MODERN REACTORS IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Fertilizers are substances that supply one or more of the chemicals required for plant growth. Fertilizers can be both organic and inorganic. As per industry experts it is said that there are sixteen elements that are absolutely necessary for plant growth. Out of these sixteen 9 elements are required in large quantities while the other seven are needed in smaller amounts. Since agriculture is a very important sector it goes without saying that the fertilizer industry is one which the Indian economy cannot do without. The fertilizer industry in India is extremely vital as it manufactures some of the most important raw materials required for crop production. The primary objective of this industry is to ensure the inflow of both primary and secondary elements required for crop production in the desirable quantities. The success of the agricultural sector in India is largely dependent on the fertilizer industry. The benchmark that the food industry in India has set is mainly due to the man...

  Nuclear energy , also called  atomic energy ,  energy  that is released in significant amounts in processes that affect atomic nuclei, the dense cores of  atoms .  Nuclear power can be obtained from  nuclear fission ,  nuclear decay  and  nuclear fusion  reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of  uranium  and  plutonium . Nuclear decay processes are used in niche applications such as  radioisotope thermoelectric generators .  Generating electricity from  fusion power  remains at the focus of international research. Components of Nuclear Reactor: BACK THEN: It would be worthwhile here to have a look at first in which the Noble Prize winner Enrico Fermi and his colleagues proved the possibility of sustained fission reaction. The very first time man created a chain reaction in a reactor named as Chicago Pile on 2 nd December 1942....

  The  petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of  exploration ,  extraction ,  refining ,  transporting  (often by  oil tankers  and  pipelines ), and marketing of  petroleum products . The largest volume products of the industry are  fuel oil  and  gasoline  (petrol).  Petroleum  is also the raw material for many  chemical products , including  pharmaceuticals ,  solvents ,  fertilizers ,  pesticides , synthetic fragrances, and  plastics . The extreme monetary value of oil and its products has led to it being known as "black gold". The industry is usually divided into three major components:  upstream ,  midstream , and  downstream .  Now, lets take a look at some prominent reactors used in Petroleum industry. Trickle Bed Reactor (TBR): A  trickle-bed reactor (TBR) is a...

   What is Chemical Engineering? Before getting into our mainstream topic, let's try to understand what is chemical engineering. There are many definitions given by great scholars to this field, however first lets start with the simple one. Basically, it is the process of producing chemicals on LARGE SCALE . Remember the term LARGE SCALE is very important. Though this is not the technical definition, it’s the easiest one and can be understood by anyone. Now, what distinguishes a chemist from a Chemical Engineer? Chemist performs the experiment on small scale in a lab. That is, he will take ‘x’ grams of A and ‘y’ grams of B and mix it in a test tube and may be he will shake it and heat it on a bunsen burner.  Now, if we want to produce the same chemical on Large Scale then we need to take ‘x’ and ‘y’ in tones and say we take a batch reactor. Now how to shake this big rector? That’s where CH Engineer comes in context. It’s engineer’s duty to find what to do now....