Fundamentals of Solid-Liquid Separation: What I'm Presenting at Powder & Bulk Solids Houston
Ask five process engineers how they picked their last separation technology, and you'll get five different answers. That gap is exactly what I'm addressing at this year's Powder & Bulk Solids conference in Houston, where I've been asked to organize all eight wet processing sessions…
Summertime Reading: The Florida Noir
Normally, for my summertime reading suggestion, I select books that relate to innovation, technology and similar genres that interest me. This summer I went in a new direction; it's not really a beach read but a swamp read.
The book I just finished reading is about the dark…
AI, Digital Twins, Machine Learning and Smart Automation
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In my recent Chemical Processing Magazine column, "Barry on Batteries: Digitalization Tackles Battery Recycling's Operational Challenges," I posited that the battery recycling sector must evolve from simple physical processing into sophisticated…
Manual Revolution for Summer Driving
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Sometimes after a hard day of solid-liquid separation testing or lithium ion battery recycling, it’s nice to unwind on the winding roads of North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. And what better way to travel than with a mechanical click of a manual gear shift.
I…
Black Mass and Battery Materials Need Industrywide Testing Standards
In February, I had the opportunity to share my perspective on battery material testing standards in Avicenne Energy's Expert Corner. This is an abbreviated version of the article:
Right now, the lithium battery value chain has a blind spot: there’s no consistent, industrywide way to measure what’s…