Thursday, May 3, 2012
tracklist:
A Gino Latino - Welcome
B Jovanotti - Gimme Five 3 (Acid Five)
italy 12'' 1988
Turn It Up
Polyfusia
Monday, April 30, 2012
tracklist:
01 More Like Space
02 Time To Find Me (Come Inside)
03 Come Alive
04 Blue Easy Sleep
05 Plainsong
06 Moodswing
07 Minky Starshine
08 Time To Find Me (AFX Fast Mix)
09 Time To Find Me (AFX Slow Mix)
10 Plainsong (Sine Bubble Embossed Dub)
us cd 1994
Colourform
tracklist:
01 Spectral
02 Delta
03 Speedlearn (Empathy Mix)
04 Influx
05 Conoid Tone
06 Orange
07 M + T = E
08 Re-Echo
09 Ketamine Entity (Axiom Mix)
us cd 1994
Acperience
Disc 1
01 Acperience (Dex & Jonesey's Edit)
02 Acperience (Dex & Jonesey's Funk 2 Dub Remix)
03 Acperience (Moose & Maurice Remix)
04 Acperience (Original: Full Length Version)
Disc 2
01 Acperience (Dex & Jonesey's Edit)
02 Acperience (Baby Doc's Remix)
03 Acperience (Secret Knowledge Remix)
04 Acperience (Herbert's Houseperience Mix)
uk disc 1, disc 2 1997
Maximum Energy
Sunday, April 29, 2012
tracklist:
A1 Thrust - Maximum Energy (Yo Party Mix)
A2 Thrust - Spiral Trance (Into The Light Mix)
B1 Psychic Phenomena - Can't U Feel It (Fingers And Thumb Mix)
B2 Psychic Phenomena - Sellafield (Re-Processed Mix)
uk 12'' 1991
The Secret Life Of Trance
tracklist:
01 Sequential - Prophet
02 Spicelab - Quicksand
03 Hardfloor - Acperience 1
04 Ongaku - Mihon #3
05 Love Inc - Trance Atlantic XS
06 Bi-Face - Ambience 137
07 Rising High Collective - No Deeper Love (Irresistible Force Mix)
08 Influx - Braineater
09 Barbarella - Barbarella (Pound & Smith Remix)
10 Black Dog Productions - Flux (D Mix)
uk cd 1993
The Ultimate Dream Box
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Volume1
01 Ydille / E. Smidt - Time Is Yours
02 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt / E. Starink - Sadeness
03 Ydille / E. Smidt - Infinity
04 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt / E. Starink - Crockett's Theme
05 Ydille / E. Smidt - The Drake Quotation
06 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Love U More
07 Ydille / E. Smidt - In Heaven
08 Goldsmith - Basic Instinct (Main Theme)
09 Ydille / E. Smidt - Global Environments
10 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Betty Et Zorg (From Betty Blue)
11 Ydille / E. Smidt - Peak Experience
12 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt / E. Starink - Moments In Love
13 Ydille / E. Smidt - The Circle
14 Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (From "Twin Peaks")
15 Ydille / E. Smidt - Deep Down
16 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt / E. Starink - Forbidden Colours
17 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Pacific 202
18 Ydille / E. Smidt - Day Break
19 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Blue (From "Basic Instinct")
20 Ydille / E. Smidt - Meeting The Unexpected
Volume 2
01 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Chill Out Heaven
02 Ydille / E. Smidt - Aquarius Bells
03 Ydille / E. Smidt - Blue Dreams
04 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Power Of American Natives
05 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - The Age Of Love
06 Ydille / E. Smidt - Aeon
07 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Riders On The Storm
08 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Theme From "Body Double"
09 Ydille / E. Smidt - In The Palm Of Your Hand
10 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - In The Air Tonight
11 Ydille / E. Smidt - Deja Que Mire En Tus Ojos
12 Ydille / E. Smidt - Look Around
13 Ydille / E. Smidt - Dubland
14 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Running Up That Hill
