Most Popular Webinars of 2024Most Popular Webinars of 2024

The Powder & Bulk Solids DryPro webinar series offers topics that resonate throughout the industry. Here are the 5 most popular.

Innovations in Battery Manufacturing: Comparing Dry and Wet Electrode Processing

This webinar with speaker Huda Ashfaq, senior process engineer at Sila Technologies, was a popular topic.

The webinar covered the critical differences between wet and dry electrode processing, two pivotal approaches in battery production. Wet electrode processing, the conventional method, involves creating a slurry of active materials, conductive additives, and binders, which is then coated on a substrate and subjected to drying. While this method is well-established, offering high uniformity and quality, it comes with significant drawbacks such as high energy consumption, environmental hazards, and the use of costly solvents. DBE — dry battery electrode processing — is becoming more and more popular.
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Exploring Static Pressure in Dust Collection Systems: What it Means, Why it’s Important, and How to Calculate it

In this webinar, Diane Cave covered what static pressure is, and why it’s so important with respect to the dust collection system. Also, what happens if it is forgotten and how it’s calculated. These are all questions that come up time and time again when the topic of static pressure is brought up. This webinar sheds some light on the mystery of static pressure and creates a better understanding of it with respect to dust collection systems and system design.

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Dust Explosion Vent Sizing Made Easy: Case Histories and Examples

Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar speaks about one of the most common findings from a Dust Hazards Analysis (DHA) that has been observed is the need for explosion protection on process equipment — be that a dust collector or cyclone, a spray dryer, an oven, a mixer, etc. An effective method for explosion protection is by venting the overpressure of that explosion effectively. This presentation will discuss using established domestic and international methods to achieve this by way of examples and case histories. Included in the discussion will be steps to make the job easier and pitfalls to avoid.

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State of the Art in Screening & Separation of Powders & Bulk Solids

Here, Dr. Timothy J. Bowser discusses how the industrial revolution, and more recently computers and controls, have rapidly accelerated the development of screening/separation processes. Powerful and inexpensive new tools and resources are available, resulting in unprecedented development. This webinar summarized the top new technological inventions and applications in the area of screening and separation, focusing on the food and ag industry. The webinar included an overview of screening/separation theory and modern technologies being used to improve them. Examples are presented to illustrate the concepts and benefits of the new technologies. The webinar also shares a review of the new technologies, future predictions, and recommendations.                                   

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Then & Now: Repurposing Existing Pneumatic Conveying Systems & Components

Jack D. Hilbert speaks on this topic. During an existing system's normal industrial life cycle, there are many times when existing equipment needs to be repurposed or modified due to one or more of various reasons. Today's industrial process plants have a significant difference over those which may have been installed decades ago. They need to have flexibility in their ability to handle a wider range of process parameters. Older systems likely did not have the same flexibility in their design, but there does exist potential to address the new challenges. 

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