4 Day CHEMCAD-COURSE Near Rome

Usually my CHEMCAD Courses are two days in length, this was double time 🙂 The 8 participants from Asia and Europe were great. There were tons of questions, discussions and very nice restaurant visits in the evening: I very much thank the CTO of the company for this course and hope I could benefit their … Continue reading →

GVT-Course ” Fundamentals of Selection, Synthesis and Design of Thermal Separation Processes” in Oldenburg

This course started 1997 in German language and takes place twice a year in German and English language since 2005. This time again there was a very interested group of participants, who seemed to enjoy the 3 resp. 4 days a lot. For the first time, the 4th day was lectured by Dr. Christian Möllmann … Continue reading →

Part of the ChEPS Faculty at KMUTT

I am proud to say I am now part of the faculty at ChEPS-KMUTT. For a long time I was aware of the impressive activities of the director Dr. Hong-Ming Ku (see picture below). The Chemical Engineering Practice School (ChEPS) at KMUTT was implemented in cooperation with MIT and sponsoring by public and industry and … Continue reading →

Master Course “Chemical Process Development” at the University of Oldenburg

This years course “Chemical Process Development” was very full and successful. 27 participants completed 12 design projects. For the first time I gave this course in the English language and had a first foreign student from the group of Prof. Apichat (SUT, Nakhon Ratchasima). After their design projects, 4 students continued the topic abroad, 2 in … Continue reading →

New Publication: Measurement, correlation and prediction of isothermal vapor–liquid equilibria of different systems containing vegetable oils

Measurement, correlation and prediction of isothermal vapor–liquid equilibria of different systems containing vegetable oils Patrícia C. Belting, Jürgen Gmehling, Rainer Bölts, Jürgen Rarey, Roberta Ceriani, Osvaldo Chiavone-Filho, Antonio J.A. Meirelles ABSTRACT: Thermodynamic properties, in particular vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data, are required for the development of reliable predictive models for systems with fatty compounds. Isothermal VLE … Continue reading →

Advanced Training Agreement With a Large Chemical Company

I always felt that my 2 or 3 day courses provide a good start for chemical thermodynamics and physical properties in process simulation. Once the participants start to apply the knowledge, they definitely would benefit from further coaching, which is not available in the current course structure. Now the first large company entered into a … Continue reading →

Block Course “Chemical Process Development” was a success :-)

From Feb. 16 – 20 and March 2 – 20 I taught a full day course on “Chemical Process Development” to 26 very motivated and hard working students. The course included: Introduction, Overview Aspen Plus Intro Course Dortmund Data Bank (DDB) and DDB Software Package Chemical Thermodynamics for Process Simulation (Mostly in GVT-Course) Separation Process … Continue reading →

Publication accepted by “Chemical Reviews”

This was good news, our publication has been accepted by Chemical Reviews, a very prestigious journal 🙂 “Saturation vapor pressures and transition enthalpies of low-volatility organic molecules of atmospheric relevance: from dicarboxylic acids to complex mixtures” Bilde, Merete; Barsanti, Kelley; Booth, Alastair; Cappa, Christopher; Donahue, Neil; Emanuelsson, Eva; McFiggans, Gordon; Krieger, Ulrich; Marcolli, Claudia; Topping, David; Ziemann, … Continue reading →

CHEMCAD Basic Course Taught in Joure – The Netherlands

Two days at a pleasant company in Joure for a CHEMCAD Basic course. I think they will benefit a lot from introducing the simulator. On the way back shopping Dutch – cheese, flaa and the like 🙂 The supra still runs smooth on the highway. 250 no problem and the engine feels much cleaner now.

Publication Accepted: “A Universal Segment Approach for the Prediction of Activity Coefficients of Complex Pharmaceuticals in Non-electrolyte Solvents”

Today our publication was accepted by Fluid Phase Equilibria: A Universal Segment Approach for the Prediction of Activity Coefficients of Complex Pharmaceuticals in Non-electrolyte Solvents Kuveneshan Moodley, Jürgen Rarey, Deresh Ramjugernath