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Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

College of Engineering

Publications

Helen Lou, Ph.D.
Professor and Advisor

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Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Fang, J. X. Cheng, H. Gai, S. Lin, and H. H. Lou, “Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Internal Corrosion of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines,” Computers & Chemical Engineering,177, 108358, 2023. DOI: /10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108358.
  • Cai, T., Fang, J., Daida, S., & H. H. Lou. "Review of Synergy between Machine Learning and First Principles Models for Asset Integrity Management". Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 5, 1138283.
  • Rao, B., D. Reible,  D. Athanasiou, H. H. Lou, et al., “Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Neches-Brakes Bayou River System in Beaumont, Texas,” Environmental Management, 2022. 
  • H. H. Lou, J. Fang, H. Gai, R. Xu, and S. Lin, “A Novel Zone-Based Machine Learning Approach for the Prediction of the Performance of Industrial Flares,” Computers & Chemical Engineering, 162, 107795, 2022. (Note: This paper received the 2022 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Best Student Paper Award).
  • H. H. Lou, R. Mukherjee, Z. Wang, T. Olsen, U. Diwekar, and S. Lin, “A New Area of Utilizing Industrial Internet of Things in Environmental Monitoring,” Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 4, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fceng.2022.842514.
  • H. H. Lou, Y. Chen, R. Singh, “Problem-Based Learning on Incorporation of Data Analysis Skills into Chemical Engineering Senior Advanced Analysis Course,” Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, 2021. DOI: 10.1520/SSMS20200027.
  • Fang, J., R. Zhao, B. Rao, M. Rakowska,  D. Athanasiou, K. Millerick, S. Wei, X. Lei, H. H. Lou and D. D. Reible, “Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Water Using Mn(III)-Based Advanced Oxidation Process,” J. Environ. Eng., 147(3), 04021002, 2021.
  • H. H. Lou, H. Gai, “How can AI Better Serve Chemical Process Industry,” Hydrocarbon Processing, 37-39, July 2020.
  • Gai, H., A. Wang, J. Fang, H. H. Lou, D. Chen, X. Li, C. Martin, “Clean Combustion and Flare Minimization to Reduce Emissions from Process Industry,” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 23, 38-45, 2020.
  • Gai, H., J. Beath, J. Fang, H. H. Lou, “Alternative Emission Monitoring Technologies and Industrial Internet of Things–based Process Monitoring Technologies for Achieving Operational Excellence,” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 23, 31-37, 2020.
  • Damodara, V. D., A. Alphones, D. H. Chen, H. H. Lou, C. Martin, and X.Li, Flare Performance Modeling and Set Point Determination using Artificial Neural Networks, Int J. Energy Environ Eng, 2019. doi:10.1007/s40095-019-00314-3. 
  • Wang, J., H. H. Lou, F. Yang, F. Cheng, “Numerical Simulation of a Decoupling and Re-burning Combinative Low-NOx Coal Grate Boiler,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 188, 977-988, 2018. 
  • Gai, H., K. Zheng, J. Lin, H. H. Lou, “Process Simulation, Economic and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of a Gas-To-Liquids Process,” J. Chem Eng Process Technol 9: 373. 2018. doi: 10.4172/2157-7048.100037.
  • Chen, L., P. Gangadharan, and H. H. Lou “Sustainability Assessment of Combined Steam and Dry Reforming vs. Tri-reforming of Methane for Syngas Production,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 13, , 2018.
  • Damodara, V., D. H. Chen, H. H. Lou, K. Ma Rasel, P. Richmond, A. Wang and X. Li, “Reduced Combustion Mechanism for C1–C4 Hydrocarbons and its Application in Computational Fluid Dynamics Flare Modeling, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 67(5), 599-612, 2017.
  • Wang, J., K. Zheng, R. Singh, H. H. Lou, J. Hao, B. Wang, F. Cheng, “Numerical Simulation and Cold Experimental Research of a Low-NOx, Combustion Technology for Pulverized Low-volatile Coal,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 114, 498–510, 2017.
