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Choosing Pyrolysis Models: Start with the Engineering Decision
The guidance offered here provides a practical route from feedstock and operating regime to validation, energy use and process decisions A pyrolysis model is useful only when it helps an engineer make a real decision. That decision may involve selecting…
Five Common Mistakes Companies Make When Selecting Air-Pollution Control Equipment
Every year, manufacturers across the chemical, plastics, coatings, food processing and metal finishing industries face the same deadline pressure. A permit renewal is coming due, a new rule is taking effect, or an inspector has flagged an existing system as…
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Proving Thermal Chemistry at Scale: The Rising Role of Rotary Kiln Testing
The complexity of thermal processes is increasing. Rotary kiln testing is an important component of process development for a range of new applications In today's industrial processes, rotary kilns are being tasked with more than ever before. No longer confined…
Dry Feed Gasification Technology for High-Ash Coal
This article highlights the inherent design advantages of dry-feed gasification technology that can reliably overcome the challenges posed by high-ash coals — namely those found often in India, providing a proven path from high‑ash coal to chemicals that can deliver…
Environmental Controls Can Reduce Operating Costs, Not Just Emissions
For a long time, air-pollution control equipment was budgeted the way a company budgets for fire insurance: a necessary cost with no expectation of a return. That framing is outdated, and for a growing number of manufacturers, it is costing…
Physics-Rooted, Non-Invasive Industrial Temperature Sensors Drive Accuracy While Providing Flexibility
Enhanced thermal coupling and physical pipe conditioning techniques combine the accuracy of traditional thermowell-inserted thermometers with the application flexibility of non-invasive temperature measurement methods. Temperature is one of the most critical process variables in these environments, and its accurate measurement…
Evaluating Dry Electrode Processing for the Next Generation of Battery Manufacturing
The battery industry has spent much of the past decade focused on chemistry. New cathode formulations, silicon-rich anodes, lithium metal, solid electrolytes and alternative materials continue to push the boundaries of energy density, charging speed and safety. Those advances deserve…
Treating Safety Datasheets as Living Process Safety Records
A regulatory deadline rarely reaches into every document a site keeps on file, yet that is close to what OSHA's 2024 revision of the Hazard Communication Standard set in motion. The rule folds the seventh edition of the Globally Harmonized…
Smart Instrumentation for Advanced Measurement in Specialty Chemical Manufacturing
Strategic application of advanced measurement technologies enhances flexibility, availability, safety, and sustainability across operations The specialty chemicals sector is a vital segment of the chemical process industries (CPI) and the wider economy. This sector delivers high-value products for countless applications,…