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Making Decisions with Insulation

Nov 08 2010 12:30 PM | Chris Haslego in Heat Transfer

Many people overlook the importance of insulation in the chemical industry. Some estimates have predicted that insulation in U.S. industry alone saves approximately 200 million barrels of oil every year. While placing insulation onto a pipe is fairly...

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Killing Insects Naturally

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Interfaces and Colliods: The Twilight Zone

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Interfaces and Colliods: Some General Concepts...

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Pyrophoric Iron Fires

Nov 08 2010 01:30 PM | Mukesh Sahdev in Safety and Pressure Relief

At one time or another, most refineries experience spontaneous ignition of iron sulfide either on the ground or inside equipment. When this occurs inside equipment like columns, vessels, and tanks and exchangers containing residual hydrocarbons and air...

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ISO 9000 Standards

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Jacketed Vessel Design

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Guest in Heat Transfer

Jacketing a process vessel provided excellent heat transfer in terms of efficiency, control and product quality. All liquids can be used as well as steam and other high temperature vapor circulation. The temperature and velocity of the heat transfer me...

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Kyoto Protocol

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Basics of Leaching

Nov 08 2010 01:30 PM | Chris Haslego in Separation Technology

Simply put, leaching generally refers to the removal of a substance from a solid via a liquid extraction media.  The desired component diffuses into the solvent from its natural solid form.  Examples of leaching include the removal of sugar from suga...

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Water Pinch: Making a Difference

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Liquid-Liquid Extractor Design

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Medical Waste Disposal

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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A Novel Membrane Bioreactor for By-Product Reco...

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Metallocene Catalyst Breakthrough

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Methanol Plant Capacity Enhancement

Nov 08 2010 01:30 PM | Guest in Process and Reactions

 The authors share their experience in debottlenecking a methanol plant at GNFC Ltd.  The project involved the commissioning of a state of the art Isothermal reactor from Linde. GNFC is located at Bharuch, Gujarat  India and is engaged in manufactur...

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Chemistry Related Mishaps

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Capitalizing on Nanotechnology

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Building New Body Parts

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Nitric Acid: The Other Strong Acid

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Dangers in Organic Nitro Compound Reactions

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Organic Clays for Treating Oil and Gas Pipelines

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Osmotic Distillation

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Ozone Cycle

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Archived Articles

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Packed Column Design

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Separation Technology

Designing a randomly packed column is a subtle blend of art and science. Packed columns are most frequently used to remove contaminants from a gas stream (absorption). However, packed columns can also be used to remove volatile components from a liquid...

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Pervaporation: An Overiew

Nov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Guest in Separation Technology

Pervaporation, in its simplest form, is an energy efficient combination of membrane permeation and evaporation.   It's considered an attractive alternative to other separation methods for a variety of processes.  For example, with the low temperature...

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