  • Wang, A., H. H. Lou, D. Chen, A. Yu, W. Dang, X. Li, C. Martin, V. Damodara, A. Patki, “Combustion Mechanism Development and CFD Simulation for the Prediction of Soot Emission during Flaring,” Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 10 (4), 459-471, 2016. 
  • Chen, L., Q. Xu, J. L. Gossage, H. H. Lou, “Simulation and Economic Evaluation of a Coupled Thermal Vapor Compression Desalination Process for Produced Water Management,” Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 36, 442-453, 2016.
  • Wang, J., H. H. Lou, F. Yang, F. Cheng, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Clean-burning Stove, Journal of Cleaner Production, 134， Part B (15), 447-455, 2016.
  • Wu, J., B. Wang, H. H. Lou, F.  Yang, F.  Cheng, “Effects of CaO-K2CO3 on combustion behavior and emission properties of SO2 and NOX during coal sludge combustion,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 11(5), 735-742, 2016.
  • Patki, A., X. Li, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, P. Richmond, V. Damodara, L. Liu, K. Rasel, A. Alphones, J. Zhou, “Numerical Simulation of Black Carbon (Soot) Emissions from Non-Premixed Flames,” Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2, 15-24, 2014.
  • Singh, K. D., P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X. Li, P. Richmond, “Parametric Study of Ethylene Flare Operations and Validation of a Reduced Combustion Mechanism,” Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2(8), 8, 211–228, 2014.
  • Singh, K. D., P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X.  Li, P. Richmond, “CFD Modeling of Laboratory Flames and an Industrial Flare,” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(11), 1328-1340, 2014.
  • Guo, Y., K. Yan, F. Cheng, H. H. Lou, “Effect of Na2CO3 Additive on the Activation of Coal Gangue for Alumina Extraction,” International Journal of Mineral Processing, 131( 10), 51–57, 2014.
  • Vaid, H. S., K. D. Singh, H. H. Lou, D. Chen, P. Richmond, "A Run Time Combustion Zoning Technique towards the EDC Approach in Large-Scale CFD Simulations," International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 24(1), 2014, 21-35.
  • Guo, Y., K.Yan, Q. Zhao, F. Cheng, H. H. Lou, “A Novel Process for Alumina Extraction via the Coupling Treatment of Coal Gangue and Bauxite Red Mud,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (11), 4518-4521.
  • Zhang, Y., S. Zhang, J. L. Gossage, H. H. Lou, and T. J. Benson, “Thermodynamic Analyses of Tri-reforming Reactions to Produce Syngas,” Energy Fuels, 28(4), 2717-2726, 2014.
  • Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, J. Wang, F. Cheng, ”A Method for Flexible Heat Exchanger Network Design under Severe Operation Uncertainty, " Chemical Engineering & Technology, 36(5), 757–765, 2013.
  • Gangadharan, P., R. Singh, F. Cheng, and H. H. Lou, “Novel Methodology for Inherent Safety Assessment in the Process Design Stage,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52, 5921−5933, 2013.
  • Zhang,  Y., J. Cruz, S. Zhang, H. H. Lou, T. J. Benson, "Process simulation and optimization of methanol production coupled to tri-reforming process," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy，38（31）, 13617–13630， 2013.
  • Gangadharan, P., A. Zanwar, K. Zheng, J. Gossage and H. H. Lou , “Sustainability Assessment of Polygeneration Processes Based on Syngas Derived from Coal and Natural Gas,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, 39(6), 105–117, 2012.
  • Gangadharan, P., Krishna C. Kanchi, H. H. Lou, “Evaluation of the Economic and Environmental Impact of Combining Dry Reforming with Steam Reforming of Methane,” Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 90(11), 1956–1968, 2012.
  • H. H. Lou, D. Chen, C. B. Martin, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, K. D. Singh, and P. Gangadharan, “Optimal Reduction of the C1−C3 Combustion Mechanism for the Simulation of Flaring,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.,51 (39), 12697–12705, 2012.
