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2018 Texas A&M Conference on Energy September 24-26, 2018

Bethancourt Ballroom Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Howdy! It is our pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the 2018 Texas A&M Conference on Energy, held at the Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University in College Station, September 24-26, 2018.

Texas A&M Conference on Energy is an annual conference being organized since 2016 by the Texas A&M Energy Research Society with the support of the Texas A&M Energy Insitute. Our goal is to highlight the multi-disciplinary energy research conducted at Texas A&M University via a series of plenary lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and oral & poster presentations. This year, the conference will feature 105 research presentations by students and faculty, three plenary lectures, three panel discussions, and a workshop on software tools useful for energy applications.

With the Texas A&M Conference on Energy, we aim to bring academic and industrial researchers together. Whether you are an expert on a topic or you are interested in being introduced to the world of energy at Texas A&M, we hope you will be inspired with the presentations and the discussions on the current challenges and advances in energy.

We would like to express our gratitude to the conference sponsors ExxonMobil, Shell, Halliburton, and The Dow Chemical Company for helping to make our vision a reality. Additionally, we would like to thank ANSYS for conducting the workshop on Engineering Simulations.

We would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our academic sponsors without whose support, this conference would not have been possible: Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M Division of Research, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, TEES Gas & Fuels Research Center, Department of Geology & Geophysics, and Department of Oceanography.

Finally, we thank Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos, Director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute, and Jeff Sammons, Associate Director, for their endless support and guidance throughout our journey.

To view an electronic version of the official conference booklet and see the full details of the event, we invite to you visit our website at energy.tamu.edu/conference.

With that, we thank you for attending the 2018 Texas A&M Conference on Energy and wish you an exciting and memorable conference.

Sincerely,

Texas A&M Energy Research Society Officers

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Table of Contents

Conference Program Overview.................................................................................... 2 Plenary Speakers .......................................................................................................... 3 Panel Disscussions and Panelists .............................................................................. 6 Oral Presentations ...................................................................................................... 10 Poster Sessions .......................................................................................................... 13 Workshop .................................................................................................................... 17 Sponsors ..................................................................................................................... 18 Venue ........................................................................................................................... 22 Notes ............................................................................................................................ 23

ABOUT US Texas A&M Energy Research Society (ERS) is a community established by the Texas A&M Energy Institute in Fall 2015. Our mission is to work for students and researchers conducting multi-disciplinary energy research to ensure their needs are understood, advocated, and promoted through education, research, and learning. We aim to create a dynamic and synergistic environment within the university through technical and social events such as panel discussions, workshops, and meetings. Texas A&M Conference on Energy is our signature event.

2017-2018 ERS LEADERSHIP President Executive Vice President/Treasurer Technical Program External Outreach Internal Outreach Media and Design Conference Directors Android App Developer

Doga Demirhan Shachit Iyer Abhinav Narasingam (Chair) Kasturi Sarang Prashanth Siddhamshetty Bassel Daher Akhil Arora Spyridon Tsolas (Chair) Anmol Shah Anne Le (Chair) Burcu Beykal Manali Zantye Iosif Pappas Sai Vamshi Jonnalagadda Yang-Denis Su-Feher Justin Katz


Conference Program

Start End Monday, September 24, 2018

07:30 08:30 Conference Registration and Breakfast (MSC 2300C)

08:30 09:00 Opening Remarks (MSC 2300C)

09:00 11:00

Oral Presentations I

Energy Policy, Law and Environmental Impacts

(MSC 2300A)

Modeling, Simulation and Design of Energy Systems

(MSC 2300B)

Oil & Gas Exploration and Production

(MSC 2300D)

11:00 11:15 Break

11:15 12:00 Plenary Presentation I: Dr. Joseph B. Powell, Shell (MSC 2300C)

12:00 13:00 Lunch Break (MSC 2300C)

13:00 14:30 Panel I: Catalyst or Roadblock? The Impact of Energy Policy on Technological Innovation (MSC 2300B)

14:30 15:00 Break

15:00 16:30 Poster Session I (MSC 2300E)

Start End Tuesday, September 25, 2018


09:00 11:00

Oral Presentations II

Process Safety Management and Risk Assessment

(MSC 2300A)

Optimization and Control of Multi-Scale Energy Systems

(MSC 2300B)

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus (MSC 2300D)

11:00 11:15 Break

11:15 12:00 Plenary Presentation II: Dr. Lloyd F. Colegrove, The Dow Chemical Company (MSC 2300C)


13:00 14:30 Panel II: Opportunities for integrative planning across water, energy, and food sectors in the San Antonio Region (MSC 2300B)

14:30 15:00 Break

15:00 16:30 Poster Session II (MSC 2300E)

Start End Wednesday, September 26, 2018


09:00 11:00

Oral Presentations III

Renewable Energy Systems (MSC 2300A)

Data Science and Analytics in Energy Applications

(MSC 2300B)

Multifunctional Materials for Energy Applications

(MSC 2300D)

11:00 11:15 Break

11:15 12:00 Plenary Presentation III: Dr. Marc Davidson, Halliburton (MSC 2300C)


13:00 14:30 Panel III: Towards a More Resilient Smart Grid (MSC 2300B)

14:30 15:00 ExxonMobil Presentation Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks (MSC 2300C)

