PAPERNOL Recycle Paper to Ethanol UT-Chattanooga Jim Henry 2007

PAPERNOL Recycle Paper to Ethanol UT-Chattanooga Jim Henry 2007

UT-Chattanooga 2007 Aquila Hughley Blake Nida Jennifer Johnson Jimmy Grant PAPERNOL The Team

Economics Environmental Issues Ethical Issues Social Issues Political Issues Contemporary Issues Multi-scale processing Design Aspects

Economics Environmental Issues Ethical Issues Social Issues Political Issues Contemporary Issues Multi-scale processing Design Aspects “Softer” issues (my term)

Economics Environmental Issues Ethical Issues Social Issues Political Issues Contemporary Issues Multi-scale processing Design Aspects

1.Multi-scale processing 2.Contemporary Issues 3.Political Issues 4.Social Issues 5.Ethical Issues 6.Environmental Issues 7.Economics 8.Student Responses This Presentation

Student Responses This Presentation Putting the last first 8.Student Responses

Benefits of Ethanol from Waste Paper Reduce need for Petroleum Oil Take less energy to produce versus other types of Ethanol Reduce the amount of wastes in landfills Reduce CO 2 release Expand Orange Grove Centers 8. Student Words Results

Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results For 6 aspects of the project

“Before the Papernol project, I had awareness of CONTEMPORARY issues in chemical engineering design.” 4 – Extremely True 3 – Somewhat True 2 – Not Much Not 1 – Not true at all 8. Student Survey Results

Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results BeforeAfter Extremely True 3 -- Somewhat True

BeforeAfter Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results 4 -- Extremely True 3 -- Somewhat True

1.Multi-scale processing 2.Contemporary Issues 3.Political Issues 4.Social Issues 5.Ethical Issues 6.Environmental Issues 7.Economics 8.Student Responses This Presentation

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process

Bales of Waste Paper + Water

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Bales of Waste Paper + Water (pretty large scale)

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Preprocess the Waste Paper?

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Sterilization necessary?

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Intermediate storage (Deciding on Batch vs. Continuous)

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Enzyme or Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Sugars (molecular scale)

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Centrifugation

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Fermentation (molecular scale)

1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Distillation

2. Contemporary Issues Ethanol for Fuel Replacement Corn or Switchgrass Feedstock (Pimentel’s arguments) Food Prices Ethanol Transportation

3. Political Issues Imported oil Subsidies for crops

4. Social Issues Orange Grove Centers Chattanooga’s public paper recycling facility employs over 100 developmentally disabled citizens

4. Social Issues Orange Grove Centers Chattanooga’s public paper recycling facility employs over 100 developmentally disabled citizens James Scooter Travis

4. Social Issues Orange Grove Centers Chattanooga’s public paper recycling facility employs over 100 developmentally disabled citizens Our charge is to mesh our process with that facility’s capacity AND design the process to be operated by developmentally disabled citizens

5. Ethical Issues Pollution Farming Employment displacement

6. Environmental Issues Carbon footprint Landfill demand reduced Captured CO 2 for sales

7. Economics Capital Investment: $3,000,000 Annual Operating: 600,000 Annual Revenue: 1,200,000 Annual Profit: 600,000 Return on Investment: 20%

BeforeAfter Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results

PAPERNOL successfully promoted student awareness of “softer,” non-technical aspects in engineering design Conclusion

UT-Chattanooga 2007 Jimmy Blake Jennifer Aquila Grant NidaJohnsonHughley PAPERNOL The Team

Conclusion

Blake and Jimmy are graduating next month

Future A design-and-build lab-scale project is underway this year It is sized to mesh with our unit-ops distillation column

Confession to you UTChattanooga is simulator poor

Invitation FOR YOU UTChattanooga is simulator poor Invitation for YOU to have a student team become our simulation partner on this

Invitation FOR YOU UTChattanooga is simulator poor Invitation for YOU to have a student team become our simulation partner on this.