1. PAPERNOL Recycle Paper to Ethanol UT-Chattanooga Jim Henry 2007

2. PAPERNOL Recycle Paper to Ethanol UT-Chattanooga Jim Henry 2007

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

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

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

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

7. 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

8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.Student Responses This Presentation Putting the last first 8.Student Responses

9. 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

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

11. “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

12. Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results BeforeAfter 3.254 4 33.5 3.254 4 4 4 -- Extremely True 3 -- Somewhat True

13. BeforeAfter 3.254 4 33.5 3.254 4 4 Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results 4 -- Extremely True 3 -- Somewhat True

14. 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

15. 1. The (Multi-Scale) Process

16. Bales of Waste Paper + Water

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

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

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

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

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

22. 1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Centrifugation

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

24. 1. The (Multi-Scale) Process Distillation

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

26. 3. Political Issues Imported oil Subsidies for crops

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

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

29. 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

30. 5. Ethical Issues Pollution Farming Employment displacement

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

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

33. BeforeAfter 3.254 4 33.5 3.254 4 4 Multi-scale Contemporary Issues Political Issues Social Issues Ethical Issues Environmental Issues Economics 8. Student Survey Results

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

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

36. Conclusion

37. Blake and Jimmy are graduating next month

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

39. Confession to you UTChattanooga is simulator poor

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

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