Publications

Through out the years FRI staff and committees have published and presented many technical papers. You may download and view the latest technical article by the FRI Design Practice Committee titled Causes and Prevention of Packing Fires published in the July 2007 edition of Chemical Engineering magazine.

The followings are the staff publications available in the public domain:

Staff Publications

BELL, R.L.,
"EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS ON COMMERCIAL SCALE DISTILLATION TRAYS USING A FIBER OPTIC TECHNIQUE",
A.I.CH.E. JOURNAL, 18, P. 491 (MAY 1972).

BELL, R.L.,
"RESIDENCE TIME AND FLUID MIXING ON COMMERCIAL SCALE SIEVE TRAYS", A.I.CH.E. JOURNAL, 18, P. 498 (MAY 1972).

CAI, T.J., SHARIAT, A., RESETARITS, M.R.,
"PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS ON DISTILLATION COLUMNS",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, TAMPA, FLORIDA (APRIL 26-30, 2009).

CAI, T.J., KUNESH, J.G., ZUIDERWEG, F., YANAGI, T., SHARIAT, A., AND CHEN, G.X.,
"THE PERFORMANCE OF RANDOM PACKING FOR HIGH PRESSURE DISTILLATION SYSTEMS",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (APRIL 22-26, 2007)

CAI, T.J., CHEN, G.X., CHUANG, K.T., AFACAN, A.,
"FOAMING EFFECT ON RANDOM PACKING PERFORMANCE",
DISTILLATION & ABSORPTION '2006, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 152, P. 392 (2006 - INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).

CAI, T.J., AND CHEN, G.X.,
"CONTROL OF LIQUID FLOW ON FRACTIONATING TRAYS",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING MEETING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA (APRIL 10-14, 2005)

CAI, T.J., AND CHEN, G.X.,
"STRUCTURED PACKING PERFORMANCE",
FIRST CHINA-USA JOINT CONFERENCE ON DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY, TIANJIN, CHINA (JUNE 15-18, 2004)

CAI, J., AND CHEN, G.X.,
"LIQUID BACK-MIXING ON DISTILLATION TRAYS",
I.&E.C. RESEARCH, 43(10), P. 2590 (2004).

CAI, J., CHEN, G.X., FITZ, C.W., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"EFFECT OF BED LENGTH AND VAPOUR MALDISTRIBUTION ON STRUCTURED PACKING PERFORMANCE",
TRANS ICHEME, VOL. 81, PART A, P. 85 (JANUARY, 2003).

CAI, T.J., FITZ, C.W., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"VAPOR MALDISTRIBUTION STUDIES ON STRUCTURED AND RANDOM PACKINGS",
A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, RENO, NEVADA (NOVEMBER, 2001)

CAI, T.J., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF LARGE STRUCTURED PACKING",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (MARCH 1999)

CHEN, G.X.,
"OPTIMUM COLUMN DESIGN FOR CAPACITY AND EFFICIENCY",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING MEETING, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (APRIL 26, 2004)

CHEN, G.X., CAI, T.J., AND SHARIAT, A.,
"ENTRAINMENT PARTICLE SIZE FROM COMMERCIAL SCALE DISTILLATION TRAYS",
A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (NOVEMBER 16-21, 2003)

CHEN, G.X.,
"DOWNCOMER FROTH DENSITY AT HIGH PRESSURES",
A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (NOVEMBER 3-8, 2002)

CHEN, G.X., AND CHAUNG, K.T.,
"DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF GAS-PHASE AND LIQUID-PHASE TRANSFER UNITS FROM POINT EFFICIENCIES IN DISTILLATION",
I.&E.C. RESEARCH, 33, P. 907 (1994).

DESIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE (FRI),
"CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF PACKING FIRES"
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, P. 34 (July 2007)

FITZ, C.W., KING, D.W., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"CONTROLLED LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION STUDIES ON STRUCTURED PACKING",
A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, DALLAS, TEXAS (NOVEMBER, 1999)

FITZ, C.W., KING, D.W., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"CONTROLLED LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION STUDIES ON STRUCTURED PACKING",
TRANS ICHEME, VOL. 77, PART A, P. 482 (SEPTEMBER, 1999).

FITZ, C.W., KUNESH, J.G., AND SHARIAT, A.,
"PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURED PACKING IN A COMMERCIAL-SCALE COLUMN AT PRESSURES OF 0.02-27.6 BAR",
I.&E.C. RESEARCH, 38, P. 512 (1999).