15 Ydille / E. Smidt - The Sunrise
16 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Sueño Latino
17 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
18 Ydille / E. Smidt - Touch Me
19 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Theme From "The Bodyguard"
20 A. de Feyter / P. Nooten / E. Smidt - Theme From "Terminator"
Volume 3
01 TCM - Inside Your Soul
02 TFX - Bedtime Story
03 D.I.D. - A Cure To Recover
04 Satellite X - Aqua Rituals
05 Plato - Nuclear Storm
06 Satellite X - Ethereal Mysteries
07 SQVID - Emprisoning Sound On A Piece Of Wax
08 Sleepless - Rewind The Gunshot
09 Trans4m - Al-Aksa
10 Suzy's Dream - Come Go With Me
11 Satellite X - Etnic Rituals
12 Daydream - Daydream
13 Sleepless - Rhythm Of Life
14 EnDavidual - DNA
15 Satellite X - Xanax
16 Phoney Fables - Magic Marbles
17 Kayoo - Ghetto Dub
18 Peter Vriends - Erogenous Zone
19 Satellite X - Tiny Waves
20 Olav Basoski - Energy & Consciousness
21 White Circle - The Journey
volume 1 1993, volume 2 1994, volume 3 1995
The House Sound Of Chicago
Monday, April 23, 2012
tracklist:
Disc 1
01 Colonel Abrams - Trapped (Dance Version)
02 Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt You Down)
03 Candido - Jingo
04 Positive Force - We Got The Funk
05 First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (A ''Shep Pettibone Mix'')
06 Jimmy 'Bo' Horne - Spank
07 Two Man Sound - Que Tal America (Midnight Mix)
08 Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
09 Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling
10 Sparque - Let's Go Dancing (Club Dancing)
Disc 2
01 ''D'' Train - You're The One For Me (Vocal Version)
02 Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Vocal Mix)
03 Ripple - Beat Goes On
04 Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk
05 Martin Circus - Disco Circus
06 Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
07 T-Connection - At Midnight
08 ''D'' Train - Keep On
09 Telex - Moskow Diskow (Original Version)
10 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
Disc 3
01 J. M. Silk - Music Is The Key (House Key)
02 Arrogance - Crazy (Club Mix)
03 The It - Donnie (Club Mix)
04 Shawn Christopher - People Of All Nations (Club Mix)
05 Chip E. Inc. Featuring K. Joy - Like This (Extended Mix)
06 Farm Boy - Move (Club Mix)
07 J.M. Silk - Shadows Of Your Love (House Mix)
08 Mark Imperial - J'Adore Danser (Club Mix)
09 White Knight - Never Give Up (Club)
10 Fingers Inc. - A Path (Club Mix)
Disc 4
01 Liz Torres Featuring Kenny 'Jammin'' Jason - What You Make Me Feel (Fierce Mix)
02 The House Rockers Featuring Frankie 'Hollywood' Rodriguez* And Jimmy L.A. Perna - Everybody Do It! (Hollywood Mix)
03 House People - Godfather Of House (Club Version)
04 E.S.P. - It's You (Vocal)
05 Tyree Featuring Chic - I Fear The Night (Subterranean Mix)
06 Fingers Inc. - It's Over (Dub)
07 Raz - Amour Puerto Riqueno (Puerto Rican Lover) (Spanish Club Mix)
08 Fingers Inc. - Mystery Of Love (Club Mix)
09 Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body (Club)
10 Professor Funk & The House Brothers - Work Your Body Rap
Disc 5
01 Mario Reyes - What Ever Turns You On (Club Mix)
02 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Feat. Ricky Dillard - It's U (House Mix)
03 Chip E. - Time To Jack
04 Femme Fion - Jack The House
05 M K II - Used By DJ (Vocal)
06 Kenny 'Jammin'' Jason With 'Fast' Eddie Smith - Can U Dance
07 Fingers Inc. - It's Over (Club Mix)
08 Dymond - Wild About Your Love (Club Mix)
09 Chip E. - If You Only Knew (Radio Edit)
10 Julian 'Jumpin'' Perez Featuring Connie V. - Jack Me 'Til I Scream (Jumpin' Mix)
Disc 6
