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Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

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Page 1: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Team #7:

Adam Jones, Larae Baker,

Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent,

Jonathan Bush

Chemical Engin-EARS 

Engineering an Alternate Route to

Styrene

Page 2: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Styrene

Used to make polystyrene and ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) polymers.

28 billion dollar industry1

11.9 billion pounds of Styrene produced per year2

1www.styrene.org/economy.html

2Chemical and Engineering News

Page 3: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Outline

Objectives

Chemistry

Why EARS?

Route to Solution

Page 4: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Objectives

Design full scale industrial plant

Produce the catalyst in the lab

Economically and environmentally friendly

Optimal location

Page 5: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

The Chemistry

Begins with Benzene and Ethylene,

but…

Steam

-H2

F.C. Alkyl

AlCl3

Initiator

Courtesy of Dr. Keith Watson, Dow Chemical; Oct. 5, 2005

Ethane is Cheaper!!

Page 6: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Why EARS for Senior Design?

Exploring New Chemistry

Real Application of Design

Design Norms

• Stewardship

• Justice

Page 7: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Route to Solution

Research of Patents

Laboratory Work

Contacts at Dow Chemical

Computer Simulation

Page 8: Team #7: Adam Jones, Larae Baker, Mike Heslinga, Maxine Bent, Jonathan Bush Chemical Engin-EARS E ngineering an A lternate R oute to S tyrene

Questions?