Industrial gases industry technology

Paper Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Technology Park/ Atlantic P.O. Box 105113 Atlanta, Ga. 30348 TAPPI Standards and TAPPI Yearbook cover all aspects of pulp (qv) and paper (qv) testing and associated standards. 

The Combined (Brayton-Rankine) Cycle The 1990s has seen the rebirth of the combined cycle, the combination of gas turbine technologies with the steam turbine. This has been a major shift for the utility industry, which was heavily steam-tnrbine-oriented with the use of the gas turbine for peaking power. In this combined cycle, the hot gases from the turbine exhaust are used in a heat recoveiy steam generator or in some cases in a snpplementaiy fired boiler to produce superheated steam. 

When the decision is made to install an automatic detection system, the fire/gas detection technology should be carefully selected to match the expected hazard and the environment in which it will be installed. The design and installation of a reliable fire/gas detection system in an industrial facility should only be done by experienced personnel. Otherwise, the facility owner may have an inappropriate system and may be plagued by nuisance alarms and high maintenance costs. 

Most hazardous wastes are produced in the manufacturing of products for domestic consumption, or various industrial applications. Rapid development and improvement of industrial technologies, products, and practices frequently increase the generation rate of hazardous substances (including both useful materials and waste materials). These hazardous substances, which can be in the form of gas, liquid, or solid, must be properly handled in order to protect the plant personnel, the general public, and the environment. 

One example is the production of aspirin from natural gas. Current industrial technology involves the steps... 

The Thermatrix, Inc., PADRE process is a commercial, off-gas treatment technology that purifies airstreams contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The PADRE vapor treatment process traps VOCs using filter beds that contain a proprietary resin. This regenerative adsorption method involves an on-line treatment bed for infiuent air, while another bed undergoes a desorption cycle. PADRE often works in conjunction with soil vapor extraction or air stripping systems. The PADRE process can be applied at site remediation projects, industrial wastewater facilities, and industrial air processing sites. 

Natural esters are widely used by the aroma and fragrance industries because of their fruity or floral taste/odor. Many of them are alkyl esters of formic, acetic, propionic, and butyric acids. The development of an efficient biotechnological process, compatible with the natural label for the products but offering costs comparable to the costs of chemical processes, has been achieved, representing the first application of gas/solid technology on an industrial scale [51]. 

Baker, R.W. (2002) Future Directions of Membrane Gas Separation Technology. Industrial el Engineering Chemistry Research, 41 (6), 1393-1411. 

The bench-scale experimentation and pilot-scale testing required to develop new flue gas treatment technology entail large expenditures. The funding sources available to meet this need are the state and federal governments, the combined utility industry through the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the major boiler and flue gas treatment system manufacturers. Each must play a productive role in the conduct of this research. 

Bessarabov, D. (1999). Membrane gas-separation technology in the petrochemical industry, Membrane Technol. 107, 9. 

Kuuskraa, V.A., and L.J. Pekot. 2003. Defining Optimum C02 Sequestration Sites for Power and Industrial Plants. Pp. 609-614 in online Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, October 1-4, 2002, Kyoto, Japan, J. Gale and Y. Kaya, eds. Elsevier Science. 

MUller U etal (1990) In Gas Separation Technology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 255 Otowa T (1991) In Adsorptive Separation (M Suzuki, ed), Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, p 273... 

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