Process Design & Development

Gas Fermentation of Industrial Waste Gases to Fuel and Chemicals

Oct 18, 2011
Derek W. Griffin
The food versus fuel debate is becoming increasingly controversial in the wake of the industrialization of eastern countries and the ever-growing population of the world. Sustainable and renewable feed stocks are being explored as energy sources in order to meet the increasing energy demand and...

Simulation and Economics of Biodiesel Production From Microbial Lipids

Oct 17, 2011
Ramalingam Subramaniam
In this work, production of lipid from Lypomyces starkeyi on soluble sweet potato starch was simulated in Aspen Plus simulation. A kinetic model based on experimental results of medium optimization and high density cultivation was used for cell growth and lipid production. The simulation...

Deflagration Venting for Combustible Dusts - What You Need to Know

AIChE Webinar
Jan 26, 2011
Michelle Murphy, Molly Myers

Deflagration venting is one of six possible explosion protection options for combustible dust handling equipment in NFPA 654. To use this option, you must reference back to NFPA 68 where the requirements for sizing vents are located.

Inherently Safer - The Designs of the Future?

AIChE Webinar
Jun 23, 2010
Dennis Hendershot, Dr. Trevor Kletz

An inherently safer design is one that avoids hazards instead of controlling them, particularly by removing or reducing the amount of hazardous material or the number of hazardous operations.

Storage and Flow of Bulk Solids

AIChE Webinar
May 12, 2010
Karl Jacob

This webinar addresses the fundamentals of the flow and storage of bulk solids, and clearly demonstrates the considerable science behind the design and use of storage vessels for solids.

Design and Control of Distillation Systems for Separating Azeotropes

March, 2010
Hands-on guidance for the design, control, and operation of azeotropic distillation systems Following this book's step-by-step guidance, readers learn to master tested and proven methods to overcome a major problem in chemical processing: the distillation and separation of azeotropes. Practical in...

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