Process Technology | June 11, 2025 Why an Operations Excellence Management System (OE... High-hazard industries – like oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, nuclear power, and mining – deal with processes and materials that… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | May 7, 2025 Energy in a Pinch: How Did We Get Here?... The 1970s was a period of spiraling energy prices, driven largely by the Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | April 2, 2025 Scaling Smarter: How Advanced Modeling Accelerates... Process scale-up is the effort to take a chemical process that works at a smaller scale and design a version… Read More
Process Technology | March 19, 2025 Preparation of Slurries: Powder Wettability and Ot... In this article I write about process technologies for preparation of slurries, AKA “solids in suspension,” and the considerations that… Read More
Process Technology | January 28, 2025 Faster Reactor Cooldowns... One of the most frustrating situations to endure is the slow cooldown of a reactor (or series of reactors) when… Read More
Process Technology | August 27, 2024 Inline Mixers for Chemical Processes... Inline mixers can be defined as a configuration where the materials to be mixed are flowing continuously through the device.… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | June 3, 2024 CFD Modeling of a Stoker Boiler... Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling has been widely used to design and/or retrofit boilers in the power generation and other… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | March 18, 2024 Redesign of the Heating System for a Sulfur Storag... Storage tanks are widely used in refineries and sour gas processing plants for temporary storage of molten sulfur produced in… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | March 4, 2024 Vortex Shedding in a Tee with a Closed Branch... Vortex shedding is a flow-induced phenomenon that takes place when there is a structural element in the flow path, such… Read More
Process Technology | February 22, 2024 Under Pressure... Hydroprocessing Heat Exchanger Fouling due to Di-olefin Polymerization Over the past few months, I have received several questions about heat… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | February 12, 2024 Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for E... Erosion is a mechanical degradation process in which the material gradually wears off due to continuous impingement of abrasive solid… Read More
Process Technology | January 22, 2024 Considerations for Formulation of Products in Stir... When formulating complex products, stirred tanks are traditionally used because of inherent advantages in semi-batch operations. While there is interest… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 16, 2024 Design of Flue Gas Quench Sections... In the development of aircraft engines, physical tests are necessary to examine the overall performance of the engines. The exhaust… Read More
Process Technology | December 11, 2023 Under Pressure... This month we’ll continue our discussion of emergency procedures for hydroprocessing units with a discussion of hazards and procedures for… Read More
Process Technology | November 14, 2023 Sprays in the Process Industries... “Say it, don’t spray it.” Generally, this is good advice, but in industry it’s often profitable to spray it. In… Read More
