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Scientific Programme

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The scientific programme of the Digital Congress is divided into 2 parallel sessions (Room 1 and Room 2). All talks are being recorded and can be seen by the participants on the EUFEDNET platform from the next day.

All times indicate the Central European Time (CET).

03:00 Central Time (CTD) - 04:00 Eastern Time (EDT) - 06:00 Brasília Time (BRT) - 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - 11:00 Eastern European Time (EET) - 13:30 India Standard Time (IST) - 16:00 Indochina Time (ICT) - 16:00 China Standard Time (CST) - 17:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) - 18:00 Australia Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME Prof. Dr. Willi Meier (WCEC General Secretary)
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE Ionic Liquids: Functional Design and Process Intensification Prof. Suojiang Zhang, Member of CAS, President of Henan University, China

Process Industries, New Innovative Processes, Process Intensification

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Reconfiguration of Naphtha Splitters Using Dividing Wall Column Technology S. Ratheesh, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai, India
11:20	Capture and Utilization of CO2 in Industry Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
11:50	Net Zero - Way Forward for Refineries Ratheesh S, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai, India
12:20	Risk Assessment of Hydrogen for Use in Hazardous Process Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE New Directions for Chemical Engineering Worldwide Phillip R. "Phil" Westmoreland, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU, USA

Process Industries, New Innovative Processes, Process Intensification

Chairs: Dr. Vahid Taghikhani

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:40	Optimizing Procyanidin Extraction from Coffee Pulp: A Comparative Study of Microwave-Assisted, Ultrasound-Assisted, and Hybrid Extraction Methods Using Ethanol and Acetone Solvents Micheal Bola Bamikale, UADeC, Saltillo, Mexico
15:10	Enhancing Gas Dispersion in Dual Coaxial Mixers: Insights and Predictive Modeling for Pseudoplastic Fluids with Yield Stress Forough Sharifi, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
15:40	Exergy Analysis of Process Configurations for Phenol Recovery from Wastewater Lorena Jacqueline Quinchuela Carrera, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador
16:10	Process Intensification of a Pilot-Scale Gas-Liquid Mixing System Containing Yield-Pseudoplastic Fluid Using a Coaxial Mixer Paloma L. Barros, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	Welcome Prof. Dr. Willi Meier (WCEC General Secretary)
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE Ionic Liquids: Functional Design and Process Intensification Prof. Suojiang Zhang, Member of CAS, President of Henan University, China

Sustainability and Circular Economy

Chairs: Dr. S.A. Hosseinzadeh Hejazi

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	The Role of Chemical Engineers in Advancing Sustainability and Circular Economy Practices Rehab Alshahath, AUM, Ahmadi, Kuwait
11:20	Study on Biomass to Biofuel Conversion through Heat Treatment Soomrit Chattopadhyay, Gokhale Institute,Pune, India
11:50	An Overview on LNG Infrastructure and Future Prospect in Bangladesh-2024 Md Rashedul Hasan Ripon, Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
12:20	State of the Art of LCA of Carbon Dioxide Supply Chains Grazoa Leonzio, University of Cagliari, Italy
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE New Directions for Chemical Engineering Worldwide Phillip R. "Phil" Westmoreland, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU, USA

Sustainability and Circular Economy

Chairs: Dr. Farzam Fotovat

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:40	Potentials for Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy in Sewage and Water Treatment Plants with Biorefineries in Brazilian Basic Sanitation Planning Mauro Berni, Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Planejamento Energético (NIPE) - UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
15:10	Autohydrolysis Processing for Sugarcane Bagasse Pretreatment Ezekiel O. Faluyi, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico
15:40	Intelligent Management of Urban SOLID Waste: Characterisation and Odour Monitoring Based on Iot José A. Siles López, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
16:10	Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Wastewater By Means of Adsorption on Activated Carbon, Polymeric Resins and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Dario Frascari, University of Bologna, Italy
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE: Safety Education (David Wood Memorial Lecture) Prof. David Shallcross, University of Melbourne

