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CFD-DEM: Modeling the Small to Understand the Large

CFD-DEM is a powerful numerical method used to study multiphase particulate flows which couples a traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for the fluid phase with the discrete element method (DEM) for the particles. This article provides a general overview of several key...

Exploring the Promise of Biomolecular Engineering

Biomolecular engineering is an emerging discipline in which scientists apply engineering principles (e.g., thermodynamics, kinetics, computational modeling) to biological molecules. Tools including recombinant DNA techniques, site-specific mutagenesis, polymer-chain reaction, and gene-editing...

Adsorption Basics, Part 1

This Back to Basics article on adsorption may explain how to: 

• Identify strategies for selecting the best adsorbent, including various types of activated carbon, polymeric adsorbents, and zeolite molecular sieves, for a given adsorption challenge.
• Identify...

Fundamentals of Jetmilling and Hammermilling

Jet milling and hammermilling are common size reduction operations in many chemical process industries. This article will present diagrams of milling equipment and describe equipment operation. It will also provide readers with tips for mill selection and selection of nozzles....

Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology

The first article provides an overview of concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies.

The second article discusses thermochemical energy storage for concentrating solar power (CSP).

The third article focuses on ammonia as a thermochemical energy storage solution for...

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