FITZ, C.W., SHARIAT, A. AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURED PACKING IN A COMMERCIAL SCALE COLUMN AT PRESSURES OF 0.02 TO 27.6 BAR",
DISTILLATION & ABSORPTION '97, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 142, P. 829 (1997 - INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).

FITZ, C.W., AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURED PACKING AT LOW LIQUID RATES",
A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (NOVEMBER, 1996).

FITZ, C.W., SHARIAT, A. AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"PERFORMANCE OF MELLAPAK STRUCTURED PACKING USING THE BUTANE SYSTEM AT PRESSURES OF 7 TO 28 BAR",
GVC, LUZERN, SWITZERLAND (APRIL 29-30, 1996).

FITZ, C.W., AND SHARIAT, A.,
"PERFORMANCE OF STRUCTURED PACKING AT HIGH PRESSURE",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (MARCH 1995).

KUNESH, J.G., AND KING, D.W.,
"OVERVIEW OF FRI REPORTS RECENTLY RELEASED TO PUBLIC",
A.I.CH.E. POSTER SESSION (NOVEMBER 1998).

KUNESH, J.G., KISTER, H.Z., LOCKETT, M.J. AND FAIR, J.R.,
"DISTILLATION: STILL TOWERING OVER OTHER OPTIONS",
CEP, P. 43 (OCTOBER, 1995).

KUNESH, J.G., AND SHARIAT, A.,
"PACKING EFFICIENCY TESTING ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE WITH GOOD (AND NOT SO GOOD) REFLUX DISTRIBUTION",
GVC, WURZBURG, GERMANY (MAY 5-6, 1994).

KUNESH, J.G.,
"DIRECT-CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER FROM A LIQUID SPRAY INTO A CONDENSING VAPOR",
IND. ENG. CHEM. RES., 32, P. 2387 (OCTOBER 1993).

KUNESH, J.G., AND SHARIAT, A.,
"PACKING EFFICIENCY TESTING ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE WITH GOOD REFLUX DISTRIBUTION",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (MAR.-APR. 1993).

KUNESH, J.G., HASBROUCK, J.F., AND SMITH, V.C.,
"SUCCESSFULLY TROUBLESHOOT DISTILLATION TOWERS",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 89, P. 63 (MAR. 1993).

KUNESH, J.G., KING, D.W.,AND FITZ, C.W.,
"USE OF GAMMA SCANNING TO OBTAIN QUANTITATIVE HYDRAULIC DATA ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE",
DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION - 1992, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES, NO. 128, P. A211 (1992: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS.,RUGBY, UK).

KUNESH, J.G.,
"PRACTICAL TIPS ON TOWER PACKING",
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, P.101 (DECEMBER 7, 1987).

KUNESH, J.G.,
"RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PACKED COLUMNS",
CAN. J. CHEM. ENG., 65, P. 907 (DEC. 1987).

KUNESH, J.G., LAHM, L., AND YANAGI, T.,
"COMMERCIAL SCALE EXPERIMENTS THAT PROVIDE INSIGHT ON PACKED TOWER DISTRIBUTORS",
I.&E.C. RESEARCH, 26, P. 1846 (1987).

KUNESH, J.G., LAHM, L., AND YANAGI, T.,
"CONTROLLED MALDISTRIBUTION STUDIES ON RANDOM PACKING AT A COMMERCIAL SCALE",
DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION - 1987, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 104, P. A233 (1987: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).

KUNESH, J.G., LAHM, L., AND YANAGI, T.,
"LIQUID DISTRIBUTION STUDIES IN PACKED BEDS",
SESSION ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ABSORPTION AND DISTILLATION, A.I.CH.E. ANNUAL MEETING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (NOVEMBER, 1985).

LAHM, L., AND YANAGI, T.,
"LIQUID DISTRIBUTION IN A 4-FOOT DIAMETER PACKED BED",
A.I.CH.E. 1982 ANNUAL MEETING, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NOVEMBER 14-19, 1982).

LENOIR, J.M. AND SAKATA, M.,
"THE CORRELATION OF VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIA USED TO DETERMINE TRAY EFFICIENCIES",
IND. ENG. CHEM. FUNDAM., 17, P. 71 (1978).

OGNISTY, T.P.,
"THE DIRECT CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF A SPRAY NOZZLE, A NOTCHED TROUGH DISTRIBUTOR AND TWO INCH PALL RINGS",
SESSION ON RECENT ADVANCES IN DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION-I: PACKING PERFORMANCE, A.I.CH.E. 1990 SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, ORLANDO, FLORIDA (MARCH 1990).