Process Safety

Chairs: Dr. Davood Rashtchian

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Use of Tabletop Exercise for Emergency Scenarios Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
11:20	Development of Risk Assessment Model for Petrochemical Storage Using Bayesian Approach Ifat Sharmin, Gas Transmission Company Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
11:50	Process Safety Management Audit for Maturity Level PSM Deployment across Organization Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
12:20	Facility Layout Approach and Examples in Refineries Basak Yazici, Tüpraş Kırıkkale Refinery, Kirikkale, Turkey
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture Sign in to enter the session
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE Technical & Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage Jean Pierre Dal Pont, Président Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF); Alain Lombard, Allotox, France

Process Safety / Process Industries, New Innovative Processes, Process Intensification

Chairs: Dr. Sepehr Hamzelou

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:40	OSHA Citations and Beyond : Strategies for Ensuring Combustible Dust Compliance Anjana Jayashri Murali Krishnan, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA
15:10	Liquid-Liquid, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Determination, Design, and Optimization for the Production of Butyl Lactate By Reactive Distillation Ivan Gil Chaves, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
15:40	Production of Oxidized Pulps By TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation in a Pilot-Plant Twin-Screw Extruder to Produce Cellulose Nanofibrils Jose Luis Sanchez-Salvador, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
16:10	Extraction and Characterization of Lignin from Cannabis Hemp Wood Anny Carolina Paéz Rocha, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C, Colombia
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE: Safety Education (David Wood Memorial Lecture) Prof. David Shallcross, University of Melbourne

Biotechnology, Bioeconomy, Bioindustry

Chairs: Dr. Ahmad Ramazani

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Bioleaching Studies on Copper Ore and Modelling of a Heap Bioreactor Zaroka Liwal, Liwal General Trading LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
11:20	Biosorption of Lead and Chromium from Electroplating Industry Effluent Using Cane Bagasse Bangaraiah Pagala, VFSTR UNIVERSITY, GUNTUR, India
11:50	Fed-Batch Bioprocess for Second Generation Bioethanol Production Using Inhibitor Adapted Yeast Jitendra Kumar Saini, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, India
12:20	Comparison of the Biodegradation of Glucose and Paracetamol with Open Mixed Microbial Cultures in Sequencing Batch Reactors Bishnu Bhattarai, University of Aberdeen, UK
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture Sign in to enter the session
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE Technical & Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage Jean Pierre Dal Pont, Président Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF); Alain Lombard, Allotox, France

Biotechnology, Bioeconomy, Bioindustry

Chairs: Dr. Omid Tavakoli

Time (CET)	Lecture Sign in to enter the session
14:40	Formulation of a Emulsion Type Food Supplement Enriched with Carotenoids Recovered from Tomato Waste By Solid-State Fermentation Juanita Yajaira Mendez, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico
15:10	Viscosifying Power, Molecular Weight, and G / M Ratio of the Alginate Produced By Azotobacter Vinelandii at Different Agitation Rates Belén Ponce, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
15:40	Mass Transfer in Bioreactors with ML and Simulation Ravindra Aglave, Siemens, Houston, USA
16:10	Cybernetic Model-Based Optimization of High Cell Density Cultivation of E. coli in Shake Flask Snehal Ganjave, UCSF, San Francisco, USA
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE The Future of the Chemical Industry Prof. Dr. Willi Meier, WCEC Scientific Secretary

Chemical Engineering Sciences

Chairs: Dr. Seyed Abdolmajid Khaksar

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Removal of Copper IONS from Textile Industry Discharge Using Parthenium Hysterophorus Biomass Bangaraiah Pagala, VFSTR UNIVERSITY, GUNTUR, India
11:20	CFD of Cyclone Separator Parth Ravaliya, MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, Pune, India
11:50	Evaluation of Kinetics Mechanism in Simulation of Biogas Combustion Kenfack Lontsi, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
12:20	Experimental Analysis of Power Consumption and the Metzner-Otto Constant for Highly Shear-Thinning Fluids Mehak Jain, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE ASPHALTENE FLOW ASSURANCE: Cutting Edge and Emerging Technologies Dr. Vahid Taghikhani, Department of Physics and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, The University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, 77006, USA