15:00 16:30 ANSYS Workshop (MSC 2300B)


Plenary Speakers

Plenary Speaker I (11:15 am – 12:00 pm, Monday, September 24, MSC 2300C)

Dr. Joseph B. Powell Chief Scientist Chemical Engineering Shell About the speaker: Dr. Joseph B. Powell is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and has been Shell’s Chief Scientist – Chemical Engineering since 2006. He joined the Process Development Department at Shell Technology Center Houston in 1988, where he has led R&D programs in new chemical processes, biofuels, and enhanced oil recovery, in addition to a Hunters innovation group. Dr. Powell has been co-inventor on more than 125 distinct patent applications with more than 60 granted and has received several industry awards including the A. D. Little Award for Chemical Engineering Innovation (AIChE 1998), R&D100 Award (R&D Magazine) and American Chemical Society Team Innovation Award (2000), U. Wisconsin College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award (2009), AIChE Process Development Division Service Award (2012) and Practice Award (2017). He is co-editor and chapter author for the book Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact, John Wiley & Sons, New York (2010), and has served AIChE in various roles including Process Development Division Programming chair, Spring Meeting Program Chair (2015) and Co-Chair (2012), Chemical Technology Operating Council, Executive Board Programming Committee, Center for Energy Initiatives board member, Pilot Plants 12B Area Chair, Shale Gas and Sustainability Topical Chairs. Dr. Powell currently serves on the U.S. National Academy Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee, editorial committees of Annual Review of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Crosscutting technologies panel lead and author for Mission Innovation Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (2017) and was elected to the Board of Directors of AIChE (2016). He obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (1984), following a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Virginia (1978).


Plenary Speakers

Plenary Speaker II (11:15 am – 12:00 pm, Tuesday, September 25, MSC 2300C)

Dr. Lloyd F. Colegrove Director of Data Services Director of Fundamental Problem Solving The Dow Chemical Company About the speaker: Dr. Lloyd F. Colegrove is the Director of Data Services and the Director of Fundamental Problem Solving for The Dow Chemical Company. He also is the Analytics Platform Director for Dow’s Manufacturing and Engineering’s Industry 4.0 program – an expansive program to engage in leading-edge analytics programs across the manufacturing enterprise and allied functions. His desire for novel approaches to data interpretation (contextualization), and integration of these capabilities into assessing the health and capability of manufacturing assets has coalesced into the piloting, then implementation, of an enterprise data analysis and collaboration space that would tie multiple plants together with the Technology Center and R&D resources to troubleshoot in real time, or preemptively detect and alert plant trouble well before crisis. This work has been reviewed in numerous industry publications including Automation World, Processing, ARC web and CEP (AIChE). The Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) platform has been recognized with a 2014 Kinetics process award, a 2015 Golden Mousetrap Award, and the 2015 and 2016 Frost and Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership awards in Big Data and Analytics and the "High Achiever Award" in Big Data and Analytics for 2016 from Frost and Sullivan in Analytics. EMI also received the 2014 and 2015 Kinetics Process Award for innovation. Dr. Colegrove’s background is in Chemical Physics where he obtained a B.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He spent 7 years in Polymer Research in Dow (R&D and TS&D) before moving into Manufacturing in an Analytical Improvement role and then a Quality Leader for first one, then ultimately to five Dow businesses before moving to establish a new capability called Fundamental Problem Solving, where top chemists and engineers work on complex, often multi-effect, plant problems. With this established, he refocused his efforts working to establish the data initiatives that support this work. Dr. Colegrove is married with two daughters and is an avid cyclist, hiker, and landscaper.


Plenary Speakers

Plenary Speaker III (11:15 am – 12:00 pm, Wednesday, September 26, MSC 2300C)

Dr. Marc Davidson Sr. Director of Technology Production Enhancement, Cementing and Multi-Chem Halliburton

About the speaker: Dr. Marc Davidson is Sr. Director of Technology for Halliburton’s Production Enhancement, Cementing and Multi-Chem product service lines. His responsibilities include overseeing the development of Halliburton’s new products and services for well cementing, stimulation, production chemicals and related technologies. Dr. Davidson has 30 years of experience in technology, manufacturing and supply chain in a range of industries. At Halliburton for the past six years, he has served as Sr. Director of Technology for the Drill Bits and Services, Well Cementing, and Production Enhancement product service lines. Prior to joining Halliburton, he was Executive Vice President of Technology and Operations for Diamond Innovations Inc., a subsidiary of Sandvik AB. Earlier in his career, Dr. Davidson held technology leadership roles in General Electric’s Specialty Materials and Plastics divisions and conducted petroleum refining research and development work at Amoco Oil Company. Dr. Davidson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University, as well as a Master of Science degree and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Panel Discussions

Panel I: Catalyst or Roadblock? The Impact of Energy Policy on Technological Innovation 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Monday, September 24, 2018 (MSC 2300B) Abstract: Energy law & policy decisions can both accelerate or impede the pace of innovation in technology depending on the context. There is a widespread misconception that energy-related laws & policies are primarily an obstacle to the development and deployment of new and disruptive technologies. At the same time, tax breaks and other policy incentives have driven much of the recent boom in renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal. Policy making at different levels, be it global, national or local, needs to be balanced to allow for current increase in economic development while ensuring a sustainable future. Instead of playing catch-up, there needs to be pre-emptive efforts to design policies which will provide a fillip to innovative technologies which attempt to strike such a balance. In this panel, we aim to discuss some of the policy measures that have favorably or unfavorably impacted technological innovations in the field of energy.

