by Jan Harmsen | Aug 21, 2023 | News
A client ordered a course session on distillation scale-up. I thought about this challenge and this triggered my memory on the subject. In the equipment engineering department of my previous employer 4-6 people developed distillation trays and packings for over 50...
by Jan Harmsen | Jun 6, 2023 | Events & Congresses, News
The 8th European Process Intensification Conference (EPIC 2023) was held in Warsaw, Poland 31 May – 2 June 2023. Here are my highlights on industrial PI applications. Manfred Nagel of Evonik presented the role of technology in his specialty chemical company. He...
by Jan Harmsen | May 17, 2023 | News, Vocabulary
Here are some phrases used in chemical reaction engineering: Chemical Reaction Engineering Chemical reaction engineering is the proper bringing to practice of chemical reactions. This definition stems from one of the founding fathers of chemical engineering; Octave...
by Jan Harmsen | Apr 21, 2023 | News
Demo plant instead of pilot plant? The benefits of having a down-scaled integrated pilot plant if the commercial scale process design contains more than 4 new process steps or a recycle stream, or a new solids process step, or a crude solids feed has to be processes...
by Jan Harmsen | Feb 28, 2023 | News, Vocabulary
Vocabulary Chemical Engineering in Pharma A quiet revolution is occurring in the pharma industry where now chemical engineering methods are introduced in research, design, development, and implementations by many pharmaceutical companies. This quiet revolution is due...
by Jan Harmsen | Feb 16, 2023 | Events & Congresses, News
EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation and Congress EPIC 2023, (Warsaw) interesting for industry Companies are encouraged to consider applying for the EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation. This award is presented to an...
