 Vincent Van BruntPhone 803.777.3115
Fax 803.777.8265
E-mail 3C14 Swearingen Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina 301 Main St. Columbia, SC 29208
|
 |
Vincent Van Brunt
Professor
Professor Van Brunt's research interests are:
separations modeling and chemistry including design of distillation,
adsorption and extraction systems; extraction chemistry for both
organic and hydrometallurgical systems; filtration; chemistry and
engineering of ceramic precursors via the sol-gel process; the
development of new mathematical modeling techniques for process
thermodynamics and separations, and the analysis of process hazards. Recent
specific research projects include the development of: a) new
extractant-diluent chemistry for acetic acid recovery from terephthalic
acid plants, b) new extractant-diluent chemistry for the separation of
cesium and strontium, c) experimental and theoretical analysis of
temperature distributions in horizontal metal hydride beds, d)
constitutive relationships for air-water downflow, e) new continuation
algorithms using differential geometry for separations, and f) the
characteristics of liquid-liquid-solid systems that have enhanced
extraction and regeneration capability. Current
active research projects include hazard analysis of hydrogen evolution
chemical processes, analysis of heat-integrated azeotropic distillation
systems, the theoretical and experimental analysis of chemical-exchange
for aqueous detritiation of groundwater, the development of extraction
chemistry for mercury and cadmium recovery from waste streams and
crossflow filtration of high activity nuclear waste simulants.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Tennessee, (1974)
- M.S., Polytechnic University (1971)
- B.S., Carnegie Mellon University (1967)
Selected Publications
- Deible,
R. W. and V. Van Brunt, "Preliminary Evaluation of Alternatives for
Distillation for Acetic Acid Recovery for Terephthalic Acid
Flowsheets," Separation Science & Technology, 25, 2097-2108, (1990).
- Rion, W. L. and V. Van Brunt, "Differential Geometry-Based Homotopy Continuation," Computers & Chemical Engineering, 14, 889-900, (1990).
- Noble,
Jr., A., V. Van Brunt, and M. W. Davis, "Kinetics of the Ammonia
Synthesis over Fe/TiO2, Hydrazine- Pretreated Fe/TiO2, and
Hydrazine-Pretreated Alkali-Promoted Fe/TiO2 Catalysts," J. Catal., 127, 227-250, (1991).
- Hutahaean, L., W. H. Shen and V. Van Brunt, "Heat-Integrated Ethanol Dehydration Flowsheets", Separation Science & Technology, 30, 1867-1882 (1995).
- Fulbright,
H. H., M. L. Leaphart and V. Van Brunt, “Extraction and Precipitation
Chemistry for Mercury Recovery from Aqueous Wastes,” Separation Science & Technology, 32, 373-386, (1997).
|
