Linking R&D to Problems Experienced in Solids Processing,

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a 24-month Rand project that attempted to establish empirically the appropriate priorities for funding R&D for solids processing. This project grew out of a prior finding that plants which process solids anywhere on the main process train perform more poorly than plants that process only liquids and gases. This poor performance quite clearly costs the U.S. economy in general, and the process industries in particular, billions of dollars in lost revenue. Poor solids processing plant performance also threatens the economic viability of synthetic fuels and a number of other energy processes based on solids processing technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA154238

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People

  • E. W. Merrow

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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  • C4I
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  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Industry
  • Chemistry
  • Corporations
  • Corrosion
  • Databases
  • Delphi Method
  • Engineering
  • Figure Of Merit
  • Fuels
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Handling
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Physics
  • Pilot Plants
  • Synthetic Fuels
  • United States

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