Multi-scale systems engineering for energy and the environment: Challenges and opportunities

AIChE Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 602-623

  Floudas, Christodoulos A ^b,c   Niziolek, Alexander M ^a,b,c   Onel, Onur ^a,b,c   Matthews, Logan R ^a,b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage; Chemicals; Energy; Environment; Multi scale systems engineering; Natural gas; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959572879     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15151     Document Type: Article

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