Chemical Engineer

Before getting straight to pilot plant desig n or pilot plant scale up , we do need to understand ‘what is pilot plant’. Commercial production of anything requires several layers of initial testing which incorporates the machine testing, product testing, quality testing and so forth. In simpler words, the pilot plant can be the case of plant testing. The pilot plant is small-scale plant developed and designed for making all the testing required for the plant to explore any problems or bug in the plant, and finally ensuring a flawless production from the full-scale plant. Or, we can say, a small system developed to find out the behavior and problems (if any) of any process to ensure the error-free and smooth running of the larger system, finally developed for commercial production. But, pilot plant design and pilot plant scale-up are not that easily manageable. So, we have come up with a small guide step in case you are going for a pilot plant before the final commercial p

Entrust the Design of Your Mass Flow Hopper to Chemiprocess that can : Prevent rat hole formation during outflow of powder from the mass flow hopper . Prevent segregation during filling of powder in the hoppers Eliminate arch-formation during outflow of powder from the hoppers Ensure first in – first out behavior of the powder through continuous mass flow hopper Eliminate bin activators, vibration pads and other external attachments to aid powder outflow from hoppers Problems encountered during powder storage in hoppers: Powder does not flow down easily due to bridging which results from formation of arches which requires constant attention and requires external attachments like Knockers, bin-activators, etc. that can affect structural integrity of the hopper. All particles in the powder does not flow out at equal velocities due to sluggish movement on the peripherydue to the phenomenon of funnel flow.

DRYING  is a very versatile and important unit process for the Process Industry. The process that results in reduction of  moisture content in a given material is known as DRYING. We will now discuss how to obtain a perfect hot air dryer design . Obtain a Perfect Hot Air Dryer Design The simplest and hence traditional method of drying a material, specially agricultural material in a country like India, has been to merely spread it under the sun and use the thermal energy available from the sun to gradually evaporate the water. Drying under the sun or the simple solar drying, though the easiest form of drying and p and i diagram , has enough limitations since it requires long duration of drying, large area requirement for the material to be spread , vagaries of nature, etc. This is why, the Industry that is interested in a achieving and maintaining a steady output from the manufacturing facility , consistent quality in terms of its moisture content, best value for money