Tsiamis and EEC|CCNY students conduct on-site testing of newly designed SWPS commercial gasifier in Saugerties, NY February 17, 2017 Ms. Demetra Tsiamis and EEC|CCNY student research associates visited the SWPS facility in Saugerties, NY to conduct on-site testing of the newly designed commercial gasifier unit. EEC monitored syngas quality and collected syngas and char samples…
Tsiamis and Castaldi visit Enerkem commercial facility in Edmonton November 29- December 2, 2016 EEC|CCNY visited the Enerkem commercial facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada which began operations in 2016. The Enerkem process gasifies MSW to produce methanol and ethanol. The designed production capacity of the commercial facility is 100 million gallons of biofuels per year…
New CCNY undergraduates join the EEC|CCNY research team January 9, 2017 EEC|CCNY would like to welcome the following new members to the EEC research team: Rainiel, Xing, Yacine, Anta, Koffi, Joe, Sami, and Diana. These students are CCNY undergraduates ranging from freshmen to seniors from both the Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)…
Dr. Godoy from Universidad del Desarollo, Chile visits EEC|CCNY February 13, 2017 Dr. Alex Godoy from Universidad del Desarollo in Chile visited EEC|CCNY to tour the labs and discuss potential research collaborations between the universities. Dr. Godoy is the Director of the Sustainability Research Center in Santiago, Chile and has an interest incorporating energy recovery…
Castaldi and Tsiamis attend workshop on flame retardants in plastics at University of Berkeley February 7-9, 2017 Professor Castaldi and Ms. Demetra Tsiamis attended a workshop hosted by Green Science Policy Institute on The Responsible Disposal of Flame Retarded Plastics and Foam. The workshop took place at the University of Berkeley campus and the purpose…