Panel II: Opportunities for Integrative Planning across Water, energy, and food sectors in the San Antonio Region 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 (MSC 2300B) Abstract: Water, energy, and food securities are central to healthy and sustainable economies. Growing pressures to meet water, energy, and food demands are driven by a rising global population, rapid urbanization, changing diets, and economic growth. These pressures are exacerbated by growing interdependencies between the three tightly interconnected resource systems, yet these systems continue to be managed separately in most instances. Unless we account for these interdependencies as we plan for the future allocation of these resources, we risk facing an unintended consequence of creating new challenges as we address existing ones. San Antonio demonstrates a complex resource hotspot within Texas. With its rapidly growing population, proximity to the Eagle Ford shale play, and as home to major agricultural activity, the San Antonio area has many competing demands for water and energy. In January 2018, we held a stakeholders’ forum in San Antonio to examine the nexus of water, food, and energy. At that time, we looked at questions to be addressed, and the incentives, limitations, and opportunities of working across disciplines. In this panel, we aim to extend those discussions by addressing state of the art technological, social, and policy interventions that can be applied, and their role in catalyzing the implementation of integrated solutions for better management and allocation of water, energy, and food resources. The main objective of the session is to discuss how to catalyze a dialogue around state of the art technological, social, and policy interventions that different stakeholders need to develop, advocate, or take to increase the level of coordination as they plan for or work toward future resource allocation in San Antonio and nearby areas.

Panel III: Towards a More Resilient Smart Grid 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (MSC 2300B) Abstract: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have increased the urgency of acting to make our electricity grids more resilient. While America’s utilities have significantly improved grid reliability overall, extreme weather events, including storm surges, floods, heat storms and droughts continue to increase in intensity and frequency. Other stressors, like traffic accidents, geomagnetic solar induced currents, wildfires, electromagnetic pulses and deliberate physical disruptions may also present a danger to power systems. In this environment, utilities, governments and other stakeholders need to take longer and deeper looks at building resilience to limit and mitigate the risks to customers. But where to begin? Smart grids include a portfolio of grid improvements and enable a two-way communication that offer a huge potential for grid resiliency. In recent years, utilities have begun to deploy smart grid technologies, from advanced metering at the customer level to enable automatic outage detection and service restoration, to sensors and controls on the distribution system to enable rapid detection, isolation and restoration of service at the circuit and substation levels. But this modernization requires regulatory approval, increased funding and time to deploy. In this panel, we aim to discuss some of the challenges associated with and the solutions that enable us to move towards a more resilient electricity grid.


Panelists

Panel I: Catalyst or Roadblock? The Impact of Energy Policy on Technological Innovation 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Monday, September 24, 2018 (MSC 2300B) Moderator/Panelist:

Dr. Felix Mormann Professor Energy & Environment Law, Corporate Law Texas A&M University School of Law

Professor Mormann's research interests lie at the intersection of law and innovation in the context of environmental and energy law and policy. Mormann currently investigates domestic and international regulation and policy related to clean-energy technologies. His research starts from the premise that environmentally sustainable energy solutions require an economically sustainable policy landscape to leverage necessary investment.

Panelists:

Nick Schulz Director Stakeholder Engagement ExxonMobil Corporation

Nick Schulz is director of stakeholder relations for ExxonMobil, in public and government affairs. He is the author of the books From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities, and the Lasting Triumph Over Scarcity and Invisible Wealth: The Hidden Story of How Markets Work. He was previously a senior corporate issues advisor for Exxon Mobil. Prior to that, Schulz worked at the American Enterprise Institute, where he was editor in chief and a fellow.

Zoe Cadore Market Development Policy Advisor American Petroleum Institute

Zoe Cadore currently works as a congressional fellow at the American Petroleum Institute and has since been shaping energy, environmental and STEM policy on Capitol Hill. She studied at University of Houston Law Center and is currently located at Washington D.C. Metro Area. While she was in law school, Zoe served as Miss Houston and worked with numerous organizations and schools. She was also President of the Black Law Students Association and received the Faculty Distinguished Service Award at her graduation.

Sony Dhaliwal Associate Director Energy and Capital Markets Navigant

Sony Dhaliwal is as energy industry professional with more than 14 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to plan, develop, and execute strategic and technical programs and projects. She is a professional electrical engineer with strong expertise in development and execution of high voltage electric transmission and substation projects ranging from FERC 1000 competitive transmission projects to integration of distributed energy resources to the electric grid. She has earned an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and an MS in electrical engineering from California State University.


Panelists

Panel II: Opportunities for Integrative Planning across Water, Energy, and Food Sectors in the San Antonio Region 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 (MSC 2300B) Moderator:

Dr. Rudy Rosen Director Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology Texas A&M University, San Antonio

Rudy Rosen is a Visiting Professor and Director of the Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology at Texas A&M University in San Antonio, a Fellow of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, and a former Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Dr. Rosen specializes in organization management, leadership, fundraising, and conservation advocacy.

