Bahan Bakar Alternatif Dengan DiMethyl Ether

by on 08/12/08 at 3:54 pm
Bahan Bakar Alternatif Dengan DiMethyl Ether

DiMethylEther (DME) merupakan salah satu bahan bakar alternatif pengganti BBM. Layaknya biosolar, DME tergolong bahan alternatif yang dapat diperbaharui dan dapat digunakan untuk mesin diesel serta untuk kompor gas sebagai bahan bakar rumah tangga.

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CHE Around Us: Aerosol-Can

by on 07/12/08 at 2:10 am
CHE Around Us: Aerosol-Can

Aerosol-can was invented by Eric Rotheim, a Norwegian engineer and inventor, 75 years ago. The illustrations in Rotheim’s 1931 U.S. patent showed most of the major elements found in today’s aerosol spray cans. In World War II, U.S. military introduced an aerosol-can for dispensing insecticide and years after that, people just begin to realize the potentials of this device.

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UK Ambisi Kurangi CO2, Minim Chemical Engineer

by on 06/12/08 at 8:33 pm
UK Ambisi Kurangi CO2, Minim Chemical Engineer

United Kingdom menetapkan target pengurangan emisi dari 60 hingga 80 % ditahun 2050. Akan tetapi, IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) mengecam UK atas rencana pengurangan emisi karbon yang diduga membahayakan karena kurangnya investasi dibidang pendidikan Teknik Kimia oleh negara tersebut.

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Teknologi Gas-To-Liquid (GTL)

by on 13/10/08 at 12:17 am
Teknologi Gas-To-Liquid (GTL)

Teknologi Gas-To-Liquid (GTL) merupakan salah satu teknologi yang saat ini tengah berkembang di dunia karena kemampuannya dalam mengolah gas alam guna menghasilkan bahan bakar cair sintetis yang mirip dengan produk-produk turunan minyak bumi, bahkan dengan kualitas yang lebih baik.

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Research Project of the University of Maastricht

by on 29/09/08 at 4:46 pm
Research Project of the University of Maastricht

Research Project Maastricht (RPM) is an annual non-profit business research project of the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. This year’s destination will be Indonesia. The purpose of the project is two fold: first, due to the non-profit character of our project RPM can offer high quality business research at cost price.

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CHE Softwares: Free, Demo, and Sharewares

by on 12/09/08 at 4:07 pm
CHE Softwares: Free, Demo, and Sharewares

I found some software that can be such a life-saver for us, chemical engineering students, or even lecturers and professionals. Some of them are freewares, sharewares, and demos. Freewares are free to download without necessarily having to purchase a license to legally use it; and it is fully functional.

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CHE Around Us: Refrigerators

by on 04/09/08 at 3:22 pm
CHE Around Us: Refrigerators

Have you ever thought living life without refrigerator? It’s one thing that miraculously changes our life. Before the invention of refrigeration technology, the only way to preserve meat was to salt it, and iced beverages in the summer were a real luxury. Imagine that.

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Event: Engineer’s Week (Pekan Insinyur)

by on 01/08/08 at 4:45 pm
Event: Engineer’s Week (Pekan Insinyur)

Himpunan Mahasiswa Teknik Kimia (HIMATEK) ITB, Program Studi Teknik Kimia ITB, dan Ikatan Alumni Teknik Kimia ITB mempersembahkan Engineer’s Week (Pekan Insinyur) yang bertajuk “Peran Penting Insinyur dalam membawa industri menuju tingkatan baru” dan akan diadakan pada tanggal 29 Oktober – 8 November 2008 di Institut Teknologi Bandung dan sekitarnya.

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Biogasification of Lignite Coal

by on 30/06/08 at 1:01 am
Biogasification of Lignite Coal

Biogasification is a prospective industry from energy efficiency point of view. The disadvantage of the process, which is small amount of energy production, can be reconsidered since the solid phase can be utilized as feed for other processes like combustion reaction.

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