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Features - COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS - A ChE's Guide to CHEs - Compact heat exchangers (CHEs) offer high heat-transfer coefficients and large surface areas with a small footprint, making them a cost-effective alternative to shell-and-tube exchangers in many applications./
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Wadekar, Vishwas V
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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FEATURES - ENERGY TRANSFER/CONVERSION - Control Water Chemistry in HRSGs - Here's how to take the unique needs of a heat recovery steam generator into account when developing a boiler water treatment program./
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Buecker, Brad
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENERGY TRANSFER/CONVERSION - Don't Let the Retrofit Pinch Pinch You - Use this new technique of structural targeting to identify opportunities and develop designs that comply with the economic constraints of the retrofit project./
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Polley, Graham T
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENERGY TRANSFER/CONVERSION - Optimize Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Design - Use this plot to identify the best combination of design parameters/
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Poddar, Tarun K
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENERGY TRANSFER/CONVERSION - Recover Heat from Hot Solids - Considerable energy can be recovered from hot particulate solids. Here's a rundown of the equipment that can be used and the factors to consider in selection and design/
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Adham, Kamal
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - 9 Things To Know About Zero Liquid Discharge - Keep these points in mind when evaluating systems, purchasing equipment, and optimizing operations/
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Dalan, Jon A
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - Apply Statistical Rules to Determine Emissions - The applicability of mass balances is limited due to the propagation of errors. Use these equations to calculate the error and to understand the limits/
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Moftah, Khaled
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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FEATURES - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - Properly Evaluate the Economics of Resin Replacement - Calculate payback time for demineralizer resin replacement based on resin and operational costs./
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Lettofsky, Amy H
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - Recover Feedstock and Product from Reactor Vent Streams - A wide range of petrochemical and refinery vent-gas streams can be treated by membrane separation to recover valuable components./
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Baker, Richard W
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - FLUIDS/SOLIDS HANDLING - Effectively Troubleshoot Dry Vacuum Pumps - Proper installation and operation can solve most problems. Extra care is needed, for example, when pumping gases that can condense and solidify, or cause corrosion, are sticky, or contain particulates/
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Myerson, Edward S
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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FEATURES - FLUIDS/SOLIDS HANDLING - Optimize Your Solids Blender - The idea that longer is better to improve blending is often wrong, limiting production behind an expensive bottleneck. Here is how to reduce blending time without sacrificing quality./
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Cox, Brian D
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - GAS CLEANING - Select the Proper Gas Cleaning Equipment - Follow this step-by-step procedure to choose the right device for removing particulates from a gas stream/
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Phillips, Howard W
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - MANAGING PROJECT CHANGES - Effectively Manage Project Changes - "Change" is often a negative word in a project vocabulary. Sometimes, project leaders may try to avoid all changes, but that can be unrealistic. Here is a constructive way to deal with change during project work with the goal of adding more business value./
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Read, Christopher
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - MATERIALS - Protect Steel Under Fireproofing by Galvanizing - This method provides a long-lasting corrosion barrier, and is usually less costly than painting. Some coatings have lasted nearly 50 years in CPI plants./
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Goodwin, Frank E
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - MATERIALS - Restore Corroded Heat Exchanger Tubes - Thin-walled metallic tube shields can effectively renew damaged tubes and return exchanger bundles to full, active service. Nonmetallic inserts, ferrules, and coatings can be used as well, but they have more-limited uses/
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Tallman, Peter U
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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FEATURES - MATERIALS - Select the Right Fluoropolymers for Your Plant - These materials serve as components for pumps and valves, linings for pipe and vessels, and even heat-transfer fluids, among other uses. Selection mainly depends upon temperature, chemical resistance, permeability, and fabrication./
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Magdzinski, Leon
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL - Consider An Instrumented System For Overpressure Protection - In many cases, such a system provides an attractive alternative to the conventional approach of installing pressure relief valves and a flare./
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Summers, Angela E
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL - Design Experiments that Combine Mixture Components with Process Factors - Apply powerful statistical tools to optimize your formula while simultaneously finding the peak process parameters./
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Anderson, Mark J
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ON THE HORIZON - Engineered Fractals Enhance Process Applications - Equipment with fractal characteristics can offer advantages over traditional fluid mixers and distributors. Already, these new devices are finding use in CPI plants./
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Kearney, Mike M
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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Features - ON THE HORIZON - Process Modeling: The Promise of Open Software Architectures - These architectures allow previously incompatible environments to interoperate. And they support life-cycle modeling and collaborative engineering/
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Braunschweig, Bertrand L
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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2000
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