Chemical manufacturing & process engineering: A production mixing unit is usually not geometrically similar to the mixer used for process development. Such differences can make scale-up from the laboratory or pilot plant challenging.
Make The Most of Antisolvent Crystallization -- A number of factors can affect solids' formation.
There are numerous industries that depend on particle size reduction to improve performance or to meet specifications. This article details size-reduction techniques and equipment that may assist you when handling these materials.
A continuous purification technique, simulated moving bed chromatography combines high yields and purities with easy scale up and reasonable throughputs.
Customization, automation and safety enhance its appeal
Consider various factors when selecting how to guard against low flow, Andrew Sloley says in this month's Plant Insites column.
Chemical Processing Powder eHandbook
Chemical manufacturing & process engineering: There are several factors or mechanisms that affect a chemical material’s tendency to cake and that will, over time, produce the kind of cohesion and strength that will create serious discharge problems in bins, hoppers and silos.
Keeping dust to a minimum is much more than good housekeeping – it's a matter of worker safety and environmental health.
Pump curves suggest rethinking the usual control strategy