01 Adonis - No Way Back
02 On The House Featuring Marshall Jefferson - Ride The Rhythm (Remix)
03 Farley Jackmaster Funk - Funking With The Drums Again (Farley Farley)
04 Farm Boy - Jackin' Me Around (Farm Mix)
05 Boris Badenough - Hey Rocky (Extended)
06 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
07 Sampson 'Butch' Moore - House Beat Box (Instrumental)
08 Sweet D - Thank Ya
09 Kevin Irving - Children Of The Night
10 Phuture - Your Only Friend
Disc 7
01 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Featuring Daryl Pandy - Love Can't Turn Around
02 Denise Motto - Imnxtc
03 Ralphi Rosario Featuring Xavia Gold - You Used To Hold Me
04 Libra Libra - I Like It
05 Liz Torres Featuring Edward Crosby - Can't Get Enough (Club)
06 The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy Of House - House Nation
07 On The House - Pleasure Control (Radio)
08 The Elect - I'm House
09 Hercules - 7 Ways (Vocal)
10 Ramos - The Jackin' National Anthem
Disc 8
01 Blaze - Whatcha Gonna Do (Vocal)
02 Mel&Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (The Morgage Mix)
03 Cleavage - Barah (The House Mix)
04 Phil Fearon - Ain't Nothing But A House Party
05 Harlequin Four's Featuring Barbara Tucker - Set It Off
06 Jack'N Chill - The Jack That House Built
07 Raze - Jack The Groove
08 Kissing The Pink - Certain Things Are Likely (Garage)
09 Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version)
10 Mirage - Jack Mix #2 (Featuring Jack Your Body. Respectable. Showing Out. Male Stripper. Axel F.. Jackin'. Underwater)
Disc 9
01 Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House (US Version)
02 Jack E. Mokassa - The Opera House
03 Mel&Kim - Respectable (Tabloid Mix)
04 Gary L. - Time (Time To Party)
05 Wired - To The Beat Of The Drum (On The Burn Mix)
06 2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman And A Dominican - Do It Properly (Def Mix)
07 Kenny D & Tommy Musto - Everything Bamboo (Club Version)
08 Wally Jump Junior And The Criminal Element - Turn Me Loose
09 Movement - The Movement
10 Home Wreckers - Jackin' (EMU Style)
Disc 10
01 Risque Rhythm Team - 122 House
02 Matt Warren - Way To My Heart (Chicago House Mix)
03 Mink - What Does It Take (Fashion Mix)
04 Rhythim Is Rhythim - Nude Photo
05 Philly Cream - Love Can't Turn Around (Vocal Club Version)
06 Quest - Mind Games (Street Mix)
07 Kreem - Triangle Of Love (Vocal Mix)
08 Master Plan - Electric Baile (Commercial Mix)
09 Billie - Nobody's Business (Radio Mix)
10 Thompson & Lenoir - Can't Stop The House
Disc 11
01 Chic - Jack Le Freak
02 Loleatta Holloway - Hit And Run '88 Gotta Be Number One
03 Dalis - Rock Steady (Instrumental)
04 Cerrone - Supernature '88
05 Patrick Adams Featuring Lari Lee - Jack In The Bush
06 Freeez - I. O. U. (Megamix)
07 Paris Grey - Don't Make Me Jack (Tonite I Want To House You) (Club Mix)
08 John Rocca - I Want It To Be Real (Farley's Hot House Piano Mix)
09 Turntable Terror Trax, Vol. 2 - Let's Begin
10 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk And The Shy Boyz - U Ain't Really House (Club Mix)
Disc 12
01 Criminal Element Orchestra - Put The Needle To The Record
02 Jellybean - The Real Thing (West 26th Street Mix)
03 Kelly Charles - You're No Good For Me (Club Mix)
04 L.A. Mix - Don't Stop Jammin' (The Brutal Remix)
05 Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings (Flam-Boy-Ant Mix)
06 MARRS - Pump Up The Volume (Original Version)
07 Full House - Communicate (Club Mix)
08 Secret Secret - We Came To Jack
09 T-Coy - Carino
10 The Beatmasters - Rock Da House (Remix)
Disc 13
01 Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (Extended Dis)