  • Lou, H. H., D. Chen, C. B. Martin, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, A. T. Kumar, K. D. Singh, “Validation of a Reduced Combustion Mechanism for Light Hydrocarbons”, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 14(1) 1-12, 2012. doi:10.1007/s10098-011-0441-6.
  • Singh, K. D., T. Dabade, H. Vaid, P. Gangadharan, D. Chen, H. H. Lou, X. Li, K. Li, C. B. Martin, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Industrial Flares Operated in Stand-By Mode,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51 (39), 12611–12620, 2012.
  • Lou, H. H., C. B. Martin, D. Chen, X. Li, K. Li, H. Vaid, A. T. Kumar, K. D. Singh, D. P. Bean, Jr, “A Reduced Reaction Mechanism for the Simulation in Ethylene Flare Combustion,” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 14(2), 229-239, 2012.
  • Li, X., A. Zanwar, A. Jayswal, H. H. Lou and Y. Huang, “Incorporating Exergy Analysis and Inherent Safety Analysis for Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels, "Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50(5), 2981-2993, 2011.
  • Jayswal, A., X. Li, A. Zanwar, H. H. Lou and Y. Huang, “A Sustainability Root Cause Analysis Methodology and its Application,” Computers and Chemical Engineering, 35(12), 2011, 2591-3048 (Recognized in 2014 as one of the Most Downloaded authors for Computers & Chemical Engineering).
  • Zheng, K., D. J. Bean, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Education Modules for Teaching Sustainability in A Mass and Energy Balance Course,” Chemical Engineering Education, 45(4), 265-284, 2011.
  • Schulte, C., J. Curry, V. Zaloom, W. Zhu, H. H. Lou, and A. Marquez, “Scheduling Hazardous Waste Incinerators Using a SA-LP Heuristic,” Environmental Engineering Science. 27(7): 569-575, 2010.
  • Xu, Q., X. Yang, C. Liu, K. Li, H. H. Lou, and J. L. Gossage, “Chemical Plant Flare Minimization via Plant-wide Dynamic Simulation,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (7), 3505–3512, 2009.
  • Yang, X., Q. Xu, C. Zhao, K. Li, and H. H. Lou, “Pressure-driven Dynamic Simulation for Improving the Performance of A Multi-stage Compression System during Plant Startup”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (20), 9195-9203, 2009.
  • Sun, L. and H. H. Lou, “A Strategy for Multi-objective Optimization under Uncertainty in Chemical Process Design,” Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 16(1), 39-42, 2008.
  • Piluso, C., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Ecological Input-Output Analysis-Based Sustainability Analysis of Industrial Systems,” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Research, 47(6), 1955-1966, 2008. [This paper received the 2008 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum's Student Best Paper Award]
  • Li, X., H. H. Lou, J. Xiao, and Y. Huang, “Surface Coating Thickness Distribution in Electrodeposition: A Case Study on Copper Plating of Tube Inner Surface,” J. of Applied Surface Finishing, 95 (3), 39-47, 2008.
  • Lou, H. H., R. W. Pike, A. Agboola, A. Singh, X. Li, J. R. Hopper and C. L. Yaws, “Environmental Impact Assessment for Potential Continuous Processes for the Production of Carbon Nanotubes,” American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4(5): 522-534, 2008.
  • Li, J., J. Xiao, Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Integrated Process and Product Analysis: A Multiscale Approach to Automotive Paint Spray,” AIChE J., 53 (11), 2841-2857, 2007.
  • Xiao, J., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “A Probability Distribution Estimation Based Method for Dynamic Optimization,” AIChE J., 53 (7), 1805-1816, 2007.
  • Xiao, J., Y. Huang, Y. Qian, and H. H. Lou, “Integrated Product and Process Control of Single-Input-Single-Output Systems,” AIChE J., 53 (4), 891-901, 2007.