Chemical Engineering Sciences / Education

Chairs: Dr. Vahid Taghikhani

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
15:10	Computational Investigation on the Catalytic Mechanism and Production Selectivity of Taxadiene Synthase Yueming Dong, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
15:40	Use an Atmospheric Radiation Model to Learn the Mechanism of Global Warming Charles Brown, AIChE, Bellingham, USA
16:10	The Future of Work in Chemical Engineering Amjad Shaikh, AbuDhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE The Future of the Chemical Industry Prof. Dr. Willi Meier, WCEC Scientific Secretary

Energy

Chairs: Dr. Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Solar Panel with Selective Coating on Absorber Plates for Steam Distillation of Mint Oil Prof. Vudata Venkata Basava Rao, OUCT,OU, Hyderabad, Pakistan
11:20	The NH3-Rwgs Process: Producing N2-Free Syngas from CO2 and NH3 Martin Keller, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
11:50	Hot Air Drying Optimization and Modelling of Peach Slices Giuseppina Adiletta, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
12:20	Design of a Plant Which Manufacturers Prismatic Lithium Ion Batteries Using Mobile Batteries Scrap As Raw Materials Hendrick Tafadzwa Chikwanha, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
12:50	LUNCH BREAK

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:00	PLENARY LECTURE ASPHALTENE FLOW ASSURANCE: Cutting Edge and Emerging Technologies Dr. Vahid Taghikhani, Department of Physics and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, The University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, 77006, USA

Energy, Industry 4.0 - Smart Factories - Big Data

Chairs: Dr. Farzam Fotovat

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
14:40	Exploring the Role of Divalent Ions in Capacitive Flow Electrodes for Blue Energy Harvesting Mateo Patiño Ríos, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
15:10	Hydrodynamics of Gas-Liquid-Solid Mixing in a Coaxial Bioreactor Containing a Non-Newtonian Fluid Ehsan Zamani Abyaneh, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
15:40	Influence of Extrusion on the Bioactive Compounds and the Antioxidant Capacity of Cocoa Husks and Brewers' Spent Grains Mixture Kelly Beltran-Borbor, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador
16:40	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE Recent Development of Chemical Engineering Research in China and Invitation to the World Congress of Chemcial Engineering Beijing 2025 Prof. Xiangchen Fang

Materials and Nanotechnology

Chairs: Dr. Mahsa Baghban Salehi

Time (CET)	Lecture Sign in to enter the session
10:50	A Study on Nanomaterial Synthesis and Humidity Sensing Parth Garg, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
11:20	In silico Studies of Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Nicotinamide Derivatives on Mild Steel in 0.5M Hydrochloric Acid Solution Ayodeji Olaseinde, Clemson university, Bangalore, India
11:50	Ensuring Preventive and Mitigative Measures in Confined Space through Online Measurements for Toxic and Flammable Gases
12:10	END

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Willi Meier

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:00	WELCOME
10:10	PLENARY LECTURE Recent Development of Chemical Engineering Research in China and Invitation to the World Congress of Chemcial Engineering Beijing 2025 Prof. Xiangchen Fang

Process Safety

Chairs: Dr. Davood Rashtchian

Time (CET)	Lecture See recordings
10:50	Leveraging Digital and Factory Automation with Help of a Centrally Located Integrated Plant Operation Centre Outside Plant Premises Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
11:20	Use of Barrier Management Technique to Reduce and Mitigate High Risk Scenarios Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
11:50	Use of LOPA Technique to Reduce High Risk in Steel Making Shop Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
12:20	Process Safety Implementation for Mothball Facilities Abhineet Raj, Tata Steel Ltd, Jameshedur, India
12:50	END

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