Panelists:

Dr. Rabi Mohtar Professor Biological and Agricultural Engineering Texas A&M University

Dr. Rabi Mohtar established and leads the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Initiative (WEFNI) and serves as Advisor to the Energy Institute. Mohtar leads an interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate students in the San Antonio Case Studies (SACS), supporting the science and planning for Water-Energy-Food Resources in the San Antonio regions as climate, urban growth, and a burgeoning energy industry alter water supplies.

Isabel Martinez Coordinator Conservation Programs Edwards Aquifer Authority

Isabel Martinez has been with the Edwards Aquifer Authority for eight years and serves as the coordinator of conservation programs. Before coming to the EAA, Martinez received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from St. Mary’s University. In addition, she holds her Master’s Degree in Natural Resource Development from Texas A&M, and she is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Agriculture from Texas A&M University.

John Kosub Director Energy Portfolio Analytics CPS Energy

John Kosub is the Director of Energy Portfolio Analytics for CPS Energy. In that capacity, he provides leadership for long-range resource planning, demand side forecasting, and commercial analysis. John’s experience includes fossil, nuclear, and renewable technology research & development, business case development, and new power plant project development. John has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Management of Technology.

Dr. Darrel Brownlow Cattle Rancher Region L Water Planning Group SARA

Dr. Brownlow is currently Chairman of the Board of the San Antonio River Authority as well as former longtime member of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District and member of the South-Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group. He is a consulting geologist in the mining industry, specifically developing projects related to construction materials, rail infrastructure, and frac sand operations in Texas. Darrell holds a B.S., M.S., and PhD., all in geology from Texas Tech University, and he has completed international executive business management programs at Stanford Graduate School, Insead Business School in France, and Egade Business School in Monterrey, Mexico.


Panelists

Panel III: Towards a More Resilient Smart Grid

1:00 – 2:30 pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (MSC 2300B)

Moderator:

Dr. Miroslav Begovic Department Head & Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Texas A&M University

Miroslav M. Begovic (FIEEE’04) is a Carolyn S. & Tommie E. Lohman ’59 Professor at Texas A&M University. Prior to that, he was Professor and Chair of the Electric Energy Research Group in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and an affiliated faculty member of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaic Research at Georgia Tech. Dr. Begovic obtained his PhD from Virginia Tech University. His research interests are in monitoring, analysis, and control of power systems, as well as development and applications of renewable and sustainable energy systems.

Panelists:

Dr. Ahmad H. Haidari Global Industry Director Process, Energy & Power Industries ANSYS, Inc.

Dr. Ahmad H. Haidari has over 25 years of experience in the application of engineering simulation and modeling technology for industrial-process-equipment design, equipment troubleshooting, analysis and scale up. He obtained his Ph.D. from Lehigh University and has numerous presentations and publications on modeling chemical and hydrocarbon process equipment and oil and gas machinery. He is responsible for ensuring that the full portfolio of ANSYS engineering simulation software meet the requirements of process, power and petroleum engineering organizations.

Woody Rickerson Vice President Grid Planning & Operations Electric Reliability Council of Texas

Woody Rickerson oversees ERCOT’s role in transmission planning, generator interconnection activities, as well as electric grid operations for the ERCOT region. Mr. Rickerson brings 30 years of electric industry experience, including 18 years at ERCOT, to this role. Mr. Rickerson has worked for utilities in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Thomas Overbye Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Texas A&M University

Tom Overbye is a Distinguished Research Professor with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Smart Grid Center in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his BSEE (’83), MSEE (’88) and PhD (’91) all from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Overbye is the original developer of the PowerWorld software and co-founder of PowerWorld Corporation.

Vijay Betanabhatla Associate Director Energy System Transformation Navigant

Vijay Betanabhatla supports Navigant's grid modernization projects across United States. He is a leader in energy industry with 12 years of experience in grid operations, electricity markets, renewable energy, distributed energy resources, and energy finance. Previously, he has been the business development lead for Baker Tilly for the Texas region, and has played key role in many prestigious ERCOT projects. He has earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from UT Arlington and a Master of Business Administration from UT Austin, McCombs School of Business.


Oral Presentations

Start End Monday, September 24, 2018

9:00 11:00 Oral Presentations - I

Energy Policy, Law and Environmental impacts

(MSC 2300A)

Modeling simulation and design of energy systems

(MSC 2300B)

Oil & Gas Exploration and Production

(MSC 2300D)

9:00 9:17

The Economics of Petro-Authoritarianism: Post-Soviet Transitions and Democratization Samir Huseynov, Gubad Ibadoglu, Rashad Sadigov, Marco A. Palma

Sequential Mass and Heat Integration in the Synthesis of Carbon-Hydrogen-Oxygen Symbiosis Networks Kevin Topolski, Marc Panu, Luis Fernando Lira-Barragán, José María Ponce-Ortega, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

Effect of water presence in rock formation on the behaviour of cryogenic fracturing Caitlin Carter, Minsu Cha

9:17 9:34

The role of Sea Ports in the International Supply Chain of Wind Energy Ryan Swaney, Cassia Bomer Galvao, Joan Mileski, Amir Gharehgozli

Towards a Systematic Process Intensification Framework for Advanced Distillation Systems Yuhe Tian, M. Sam Mannan, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Chemo-mechanical characterization and micro-structural evolution of shales subjected to CO2 rich brine Ravi Prakash, Pierre Christian Kana Nguene, Sara Abedi, Arash Noshadravan