OGNISTY, T.P. AND KAO, Y.S.,
"PERFORMANCE OF FRACTIONATION DEVICES IN DIRECT CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER",
PACHEC IV, ACAPULCO (OCTOBER 19-22, 1988).

OGNISTY, T.P. AND SAKATA, M.,
"MULTICOMPONENT DIFFUSION: THEORY VS. INDUSTRIAL DATA",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 83, P. 60 (MARCH 1987).

RESETARITS, M.R. AND OGUNDEJI, A.Y.,
"ON DISTILLATION TRAY WEIR LOADING",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, TAMPA, FLORIDA (APRIL 26-30, 2009).

RESETARITS, M.R. AND KING, D.W.,
"FIFTY YEARS OF FRI(SM) CONTRIBUTIONS",
A.I.CH.E. 2008 ANNUAL MEETING, PHILADELPHIA, PA (NOVEMBER 16-21, 2008).

RUKOVENA, F. JR. AND CAI, T.J.,
"PACKED TOWER INTERNALS IMPORTANT TO TOWER EFFICIENCY ",
A.I.CH.E. SPRING NATIONAL MEETING, TAMPA, FLORIDA (APRIL 26-30, 2009).

RUKOVENA, F. JR. AND CAI, T.J.,
"ACHIEVE GOOD PACKED TOWER EFFICIENCY",
CHEMICAL PROCESSING, P. 22-31 (NOVEMBER 2008).

RUKOVENA, F. JR.,
"PROPERLY INSTALL COLUMN INTERNALS",
CHEMICAL PROCESSING, P. 19-25 (FEBRUARY 2007).

SAKATA, M., KING, D.W., CAI, T.J., CHEN, G.X., AND YANAGI, T.SHARIAT, A.,
"THE EFFECT OF HOLE SIZE ON SIEVE TRAY PERFORMANCE",
A.I.CH.E. 2007 SPRING MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (APRIL 22-27, 2008).

SAKATA, M., AND YANAGI, T.,
"PERFORMANCE OF A COMMERCIAL SCALE SIEVE TRAY",
DISTILLATION-1979, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 56, VOL. I, P. 3.2/21 (1979: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY).

SAKATA, M.,
"LIQUID MIXING IN DISTILLATION COLUMNS",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 62, P. 98 (NOV. 1966).

SCOTT, B.D., AND MYERS, H.S.,
"BUBBLE TRAY EFFICIENCY STUDIES",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 69, P. 73 (OCT. 1973). PRESENTED ORIGINALLY UNDER, "UNSTEADY STATE MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES FROM LABORATORY SCALE APPARATUS", 74TH NATIONAL MEETING, NEW ORLEANS, (MARCH 11-15, 1973).

SHARIAT, A., AND CAI, T.J.,
"THE EFFECT OF OUTLET WEIR HEIGHT ON SIEVE TRAY PERFORMANCE",
A.I.CH.E. 2008 ANNUAL MEETING, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (NOVEMBER 16-21, 2008).

SHARIAT, A.,
"TRIBUTE TO DR. JOHN KUNESH",
A.I.CH.E. 2007 SPRING MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (APRIL 22-27, 2007).

SHARIAT, A., SAKATA, M., CAI, T.J., CHEN, G.X., AND YANAGI, T.,
"THE EFFECT OF OPEN AREA ON SIEVE TRAY PERFORMANCE",
A.I.CH.E. 2007 SPRING MEETING, HOUSTON, TEXAS (APRIL 22-27, 2007).

SHARIAT, A. AND KUNESH, J.G.,
"PACKING EFFICIENCY TESTING ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE WITH GOOD (AND NOT SO GOOD) REFLUX DISTRIBUTION",
IND.ENG.CHEM.RES., 34, P. 1273 (APRIL, 1995).

SHARIAT, A., MOSHFEGHIAN, M., AND MADDOX, R.N.,
"PREDICTION OF REFRIGERANT THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES BY EOS PART II: VLE BEHAVIOR OF BINARY MIXTURES",
11TH SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, BOULDER, COLORADO (JUNE 23-27, 1991).

SILVEY, F.C., AND KELLER, G.J.,
"PERFORMANCE OF THREE SIZES OF CERAMIC RASCHIG RINGS IN A 4 FT DIAMETER COLUMN",
I. CHEM. E., SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 32 (1969: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. LONDON).

SILVEY, F.C., AND KELLER, G.J.,
"TESTING ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 62, P. 68 (JAN. 1966).

