Heat Transfer
Chementator: Jet fuel
Researchers at Penn State University’s (University Park, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-551) Energy Institute are developing a jet fuel that is composed of at least 50% bituminous coal. The fuel, provisionally designated JP900, is comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, and…
Chementator: Europe to get a new wave of plastic-to-diesel plants
Over the next four years, EnvoSmart Technologies B.V. (Roosendaal, Netherlands; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-533) plans to install 31 ThermoFuel systems throughout Europe for converting plastic waste into low-sulfur diesel fuel. The first six systems are to be located near Berlin, Germany, where they…
The path to biorefineries
It’s not a question of whether the world supply of fossil is going to run out; its just a question of when, says professor Colin Webb, head of the chemical engineering department at the University of Manchester (England),…
Pennsylvania slated to become home of first U.S. CTL plant…
After more than ten years of planning, WMPI Pty, LLC (Gilberton, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5826-534) is in the final licensing negotiations with contractors for constructing the first major coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in the U.S. The plant, to be located near Gilberton, will…
Immersion Heaters: Selection & Implementation
Immersion heaters are used in a wide variety of applications in the chemical process industries (CPI). Knowing which heater to specify for a particular application and how to maintain it can make a manufacturing process more cost-efficient. This…
Get the Most From High-temperature Heat-transfer-fluid Systems
Although water and steam are the ideal media for heat transfer, there are often situations when other heat-transfer fluids are called upon to perform this function in the chemical process industries (CPI). Thus there are, at the…
Optimizing Heat Transfer
Reliable heat transfer is crucial when operating a process that depends on a consistent temperature. Heat-transfer fluids, however, can degrade over time, resulting in diminished heat transport, thereby increasing the heat up time of a material a target material. Consequently,…