by Jan Harmsen | Aug 31, 2022 | News
Co-operation between industrial engineers, researchers, and government is needed to fulfil world-wide Sustainable Development Goals, was the main take-away message from the CHISA conference, Prague, 22-25 August 2022. Professor David Rivas gave a plenary lecture...
by Jan Harmsen | Dec 21, 2021 | News, Vocabulary
I review papers on the subject of Process Intensification (PI). Often the researchers struggle with the proper use of terms. I also give a course on PI for industrial chemical engineering practitioners. In some cases, participants struggle with the meaning of terms...
by Jan Harmsen | Nov 29, 2021 | News
Here are the ten rules for successful scale-up of processes to industrial production scale. The rules have been derived from literature on scale-up and validated by industrial scale implementations. The rules are applicable to continuous and batch operated processes...
by Jan Harmsen | Oct 21, 2021 | News
By affinity separation one component is selectively separated from a soup of components. It is very attractive for separations in pharmaceuticals, food, and drinking water industry branches. Latest results from industry partners and academia were presented at the...
by Jan Harmsen | Oct 15, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Developing a new process typically takes 6 years. It even can take decades. However, it can be faster and still have a successful in start-up. Here are four key elements for a faster and still reliable scale-up. Follow all critical success factors for development and...
by Jan Harmsen | Oct 15, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Seminar: NL GUTS Topic: Affinity Separation Date/time: Wednesday October 20th 2021 / 10.00h -17.30h Location: BODEC, Scheepsboulevard 3, 5705 KZ Helmond News item By affinity separation one component is selectively separated from a component soup. It is...
