D I V I S I O N OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING C H E M I S T R Y
CHAIRMAN A. R. RESCORLA Cities Service Oil Co. P. 0. Box 300 Tulsa, Okla.
CHAIRMAN-EL.ECT ARTHUR ROSE Applied Science Lab., Inc P. 0.Box 140 State College, Pa.
SECRETARY J. B. RILEY Enjay Laboratories P. 0.Box45 Linden.N. J.
PROGRAM SECRETARY J. R. FERRON Dept. of Chemical Engr. University of Delaware Newark, Del.
TREASURER LEO FRIEND The M. W. Kellogg Co. 711 Third Avenue New York 17, N.Y.
DIVISION ACTIVITIES AT THE ACS PHILADELPHIA MEETING The Division has planned a full program a t the 147th National Meeting in Philadelphia, April 5-10, 1964. Complete details of the program will be presented in the March 2, 1964, issue of Chemical &? Engineering News; highlights are presented here for your advance planning. Technical sessions to be held a t the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel include symposia on Plasticization and Plasticizer Processes, New Developments in Drying, New Catalytic Reactions in Organic Chemical Processes, and Radionuclide Exchange on Soils, Minerals, and Resins. ACS Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Co., will be presented to Dr. Bruce H. Sage during the General Meeting, Monday evening, April 6. His award address-“Diffusion in Binary Systems”-will be presented a t 11 A.M. on Tuesday. Tuesday evening, a tour of the Valley Forge Space Technology Center of the Spacecraft Department of General Electric Co., world’s largest private facility for space research, employing some 3500 people, has been arranged. Space equipment and apparatus used in simulating environmental conditions in space will be featured during the tour. Buses will leave from the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in downtown Philadelphia a t 4: 30 P.M., the tour will begin at 5:15 P.M., and a dinner will be served a t 6:45 P.M. John L. Sloop, Assistant Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology a t NASA, will speak after dinner. Buses will return to downtown Philadelphia a t the conclusion of the program. Cost for the dinner and tour is $5.00. The I&EC Division Officers Meeting is scheduled for 1 : 30 P.M. on Wednesday, April 8, in the Bellevue-Stratford’s Pink Room. Membership, awards, and future symposia are included on the agenda for this meeting. The National Meeting Planning Committee will meet Wednesday morning to discuss future Division programs. Division members are invited to attend either or both of these meetings. BOOK OF MEETING PAPER ABSTRACTS
The Division will not distribute, as it has in the past, “separates”-that is, a booklet of abstracts of the papers to be presented a t Division programs. However, the complete book of abstracts of all papers to be presented a t the meeting, some 800 in all, is available to Division members for $3.00. T o purchase it, mail the Spring Meeting coupon printed on page 59 of the January 1964 issue of I&EC, validated with an address label from any of your 1964 issues of I&EC, to Special Issue Sales, ACS, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036. If you prefer, come to the Philadelphia meeting with the validated coupon and pick up your book there. OTHER DIVISION NEWS
I n addition to the officers listed regularly on this page, many other members contribute their time and effort to the smooth functioning of the Division. Since members often have need to obtain information of particular divisional activities, the following list of contacts could be useful : Executive Committee
J. 3. Martin, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. R. E. Treybal, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, New York University, New York 53,N. Y J. B. Weaver, Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc., Wilmington, Del.
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New Helium Recovery Plant Employs World’s Largest Cryogenic Heat ExchangersEngineered by Ari Liquide Out on the dusty plains of Liberal, Kansas, is the newest functioning unit of America’s helium conservation program. Engineered and constructed by M.W. Kellogg for National Helium (a joint venture of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. and National Distillers and Chemical Corp.) the plant attains a new high in efficiency of helium extraction from natural gas -well over a guaranteed 95%. The high efficiency, the short dwell time (1 1 minutes from natural gas entry to helium delivery) and the over-all economy of power used, stem from several basic factors: partial enthalpy data developed for liquid methane, some novel handling of fractional distillation at liquid nitrogen temperatures, and Air Liquide’s cryogenic heat exchangers that were designed using the new thermodynamic information.
