How IMO2020 Guideline is Impacting SRUs of Refineries
– Debopam Chaudhuri, Jyoti Bist, Fluor New Delhi
Transporting highly inflammable products like petrol, aviation turbine fuel (ATF), diesel oil, kerosene, and fuel oil can pose a hazardous risk to people all along the roads when these are transported. A comparative study of the consequences from accidental release of these products is presented in this article.
Industrial Catalysis : Paving The Way Ahead
– Gayatri Iyer, Dr. Shreerang Joshi, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, ICT-Mumbai
Advances in catalysis with the use of biocatalysts, photocatalysts particularly in pharma processes are covered, including on regeneration of spent catalysts.
Challenges in Replacing Noble Metals in Industrial Catalysts
– Dr Deboshree Mukherjee, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur; Dr B M Reddy, CSIR–IICT, Hyderabad
Numerous research efforts have been going on to explore non-precious catalysts which could replace the very costly noble metal catalysts. Some of the recent advances towards this in a few industrially important technologies are highlighted.
Photo-catalytic Reduction of Carbon dioxide to Value Added Chemicals
– B. Viswanathan, National Centre for Catalysis Research, IIT-Madras
The latest advances in research based on reduction of CO2 to examine the prospects of various pathways are elaborated, particularly the photocatalytics reduction.
Out of the Box – Solutions to Industrial Problems
– S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
Our regular contributor, continues on recounting from his 45 years experience in chemical process industries, on how he and his team provided novel ingenious solutions to problems encountered in operating plants. In this episode he writes on problems solved in gas compressors, rotors, flange joints, ammonia loading due to NRV.
Chemingineering – Photovoltaic Cells 3.0
– K Sahasranaman, Independent Consultant
Sources of energy, particularly electrical power, now mainly based on fossil fuels, are going to dramatically change in the coming years. Out of quite a few potentials, solar power is poised to explode into widespread use with 3rd generation photovoltaic cells based on newer materials other than silicon to ride this revolution, says our columnist.
