Articles covered in this issue:
Interview- Power of Solar in the Industry
– Manu Karan, Vice President, CleanMax
The industry is paving its way to adopt energy efficient technologies and planning to incrementally phase out the use of fossil fuels.
Read the views of the Vice President of CleanMax, a leading partner of choice of many chemical companies to know more about utilizing solar power in the operations of chemical plants.
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Renewable Natural Gas Technology (RenGas): Sustainable Solution
– Deepak Patil, Sharad Laldas, Aamod Natu, Jitendra Akade, Dr. Shaileshkumar Sawale, Dr. Aarohi Kulkarni – Praj Industries Ltd.
As we are moving towards sustainable technology, Praj’s RenGas technology serves as an appropriate solution for renewable gas. This article describes the entire process of developing RenGas from sugar-industry
Energy Efficient, Cleaner & More Productive Jaggery Plant
– Pankaj Arya, Satish Kumar, G.D. Thakre, Amar K Jain, Anjan Ray- CSIR-IIP
Optimizing energy utilization in processes and systems in manufacturing plants is an important objective which provides many benefits. One example of scaling up energy-efficiency of a jaggery plant-so very useful for rural economies based on developments made by scientists from CSIR-IIP is detailed here.
Keep Cool When Designing Batch Reactors – John Edwards
The stirred batch reactor is the most widely used reactor in the laboratory and industry. The author explains the importance of designing temperature-control system for such reactors so as to drive chemical reactions and achieve optimum output.
Don’t Get Mixed Up By Scale Up – Dr. David D. Dickey
Production scale-up requires several in-depth engineering studies of the process in order to overcome challenges to yield efficient outcomes. The author describes how using dimensional analysis and applying geometric similarity in mixing assures a reliable scale-up from the laboratory or pilot plant model to a full-scale commercial plant.
Solutions to Industrial Problems – Raghava Chari
The author has provided various solutions related to real life industry problems he found in his 45 years of operational experience in process plants. In this feature, problems related to bearings and mechanical seals, cooling tower fans, CO2 stripper, urea reactor top custom blind leaks, and DPTs are covered.
Chemingineering – Vaccine, the Silver Bullet against Covid-19
– K Sahasranaman, Independent Consultant
COVID-19 is creating disruptions on an unprecedented scale globally. Scientists are working round the clock to develop a vaccine that can save the human race from this pandemic.
Our columnist gives a gist of the evolution and current developments in vaccine technology.