  • Singh, A., K. Li, H. H. Lou, J. R. Hopper, H. B. Golwala, and S. Ghumare, “Flare Minimization via Dynamic Simulation,” Int. J. Environment and Pollution, 29(1/2/3), 2007.
  • Singh, A., H. H. Lou, C. L. Yaws, J. R. Hopper, and R. W. Pike, “Environmental Impact Assessment of Different Design Schemes of an Industrial Ecosystem,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 51, 294-313, 2007.
  • Agboola, A. E., R. W. Pike, T. A. Hertwig and H. H. Lou, “Conceptual Design of Carbon Nanotube Processes,” Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, 9, 289-311, 2007.
  • Lou, H. H. and A. Singh, “Hierarchical Pareto Optimization for the Sustainable Development of Industrial Ecosystems,” 45, 3265-3279, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2006.
  • Lou, H. H., J. Chandrasekaran, and R. A. Smith, “Large-Scale Dynamic Simulation for Security Assessment of an Ethylene Oxide Manufacturing Process,” 30, 1102-1118, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2006.
  • Xiao, J., J. Li, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Cure-Window-Based Proactive Quality Control in Topcoat Curing,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(7), 2331-2340, 2006.
  • Xiao, J., J. Li, H. H. Lou, Q. Xu, and Y. Huang, “Ant-Colony-System-Based Product-Performance-Focused Energy Optimization of Reactive Drying of Clearcoat,” AIChE J., 52(4), 1410-1422, 2006. [This paper received the 2006 AIChE Process Development Division's Best Student Paper Award]
  • Uygun, K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “An Improved -Analysis Method for Process Security Analysis,” Trans. IChemE, Part B, 84(2), 92-100, 2006. [This article was selected by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, as a featured article that was highlighted in The Chemical Engineer, a key magazine of the Institution.]
  • Xu, Q., A. Telukdarie, H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Integrated Electroplating System Modeling and Simulation for Near Zero Discharge of Chemicals and Metals,” 44(7), 2156-2164, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 2005.
  • Yang, Y., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “A Structural Disturbance Propagation Model for the Conceptual Design of Highly Controllable Heat-Integrated Reaction Systems,” Chemical Engineering Communications, 192(8), 1096-1115, 2005.
  • Piluso, C., K. Uygun, Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Process Security in Chemical Engineering Education,” Chemical Engineering Education, 39(1), 48-55, 2005.
  • Yaws, C. L., P. K. Narasimhan, H. H. Lou and R. W. Pike, “Solubility and Henry's Law Constants for Chlorinated Compounds in Water,” Chemical Engineering, 50-56, February, 2005.
  • Lou, H. H., M. A. Kulkarni, A. Singh, and J. R. Hopper, “Sustainability Assessment for Industrial Systems,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 43(15), 4233-4242, 2004.
  • Uygun, K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Fast Process Security Assessment Theory,” AIChE J., 50(9), 2187-2202, 2004.
  • Lou, H. H., R. Muthusamy, and Y. Huang, “Process Security Assessment: Operational Space Classification and Process Security Index,” Trans. IChemE, Part B, 81(6), 418-429, 2003.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Hierarchical Decision-Making for Proactive Quality Control: System Development for Defect Reduction in Automotive Coating Operations,” Int. J. Eng. Appl. Artificial Intelligence, 16(4), 237-250, 2003.
  • Uygun, M. K., Y. Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Process Security Analysis: -Analysis and -Map,” AIChE J., 49(9), 2445-2452, 2003.
  • Lou, H. H., M. A. Kulkarni, A. Singh, and Y. Huang, “A Game Theory Based Approach for Energy Analysis of Industrial Ecosystem under Uncertainty,” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 6(3), 156-161, 2003.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Rapid Prediction of Disturbance Propagation in a Non-Sharp Ternary Separation System,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engrs., 33(1), 87-94, 2002.
