Knock, Knock. Who’s There? The EPA Inspector!
Lee D. Hoffman , Ronald W. Zdrojeski
Preparation and training can help minimize your facility’s — and your own — vulnerability to criminal prosecution for environmental violations.
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Further Musings On The Hydrogen Economy
Dr. Reuel Shinnar
Designing a Scrubber to Control Emergency Releases
Anne McQueen, Jeffrey Michael Forde, Joseph W. Hower., Sunil Ojha
Here are guidelines for determining the scope of the control system, sizing the enclosure, and specifying the scrubber design.
Simplify Wastewater Treatment Process Design
Apostolos Vlyssides, Elli Maria Barampouti, Sofia Mai
Unlike time-consuming conventional methods, this approach to designing a dissolved air flotation (DAF) plant requires only the physical characteristics of the flocs — their size and density, flowrate and temperature.
Avoid the Pitfalls of Bioprocess Development
Mukesh Doble
This article presents the challenges that an engineer might encounter when designing or scaling up bioprocesses and offers practical solutions, including those cited in literature.
Selecting and Using Bolted Head Closures
John C. Birkmire, P.E.
Proper design, fabrication, assembly and operation of a pressure vessel closure are essential to ensuring product containment, integrity and quality.
Corporate Venturing and the Pursuit of Innovation
Mukund Karanjikar
Ten tips for intrapreneurs.
Develop and Maintain Your Environmental Management System
Kristin M. Malosh
Achieving and maintaining ISO 14000 certification for an environmental management system (EMS) is a difficult task that can be made easier by following these suggestions.
Obtain the Best Physical Property Data
Kevin G. Joback
Physical property values are essential for many chemical engineering tasks. This article reviews sources of physical property data, discusses the use of experimental methods to measure properties, and details several types of estimation techniques.
Preparing Invention Disclosures
William D. Hall
The patent process can be a costly journey down a long and winding road. An invention disclosure serves as a roadmap for preparing the patent application and ultimately obtaining a valid, enforceable patent.
Understand Heat Flux Limitations on Reboiler Design
Michael D. Hagan, Victoria N. Kruglov
Avoid the transition to film boiling to obtain better control and lower operating costs.
Integrate Compressor Performance Maps into Process Simulation
Grant Stephenson
Transforming the performance maps to a reduced coordinate system that is independent of suction conditions and rotational speeds allows these curves to be accurately incorporated into a process simulator.
Properly Clean Out Your Organic Heat-Transfer Fluid System
Ander Beain, Jay Heidari, Conrad Gamble
Follow these guidelines for applying side-stream filtration to on-line cleaning, and chemical or mechanical cleaning to equipment that has been drained of fluid.
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