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 Chemical Engineering
The Chemical Engineering Section in the Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering Division develops technology and performs services for the petroleum refining,
natural gas processing, chemical intermediates, and natural products industries. Process simulation,
trial production runs, problem solving, and the production of custom chemicals have been
performed to support government agencies, refiners, and other industries.
To serve these research areas, a full hydrocarbon laboratory is
set up for type analyses, physical property determination, species identification, and
studies related to hydrocarbon utilization such as compatibility, stability, lubricity, reactivity,
and others. Capabilities include measurements on semisolids like wax and
asphalt.
Jimell Erwin,
Ph.D.,
Director
Technical strengths in the section include:
- Pilot scale fuel hydrotreating and reforming
- Process experiments for optimization
- Hydrocarbon characterization
- Continuous and batch distillation
- Blending and compounding
- Optimization and testing of fuel properties
- Pilot plant service and automation
- Separations by adsorption and filtration
- Natural gas processing
- Waste destruction and recycling
- Supercritical water oxidation
- Supercritical carbon dioxide cleaning
Hydrocarbons
Fuels
Technology
Microencapsulation and Nanomaterials
Department
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division
SwRI Technical Divisions
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