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Principles and Practices of Chemical Reactor Design and Operations

Instructor-led (classroom) Course
Improve your ability to design unconventional reactor configurations – even when equations for them are not available – by adopting a new outlook and approach. Join chemical reactor technology expert Uzi Mann and gain knowledge and tools you can apply to the design of any reactor configuration with any number of reactions with any stoichiometry having any form of rate expression.Read more

Six-Sigma for Chemical Engineers

Instructor-led (classroom) Course
While Six Sigma is a proven process improvement methodology employed in companies across the globe, you may be wondering how it can best be applied to the chemical process industry. Join Six Sigma expert George Liebermann for a comprehensive introduction to Six Sigma and the Design for Six Sigma process and statistical tools, when and why to apply them in the chemical process industry and the key factors that contribute to success.Read more

Mixing for Success in Batch Systems

AIChE Webinar
Live Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 2:00pm-3:00pm EST
Dr. Victor Atiemo-Obeng

In this webinar, batch processes that require mixing are discussed and the mixing challenges and opportunities for achieving process success are described. How mixing affects the course of batch processes as well as the final process results are presented highlighting the pertinent physicochemical phenomena.

Catalytic Olefins Technology Enhances Olefins Producers' Flexibility and Economics

May 2, 2013
K. T Han, Michael J. Tallman, Rik Klavers
CATALYTIC OLEFINS TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES OLEFINS PRODUCERS’ FLEXIBILITY AND ECONOMICS Michael Tallman KBR Michael.tallman@kbr.com Because the growth in demand for propylene remains high and due to the recent preponderance of light gas crackers with relatively low propylene yields, gaps in meeting...

Stable Facilitated Transport Membrane For Olefin/Paraffin Separation

May 2, 2013
Ali Hamza, Glenn Towe, Majid Keyvani
Currently, the separation of olefins (ethylene, propylene) from paraffins (ethane, propane) on a commercial scale is accomplished almost exclusively by cryogenic distillation in petrochemical industries and is considered highly energy intensive. Consequently, there is an enormous economic incentive...

Linking SPYRO Rigorous Stream Cracking Model

May 2, 2013
Marat Akhmedov, Marco W.M. Van Goethem, Ronald Goris, Satomi Yamaya
Furnace simulations are currently used in all layers of process control from planning and scheduling down to the APC layer. However in the DCS regression models are still present for process optimization. Typically the purpose of these regressions is to predict the severity on a continuous basis to...

Process Control in Ethylene Plants: A Historical Perspective

May 2, 2013
Eddy Fontenot, Peter Le, Sanjay Sharma, Satish Baliga
Process control has been the cornerstone of automation technology in ethylene plants for the past several decades. Stiff global competition combined with intermittent periods of uncertain market growth has forced the industry to re-evaluate business models and to continuously search for innovative...

Strategies for Acid Gas Enrichment and Tail Gas Treatment:

May 1, 2013
Tofik K. Khanmamedov
Strategies for Acid Gas Enrichment and Tail Gas Treatment: Special Solvents or Better to Stick With Generic Solvents Tofik K. Khanmamedov TKK COMPANY, Sugar Land / Houston, Texas Abstract The quality of the acid gas feed stream to sulfur recovery units is crucial for proper operation. In this...

Comprehensive Machine Monitoring Strategy At Green Ethylene Plant

Apr 29, 2013
Eder Felipetto, Michael Hastings, Otvio Vescovi
Abstract This paper presents an overview of the overall monitoring strategy of a green ethylene plant (ethylene produced by catalytic dehydration of ethanol), and gives an insight into some of the challenges of monitoring the machines, as opposed to that which is required for a traditional steam...

Process Burners 101

August
2013
Back To Basics
Charles Baukal, Erwin Platvoet
Process burners may be classified based on flame shape, emissions, fuel type, and other characteristics. Here’s what you need to know to work effectively with a burner manufacturer when selecting a burner for your application.

Chemistry Simulation Drives Clean Technology Progress

August
2008
Fluids and Solids Handling
Scott A. Drennan
Here's how to determine when to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the detailed chemistry of reacting flows for combustion and chemical processes.

Developing Crystallization Processes

March
2011
Reactions and Separations
Christianto Wibowo
With solid-liquid equilibrium as its foundation, this systematic approach makes it easy to identify operating regions and theoretical yield to maximize the desired product.

Particle Technology

eLearning (online) Course
This course is intended as an introduction to particle technology. For each of the topics studied, the fundamental science involved is introduced and this is linked, where possible, to industrial practice.Read more

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