Archive for the 'Technology' Category

The term “biomass fuel” is a broad term that encompasses all leaves, roots, seeds, and stalks of all plants as well as animal waste. Anything that can burn and decompose can be a biomass fuel, or also called biofuel. Although crude oil is not considered biomass, but it once was millions of years ago.
The wood [...]

I’m interested in the glycerol to olefin project which supports the green technology efforts. However, China in the other hand, perhaps because they have substantial coal reserves have long planned to commission their Coal-to-Olefin (CTO) project. This is confirmed from the news which I just read from Steelguru.com, below:
It is reported that three Chinese factories [...]

I’m preparing a list of universities, institution, research centers etc that provides catalyst characterization equipments. The list, as can seen below, will be updated from time to time and I hope this can be a good reference for our research. If you know any place or any institution or any organization that provides related characterization  [...]

Frankly, as a chemical engineer, I have never really studied or know much about laser. Laser, an acronym for light amplification by stipulated emission of radiation, is a really interesting area to study and apply. My nearest experience with laser is merely using a laser pointer during presentations and also a so called laser printer. [...]

This is just not alternative at the time of rising fuel prices. It is also a way to “green”. To lessen our reliance on costly, polluting fossil fuels, a lot of new energy sources are being explored. Wind energy, hybrid cars, electric cars, hydrogen fuel cells, biodiesel and ethanol. You would find the world of [...]

Ten years ago I began my Chemical Engineering masters degree. The title of my master thesis was “Optmization of oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2+ products”. That time, I was so interested with the topic energy. That’s why I opted that research field because I want to help and contribute to seek for ways [...]

HP-CPP upgrading and training

Lately, a three days training program  organized by CREG-UTM and Intran company on High Pressure fixed bed down flow once through mode Catatest unit were accomplished. The training course was mainly concerning on the up-grading and running of the HP-CPP software. The catatest unit was modified by installation of high-pressure Gas-Liquid separator to become on/off [...]

Premier Energy Redefining Energy

At Premier Energy, you can talk of redefined energy providence wherever the company decides to venture. Premier energy Corp. is an international gas and oil company that is well-organized wielding apt standings under the laws of the United States, within the State of Florida. The company has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas in the [...]

Working on a dissertation or any other major paper or article means lots of research, usually from lots of sources. Having remote means of research and remote ways of capturing information you might find inadvertently can be a tremendous help when you’re in the midst of a big paper or business project. Most of us [...]

CREG organized a Reactive Distillation class for its members on 17 August 2009. Prof. Dr. Jahanmiri, a visiting professor from University of Shiraz,  Iran gave an interesting presentation about reactive distillation and application of an Adaptive Network based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) to optimize the esterification of oleic acid. From the class, we are more [...]






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