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Adams, Thomas A. II
Afzali, Sayyed Faridoddin
Cao, Huiyi
Castillo, Pedro
Deng, Lingyan
Dering, Daniela
Garg, Abhinav
Ghosh, Debanjan
Hassanpour, Hesam
Hoseinzade, Leila
Jalanko, Mahir
Jaydeep, Rohil
Khan, Kamil A.
Lai, Haoxiang
MacDonald, Craig
MacGregor, John F.
Madabhushi, Pranav Bhaswanth
Mahalec, Vladimir
Marlin, Thomas E.
Mathur, Pulkit
Mhaskar, Prashant
Monteiro, Nina
Naeini, Mina
Okeke, Ikenna
Patel, Nikesh
Quarshie, Anthony
Rashid, Mustafa
Shahnazari, Hadi
Song, Yingkai
Sudaresan Ramesh, Praveen
Swartz, Chris L. E.
Tikk, Alex
Yuan, Yingwei
Afzali, Sayyed Faridoddin
Cao, Huiyi
Castillo, Pedro
Deng, Lingyan
Dering, Daniela
Garg, Abhinav
Ghosh, Debanjan
Hassanpour, Hesam
Hoseinzade, Leila
Jalanko, Mahir
Jaydeep, Rohil
Khan, Kamil A.
Lai, Haoxiang
MacDonald, Craig
MacGregor, John F.
Madabhushi, Pranav Bhaswanth
Mahalec, Vladimir
Marlin, Thomas E.
Mathur, Pulkit
Mhaskar, Prashant
Monteiro, Nina
Naeini, Mina
Okeke, Ikenna
Patel, Nikesh
Quarshie, Anthony
Rashid, Mustafa
Shahnazari, Hadi
Song, Yingkai
Sudaresan Ramesh, Praveen
Swartz, Chris L. E.
Tikk, Alex
Yuan, Yingwei
MACC Researchers

Alumna
Supervised by Dr. Thomas Adams II
Start date
September 2011
pascalaa@mcmaster.ca
Education
B.Sc. Chemical and Process Engineering, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago (2005 - 2008)
Work Experience
Process Engineer - BHP Billiton (2008-2011)
University Intern (Engineering) - BHP Billiton (May - August 2007)
University Intern (Projects) - BHP Billiton (May - August 2006)
Research Title
Semicontinuous Biomass to Dimethyl ether production
Research Objectives
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a clean fuel which can be used as a fuel additive or alternative to diesel and liquefied petroleum gas. This clean fuel when produced from biomass is of considerable interest as it presents both a solution to mitigating climate change and reducing dependency on petroleum fuels. However, the process by which it DME is produced form biomass must be economical for its use as a fuel.
Semicontinuous separation systems which allow for the combination of multiple separation steps using a single distillation column integrated with one or more middle vessels have shown to be economical at intermediate production rates. The goal of our research is to develop a dynamic model and control system for the semicontinuous process and use it to help assess its profitability and commercial suitability.
- Pascall, A., Adams, T. A. II Semicontinuous separation of bio-dimethyl ether from a vapor-liquid mixture, Ind Eng Chem Res,, 53 5081-5102 (2014) [ Publisher Version ]
- Pascall, A., Adams, T. A. II Semicontinuous separation of dimethyl ether (DME) produced from biomass., Can J Chem Eng,, 91 1001-1021 (2013) [ Publisher Version ]
- Adams, T. A. II, Pascall, A. Semicontinuous thermal separation systems, Chemical Engineering & Technology,, 35 (7) 1153-1170 (2012) [ Publisher Version ]