The Fluid bed reactor for cracking petroleum
The first commercial circulating fluid bed reactor, PCLA #1 (Powdered Catalyst Louisiana), went on stream on May 25, 1942, in […]
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The beginnings of the catalysis society in USA & the world
History of the Catalysis Society in USA In 1949, a group of 7 scientists met in Philadelphia to discuss the
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Sohio Acrylonitrile Process
Acrylonitrile is used to produce plastics that are impermeable to gases and are ideal for shatterproof bottles that hold chemicals
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Mobil Research Team Inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame
Mobil research team, Clarence Chang, Dr. Anthony Silvestri and William Lang, were charged with doing exploratory research to open new
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Hydrogenation of Fats and Oils
This is a huge business (worldwide consumption of fats and oils was ~180 billion pounds in 2000) in which hydrogenation
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Engelhard Scientists Honored For Auto-Emission Technology Breakthrough
ISELIN, NJ, November 11, 2004— Local Engelhard scientists who invented a novel technology that enables automakers to cost effectively comply
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Eger Murphree and the Four Horsemen: FCC, Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Donald Campbell, Homer Martin, Eger Murphree and Charles Tyson, who were known for their development of a process still used
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Early Automotive Exhaust Catalysts
When catalysts were first put on American vehicles in the fall of 1974 (1975 model year), their function was to
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Cracking of crude petroleum to gasoline
The first full-scale commercial catalytic cracker for the selective conversion of crude petroleum to gasoline went on stream at the
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50 Years of Catalysis
1st DECADE: 1949 — 1958 Late 1940s to Early 1950s — Robert M. Milton and Donald W. Breck, Union Carbide, develop