Achievements

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

• Published Chemical Industry R&D Roadmap for Nanomaterials By Design: from Fundamentals to Function.
• Identified joint chemical & semiconductor industry research needs for modeling of nanomaterials.

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Ionic Liquids

• Published Accelerating Ionic Liquid Commercialization Roadmap.
• Conducted literature search on industrial applications of ionic liquids.

Computational Methods for Chemical & Physical Properties

• Estimated economic value of improved computational methods for materials design and development.
• Completed study Advanced Modeling Techniques for Physical Property Estimation.

Separations

• Published Carbon Dioxide Separations Technology: R&D Needs for the Chemicals and Petroleum Industries.
• Published Separation Technology for Hydrogen Production in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries.

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Utility Energy Mapping and Benchmarking

• Helped develop new software tool for assessing plant-wide energy use and opportunities for energy savings. See the Quick Plant Energy Profiler (PEP) Tool.

Innovative Energy Systems Integrated into Chemical Processes

• Identified opportunities for innovative energy systems integrated with chemical processes.

Biomass-to-Energy

• Published Highlights of Biopower Technical Assessment.

Materials of Construction

• MTI published Process Equipment Materials Technology Roadmap.

Alternative Feedstocks

• Published Alternative, Renewable and Novel Feedstocks for Producing Chemicals.