9:34 9:51

Settlers of Barnett: Dynamics of Leasing in Oil and Gas Anastasia Shcherbakova, Alessio Saretto

CO2 Monetization through the Design of Specialized Carbon-Hydrogen-Oxygen SYmbiosis Networks Marc Panu, Kevin Topolski, Sarah Abrash, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

Assessing the Confinement Effects in Reservoir Fluids Behavior and their Impact on Production from Shale Reservoirs Gonzalo Hernandez Arciniegas, Bruno Armando Lopez Jimenez, Maria Barrufet

9:51 10:08

Probing Methane in Air with Infrared Sources

Alexandre Kolomenski, F. Zhu, J. Xia, J. Bounds, E. Aluauee, C. Rodriguez, A. A. Kolomenskii, H. A. Schuessler, Hans Schuessler

Process Optimization-Driven Material Screening for Gas Separations Shachit Shankaran Iyer, Ishan Bajaj, M. M. Faruque Hasan

Hierarchical Bayesian modeling: application towards production results in the Eagle ford shale of South Texas Se Yoon Lee, Antik Chakraborty, Bani K. Mallick

10:08 10:25

Estimation of Texas Flaring and Venting Volumes from Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities Using Texas Railroad Commission Reports and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellite Imagery, 2012- 2015 Katherine Ann Willyard,Nina Canal, Miranda Hooper, William Thompson, Gunnar Schade

A Unified Framework for Process Intensification, Synthesis and Integration Using Block Superstructure Jianping Li,Salih Emre Demirel, M. M. Faruque Hasan

Sensitive spectroscopy of tracers for oil and well gas exploration Alexandre Kolomenski, Hans A. Schuessler, Jens Lassen

10:25 10:42

Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Role in the Energy Security in Europe Ruben Mendoza, Larry Napper, Gr- egory Gause, Raymond Robertson

Systematic Process Design and Discovery using Building Blocks Salih Emre Demirel, Jianping Li, M. M. Faruque Hasan

Effect of geometric shape parameters on viscosity of crude oil Mohsen Daghooghi, Iman Borazjani

10:42 10:59

Simulation and Energy Optimization of Cryogenic Air Separation Technology using Benchmarking and Targeting Techniques Tushar Goel, Debalina Sengupta, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

Optimization of simultaneously propagating multiple fractures in hydraulic fracturing to achieve uniform growth using data-based model reduction Prashanth Kumar Siddhamshetty, Kan Wu, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon


Oral Presentations

Start End Tuesday, September 25, 2018

9:00 11:00 Oral Presentations - II

Process Safety Management

and Risk Assessment (MSC 2300A)

Optimization and Control of Multi-Scale Energy Systems

(MSC 2300B)

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus

(MSC 2300D)

9:00 9:17

Well Control Trends and Mitigation Tools – A Technology Update Mohamed Amer

Dynamic Modeling and Optimization of Periodic Multifunctional Reactors for Synthesizing Efficient Energy Systems Akhil Arora, Shachit S. Iyer, Ishan Bajaj, M. M. Faruque Hasan

Optimization of water-treatment for shale gas production using a water-energy nexus approach Fadhil Y. Al-Aboosi, Mahmoud M El-Halwagi

9:17 9:34

Well Control Trends and Mitigation Tools – A Technology Update (continued…) Mohamed Amer

A Novel Geometric Based Algorithm to Solve Multiparametric Programming Problems: Application to Energy Systems Justin Katz, Baris Burnak, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Economics of possible welfare increasing energy sector decisions in water stressed regions Chengcheng J. Fei, Yingqian Yang, Bruce A. McCarl

9:34 9:51

Dynamic Inherent Safety Assessment of a Distillation Column Denis Su-Feher, Bin Zhang, Efstratios Pistikopoulos, M. Sam Mannan

Approximate dynamic programming-based control of parabolic PDE systems with moving boundaries using local DMDc: Application to hydraulic fracturing Mohammed Saad Faizan Bangi, Harwinder Singh Sidhu, Prashanth Siddhamshetty, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon

Systematic Analysis and Optimization of Water-Energy Nexus Spyridon Tsolas, M. Nazmul Karim M. M. Faruque Hasan

9:51 10:08

Stochastic Multi-Objective Optimization of Turnaround Scheduling Christopher Gordon, M. Sam Mannan

Multiparametric/explicit NMPC for Quadratically Constrained Problems Iosif S. Pappas, Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

A Multi-Scale Energy-Water Nexus Model: A Case Study of the Power Systems in Texas Edwards Aquifer Richard Allen, Yaling Nie, Styliani Avraamidou, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos, Xin Xiao

10:08 10:25

Procedural Adherence: Effects of Time Pressure and Worker State S Camille Peres, Ranjana K. Mehta, Ashley Shortz, Tim Neville, Paul Ritchey, Eric VonOort, Mitch Pryor

A Multiparametric Programming Based Approach to Integrate Design, Scheduling, and Control of a Batch Process Baris Burnak, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Climate Change and the Comparative Cost of Conserved Water via Electrical Cooling Options: A FEW Nexus Case Study in South Central Texas Yingqian Yang, Chengcheng J. Fei, Bruce A. McCarl, Richard C. Allen, Yaling Nie, Efstratios Pistikopoulos