02 S-Express - Theme From S-Express
03 Coldcut - Doctorin' The House
04 Krush - House Arrest (The Beat Is The Law)
05 Yazz And The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
06 Was (Not Was) - Spy In The House Of Love (Jeffrey B. Young & Dangerous Mix)
07 2 Men A Drum Machine And A Trumpet - I'm Tired Of Getting Pushed Around (The Mayhem Rhythm Mix)
08 Penthouse 4 - Bust This House Down (The Turnaround Mix)
09 Cut To Shock - Put That Record Back On
10 Pop Stars - Pop Goes The House
Disc 14
01 D Mob - We Call It Acieed (The Matey Mix)
02 Fast Eddie - Acid Thunder
03 The Night Writers - Let The Music (Use You)
04 Swan Lake - In The Name Of Love (Club Mix)
05 Tyree - Acid Over (Tyree's Mix)
06 Jolly Roger - Acid Man (Original Mix)
07 Baby Ford - Oochy Koochy (F.U. Baby Yeh Yeh) (Konrad Cadet Mix)
08 Royal House - Can You Party (Todd Terry's B-Boy Remix)
09 Bam Bam - Give It To Me
10 The Endless Poker's - The Poke
Disc 15
01 Inner City - Big Fun (Les Adams Remix)
02 Phase II - Reachin' (Brotherhood Mix)
03 The Bighouse - Get Off That Wall (Vocal)
04 Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
05 Paul Rutherford - Get Real (Happy House Mix)
06 Kraze - The Party
07 Fingers Inc. - Can You Feel It
08 Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride (Club Mix)
09 Bam Bam - Where Is Your Child
10 The Todd Terry Project - Weekend (Club Version)
disc 1, disc 2, disc 3, disc 4, disc 5, disc 6, disc 7, disc 8,
disc 9, disc 10, disc 11, disc 12, disc 13, disc 14, disc 15 1989
Warehouse Presents The *Classics*
Saturday, April 21, 2012
tracklist:
A1 100% Of Disin' U (Original Mix)
A2 Land Of Confusion (Armando's Orig. Mixx)
B1 Downfall
B2 100% Of Disin' U (The A.C. Mixx)
us 12'' 1994
Get It Right
tracklist:
A1 Get It Right (R. Flack Ooh Mix)
A2 Get It Right (M.K. Mix)
B1 Feel The Fire
B2 Divisions (Techno Mix)
B3 Get It Right (S & M Mix)
B4 Get Up Early (Remix)
us 12'' 1991
Psycho
Friday, April 20, 2012
tracklist:
01 Psycho (Live In Essex)
02 Psycho (6 A.M. Version)
03 Psycho (Pee-Anne-Oh-Mix)
uk cds 1991
The Enemy Within
tracklist:
01 The Enemy Within (7'')
02 The Enemy Within (12'')
03 Liquid (12'')
04 The Enemy Within (Dub)
uk cds 1991
Rappers Delight
Thursday, April 19, 2012
tracklist:
A1 Rappers Delight
A2 Rappers Delight (Instrumental)
B1 Rockers Choice
B2 Rockers Choice (Instrumental)
us 12'' 1979
Third Eye
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
tracklist:
01 Right Out There
02 Hyperreality
03 Beautiful Madness
04 Story From The Guy
05 Pray
06 Confusion
07 Strange Attractor
08 The Real Thing
09 Behold The Angel Of Frequency
10 Terminal 283
11 Impossible Object
us cd 1992
Bang The Rhythm
tracklist:
01 The Untouchables - Dance To The Rhythm
02 Def Touch - Nasty Rhythm (Hard & Nasty Mix)
03 Static - Touch Me Baby (DJ's Dub)
04 Endangered Music - Ping Pong (Re-Pinged House Remix)
05 Rhythm Warfare - Reggae Rush (Something For The System)
06 CLS - Can You Feel It (In House Dub)
07 Logic - One Step Beyond (Path Mix)
08 Mad Noise - Blow The Horn
09 The Crucibles - The Letter (Toxic Techno Mix)
10 House 2 House - Don't Go Away (4 A.M. Mix)
11 Black Orchid - Rockin-N-Rhythm (Full Of Rhythm Mix)
12 Rare Arts - Yeah (I Got You Movin') (Mineola Mix)
netherlands cd 1992
Be Thankful For What You've Got
Sunday, April 15, 2012
tracklist:
01 Be Thankful For What You've Got (Funky Mix)
02 Be Thankful For What You've Got (Instrumental Funky Mix)
03 Be Thankful For What You've Got (Extended Funky Mix)
us promo cds 1991
Saturday, April 14, 2012
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| "Large Linda Tote" |
Oversized larger tote, carry all.
