Process design research recommendations

There should be an oral presentation towards the end of the semester to the management (which is your classmates, the professor, and the invitees) on your business plan for a proposed new product on the innovative product idea, on market and technology analysis, on the financial and environmental analysis, and on your recommended action. Be prepared to answer searching questions from your management, and to hear constructive comments intended to improve your research, your analysis, your recommendation, and your presentation skills. If time permits, it would be useful to take all the comments and constructive suggestions into consideration, and make a second oral presentation. The product design project concludes with the submission of a written report, which would be in parallel with the traditional process design project. 

This paper uses pyrolysis products from an air-blown, fluidized-bed reactor designed to produce liquids for use in adhesives as an illustration of what might be produced, separated and sold commercially for higher value. Guidelines for chemicals production and product recovery are suggested for pyrolysis processes in general. Recommended research and development topics to aid commercialization and increase chemical product recovery and project cash flow are presented. 

Recommendation 5 addresses the Verification and Validation for Equipment Design and recommends that Research should be conducted and implemented on processes and methods of verification and validation (includes validation of requirements) during the design of highly integrated systems that specifically address failures andfailure effects resulting from... 

Continuous pilot-plant test runs are generally recommended to verify the laboratory results and to estabhsh criteria for plant design. Facihties for these runs are available at a number of minerals-processing research centers. 

Allhough Ihe ceramification and SYNROC lechnologies are being researched to develop a final waste form for plutonium-contaminated materials, no experiments with plutonium have been performed. The SMITE process is designed for the treatment of solid, inorganic materials. The final waste form will leach in acidic solutions so storage in a basic environment is recommended. 

Different stationary phases have different polarity and chemical composition and are designed for the separation of different classes of organic compounds. The proper selection of the stationary phase is a key to a successful separation. The selection process has been made easy due to the efforts of column manufacturers who conduct research in the area of environmental pollutant analysis and offer a range of columns specifically designed for dilferent applications. The EPA validates analytical methods using these state-of-the-art columns and recommends them as part of the approved methods. 

In silico analysis, while necessary, is not sufficient to validate a presumptive target. It is necessary that one finalize this process by examining, in vitro and/or in vivo, the assumptions underlying the hypotheses captured in the biosimulation mns. The obvious experiments were recommended based on the in silico predictions captured in table 14.3. Since the PhysioLab platform is transparent and can illustrate the physiological effects and conditions underlying these hypothetical functions, a research plan was specifically designed that described, in detail, the laboratory experiments required to confirm the hypotheses developed above. 

Chilton recommended that chemical engineeers be involved in four steps of a new (research) process development (1) initial selection of alternative processing steps to be considered (2) laboratory studies of the reactions involved and selection or design of equipment (3) pilot-scale operation and (4) design of the initial plant unit. 

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