Directed process steps

Figure 10.5 The direct chlorination step of the vinyl chloride process using a liquid phase reactor. (From McNaughton, Chem. Engg., December 12, 1983, pp. 54-58 reproduced by permission.)...

The above direct process does not produce a high yield of ions, but it does form many molecules in the vapor phase. The yield of ions can be greatly increased by applying a second ionization method (e.g., electarn ionization) to the vaporized molecules. Therefore, laser desorption is often used in conjunction with a second ionization step, such as electron ionization, chemical ionization, or even a second laser ionization pulse. 

Fig. 17. Schematic photocopier or digital printer. The numbers correspond to the six process steps described in text. The arrow indicates the direction of...

For some apphcations, eg, foam mbber, high soHds (>60%) latices are requited. In the direct process, the polymerization conditions are adjusted to favor the production of relatively large average particle-size latices by lowering the initial emulsifier and electrolyte concentration and the water level ia the recipe, and by controlling the initiation step to produce fewer particles. Emulsifier and electrolyte are added ia increments as the polymerization progresses to control latex stabiUty. A latex of wt% soHds is obtained and concentrated by evaporation to 60—65 wt % soHds. 

The direct process involves significantly fewer steps than the Grignard process and is more economical in the use of raw materials. This may be seen by considering the production of chlorosilanes by both processes starting from the basic raw materials. For the Grignard process the basic materials will normally be sand, coke, chlorine and methane and the following steps will be necessary before the actual Grignard reaction ... 

On the other hand only the additional steps (1) and (3) will be required in the direct process which gives the summarised equation ... 

Normalization, is an adjustment to a data set that equalizes the magnitude of each sample. In other words, normalization removes all information about the distance each data point lies from the origin of the data space but preserves the direction. Normalization has a relatively limited number of special applications. For example, it is frequently used a pre-processing step in preparing reference spectra for a qualitative identification library. The idea is to retain only the information that qualitatively distinguishes one sample from another while removing all information that could separate two samples of identical composition but different concentrations. 

For example, TCM can be used to determine the plastic process that is best for production without extensive expenditures of capital and time. Not only can TCM be used to establish direct comparisons between processes, but it can also determine the ultimate performance of a particular process, as well as identifying the limiting process steps and parameters. 

Rtihl [141] has reported on very large scale SS-GFAAS and XRF analysis of Cd in polymers for product control purposes in the automobile industry (approximately 20 000 parts per year) as a reaction on a Swedish law for environmental protection (upper limit of 75ppm). Another sample of direct SS-GFAAS in industry is the control of all raw materials, processing steps, and products for adhesive tapes for the content of Cu, Mn, Fe, Cd and Pb, which act as a rubber poison by catalytic effects [144]. 

Simple material-balance problems involving only a few streams and with a few unknowns can usually be solved by simple direct methods. The relationship between the unknown quantities and the information given can usually be clearly seen. For more complex problems, and for problems with several processing steps, a more formal algebraic approach can be used. The procedure is involved, and often tedious if the calculations have to be done manually, but should result in a solution to even the most intractable problems, providing sufficient information is known. 

The number and types of processing steps are directly related to the purity of the product and raw materials. This means the capital and operating costs are very dependent on the quality that is specified. The design engineer must determine whether it is cheaper to buy a relatively cheap, impure raw material and then purify it, or buy an expensive, clean feed stock that can be used without further modification. 

In a petroleum refinery a large number of different products are produced, and the demand for some of these products is seasonal. For instance, there is not much need for residential fuel oil in the summer. The price of products also varies from day to day. To optimize the company s profit, it is therefore necessary periodically to vary the amount of each product produced. This can be done by changing the amounts of material sent to cracking units and reformers and by changing the conditions in these and other process steps. Some petroleum companies provide a computer with the data on market prices, current inventories, and crude oil compositions. The computer output then specifies the operating conditions that will yield the greatest profit for the company. The computer could then make the changes in these conditions directly, or this could be done manually. 

The reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline is a major industrial process at the heart of the production of polyurethanes, and it is also often used as a marker reaction to compare activities of catalysts [1,2], It can be performed over a variety of catalysts and in a variety of solvents. As well as its main use in polymethanes, aniline is used in a wide range of industries such as dyes, agrochemicals, by further reaction and functionalisation. Reductive alkylation is one such way of functionalising aromatic amines [3, 4], The reaction usually takes place between an amine and a ketone, aldehyde or alcohol. However it is possible to reductively alkylate direct from the nitro precursor to the amine and in this way remove a processing step. In this study we examined the reductive alkylation of nitrobenzene and aniline by 1-hexanol. 

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