approx. 11" tall x 7" deep x 14" wide on bottom-18" top width
Fast Eddie / Straight Jackin'
Thursday, April 12, 2012
tracklist:
01 Unfadeable
02 Straight Jackin'
03 Git Up And Sweat
04 Dance 2 The Record
05 The 4 Bidden Fruit
06 Got To Git Up
07 R U Sure
08 Watch Me Git Funky
09 Your Love
10 Keep On Groovin'
11 Make Some Noise
12 My Body
13 Watch Me Git Funky (Reprise)
straight jackin' us cd 1991
Dr.Octagon / Blue Flowers (Photek & DJ Hype Remixes)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
tracklist:
A Blue Flowers (Secondary Diagnostic Mix By Photek)
B Blue Flowers (DJ Hype Remix)
blue flowers (photek & dj hype remixes) uk 12'' 1996
Miss Nicky Trax / Acid In The House
tracklist:
A Acid In The House
B Acid In The House (Instrumental)
acid in the house belgium 12'' 1988
D.J. Pierre / Best
Sunday, April 8, 2012
tracklist:
01 Photon Inc. - Generate Power (Wild Pitch Mix)
02 Joint Venture - Master Blaster (Turn It Up)
03 DJ Pierre - Fire Drill
04 DJ Pierre - Fall
05 DJ Pierre - Muzik (The Siren Mix)
06 Audio Clash - Live & Die
07 Darkman - Annihilating Rhythm
08 DJ Pierre - Blazing Inferno
09 Joint Venture - Love & Happiness (Chicago House Mix)
10 Audio Clash - Don't Take It Away (Concept Mix)
best japan cd 1994
Coldcut Meets The Orb / Kiss FM
tracklist:
01 Kiss FM Mix
note:
Released "for free download" by ninjatunexx.com on 20 years anniversary of label.
... is a part of the mix set by Coldcut and The Orb on Kiss FM 1991...
Coldcut meets The Orb - X-mas Edition, Kiss 100 FM - 12/24/1991. 
tracklist:
Coldcut - Eine Kleine Hedmusik
Euphoreal - Ragga Mutha
Public Works - Waves Of Waves
The Orb - The Blue Room (Early Version)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Intro)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Carrier
The Orb - U.F.Orb [Early Version]
Public Works - Scientists Are Working
Coldcut - We're Rockin' Down The House
DJ Food - The Importance Of Body Rhythm
Doug Lazy - Let The Rhythm Pump (Acappella)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Zodiac Youth - Fast Forward The Future
Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It
Public Works - Rah Rah Up And Down
Kiss FM
The Apples / Eye Wonder
Sunday, April 1, 2012
tracklist:
01 Eye Wonder
02 Eye Wonder (Main Mix)
03 Colors (Funky Frankie Mix)
eye wonder uk cds 1991
Friday, March 23, 2012
Amirra "Wing tips"
Messenger style bags with flap made from
deconstructed, recycled, vintage, men's
wing tip shoes
(available at ShuzyQ in Anchorage AK)
Sasha "Sport"
Sasha bag with addition of color on pockets
and flattened hand formed copper rings
11" x 7" x 4.5"
Sonic Solution - Beat Time / Get On The Move
Sunday, March 18, 2012
tracklist:
A Beat Time
B1 Get On The Move (Mix 1)
B2 Get On The Move (Mix 2)
beat time / get on the move belgium 12'' 1991
Thursday, March 15, 2012
"Amirra Sandals"
The flap on this bag is made
from a pair of deconstructed
vintage sandals
13.5" x 13.5" x 4"
13.5" x 13.5" x 4"
Edible Oil Refinery Plant - Chemical Refining
Thursday, February 23, 2012
What is Oil Refinery and Edible Oil Refinery?
When talking about refinery, we need to be able to differentiate and identify an oil refinery from the edible oil refinery. Basically, the oil refinery (or petroleum refinery) is an industrial process plant where crude oil (from crude petroleum) is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas. This is the type of refinery mentioned in the 13 Days: Pythagoras Conspiracy Novel. An edible oil plant in the other hand, is almost similar to the earlier refinery accept it processes edible oil and involves the removal of fatty acid and a few more unwanted impurities. The edible oils are obtained from the likes of palm oil, soya bean oil, canola oil, corn oil, rape seed oil and others. In other words, the oil refinery process oil that cannot be consumed by human being while the edible oil refinery process oil that is edible (can be consumed by human beings).
