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Public Service Activities
Thermodynamics Research Laboratory
Economic production, transportation, and utilization of fuels, chemicals, and petrochemical products require knowledge of their thermodynamic properties. This knowledge includes their thermal energy content and density. compressibility, and the conditions under which these products would solidity, evaporate, or liquefy. Several research projects under way at the Thermodynamics The Research Laboratory address these kinds of questions: (i) Computer packages being developed can be used to predict the thermodynamic properties and characteristics of industrially important chemical compounds and their mixtures. (ii) The petroleum crude oil and natural gas industries are hampered by the existence and the untimely deposits of heavy organic compounds that plug up wells, pipelines, and other transportation arteries for liquid and gaseous fuels. With support from the petroleum production industries, Thermodynamics Research Laboratory researchers have developed computer software to predict and prevent this arterial blockage. (iii) Another project under study the is development and application of supercritical fluids technology to find efficient methods of separations applicable in chemical, food, pharmaceutical and environmental industries.
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Geographic Areas Served: Program Activity Types:
- Internship
- Materials
- Publication
- Service
Program Duration: Other
Program Frequency: On-going
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University of Illinois
Chicago Campus - Springfield Campus - Urbana-Champaign Campus
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