Rigorous modeling of CO₂ absorbers using potassium carbonate solutions

Harry Z. Ha is a Process Engineering Manager at Fluor Canada Ltd. and has over 30 yr of experience in the oil and gas industry. Dr. Ha joined Fluor in 2005 and has been working on oilsands extraction, heavy oil upgrading, petroleum refining and petrochemical projects. In addition to process design, he focuses on data and methods development to support process modeling and simulations. Dr. Ha is a Technical Fellow at Fluor in dynamic simulations and also a key member in Fluor’s global Methods and Data group. He has published more than 40 technical papers in his area of research. Dr. Ha holds an MS degree in environmental engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Alberta in Canada.

Paul Mathias is a chemical technologist with more than 42 yr of broad experience and a specialization in applied thermodynamics and process modeling. He is a Technology Director and Senior Fellow at Fluor Corp., and manages his consulting practice in chemical process technology. He previously worked for Aspen Technology, Air Products and Chemicals, the ASPEN Project at MIT, and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. He has six patents, 100 publications, and over 130 technical presentations to his name. Dr. Mathias was elected an AIChE Fellow in 2015. He holds a BTech degree from IIT in Madras, and an MS degree and PhD from the University of Florida, all in chemical engineering.