I have no direct involvement in the oil refinery. However, I was a process engineer in an edible refinery plant before for quite some time. I had a really good taste of experience working in the refinery plant before. I strongly believe that if a chemical engineering student or a new chemical engineer wants to gain experience, he or she should work in a refinery. This is mainly because they will learn and apply all that they have learn in chemical engineering.
Edible Oil Refinery
Edible oil originates from crude oil such as crude palm oil (CPO), crude soya bean oil (CSBO), crude rape seed oil (CRSO), crude coconut oil (CCO) and so on. Edible oils have very high content of free fatty acids (FFA) and needs to be refined before using as cooking oil. However, the refinery process isn't only limited to remove FFA, it also removes the undesired components such as moisture, color and odour which may trigger negative impact on the final taste, odour and appearance of the oil product. The resultant oil is thinner without fatty acids, colorless and odorless.
It is imperative to note that the edible oil refinery can be divided into 2 primary types namely, chemical refining and physical refining. This time, I'll explain about the chemical refining plant.
Chemical Refining Plant
Chemical refining plant involve neutralization of crude oil by removing fatty acids. This is always referred to as chemical refining or sometimes Neutralizing process and its plant referred as Neutralizing Plant (NP). In this process the oil is neutralized in the neutralizer to remove the fatty acids by mixing with caustic soda (sodium hydroxide). Oil is heated up to roughly 60oC by and oil is stirred by stirrer. The fatty acids are settled at the bottom as alkali soaps which is called soapstock from where it is taken out into soap tank .
Typical Neutralizing Plant. Image credited to Oiltek Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company that manufactures edible oil equipments. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
Removal of impurities and color
Neutralized oil is passed through the second vessel called bleacher where color of oil is removed by bleaching process with the help of chemicals such as carbon black and bleaching clay. Oil is usually heated up to 110oC. Stirring is also carried on. Bleaching process is done under vacuum. Bleached oil then goes to filtration process where bleaching clay and chemicals are removed and cleaned.
Removal of unpleasant smell
Bleached oil is then passed through deodorizer where oil is heated above 110C and then live steam clean is used to the oil from the bottom steam nozzles. The temperature of oil is raised up to 200 to 220C through thermic fluid coils. Entire process is done under high vacuum. Thus smell is removed from the oil in the deodorizer. Then it goes to cooler where cold water circulating coils take away heat and oil is cooled.
Final Filtration
Final filtration is performed after cooling down the oil. This operation is carried out in a micro filter closet or filter bag/filter cartridge which makes the final edible oil termed as refined edible oil. This final filtration process is designed for more effective filtration and best quality of final refined edible oil. There are certain refineries that adopted Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) to completely ensure that the oil is free and safe to be consumed.
This is a typical physical refinery plant. The image is also credited to Oiltek. Click the image to enlarge it.
In the next post, I'll describe more about the Physical Refinery. This is where I gained the most of my hands on chemical engineering experiences. This is where I learned more about important unit operations such as heat exchanger, cooling tower, deodoriser, pack coloumn etc.
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13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy - A Must Read Chemical Engineering Fiction Novel
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
It is one of my dream to write a chemical engineering related fiction novel. My wife knows that fact. It will be cool to integrate the experience which I had in the industry and my chemical engineering knowledge in a book which can be read by everybody (but special for chemical engineers and those who are in related industry). What if the novel is adopted to become one of those Hollywood movies. Would that be great? However, I don't think I can make it in the near future. It's quite tough especially with my hectic schedule and my main target to complete my Ph.D. Well, enough about that.
However, the actual interesting point that I would like to share is a new Chemical Engineering related fiction novel that has been introduced to me by a friend in the United States. Honestly, I have never come across a chemical engineering related fiction novel. When I was told about it, I became curious and want to read this novel. Luckily, with the help of my friend, Diane, I managed to grab hold of this novel and finally it reached me 3 days ago.