10:25 10:42

Runaway in Microreactors Sunjeev Venkateswaran, Benjamin Wilhite, Costas Kravaris

Optimization and Explicit Control of a PEM Water Electrolysis Process Gerald Ogumerem, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

An Optimum Energy Service to Implement Renewable Energies in Operation of Pumps in Water Distribution Systems Mohsen Aghashahi, Pravin Varaiya, M. Katherine Banks

10:42 10:59

Designing Optimal Carbon Capture and Utilization Process Networks to Produce Value-added Chemicals Manali Zantye, M. M. Faruque Hasan


Oral Presentations

Start End Wednesday, September 26, 2018

9:00 11:00 Oral Presentations - III

Renewable energy systems

(MSC 2300A)

Data Science and Analytics in Energy Applications

(MSC 2300B)

Multifunctional Materials for Energy Applications

(MSC 2300D)

9:00 9:17

Piezoelectric Fiber and soft material-based Wave Energy Harvesting system Sina Baghbani Kordmahale, Jitae Do, Kuang-An Chang, Jun Kameoka

Spatio-temporal predictive modeling for wind farm data: a pro-active regime-switching method Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Mikyoung Jun, Yu Ding

Hybrid Metal-Semiconductor Nanoparticles for One and Two Photon Luminescence Up-conversion Benjamin Roman, Matthew Sheldon

9:17 9:34

Fast optimization of external quantum efficiency of thin film solar cells using surrogate modeling of absorptivity Mine Kaya, Shima Hajimirza

Data-Driven Design of Nanoscale Features to Obtain High-zT Thermoelectrics Emily Conant, Timothy Brown, Raymundo Arroyave, Patrick Shamberger, Joseph Ross

Mechanically strong supercapacitor based on reduced graphene oxide gel and Kevlar Wanmei Sun, Smit A. Shan, Joseph L. Lowery, Joseph Gerringer, Micah J. Green

9:34 9:51

Sustainable Ammonia Production Through Process Synthesis and Global Optimization C. Doga Demirhan, William Tso, Joseph B. Powell, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Data-Driven Optimization with Implicit Constraints: Application to an Ethane Steam Cracking Process Burcu Beykal, Melis Onel, Onur Onel, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Functionalized Graphene/Aramid Nanofiber Electrodes for Structural Energy and Power Paraskevi Flouda, Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus

9:51 10:08

Toward Supply Chain Optimization of Renewable Energy Carriers William Tso, C. Doga Demirhan, Haneol Song, Seungyeon Lee, Joseph B. Powell, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

Integrated Data-driven Monitoring & Explicit Fault-Aware Control of Chemical Processes: An Adaptive Approach for Smart Operation Melis Onel, Baris Burnak, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

TEMPO-populated Polypeptides as Cathode Materials: A study of the effect of secondary structures on battery performance Tan P. Nguyen, Jingwei Fan, Rachel Letteri, Xun He, Karen L. Wooley

10:08 10:25

Lignin Chemistry Guided Advanced Manufacturing of Multifunctional Lignin-based Carbon Fiber Qiang Li, Cheng Hu, Haosheng Lin, Mengjie Li, Joshua S. Yuan

Updates on the Capacitance-Resistance Model as the Methodology for Type Well Analysis Ruben Mendoza, W. John Lee

Preferential intergranular corrosion of coherent twin boundaries of pure Ni under cathodic charging Mengying Liu, Matteo Seita, Michael Demkowicz

10:25 10:42

Transform Waste Valorization through Co-processing of Lignin and Residual Saccharides (CLARS) in an integrated biorefinery Zhihua Liu, Joshua Yuan

Data-driven Optimization Algorithm for Process Intensification Problems Ishan Bajaj, Shachit S. Iyer, Akhil Arora, M. M. Faruque Hasan

Synthesis and film process of porous polymer network (PPN) for organic molecules nanofiltration Chenxu Wang, Lei Fang

10:42 10:59

Design of Optimal Power Point Tracking Controller Using Forecasted Photovoltaic Power and Demand AliAkbar Shafi, Shima Hajimirza

Data-driven identification of interpretable reduced-order models using sparse regression Abhinav Narasingam, Joseph Sangil Kwon

Ab-Initio Investigation of Dimethyl Disulfide as an Additive for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Ethan P. Kamphaus, Perla B. Balbuena


Poster Sessions

Poster Session I: Monday, September 24, 2018 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (MSC 2300E) Poster # Title Authors

1 A Mixed-Integer Programming Heuristic for AC Optimal Load Shed Recovery with Transmission Switching

W. Eric Brown, Erick Moreno-Centeno

2 Approximate dynamic programming based control of hydraulic fracturing process to achieve uniform proppant concentration level

Harwinder singh sidhu, Prashanth Siddhamshetty, Abhinav Narasingam, Joseph Sang-il Kwon

3 Renewable Energy Revolution; The Solution to the Climate Crisis and Path Towards Global Sustainability Aliris Lopez

4 State Policies and Individual Action: How State Policy Influences Individual Uses and Opinions of Renewable Energy

Michael Migaud, Bryce Hannibal, Michael Migaud, Kent Portney

5 The lobbying power of renewable energy Joseph Towers, Anastasia Shcherbakova

6 Mesohaline reflux dolomitization: a Bonaire case study Chia Pei Teoh, Fiona Whitaker, Juan Carlos Laya

7 Alumina-coated PVDF membrane with superhydrophilicity and underwater ultralow adhesive superoleophobicity for oil-water separation

