G. Glenn Lipscomb
Professor and Chair of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Chemical & Environmental Engineering Department University of Toledo, 3048 Nitschke Hall, Toledo, OH 43606-3390

Phone: +1 419 530-8088, Fax: +1 419 530-8086, Email: glenn.lipscomb@utoledo.edu

Professional Preparation

University of Missouri at Rolla, Chemical Engineering, B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1981 University of California at Berkeley, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D., 1987

Appointments

Chair, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2004

Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1999

Associate Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1995

Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1994

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1989

Project Leader, The Dow Chemical Company, Walnut Creek, CA, 1988

Senior Research Engineer, The Dow Chemical Company, Walnut Creek, CA, 1986

Synergistic Activities

North American Membrane Society, Board Member, 1999 to 2007, 2011 to 2013 Membrane Quarterly Editor and Office Manager, 2001 to 2011, Secretary 2005 to 2011 AIChE Separations Division, 2nd Vice Chair, 2012, 1st Vice-Chair, 2013, Chair, 2014 National Treasurer, Omega Chi Epsilon, Chemical Engineering Honor Society, 2012 to present

Plenary Talk on

Optimizing Membrane Processes for Carbon Dioxide Capture

Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel power plants potentially can lead to global climate change. Processes under consideration to reduce CO2 emissions include absorption, adsorption, and membranes in either a pre- or post-combustion configuration.
Membrane Technology and Research (MTR) proposed a membrane-based, post-combustion process with the potential to reduce capture cost significantly. The MTR process overcomes the challenge posed by relatively low CO2 concentration in flue gas by using the boiler feed air to strip residual CO2 in a separate stage. Unfortunately, the reduction in capture cost is accompanied by a reduction in the oxygen concentration of the boiler feed.
The effects of membrane transport properties and process operating pressures on performance are examined for various boiler feed oxygen concentrations. The CO2/N2 selectivity is varied over a broad range while the CO2 permeability is calculated according to the Robeson upper bound. The results are reported in terms of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). A broad minimum in LCOE is found which decreases as oxygen concentration in the feed air decreases