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New Parr Custom Calorimeters

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Introducing the 1109X High Strength Semimicro Oxygen Combustion Vessel

Parr is a distinctive calorimeter producer in the market. It is well known that a large portion of Parr’s business is custom built reactor systems. However, few know that Parr builds custom calorimeters for special tasks as well.

Custom Calorimeters
1109X High Strength Semimicro Oxygen Combustion Vessel

Features Include:

  • A high strength combustion micro-vessel 1109X with the corresponding bucket, for use in a 6200 Calorimeter.
  • Optimized for applications where samples have a small energy release but generate high dynamic pressure during the combustion.
  • This special version of the Parr 6200 Calorimeter and 1109X Vessel performs with better than 1% precision for energy releases as low as 1 kJ

 

 

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Custom External Catalyst Addition Devices

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New Custom External Catalyst Addition Device on 4563

Recently, we have offered custom external catalyst addition devices (XCAD) for some of our systems to compliment our standard atmospheric XCADs. The new design allows customers to add the catalyst while the system is under pressure and heated to a set temperature. It can even be used in place of our solids charging port (SCP) for some systems.

Custom External Catalyst Addition Device on 4563

Features:

  • Cooling sleeve
  • Ball valve
  • Sealed screw cap vessel

 

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Hands-On Training

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We love our customers and we love to have them come and visit us! Our customers are invited to join us at our facilities in Moline, Illinois to receive complimentary hands-on training on their systems before they are shipped to their locations. We recently welcomed visitors from Texas and Israel for training on their new customized Parr equipment. Contact us to learn more about our in house training options!

Ademola Idowu, Ph.D. from The Dow Chemical Company in Lake Jackson, Texas working with his new custom Tubular Reactor & Stirred Systems.
Ademola Idowu, Ph.D. from The Dow Chemical Company in Lake Jackson, Texas working with his new custom Tubular Reactor & Stirred Systems.
Our customers from Israel discussing their new High Pressure Vessel System with Parr's Tim Lehman.
Our customers from Israel discussing their new High Pressure Vessel System with Parr's Tim Lehman.
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Local Students Visit Parr

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This week we hosted students taking physical chemistry classes from St. Ambrose University and Monmouth College. During their visits the students learned more about combustion calorimetry and were familiarized with real world calorimeters and applications. They also received an overview of the reactor side of our business.

Steve Lierly discusses calorimetery with students from St. Ambrose University.
Steve Lierly discusses calorimetery with students from St. Ambrose University.
Students and Professors from St. Ambrose University hosted by Parr's Steve Lierly (left) and Dr. Andrei Yermalayeu (second from right).
Students and Professors from St. Ambrose University hosted by Parr's Steve Lierly (left) and Dr. Andrei Yermalayeu (second from right).

 

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Parr Dealer Training

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We have enjoyed having five of our dealers with us at our headquarters in Moline, Illinois for training this week!

Pictured from left to right: Pierre Graziani with Equilabo S.A.S., Farid Ali David with MAKS Trading Limited, Tim Lehman with Parr Instrument Company USA, Wojciech Ostapkowicz with Parr Instrument GmbH, George Gonatas & Ioannis-Hector Haloulos both with Alfa Analytical Instruments
Pictured from left to right: Pierre Graziani with Equilabo S.A.S. in France, Farid Ali David with MAKS Trading Limited in Bangladesh, Tim Lehman with Parr Instrument Company USA, Wojciech Ostapkowicz with Parr Instrument GmbH, George Gonatas & Ioannis-Hector Haloulos both with Alfa Analytical Instruments in Greece.
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Parr Lecture at the University of Illinois

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Pictured from left to right: Prof. Paul Kenis, Elio Eliakim Tarika Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, Prof. David Sholl, the John F. Brock III School Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech, Steve Perry, Ph.D., Senior Product Manager & Tim Kilcoin, Ph.D., Senior Scientist both from Parr Instrument Company
Pictured from left to right: Prof. Paul Kenis, Prof. David Sholl, Steve Perry, Ph.D., & Tim Kilcoin, Ph.D.

On September 20th Dr. Tim Kilcoin and Dr. Steve Perry of Parr Instrument Company visited the University of Illinois to attend the Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering. The annual lecture was named in honor of Samuel Parr who founded the university’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Parr Instrument Company. The invited lecturer was Professor David Sholl from Georgia Tech who presented “Expanding the Chemical Palette for Reliable Adsorption-based Separations”.

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Illinois Governor Visits Parr Instrument Company

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Parr machinist Kevin Engebretson, and Governor Rauner continue the discussion following a general Q & A session.
Parr machinist Kevin Engebretson, and Governor Rauner continue the discussion following a general Q & A session.

Parr welcomed Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner for a tour of the company’s manufacturing and assembly departments, and hosted a Q & A session with employees.  Governor Rauner also made some brief comments to promote his vision for tax and regulatory policy intended to retain and attract small businesses to Illinois.

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Belgian Ambassador Visits Parr Instrument Company

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Gilles Philippart de Foy, left, Patrick Van Nevel,  Dirk Wouters, Jim Nelson, and Piet Morisse, stop to examine a Parr calorimeter during a tour of the company’s manufacturing facilities.

Jim Nelson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Parr Instrument Company recently met with Dirk Wouters, Belgium’s ambassador to the United States, Patrick Van Nevel, Honorary Consulate for the Kingdom of Belgium in Moline, Gilles Philippart de Foy, Trade Commissioner for Wallonia, and Piet Morisse, Investment and Trade Commissioner for Flanders Investment and Trade during Ambassador Wouters’ recent visit to Moline, Illinois.

The Belgium delegation visited Parr  as part of the Ambassador’s tour of the Midwest. Ambassador Wouters is interested in promoting commerce between Belgium and United States companies as well as Belgium investments in the U.S. and U.S. investments in Belgium by connecting companies that may have synergies for doing business. Moline, Illinois has a long history of Belgium immigration and strong population of Belgium people and traditions in the community.

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New Automated Liquid Sampler

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4878 Automated Liquid Sampler
4878 Automated Liquid Sampler

Parr’s new 4878 Automated Liquid Sampler allows the collection of multiple samples at a user defined interval without requiring the presence of an operator for sample collection. In addition, the contents of the dip tube and sample line can be cleared between each sample to ensure each sample is representative of the fluid inside the reactor at the time of sample collection.

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Myth: Parr Instrument Company has a connection with MythBusters

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Steve Lierly with the 6050 Calorimeter and 1110 Vessel that appeared on Mythbusters
Steve Lierly with the 6050 Calorimeter and 1110 Vessel that appeared on MythBusters

CONFIRMED

Parr Instrument Company’s technical expertise was requested by Discovery Channel’s MythBusters television program to help provide data for one of their myths. The myth in question was if a rocket could be fueled with gummy bears or fecal matter. The MythBusters team contacted Parr for help determining the calorific values for each potential fuel.  A calorimeter is the instrument of choice when experimentally determining the energy release of solid and liquid fuels.

Parr’s Calorimeter Product Manager Steve Lierly visited the set of the show in California to run tests with Parr’s newest calorimeter, the 6050 Compensated Jacket Calorimeter. Mr. Lierly and the calorimeter appear in MythBusters “Rocketmen” episode which originally aired on February 20, 2016.

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