Wei, Deng, Chao, Li, Ying, LI

8 High-Speed, Flame Speed Studies via OH* and CH* Chemiluminescence and OH Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Tyler Paschal, Pradeep Parajuli, Mattias Turner, Eric L. Petersen, Waruna D. Kulatilaka

9 Ultra-High-Speed Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Combustion and Propulsion Applications

Ayobami Shoyinka, Yejun Wang, Waruna Kulatilaka

10 Ignition Kernel Dynamics for a single and dual pulse laser ignition Rajib Mahamud, Albina Tropina

11 Photosynthetic C5 Redirection Enhance Terpene Productivity

Cheng Hu, Cheng Zhao,Connor Gorman , Joshua Yuan

12 Crosslinkable nitroxide radical polymer for energy storage applications

Alexandra Easley, Shaoyang Wang, Fei Li, Jodie Lutkenhaus

13 Mission capability enhancement for the expeditionary warfighter via fluidic flexible matrix composite tubing-as-the-pressure-vessel compressed air energy storage system

Trevor Hale, Chris Rahn

14 Developing a Building Information Modelling-Based Framework for Retro-Commissioning

Fatemeh Shahsavari, Rasool Koosha, Mark Clayton, Wei Yan

15 Characteristics of Glazing Layers of Double-Skin Facades and Energy Consumption: A Case Study in Arid Climate of Tehran

Mohammadmehdi Danesh, Edelmiro Escamilla, Fatemeh Mehdizadehsaradj, Mohammadreza Ostadalimakhmalbaf, Fatemeh Pariafsai

16 Exploration in the use of Scrap Metal from the Automotive Industry as Non-Residential Green Walls

Patricia N. Kio, Robert Brown, Ahmed K. Ali

17 Developing a certification program for ‘capture efficiency’ of range hoods

Sammy Meleika, Trey Hicks, James Sweeney, Michael Pate

18 Comparing permitted emissions to atmospheric observations of hydrocarbons in the Eagle Ford shale

Joel Holliman, Geoffrey Roest, Gunnar W. Schade


Poster Sessions

19 Best Management Practices Convertible To Energy Patrick Clay, Kerry Litzenberg

20 Using Clean-Burn Technologies in Two-Stroke Internal Combustion Engines for Climate Change Mitigation in the Developing World

Abdullah Bajwa, Timothy J. Jacobs

21 Caution in the Wind: A Critical Look into the Impacts of Alternative Energies Jackson Jorczak, Grace Heneks

22 Assessment Performance of Solar Photovoltaic Panels to Power Northeast Campus at Texas A&M University

Abdullah F. Al-Aboosi, Fadhil Y. Al-Aboosi, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi

23 Freezing of saturated clay under different thermal gradient Jungyeon Jang, Minsu Cha

24 Energy Analysis of Green Buildings based on Orientation using BIM

Keerthi Salecha, Anshul Gupta, Rohit Sarde, Mohammed Zeeshan Sayeed, Youngjib Ham

25 Finite Element Investigation into the Pullout Capacity of Plate Anchors in Sand Nabil Hameed, Charles Aubeny

26 Conversion of Citrus Waste to Value-Added Products via a Fast Pyrolysis Route Arvind Nanduri, Patrick L. Mills

27

Experimental and numerical study of thermal performance of backfill material around underground power cable S. Ahmad, Z.H. Rizvi, F. Wuttke

28 An optimization model of for energy management within an advanced metering infrastructure framework Trevor Hale, Faizul Huq


Poster Sessions

Poster Session II: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (MSC 2300E) Poster # Title Authors

29 Bio-inspired robust power grid design Varuneswara Reddy Panyam, Bogdan Pinte, Katherine Davis, Astrid Layton, Samuel Ma

30 Energy Production and Economic Evaluation of a Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) Power Plant in Hypersaline Lake of Urmia (Urmia Lake ) in Iran

Hamidreza Sharifan, Henrik T. Madsen

31 Effect of traveling waves on flow separation over turbine blades Amir Akbarzadeh, Iman Borazjani

32 Energy and product quality control in the pulp and paper manufacturing industry by applying kMC model.

Hyun-Kyu Choi, Joseph Sang-Il Kwon

33 Effects of indoor environmental parameters related to building HVAC system on patients' medical outcome: A review of scientific research on hospital buildings

Amreen Shajahan, Charles H. Culp

34 Design of H2-producing Catalysts with Built-in Proton-Guidance System

Kavindu Dilshan Kariyawasam Pathirana, Pokhraj Ghosh, Chung-Hung Hsieh, Nattamai Bhuvanesh Marcetta Y. Darensbourg

35 Using the Continuum Particle Distribution Model to Describe Countercurrent Enzymatic Saccharification

Chao Liang, Agustin Zentay, M. Nazmul Karim, Mark Holtzapple

36 Process integration for the optimal selection and design of a methanol process with enhanced co2 utilization

Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Shaik Afzal, Mohamed S. Challiwala, Nimir Elbashir, Mahmoud El-Halwagi

