AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division

Here is the list of the F&PD Outstanding Presentation Awards winners, congratulations to the presenters and contributors! •     73b - Enhanced Baffle Design for Electric Heat Exchangers in Gas Applications - Dave Johnston •     194c - The Cost of Incomplete Cleaning - Roberto Tomotaki, Byron Kieser, Himanshu Joshi •     172c- Life-Cycle Analysis of Recycling of Post-use Plastic (PUP) with the GREET Model - Pahola Thathiana Benavides, Ulises Gracida-Alvarez, Ph.D., Troy Hawkins, Michael Wang •     196d - Improving Operational Performance when Processing Opportunity Crudes - Lara Petrishchev 74c - Developing a Hydrogen Training Program for Effective Change Management and Tech Integration in Energy Transition - Desiree Gajonera, P.Eng, PMP, Shane Finneran, PE, Ahmed Nossair, P.Eng, C.Eng, PMP, MBA, M.Sc, David Burns, PEng, MEng, Amy Kitson

Here is the list of the F&PD Outstanding Paper #Award #winners, congratulations to the authors! •     74b - Maximizing Amine Contactor Efficiency with Multipoint Temperature Systems - Alina Green, Scott Harper •     151c - Uncover the Secret Life of Catalysts with Accessible Reaction Engineering Tools: DRM and RWGS - Anna Lee Tonkovich, Eric Daymo, Akash Shirsath, Matthias Hettel, Cody Lockhart, Matthew M. Seabaugh and Olaf Deutschmann •     113b - Heat Exchanger Fouling in Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production: Challenges & Solutions - Bryan Crom, Annapurna Sri Sowmya Turuga, PhD, Hitesh Bagaria, Xiomara Price, Delbert Grotewold, Tony (Anthony) Fields 75b - Feedforward Control Methods and Benefits - Greg McMillan

Congratulations to the distinguished honorees at the AIChE Spring Meeting 2024 in New Orleans! Dr. Bill Rooney, Principal Technology Service Specialist at Honeywell UOP LLC, has been named the recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (F&PD) Award for 2024. The F&PD Division Award recognizes individuals who have made substantial technological contributions to the advancement of the fuels and petrochemicals industries as shown by a long and recognized record in the recipient’s area of achievement. Also, congratulations to Dr. Belma Demirel for receiving the F&P Distinguished Service Award for her extensive participation in a variety of division activities demonstrating leadership, and having served the division for many years. Their outstanding contributions and dedication to the field of chemical engineering are commendable.

Looking back at an exciting AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting last week in New Orleans! The Fuels & Petrochemicals Division program opened with the Joint Industry 4.0/F&PD Plenary Lecture delivered by Prof Niall Mac Dowell of Imperial College London and Billy Bardin, former AIChE President and Global Climate Transition Director for Dow. The plenary was chaired by Bea (Birgit) Braun (Dow) and Francesco Coletti (Hexxcell) and was followed by 40 sessions with more than 120 papers spread across five Topical Conferences: Gas Utilization (chaired by Nimir Elbashir of Texas A&M University at Qatar and Zhe Cui of Shell), Refining (chaired by Ellen Arnold of Honeywell and Robert Sigal of bp), Petrochemicals (chaired by Chris Buehler, PhD, PE of Exponent and Eberhard Lucke of Lucke Consulting Technology Services, LLC), Energy Transition (chaired by Debalina Sengupta of Texas A&M University and Kirtan Trivedi of ExxonMobil) and Heat Exchangers (chaired by Francesco Coletti of Hexxcell and Nicholas Urbanski of ExxonMobil). As a part of the various Topicals we had three special events: 💡 Keynote for the 3rd Topical Conference on Heat Exchangers by Rob Broekhuis, Chief Scientist of SABIC on "Electrification of Cracking Furnaces" 🌎 Keynote for the 22nd Topical Conference on Gas Utilization by Lina R., Qatar Shell Research and Technology Center on "CO2 Utilization Technologies to Support Decarbonization Journey" 🎓 Panel Discussion for the Topical Conference on Energy Transition: Energy Transition Roundtable with Energy Leaders with Dr. Felicia R. Lucci, PhD of DOE, Prof. Iftekar Karimi of National University of Singapore, Dr. Shyamal Bej, of Shell and Dr. Ese Jeroro of Honeywell UOP A big thank you to all the Session and Topical chairs and, in particular, to the Overall Programming chair Saadet Ulas Acikgoz and Co-chair Debalina Sengupta for making this possible. Shout out to Justin Canna for his tireless support! Thank you also to our outgoing chair, Mahdi Nouri CEng FIChemE (Triumph Gas Technology Consulting, LLC) for arranging a fantastic F&PD Award dinner on Monday where Bill Rooney (Honeywell), winner of the 2024 F&PD Award, gave an engaging presentation and Belma D. (bp) was presented with the F&PD Distinguished Service Award. Follow our LinkedIn page to stay in touch with the Division! #refining #petrochemicals #chemicalengineering #fuels #environment #energytransition #naturalgas #heatexchangers