January 2020

Simulators and spreadsheets are the mainstay of pressure drop calculations in the modern world.  However, to avoid excessive reliance on these tools, the engineer requires conceptual understanding of the phenomena and associated correlations.  This assists with reasonableness checking...

Cryogenic Air Separation Units (ASUs) use some of the largest compressors ever built. Power consumption in large ASUs use almost the entire capacity of a power plant. A modern large ASU might consume up to 100 MW electricity. Thus it is important to understand how much power your ASU might...

You don’t need to be working directly in process safety to be aware of, and perhaps even worry about, possible releases of hazardous chemicals. If you work at a facility – plant, pilot plant, or laboratory – with hazardous chemicals you should know: (1) loss of containment (LOC) of the wrong...

Effluent streams of domestic origin contain nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) that are essential nutrients for the growth and metabolism of microbial population in biological wastewater treatment process. Uncontrolled discharge of nutrients to a confined body of water fosters aquatic growth of...