Solids Flow

Recently I was in Houston teaching an AIChE course on flow of solids in bins, silos and hoppers. During our discussions, repurposing of plant equipment, such as using an existing pump for a new process line, a liquid storage …

No, this has nothing to do with the movie “The Purge”! Sorry for the disappointment! However, I am going to write about an interesting topic here, that is if you are interested in bulk solids handling applications. The chemical industry …

A few years back a client came to us in a panic. The investors were ready to pull the plug on a new technology converting biomass to energy because non-uniform feed into the reactor was not allowing the pilot process …

Handling of moist bulk solids when temperatures fall below 0°C is a challenge for operations; flow problems will occur. Freezing related flow problems are due to temperature differences between the bulk solid and contact surfaces. The following describe four possible …