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Similar to processing mined rock salt, solar salt may be cmshed, screened, and kiln dried or fluidized-bed dried. Coarse solar salt is a premium product because of high purity and relatively large crystal size. It is in particular demand for use to regenerate the resin in cation-exchange water softeners... 

The decline in distilled spirits consumption is likely to continue, but will be somewhat ameHorated by the increased consumer interest in high price premium products and the increased activity in the international markets. Eor example, Japan is importing significant amounts of American bourbon, a trend that will probably continue. 

Sintered PVC separators are frequently produced only for captive consumption beyond that there are specialized producers for these separators [64,68,69] and for equipment for their production [64]. The data compiled in Table 6 comprise only premium products of independent producers. 

All consumer films and professional stock continue to be offered on cellulose triacetate. All its X-ray and micro photographic film is supported on PET. Only Advantix is on PEN. The primary issue is the cost of PEN, which may be why it has not been adopted widely in packaging. Its transport characteristics for bottles is excellent because of its physical characteristics. Its cost is high but a premium price in a premium product is more acceptable than it would be in Kodak s mainstream product range. 

For gourmet food retail stores, it is important to be aware that there will be strong competition from other premium products being sold. The farmer should also be aware of the customer profile and (by simply looking in shopping baskets) get some idea of current preferences. Not many gourmet food shops or health food stores have fresh meat counters, whereas restaurants require regular supplies of fresh meat. Fresh and frozen meat are two different markets and require different distribution channels. 

The synergism of a dual-catalyst system comprising of Pt/ZSM-12 and H-Beta aiming to improve the benzene product purity during transalkylation of aromatics has been studied. Catalyst compositions of the dual-catalyst system were optimized at various reaction temperatures in terms of benzene product purity and premium product yields. Accordingly, a notable improvement in benzene purity at 683 K that meets the industrial specification was achieved using the cascade dual-bed catalyst. 

The effect of the H-Beta ratio (y in wt%) in the dual-bed Pt/Z12(x) HB(y) catalyst system on the benzene purity at a reaction temperature (Tr) of 623 K is shown in Fig. 1. It is evident that the benzene purity gradually increased with increasing H-Beta ratio (Fig. la), eventually reaching a plateau value which meets the industrial specification of 99.85% at y 40 wt%. The effects of catalyst bed ratio on product yields are shown in Fig. lb. Comparing to the single-bed catalyst Pt/Z 12 (i.e., y = 0), the overall premium product yields of benzene and xylene (A68 yield) over the dual-bed catalyst Pt/Z12(x) HB(y) system reached an maximum at y 10 wt%. That the A68 yield dwindled and tetramethylbenzene (TEMB) increased with further increase in the H-Beta ratio may be attributed to the larger pore opening possessed by the bottom (H-beta) catalyst, which may provoke disproportionation of TMB to form tetramethylbenzene (TEMB) [8],... 

Premium Products. By the late 1970 s two dry process forms, Polish Air Prills and Procor GX granules were emerging as the front runners in the premium product stakes. Although air is the common heat sink in both of these processes the mechanism of... 

Commercial white oak furnished 90% of all tight cooperage in the United States as early as 1908 (3). Tight cooperage reached its maximum production in the United States in 1929 at nearly 107 million m3 of wood consumed, dropped until 1952, and then rose slightly to about 26 million m3 in 1962 (33). Present production is believed similar. These figures illustrate the decline in the use of wooden cooperage, but they also indicate that, with less demand for barrels and their use primarily for premium products, the oak used can be restricted to the best. The situation in Europe appears similar. 

Nevertheless, the fears of some manufacturers, who wish to maintain their premium products at high gross margins, may very well be justified, as more and more suppliers are offering low-priced direct equivalents to the more recognized phosphonates and polymers. In most sections of the world market today, there are low-priced suppliers for almost all of the standard formulatory organic inhibitors. 

PMA has always been marketed (by the Water Additives Business of Great Lakes, and previously by FMC Corp. and Ciba-Geigy prior to that) as a premium product with a price to match however, similar to the phos-phonates, the technology has become more widely available in recent years and other manufacturers have entered the market, which has tended to keep prices stable. 

PANELIST SCHMID In all of our economics, we have calculated the required selling price for the total Btu output of the plant and presented the economics this way. This is admittedly an oversimplification, because it does not take into consideration any possible price differential between the gas and the liquids. However, we feel that a differential is justifiable. The gas is undoubtedly more of a premium product than the liquid, and without a controlled market there certainly would be a price differential. Exactly what this would be is open to question. This is really yet to be tackled. There are some ways of trying to... 

Needle Coke. Usually produced from highly aromatic thermal tar, pyrolysis tar or decanted oil stocks. This coke is typically characterized by a fibrous texture with long, unidirectional "needles" of coke. This form of coke is a premium product, which is sold to the carbon industry for use in the manufacture of large graphite electrodes. 

There are literally hundreds of commercial catalytic processes carried out for high and low volume premium products. Only a few have been selected below as examples of everyday products essential for a high quality life. Table 1 also presents listings of some of the major catalytic processes but the reader is directed to references given in this review for a more complete listing.9... 

Fractionation of Palm Kernel Oil. As in palm oil, palm kernel oil can also be fractionated via the dry, detergent, and solvent processes (62). The principles applied are quite similar. The conditions of operation, however, are quite different because of the different triglyceride composition and crystallization behavior of palm kernel oil. In the dry fraction process, the separation of palm kernel olein from the palm kernel stearin is effected by hydraulic pressing under high pressure. In this case, the palm kernel stearin, which is an important material for production of lauric-basic cocoa butter substitute, is the premium product. Its yield ranges from 25 to 40% depending on the process used. 

Pure vegetable shortening quickly assumed a position of preeminence and was accepted as a premium product both by the housewife and the commercial user or baker. The bland flavor, uniform white color, and smooth texture were probably the prime factors influencing acceptance by the consumer. Undoubtedly, these factors also influenced the bakers, but the deciding factors were the increased stability and the improved creaming properties (4). 

Blending the raw distillable products prior to refining takes advantage of their complementary characteristics. High-octane naphtha from direct coal liquefaction is blended with low-octane naphtha from indirect coal liquefaction, and high-cetane diesel from indirect coal liquefaction is blended with low-cetane diesel from direct coal liquefaction. The blended liquids require less refining to meet premium product specifications than if they were refined separately. 

Apart from Florida, also one Spanish citrus factory produced freeze concentrated juice which was then sold as a premium product. 

Onyx Classica [ALCOA]. AL,03 3H20. TM for a filler flame-retardant in the premium products of the synthetic marble industry. 

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