Author: Atul Choudhari

Advancements in Sustainable Bioplastics: The Role of Polylactic Acid (PLA) in Environmental Conservation

Introduction Polymers consist of repetitive monomeric units or building blocks interconnected in polymeric chains. These large molecules are typically produced through polymerisation, polycondensation, or polyaddition reactions, traditionally sourced from fossil-based materials. Examples of fossil-based...

Revolutionising Hydrogen Production: The Promise of Natural Gas Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis is a thermochemical process involving the decomposition of organic materials at elevated temperatures without oxygen. In the context of hydrogen production, natural gas pyrolysis refers to the thermal decomposition of methane (the primary...

Curbing Plastic Pollution

Plastics are synthetic polymers made from long-chain molecules and are highly versatile, flexible, lightweight, durable, safe, energy-efficient and cost-effective products used for various applications in every field, such as packaging materials, consumer goods, electronics,...

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Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier

Hydrogen is considered a clean energy carrier; however, it has low density at ambient conditions, making its storage a challenging task.  Several technological options are being considered for hydrogen energy storage. The possibilities for...

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To BLEVE or Not To BLEVE

Accident at Pemex LPG terminal in Mexico City in 1984 is one of the worst disasters that the industry has seen. The facility owned by the government was a conventional large scale (54 storage...

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Blast Resistant Design of Structures

Industrial process plants handling hydrocarbons and other fuels have experienced accidental explosions. Care is taken to minimize explosions in the plant design, however when such incidents occur; the consequences can be very severe involving...

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Restoration of a Distressed Tailing Dam

Introduction   Handling and management of tailings from a process plant is always a tricky and sometimes neglected part of engineering and operation. The tailings in mineral and ore processing plants contain some quantity of...