Wastewater management in two companies representing the pharmaceutical industry was investigated and implemented. The results showed that the integration of the pollution prevention approach followed by an equalization tank reduced the organic load up to 70%, while further chemical treatment using either alum or ferric chloride aided with lime produced a quality of effluent suitable for restric...

The scale of the global chemical industry is enormous: in 2003, the total value of global production exceeded US$1.7 trillion. International logistics is especially crucial to the high-value chemicals industry, since raw materials sources, production facilities, and consumer markets are distributed globally. Fluctuating demand, imbalanced trade flows, and expensive transportation equipment nece...

BACKGROUND In the past decade, an enormous number of new bioprocesses have evolved in the biotechnology industry. These bioprocesses have to be developed fast and at a maximum productivity. Up to now, only few microbioreactors were developed to fulfill these demands and to facilitate sample processing. One predominant reaction platform is the shaken microtiter plate (MTP), which provides high-t...

A Model Predictive Control (MPC) implementation was developed for a university campus chilled water plant. The plant includes three water-cooled chillers and a two million gallon chilled water storage tank. The tank is charged during the night to minimize on-peak electricity consumption and take advantage of the lower ambient wet bulb temperature. A detailed model of the chilled water plant and...

An LPG tank fabncated by a major manufacturer in the late 1940s with rolled skid plate, commonly used in steel floor construction, burst catastrophcally under direct sunlight. The rupture caused extensive property damage and fatal injury. Metallurgxal analysis revealed that at time of fabrication the full penetration longitudinal seam weld of the tank had been torch cut and then reconnected wit...

Septic tanks are used for the removal of organic particulates in wastewaters by physical accumulation instead of through the biological production of biogas. Improved biogas production in septic tanks is crucial to increase the potential of this system for both energy generation and organic matter removal. In this study, the effect on the biogas production and biogas quality of coupling a 20 L ...

The gas holdup and flow dynamics in a laboratory scale Rushton-turbine flotation tank were simulated using the dispersed k- turbulence model and Eulerian-Eulerian multiphase modelling approach. The inherent uncertainties in the CFD predictions were quantified by examining the model and numerical (i.e., discretization) uncertainties. The contribution of model uncertainty was explored by conside...

quantitative analysis of production through evaluation of inputs consumption quantity is of main principles in agricultural policies, which is followed by increasing in production through optimal use of resources. this study has been conducted to estimate different types of production functions in mechanized farms of broiler chicks located in gorgan city. cross-section survey data were gathered...