• Senior Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Phone: 979-845-3357
  • FAX: 979-845-6446
  • Email: krhall@tamu.edu
  • Office: CHEN 203
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Kenneth R. Hall

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Oklahoma - 1967
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley - 1964
  • B.S., University of Tulsa - 1962

Research Interests

    • Precision measurement of the thermophysical properties of fluids and their mixtures
    • Development of molecular-thermodynamic models and correlations
    • The purpose of measuring, simulating, interpreting and correlating thermodynamic properties for a variety of fluids and their mixtures is to provide information for process and product design in the chemical and related industries.

Awards & Honors

  • Fellow International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2002
  • Jack E. & Frances Brown Chair, 2001
  • AIChE Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology, 2000
  • GPA Donald L. Katz Award, 1997
  • Fellow AIChE, 1990

Selected Publications

  • Boyle temperatures for pure substances, J. Fluid Phase Eqm, 258, 148-154 (2007); with R. ESTRADA-TORRES, G.A. Iglesias-Silva, M. Ramos-Estrada.
  • Densities and viscosities of MTBE + heptane or octane at p 0.1 MPa from (273.15 to 363.15) K, JCED, accepted (2007); with D. LANDAVERDE-CORTES, M. Ramos-Estrada, G.A. Iglesias-Silva.
  • Densities and viscosities of MTBE + n-nonane or n-decane at p = 0.1 MPa from (273.15 to 363.15) K, JCED, 53, 288-292 (2007); with D. LANDAVERDE-CORTES, M. Ramos-Estrada, G.A. Iglesias-Silva.
  • A new, game-changing process converts gas to liquids or ethylene, World Oil, 229, 123-126, April (2008); with B.R. Weber, Jr.
  • An effective calculation procedure for two-phase equilibria in multireaction systems, J. Fluid Phase Eqm., 269, 48-55 (2008); with G.A. Iglesias-Silva.
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