Who we are
ChemInform Saint-Petersburg (CISP) Ltd. has been created on the basis of the research department of the Russian Scientific Center "Applied Chemistry" and inherits more than 25 years of experience in investigation of thermal safety of propellants, explosives and other military chemical products as well as study of chemical processes of general purpose. Our staff includes about 40 specialists in various areas: chemical engineering, programming, chemical and thermal physics, hydrodynamics, etc. They are grouped into two laboratories: chemical engineering laboratory and reaction hazard assessment laboratory. We are located in the very center of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. You will find us in the neighborhood of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the place where Saint-Petersburg was founded almost 300 years ago.  | Areas of activity |  |
Having highly qualified personnel ChemInform is able to implement a wide range of investigations and developments. The main directions of our activity are: - Reaction hazard assessment - methodology of applying various calorimetric techniques for reaction investigation, methodology of kinetics evaluation, methodology of runaway modeling, software development.
- Chemical engineering - methodology of kinetics evaluation for homogeneous and heterogeneous-catalytic reactions, reactor simulation, development of appropriate software.
- Applied investigations - experimental study of reaction kinetics and thermal safety assessment; study of kinetics of industrial processes.
| General approach to the problem solution | |
Although there are several different directions of our work all of them are closely connected with each other and the same general approach is applied. It includes three typical stages: experimental study of a reaction, kinetics evaluation, and solution of a practical problem. The scheme by itself is usual and widely applied. The specific feature of our approach is that we intensively and consecutively use the methods of mathematical simulation. The most important merits of this approach are as follows: - it allows investigating the dynamics of the processes under various operating conditions;
- it gives the principal solution of the scale-up problem;
- it provides fast and reliable analysis of the influence of condition's variations on process proceeding.
Practical application of the methodology may give and gives indeed good results. But, at the same time, it is a very knowledge-consuming way, every step should be provided with appropriate elaborated methods, and high demands have to be made to professional qualities of researchers. Therefore, to simplify practical application of the proposed approach it was required to develop relevant methods and corresponding software. This has been one of the main aims of our activity during the last 15 years. | Membership | |
- Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) Users Group created under the aegis of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) since 1997;
- European DIERS Users Group (EDUG) since 1998.
| How to contact us | |
| Address: | 14, Dobrolubov ave., 197198, Saint-Petersburg, Russia | | Phone: | 7 (812) 303 92 94, 7 (812) 303 92 83 | | Fax: | 7 (812) 303 92 99 | | E-Mail: | office@cisp.spb.ru |
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