37 Simulation of Adsorption Mechanisms of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in Shale matrix

Joaquin I. Guillamon Moreira, Alberto Lopez

38 A Combined Seeding Approach for High-flux Zeolitic-Imidazolate Framework ZIF-67 Membranes for Olefin/Paraffin Separations

Jingze Sun, Chen Yu, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Hae-Kwon Jeong

39 Mesoporous MOFs for Improved Methane Storage Sayan Banerjee, Yu Fang, Mathew Bosch, Elizabeth Joseph, Osman K Ozdemir, Hong Cai Zhou

40 Structuring Metallic Magnesium through Electrocrystallization and Ligand-Directed Growth

Jonathan S. Van Buskirk, Sarbajit Banerjee, Rachel Davidson

41 Tailored network formation in graphene oxide gels and their use as structural electrodes for energy storage

Smit Alkesh Shah, Dorsa Parviz, Morgan G. Odom, Wanmei Sun, Devon Kulhanek, Micah J. Green

42 Environmental Impact of Rerouting due to Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication: El Paso Case Study

Arezoo Samimi Abianeh, Mark W. Burris, Alireza Talebpour, Kumares C. Sinha: Edgar B., Hedwig M. Olson

43 Stable Homo-interpenetrated Triazolate-based MOF for H2 Storage

Qi Wang, Kecheng Wang, Shuai Yuan, Hong-Cai Zhou

44 Alkaline Fuel Cell Performance of Saturated N-Heterocyclic Cationic Multiblock Polymers

Monica Hwang, Carl Willis, Yossef A. Elabd

45 Optimal Use of Thermal Membrane Distillation (TMD) for Treatment of Flowback Water

Kaiyu Cao, Priscille I. Etoughe, Rajib Mukherjee, Debalina


Poster Sessions

Sengupta, Joseph Sangil Kwon, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi

46 Effects of Variable Natural Gas Composition on Large-Bore Two-Stroke Compressor Engines

Taylor Linker, Kelsey Fieseler, Timothy Jacobs

47 Modeling Multi-parameters Radiation in Packed Beds via Machine Learning

Hyun Hee Kang, Mine Kaya, Shima Hajimirza

48 A water-energy-food nexus scorecard for policy and technology assessment Jennifer Dargin, Rabi H. Mohtar

49 Austin SHINES: Analyzing the effects of adding solar and storage to the distribution grid in Austin, TX

Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Michael E. Webber

50 Service Restoration Planning and Considerations in the Electric Distribution Grid of the Future

Ogbonnaya Bassey, Karen L. Butler-Purry

51 High-resolution velocity measurements in the vicinity of a spacer grid with rod bundle using Matching Index of Refraction and Particle Image Velocimetry

Camila F. Matozinhos, Gabriel C. Q. Tomaz, André A.C. Santos, Thien D. Nguyen, Yassin Hassan

52 Cross-flow velocity measurements and flow mixing at the pore scale of a packed bed using Particle Image Velocimetry and Matching Index of Refraction

Gabriel C. Q. Tomaz, Camila F. Matozinhos, Stephen King, Thien D. Nguyen, Yassin Hassan, Victor Ugaz

53 CFD Modelling of Raceway Photobioreactor Dead Zones Using COMSOL Multiphysics for Optimum Biomass Production from Microalgae

Matthew L. Alexander, Chimezie Nwabugwu

54 Mechanism of H2 production by Models for the [NiFe]-Hydrogenases: Role of Reduced Hydrides

Olbelina A. Ulloa, Mioy T. Huynh, Casseday P. Richers, Jeffery A. Bertke, Mark J. Nilges, Sharon HammesSchiffer, Thomas B. Rauchfuss


Workshop

Use of Engineering Simulations in the Energy Industry: Benefits & Applications (3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Wednesday, September 26, MSC 2300B)

Dr. Ahmad H. Haidari Global Industry Director Process, Energy & Power Industries ANSYS, Inc.

Dr. Anchal Jatale Industry Group Lead Fluids - Oil and Gas ANSYS, Inc.

About the workshop: Engineering problems are no longer stand alone. Products and projects are now cross functional, and multidisciplinary. Built on a set of well-establish physical criteria, engineering simulation has moved from R&D center use to a broader enterprise deployment. In parallel advancements in computing power has accelerated the adoption and has broaden the utility of detailed engineering design and analysis software. Engineers can now meet the increasingly complex demand on product performance, energy efficiency, environment, compliance, and sustainability.

This workshop is designed to highlight the elements of pervasive engineering simulation from concept to end use and explore various part of ANSYS solutions across the full span of product engineering. The presentations will provide an overview of recent development in the areas of computational physics and their applications in the energy industry coupled with product demonstration.

While a full range of multiphysics areas will be discussed, special focus will be given to the application of computational fluid mechanics for the energy industry. Examples will be provided for reaction and combustion, multiphase, flow assurance, fouling, erosion, corrosion, and related fields that can help develop engineering insight through CFD modeling. The content of this workshop pulled together by industry experts is to benefit current users of engineering simulation software covering both academic (professors and students) and professionals interested to learn about the latest advancements in physics-based simulation capabilities.


Venue

Bethancourt Ballroom | Memorial Student Center

2300E

2300D

2300A

2300B

2300C

Bethancourt Ballroom

Venue Floor Plan


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