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Summary: May-June 2011 RAE schedule and proposal format
Monday, May 23: post exam questions at 9am; question selection by noon of that day
(email selection to Ms. Kathy Lopresti)
Wednesday, June 1: turn in exam (electronic copy only by noon); it is your responsibility
to obtain validation of submitted exam from Ms. Lopresti
Thursday, June 2: oral exams
Prepare write-up in form of proposal:
Page 1: Title page and Project summary; be sure to include university honor pledge
Pages 2-6: Project background information including literature search, problem
motivation
Pages 7-10: Proposed research including plan of work, preliminary calculations
References: no page limit
Any written report not following the format above will be returned with a failing grade
The exam is an individual effort do not discuss the exam or your solution with
anyone. Please direct all questions to Professor Adomaitis
Question 1
There has been much discussion on global warming, and a main culprit is CO2 emission
from burning fossil fuels. Processes presently exist in capturing CO2 from a gas stream
with amines. Despite that amines need to be regenerated, degrade with time, and cost
more than water, processes using water are less common, mainly because of the slow
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