies

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:29:13 +0000

An affordable water filter is needed at the same 20-cent mass market grocery pricing as soap, snacks, and SIM cards.

February

2024

Emerging Voices: Wearing Innovation

Karen Simpson — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:41:07 +0000

Engineers play a vital role in the textiles industry.

January

2024

New Device Collects Clean Water from Fog

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:25:42 +0000

October

2023

Scientists have unveiled an innovative, energy-neutral system capable of collecting clean water from the atmosphere.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:25:30 +0000

New Device Collects Clean Water from Fog; ChatGPT Outperformed Students on Common College Assignments; Examining the Gender Gap in Patenting; Innovating a New Method for Green Propane Production

October

2023

DuPont’s Prime RO Team Is the 2023 Energy and Sustainability Award Recipient

Idell Bryan — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:29:46 +0000

October 2, 2023

The Prime RO Team is being recognized for developing five families of the world’s most energy-efficient reverse osmosis membranes and elements that will reduce global CO2 equivalent emissions by 85,000 tons per year.

2023 Institute & Board of Directors’ Awards

Key Atlantic Current at Risk of Collapse

Karen Simpson — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:59:55 +0000

September

2023

A major Atlantic Ocean current could shut down at some point in this century, leading to dire consequences for the world’s climate.

Catalyzing Commercialization: Novel Treatment Process Makes Fertilizer from Human Waste

Karen Simpson — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:56:07 +0000

Brightwater Tools’ presents an integrated system for nutrient recovery and non-potable water production from residential wastewater.

September

2023