The title of this brilliant novel is 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy. The book is written by an author whom is also an experienced Chemical Engineer, Laura Starks. I was so excited and very eager to read the book upon receiving it. Back from work, I grabbed the book and read it at the playground in front of my house and continued reading for another 3 days until I finished.My first impression of the book
The book is quite thick. It contains 347 pages. I wondered when can I finish reading this novel after holding it on my hand since I must also do my study, read and write technical papers, work on my thermodynamics etc. However, after reading the first 10 pages, I could not stop!!! The fatal incident that suddenly occurred in the newly bought over refinery made me dying to know what had actually happened. Was the deadly hydrogen sulfide gas accidentally released or was it an evil sabotage? I must say that the storyline is very interesting and intriguing. I'm very much amazed and impressed with the details that the author has shown in her writing. It's everything about the real situation in a typical refinery. From a decision either to stop a running plant (which will be tricky and dangerous) to continuing running the plant despite of the tragedy. Those who normally run a refinery pretty much know that the biggest challenge in running a refinery is during the start-up and stopping it. A mistake will possibly end up to an unwanted tragedy.
The safety, health and environmental elements were clearly displayed along the storyline, which can provide perfectly good visualization on the real life situation to chemical engineering students and readers who have never entered a plant in this lucrative industry.
The author also took the initiative to explain some of the technical unit operations that might not be understood by the readers such as the one below which is taken on the beginning of Chapter 2:-
Reactors: vessels in which raw feeds are transformed into chemically and structurally different products.
Catalytic cracking: key process for converting heavy oils into more valuable gasoline and lighter products. Average reactor temperatures are 900-1000 Fahrenheit.
And the following are other description taken from the beginning of Chapter 13:
Hydrocarbon: any of a large variety of molecules containing primarily carbon and hydrogen and ranging from methane, a gas, to asphalt, a solid.
Sour crude: crude oil containing half a percent or more of sulfur by weight. Sweet crude contains less than half a percent of sulfur. Sulfur in sour crude is removed to meet gasoline and diesel specifications. Its removal produces poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas which is converted to sulfuric acid and elemental sulfur and sold to industrial buyers.
Looking through the acknowledgment page, I know that this book was carefully written, edited repeatedly and the author was very careful about all bits of detail.
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
"13 Days has an excellent plot....L.A. Starks has contributed a fine murder mystery to the genre." -- Alan Paul Curtis, Who-dunnit.com
"A knock-down conspiracy exposing the darkest secrets of the oil industry. Starks has made an impressive debut...." -- Michael Lucker, Screenwriter (Vampire In Brooklyn, Mulan II)
"A reverse femjep." -- Jack Quick - October 2006 BookBitch.com
"A knock-down conspiracy exposing the darkest secrets of the oil industry. Starks has made an impressive debut...." -- Michael Lucker, Screenwriter (Vampire In Brooklyn, Mulan II)
"A reverse femjep." -- Jack Quick - October 2006 BookBitch.com
Reviews from the Back Cover
A rogue force controlling the planet’s oil supply would hold a knife to its throat. The planet’s refineries, where oil becomes gasoline, may be an easier grab.
Lynn Dayton, 37, self-made refining executive, manages six vast complexes that transform oil into gasoline. Robert Guillard, 33, a suave Parisian intellectual believes, as did the cult around Pythagoras, that his genius confers moral authority. He directs the sabotage of US refineries, one by one. But his financing from an Asian refining cartel terminates in thirteen days unless he produces massive shutdowns.
Robert schemes to coerce Lynn into collaborating as he pursues his outwardly humanitarian goal of building refineries in Third World countries. If she refuses, he will hold hostage her sister, Ceil Dayton, 30, whom he has lured to Paris. Ceil, in turn, hides a brutal secret.
An industrial accident at Lynn’s troubled Houston refinery arouses her suspicions. Government officials conclude routine negligence caused the accident, but her own investigation leads Lynn to suspect sabotage.
Threats to Lynn’s life intensify. Desperate for the safety of her co- workers, whom she considers in greater danger, she works cease- lessly to find the real cause of the "accident" and the saboteur. Although her company security force notifies the FBI of her suspicions, the bureau considers her facts inadequate to justify adding resources. Within a few days, explosions and fires at nearby refineries claim victims. The resulting fuel shortage affects the lives of everyone in North America.