  • Zhou, Q., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Design of a Switchable Water Allocation Network Based on Process Dynamics,” 40(22), 4866-4873, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2001.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Profitable Pollution Prevention: Concept, Fundamentals, and Development,” J. of Plating and Surface Finishing, 87(11), 59-66, 2000.
  • Huang, Y., H. H Lou, J. Gong, and T. F. Edgar, “Fuzzy Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 8(6), 665-678, 2000.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Integrated Modeling and Simulation for Improved Reactive Drying of Clearcoat,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 39(2), 500-507, 2000.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Fuzzy-Logic-Based Process Modeling Using Limited Experimental Data,” Int. J. Eng. Appl. Artificial Intelligence, 13(2), 121-135, 2000.
  • Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Synthesis of an Optimal Wastewater Reuse Network,” Waste Management, 20(4), 311-319, 2000.
  • Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Steady State Disturbance Propagation Modeling of Heat Integrated Distillation Processes,” Trans. IChemE., Part A, 78(2), 245-254, 2000.
  • Yang, Y., H. H. Lou, and Y.  Huang, “Optimal Design of a Water Reuse System in an Electroplating Plant,” J. of Plating and Surface Finishing, 86(4), 80-84, 1999.

Book Chapter Publications

  • Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction using Advanced Heat Integration Techniques,” Handbook for Mitigating Climate Change, 2nd edition, M. Lackner, B. Sajjadi and W. Y. Chen (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2021.
  • Chen, L., Z. Tian, H. H. Lou, “Sustainable Manufacturing and Water Sustainability,” Chapter 12, Sustainable Water Management and Technologies, D. H. Chen (eds.), CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2016, ISBN 9781482215236. 
  • Singh, R., Lou, H. H., “Safety and Efficiency Enhancement for LNG Terminals” in “Petrochemical Catalyst Materials, Processes, and Emerging Technologies, T. C. Xiao, H. A. Al-Megren (eds), IGI Global, 2016, ISBN13: 9781466699755.
  • Lou, H. H., S. Dusija, X. Li, J. L. Gossage and J. R. Hopper, “Analysis of a Novel Method for Inhibiting Runaway Reaction via Process Modeling,” Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimization, D. C. Y. Foo, M. M. El-Halwagi, and R. R. Tan (eds.), World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011.
  • Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Sustainability under Severe Uncertainty: A Probability Bounds Analysis Method,” Treatise on Sustainability Science and Engineering – Volume 1” S. Sikdar; Y. L. Huang, and I.S. Jawahir (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2013.
  • Zheng, K., H. H. Lou, and Y. Huang, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction using Advanced Heat Integration Techniques,” Handbook for Mitigating Climate Change, W. Y. Chen and J. Seiner (eds.), Springer, New York, NY, 2012.
  • Li, X., A. Singh and H. H. Lou, “Assessment of Regional Sustainability Associated with Biofuel Production”, in Design for Energy and the Environment, M. El-Halwagi and A. Linninger (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, NW, 2009.
  • Xu, Q., C. Liu, X.  Yang, K. Li, H. H. Lou, Gossage J. L., “Study on Near-Zero Flaring for Chemical Plant Turnaround Operation”, in Design for Energy and the Environment, M. El-Halwagi and A. Linninger (eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, NW, 2009.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Electroplating,” in Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, S. Lee (ed.), Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 2006.
  • Huang, Y. and H. H. Lou, “Profitable Pollution Prevention in Electroplating: An In-Process Focused Approach,” in Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention, T. K. Das (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 2005.
  • Uygun, K., Y.  Huang, and H. H. Lou, “Design for Process Security,” in Foundation of Computer Aided Process Design, C. Floudas, A. Agrawal (eds.), AIChE Symposium, AIChE, 2004.
  • Lou, H. H. and Y. Huang, “Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis for Environmentally Benign Electroplating Operations,” in Green Engineering, P. T. Anastas, L. G. Heine and T. C. Williamson (eds.), Chapter 5 (pp. 42-61), ACS, Washington D.C., 2001.