Cold box- of National Helium Corporation’s new facilities house four huge exchangers - and seventeen smaller ones, all engineered by Air Liquide. The plant liquelies 850 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from Texas and Kansas fields to yield a projected annual one billion cubic feet of helium. A stream of 60% helium/40% nitrogen is fed directly into the Federal conservation line, and the heliumfree natural gas is piped to midwest fuel markets.
Air Liquide is happy to have had a part in this gigantic helium conservation venture. With over 60 years experience in designing, constructing and erecting cryogenic plants and special cryogenic vessels and equipment, piping, handling and storage systems, Air Liquide has become a world leader in this specialized field. More than 1,500 such plants over 250 of them in North America alone -have been engineered and built by Air Liquide.
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DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
CHAIRMAN
A. R. RESCORLA Cities Service Oil Co.
P. 0. Box 300 Tulsa, Okla.
A. A. Jonke, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, Ill. B. Golding (Past Chairman), School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind R. L. Kenyon, ACS Applied Journals, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D. C . 20036
Councilors J. Stewart, Esso Research and Engineering Co., P. 0.Box 51, Linden, N. J. C. M. Cooper, E. I . du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del.
CHAIRMAN-ELECT
ARTHUR ROSE Applied Science Lab., Inc P. 0. Box 140 State College, Pa.
Membership Chairman T. S. Storvick, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Chemical Engineering Symposia Committee Chairman A. S. Michaels, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 39. Mass.
SECRETARY
J. B. RILEY
National Meetings Program Committee Chairman
Enjay Laboratories
N. Platzer, Monsanto Chemical Co , Springfield, Mass.
P. 0. Box 45
Linden, N. J.
Nominating Committee Chairman G. R. Seavy, M. J. Seavy & Sons, 30 Church St., New York 7 , N. Y .
PROGRAM SECRETARY
J. R. FERRON Dept. of Chemical Engr. University of Delware Newark, Del.
TREASURER LEO FRIEND T h e M. W. Kellogg Co. 711 Third Avenue New York 17, N. Y.
ACHEMA M E E T I N G
The Division is cooperating with Germany’s Dechema to sponsor a symposium at the triennial Achema Congress in June of this year. The program is entitled “Possibilities and Limits for the Utilization of Electronic Computers in Chemical Technology” and will be held in Frankfurt, West Germany, on June 24 and 25, 1964. The Achema itself will run from June 1 9 to 27. The six American contributions to the international program have been arranged for the Division by Dr. Joseph Stewart, assistant director of the chemicals research division, Esso Research and Engineering, and Councilor from the Division. Speakers will be Gerald L. Farrar of the Oil and Gas Journal, Dr. T.J. Williams of Monsanto, Dr. J. A. Gerster and Dr. R. L. Pigford of University of Delaware, Dr. E. B. Kretzmer of Esso Research, and Dr. D. F. Othmer of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Here Is the Full Program Wednesday, 24th June, 1964 Direct Digital Computer Control and Its Implications for Chemical Process Control, T. J. Williams, iMonsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo. Computer Control of Petrochemical Processes, G. L. Farrar, Oilumd Gus Journal, Tulsa, Okla. Application of Analog Computers to Chemical Kinetics, H. Langemann, Berlin Mathematical Models for Computer Solution of Chemical Problems, H. K. Dettmar, Leverkusen Advanced Analog Computer Technology, D. Kobelt, Frankfurt (Main) -Hoechst Numerical Estimation of Smallest Time Constant for a Fractionating Column, R. L. Pigford, University of Delaware, Newark, Del. Transient Response of a Distillation Column, J. A. Gerster, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
Thursday, 25th June, 1964 Application of Critical Path Planning to Chemical Plant Projects, H. Walton, London Mathematics and Computers in the Design of Modern Process Units, E. B. Kretzmer, Esso Research and Engineering, Florham Park, N. J. The Possibilities of Utilization of Analog Computers in Computer Control, D. F. Othmer and T. Utsumi, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y. Standard Program for the Optimizing of Problems in Chemical Technology, H. Hoffmann, Darmstadt Compatibility and Application of Chromatography to On-line Computer Control of Chemical Processes, A. Verdin, London Use of Hybrid Computers for Problems in Chemical Technology, W. Giloi, Konstanz Standardization of Tube Bundle Apparatus on an IBM 1620, D. Henning, Essen
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