Ignasi Palou-Rivera

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Education

  • Post-doctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2001 – 2002
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
  • Engineer, Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 1991

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

  • Bielenberg, J., Palou-Rivera, I., The RAPID Manufacturing Institute – Re-energizing US Efforts in Process Intensification and Modular Chemical Processing. 2019. Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 138, 49-54.
  • Handler, R., Shonnard, D., Griffing, E., Lai, A. & Rivera-Palou, I. 2016. Life Cycle Assessments of Ethanol Production via Gas Fermentation: Anticipated Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cellulosic and Waste Gas Feedstocks. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55 (12), 3253–61.
  • Johnson, M., Palou-Rivera, I., Frank, E. 2013. Energy consumption during the manufacture of nutrients for algae cultivation. Algal Research, 2 (4), 426-436.
  • Alattas, A.M., Grossmann, I.E., Palou-Rivera, I., 2012. Refinery Production Planning: Multiperiod MINLP with Nonlinear CDU Model.Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51 (39), 12852-12861.
  • Frank, E.D., Han, J., Palou-Rivera, I., Elgowainy, A., Wang, M.Q. 2012. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions affect life-cycle analysis of algal biofuels. Environ. Res. Lett. 7, 014030.
  • Burnham, A., Han, J., Clark, C.E., Wang, M., Dunn, J.B., Palou-Rivera, I., 2011. Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Shale Gas, Natural Gas, Coal, and Petroleum. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46, 619-627.
  • Alattas, A.M., Grossmann, I.E., Palou-Rivera, I., 2011. Integration of Nonlinear Crude Distillation Unit Models in Refinery Planning Optimization. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50 (11), 6860-6870.
  • Mitsos, A., Palou-Rivera, Ignasi, Barton, P.I., 2003. Alternatives for Micropower Generation Processes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 43 (1), 74-84.

Book Sections

  • Palou-Rivera, I., Bielenberg, J., RAPID Manufacturing Institute – Computer-Aided Process Design Role in MCPI. 2019. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Volume 47, 2019, Pages 365-369.
  • Brooks, K.P., et al. Chapter 6: Low-Carbon Aviation Fuel Through the Alcohol to Jet Pathway. In: Biofuels for Aviation, First Edition. Ed: Chuck, C. Academic Press, 2016.

Reports

  • Frank, E.D., Han, J., Palou-Rivera, I, Elgowainy, A., Wang, M.Q., 2011. Life-Cycle Analysis of Algal Lipid Fuels with the GREET Model, ANL/ESD/11-5.
  • Frank, E.D., Han, J., Palou-Rivera, I, Elgowainy, A., Wang, M.Q., 2011. User Manual for Algae Life-Cycle Analysis with GREET, ANL/ESD/11-7.
  • Han, J., Elgowainy, A., Palou-Rivera, I, Dunn, J., Wang, M.Q., 2011. Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Pyrolysis Pathways, ANL/ESD/11-8.
  • Palou-Rivera, I., Wang, M.Q., 2010. Updated estimation of energy efficiencies of U.S. petroleum refineries, ANL/ES/RP-69026.

Patents

  • Seachrist, P.A.; Bourdakos, N.; Conrado, R.J.; Gao, A.H.; Bromley, J.; Mihalcea, C.D.; Martin, M.E.; Palou-Rivera, I.; Tizard, J.H.; Process And System For Product Recovery And Cell Recycle, US Patent 2020/0188809A1, Pending June 18, 2020.
  • Palou-Rivera, I.; Swedek, B.A.; Karuppiah, L.; Wafer Edge Characterization by Successive Radius Measurements, US Patent 8337278B2, Granted December 25, 2012.

Expertise

Dr. Palou-Rivera is the Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer of the RAPID Manufacturing
Institute®, a public-private partnership between the US Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office and AIChE on Modular Chemical Process Intensification (MCPI). His professional career spans over 20 years in the areas of process development, process modeling and optimization, refinery planning and scheduling, technology development through techno-economic, life-cycle, and sustainability analysis, and R&D program management for a variety of organizations such as Aspentech, Applied Materials, BP, Argonne National Laboratory and LanzaTech. He is a Senior Member of AIChE and has been heavily involved as a volunteer both in the Computing & Systems Technology Division (CAST) and the Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF) AIChE Communities, especially in programming functions. He is a past Chair of the Sustainable Engineering Forum, a member of the Institute for Sustainability (IfS) Board, and of the AIChE PAIC Policy Committee. Dr. Palou-Rivera is passionate about the commercialization of technologies and the factors determining their success in the marketplace.