Transcript Texas A&M Gas & Fuels Research Center

Texas A&M Gas & Fuels
Research Center
Presentation to Industrial Advisory Board,
Chemical Engineering Program,
Texas A&M University at Qatar
May 21, 2013
Center’s Major Objectives
• To advance gas and fuels processing research activities in
gas utilization, clean energy and in production of fuels
and value-added chemicals.
• To establish multidisciplinary projects and collaboration
models with both industry and academic institutions in
Qatar and worldwide.
• To provide consulting services and training courses in
areas of specialty.
• To integrate Texas A&M University resources and to
support Qatar’s 2030 vision in advancing its human and
research facilities in clean energy field.
Center’s Structure
• Seven Texas A&M University professors from
both Qatar campus and College Station campus
will be participating in this center.
• Multidisciplinary specialties in critical areas in
gas and fuels processing technologies.
• World class research facilities and labs at Texas
A&M Qatar and in College Station.
• Highly skilled research staff, graduate and
undergraduate students.
Center’s Principal Investigators
Prof. Dragomir Bukur
Prof. Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Catalysis, Reaction
Engineering, Fischer -Tropsch
and Gas-to-Liquid
technology.
Process integration,
synthesis, simulation, and
optimization, sustainable
process design, and
molecular/product design.
Prof. Marcelo Castier
Prof. Perla Balbuena
Computational design of
materials, catalysts and
processes.
Thermodynamic models of
complex mixtures, confined
fluids, electrolyte solutions;
applications of
thermodynamics to chemical
process safety.
Center’s Principal Investigators
Prof. Ioannis Economou
Prof. Ken Hall
Molecular thermodynamics
and molecular simulation of
complex fluids for chemical
process and product design.
Hydrocarbon Processing,
High Pressure Fluids
Thermodynamics
Natural Gas Conversion
Prof. Nimir Elbashir
Reactor Design, Catalysis,
Fuel Processing and Gas-toLiquid technology.
Highlights of Principal Investigators
Name
Funding
(2008 – 12)
Source
Representative
collaborators
#
publications
Group
size
Balbuena
$ 3.5 mil.
DOE, NSF, ARPA
TAMU, Sandia,
Brookhaven, industrial
>170 papers,
5 books
7
Bukur
$ 2.8 mil.
QNRF
TAMU, TAMUQ, QU,
Kentucky, AUTh
>130 papers,
2 chapters
3
Castier
$ 0.8 mil.
QNRF
TAMUQ, QU, Delaware,
FU Rio, SU Maringá
> 80 papers,
3 chapters
6
Economou
$ 2.3 mil.
EU, industry
UCL, Leeds, INERIS,
industry
130 papers,
5 chapters
10
Elbashir
$ 5.3 mil.
QNRF, industry
TAMU, TAMUQ, Auburn, > 50 papers
DTU, industry
11
El-Halwagi
$ 10.8 mil.
QNRF, NSF, DoE,
DARPA, industry
TAMU, TAMUQ, UT,
Wisconsin, DTU, etc.
175 papers,
55 chapters
8
Hall
$1.3 mil.
DOE, Dow,
Chevron
TAMU
259 papers,
7 books
7
Gas and Fuels
Research Center
Intensification of gas
processing plants
Simulation of natural
gas processing
Fluid Properties
GTL
Catalysis
Fuel processing
Reactor design
Resources in Qatar
Texas A&M Fuel Characterization Lab
 State-of-the-art experimental facilities
9
Support Detailed Composition &
Hydrocarbon Products Properties
Applied Catalysis Lab
Catalyst synthesis
Catalyst characterization
Applied Catalysis Group
Reactor modeling
and simulation
Catalyst testing
(slurry and fixed bed
reactors)
Kinetics of
heterogeneous reactions
Applied Catalysis Lab
Advanced Reactor Technologies for
Catalyst Testing
Current Collaboration with Industry in Qatar
Collaboration with Academia