By : Branden Drew In today’s world, pollution control is one of the most important aspects of a process. Whether it ispreventing toxins from entering the air, poisoning water sources, or littering the earth, preventativemeasures must be taken. Cyclones are a form of pollution control that reduces larger sized particulatematter in vapor streams. Due to …
With meat being one of the main food groups in our diets, it is important to have plenty of livestock and slaughterhouses to meet demands. In the US alone, there are roughly 2,700 slaughterhouses who butcher cattle, chicken, lamb, swine, and any other meat providing animal that you can think of. Slaughterhouses mainly focus on …
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of many chemicals that can derived from hemp plants. It is a popularherbal medicine that it known to help with anxiety, depression, treats select epilepsy syndromes,helps with PTSD symptoms, opioid addiction, and many more. In order to extract the CBD, thehemp must first be dried. Drying the hemp is crucial to …
Calcining and pyrolyzing are different processes and reactions but both can be done in an indirect fired rotary dryer with typically the same type of feed and discharge systems. The primary difference in equipment occurs outside the “reactor” or “kiln” which is the indirectly heated dryer. Calcination is the process of thermally treating a chemical …
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Calcination is the process of heating a solid compound to a temperature that is under its melting point ina low oxygen environment. The purpose of this is to remove impurities, volatile substances, or tothermally decompose the material. This allows a wide range of feed materials. The most common feedmaterial is calcium carbonate, also known as …
Animals play an important role in our society. Livestock produce natural resources such as fur, wool, andleather as well as providing food like eggs, milk, and meat. To provide enough of these resources,massive farms are the homes of over 1.6 billion animals in the US alone and 70 billion world wide. Tofeed this massive quantity …
Remediation is defined by Oxford Languages as the action of remedying something, in particular of reversing or stopping environmental damage. There are three types of remediation, and they are soil remediation, groundwater/surface water remediation, and sediment remediation. This post will focus on soil and sediment remediation. Soil remediation refers to the process of removing contaminants …
By : Branden Drew Fly ash is a by-product of coal fuel combustion. Clay is typically entrapped during the formation of coal. When coal is burnt, the incombustible clay particles are left behind as ash. In grate boilers, incombustible ash agglomerates as cinders through prolonged residence time. The ground clay escapes along with flue …
Coal fired power plants produce a variety of residual waste products from the combustion of coal in boilers, furnaces and incinerators. Two primary types of ash are those residuals. Fly ash is a light end, small and air borne particle that flies away hence the name “fly ash”. It is typically collected in a scrubber …
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By: Branden Drew Methane is the second biggest factor in climate change by greenhouse gasses. Methane is produced by the decay of organic material and is produced primarily by natural gas and petroleum systems, enteric fermentation (digestion process of animals), landfills, and manure management according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Enteric fermentation and …