Changing from Batch to Continuous Processing

Photo by Lalit Kumar on Unsplash Our approaches to process engineering must always be evolving. Otherwise, we’ll never grow and innovate. Recently, I contributed a feature to The Chemical Engineer on making the change from batch to continuous processing. Here's an edited version of that article for my loyal blog readers.  As there is a push to become more efficient, many process industries have begun thinking about continuous processing. Many specialty and fine chemical operations are batch…


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Filtration more art than science?

  Photo by Crystal Kwok on Unsplash At BHS-Filtration, our Art and Science of Filtration (AS0F) newsletter is now in its eighth year. Instead of experiencing a seven-year-itch, we're perhaps facing an eight year one as I started off the latest installment wondering if filtration isn't sometimes more of an art than a science. As we continue into 2017, the newsletter will focus on the art of filtration through case studies and creative problem solving. To start us out, issue 8.1, focuses on…