Then Lynn is kidnapped. She fights for her life on a catwalk above a storage tank of hot, sulfurous oil and escapes.
Deciphering the full extent of Robert’s scheme, she flies to Paris. But will she be in time to derail Robert’s plans and save her sister?
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1st Scientific Research Publishing Workshop in Shanghai, China
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Last December, my wife participated in a Scientific Publishing Research Workshop in Shanghai China from 20-22 December 2011 to present her technical paper about Progressive Freeze Concentration (PFC). The research is directly related to her own Ph.D and her present core research. I accompanied her to Shanghai and at the conference I joined as a participant.
The workshop is not specifically tailored to chemical engineering only. It combines chemistry, biochemistry, maths and several other disciplines. I can say it is a highly multi-disciplinary workshop. The participants came from all over the world including United States, German, Japan, India, China, Greece, Korea, Malaysia and others.
The President of Scientific Research Publisher (SciRP) giving his speech.The workshop is not specifically tailored to chemical engineering only. It combines chemistry, biochemistry, maths and several other disciplines. I can say it is a highly multi-disciplinary workshop. The participants came from all over the world including United States, German, Japan, India, China, Greece, Korea, Malaysia and others.
Some of you might have not heard about Scientific Research Publisher (SciRP) while some probably have heard about it. SciRP is an academic publisher of open access journals. It also publishes academic books and conference proceedings. SCIRP currently has more than 150 open access journals in the areas of science, technology, and medicine.
SciRP actually provides an alternative means of scientific research publication. The difference is only it is practices an open access system where anybody can read the journal free of charge. The other traditional journal from publishers like Elsevier require us to pay before we can read them. However, as students, most of us can have access to it because our university library have purchase the subscription from the publisher. Hence, we are open to write and submit to SciRP. The process is almost the same. The draft paper will be evaluated by editors and undergo strict requirement to ensure top notch quality of the article.
As for us Chemical Engineers, the most related journal is Advances of Chemical Engineering & Science. The journal is relatively new but is good enough for us to submit articles to them. Once thing to know about open access journal like this is that some fee will be charge to the publisher.
SciRP actually provides an alternative means of scientific research publication. The difference is only it is practices an open access system where anybody can read the journal free of charge. The other traditional journal from publishers like Elsevier require us to pay before we can read them. However, as students, most of us can have access to it because our university library have purchase the subscription from the publisher. Hence, we are open to write and submit to SciRP. The process is almost the same. The draft paper will be evaluated by editors and undergo strict requirement to ensure top notch quality of the article.
As for us Chemical Engineers, the most related journal is Advances of Chemical Engineering & Science. The journal is relatively new but is good enough for us to submit articles to them. Once thing to know about open access journal like this is that some fee will be charge to the publisher.
That's me (left) behind sitting next to my wife. The two gentlements on the right are professors from India. The woman in front is a researcher from Greece.
Among the participants of the 1st Scientific Research Publishing workshop.
My wife presenting her technical paper. However, before she proceed with the presentation, she explained briefly about Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and also Malaysia.
This is the panoramic scene outside the workshop room. The hotel where the workshop took place is situated in a resort style hotel. The view is actually part of a golf course. The temperature in Shanghai at this time is between 0-6 Celcius.
This is another view of the peaceful scenery outside the workshop room.
Lunch break. We were served with 10 course local Chinese dish. Frankly, the food is very different than what we usually have. Nevertheless we tried to eat some of the uniquely served dishes.
That's me in front of the hotel lobby where the workshop takes place. Check out the red banner on the top of the hotel lobby building. This is proof that this is the first SciRP workshop.
Overall, it was a very interesting experiences attending the 1st Scientific Research Publishing Workshop. I was really honoured to meet the founder and president of SciRP as well other professors, academicians and researchers from other parts of the globe. Besides expanding our knowledge we get the chance to meet new people and increase our networking (which is important in the real world).
...................................................................................................................Overall, it was a very interesting experiences attending the 1st Scientific Research Publishing Workshop. I was really honoured to meet the founder and president of SciRP as well other professors, academicians and researchers from other parts of the globe. Besides expanding our knowledge we get the chance to meet new people and increase our networking (which is important in the real world).
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