SILVEY, F.C.,
"EQUILIBRIUM K-VALUES FOR THE ISOBUTANE/N-BUTANE SYSTEM FROM 10 ATM. TO THE CRITICAL REGION",
SESSION ON NEW DATA FOR CHEM. ENG. 30TH MIDYEAR MEETING, A.P.I. DIV. OF REFG. MONTREAL, QUE., CANADA (MAY 10, 1965).

STUPIN, W.J.,
"ENTHALPY OF PROPANE-PROPYLENE MIXTURES",
HYDROCARBON PROCESSING, 45, P. 222 (MAY 1966).

WINN, F.W.,
"NEW RELATIVE VOLATILITY METHOD FOR DISTILLATION CALCULATIONS",
PETROLEUM REFINER, 37, P. 216 (MAY 1958).

WINN, F.W.,
"PHYSICAL PROPERTIES BY NOMOGRAM",
PETROLEUM REFINER, 36, P. 157 (FEB. 1957).

WINN, F.W.,
"HOW TO INVEST YOUR CAPITAL FOR PROFITS",
PETROLEUM REFINER, (JULY, 1956).

WINN, F.W.,
"NOMOGRAMS...MAKE YOUR OWN",
PETROLEUM REFINER, (OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, 1955, AND FEBRUARY, MARCH, 1956).

WINN, F.W.,
"DEVELOPMENTS IN FRACTIONATOR DESIGN",
PETROLEUM ENGINEER, (SEPT. 1955).

WINN, F.W., AND KELLER, G.J.,
"SLOT OPENINGS IN BUBBLE CAPS",
PETROLEUM REFINER, 34, P. 111 (JULY 1955).

WINN, F.W.,
"FRACTIONATION RESEARCH PAYS OFF",
PETROLEUM WORLD (1955).

YANAGI, T.,
"INSIDE A TRAYED DISTILLATION COLUMN",
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, P. 120 (NOV. 1990).

YANAGI, T., AND SAKATA, M.,
"PERFORMANCE OF A COMMERCIAL SCALE FOURTEEN PERCENT SIEVE TRAY",
IND. ENG. CHEM. PROCESS DES. DEV., 21, P. 712 (1982).

YANAGI, T.,
"PERFORMANCE OF 1.5 INCH CERAMIC RASCHIG RINGS IN A 4-FOOT DIAMETER COMMERCIAL SCALE DISTILLATION COLUMN",
1975 INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL PLANT ENGINEERING CONGRESS, (JAPAN).

YANAGI, T., AND SCOTT, B.D.,
"EFFECT OF LIQUID MIXING ON SIEVE TRAYS",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 69, P. 75 (OCT. 1973).

YANAGI, T.,
"DISTILLATION RESEARCH IN A HIGH VACUUM PILOT PLANT",
A.I.CH.E. 59TH ANNUAL MEETING, DETROIT, MICHIGAN (DECEMBER 4-8, 1966).

YEOMAN, N.,
"THE FRI TRAY DATA SHEET",
CHEM. ENG. PROG., 85, P. 14 (OCT. 1989).

ZUIDERWEG, F.J. AND NUTTER, D.E.,
"EVIDENCE OF VAPOUR BACKMIXING IN PACKED COLUMNS IN THE CASE OF HIGH PRESSURE DISTILLATION",
DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION - 1992, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 128, P. A481 (1992: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).

ZUIDERWEG, F.J. AND YANAGI, T.,
"MARANGONI EFFECT, LIQUID PHASE RESISTANCE OR MALDISTRIBUTION?",
DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION - 1992, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 128, P. A181 (1992: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).

ZUIDERWEG, F.J., KUNESH, J.G., AND KING, D.W.,
"A MODEL FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE EFFECT OF MALDISTRIBUTION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF A PACKED COLUMN",
A.I.CH.E. NATIONAL MEETING, PITTSBURGH (AUGUST 18-21, 1991).

ZUIDERWEG, F.J., AND YANAGI, T.,
"MARANGONI EFFECTS OR LIQUID MALDISTRIBUTION?",
A.I.CH.E. NATIONAL MEETING, HOUSTON (APRIL 6-9, 1989).

ZUIDERWEG, F.J., HOEK, P.J., AND LAHM, L.,
"THE EFFECT OF LIQUID DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION ON THE SEPARATION EFFICIENCY OF PACKED COLUMNS",
DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION - 1987, INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS. SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO. 104, P. A217 (1987: INSTN. CHEM. ENGRS., RUGBY, UK).