Parr Instrument Company Blog

Early Parr Calorimeter on display at the University of Illinois

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Parr Calorimeter at U of I
Download Mass Transfer’s Calorimeter article

An early model Parr Calorimeter is now on display in the lobby of the Rogers Adams Laboratory at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. The calorimeter dates back to approximately the 1920’s and is featured below a plaque honoring Parr Instrument Company’s founder, Professor Samuel W. Parr who taught at the University of Illinois for many years. The calorimeter display is featured in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department’s newsletter Mass Transfer .

ASTM International Committee on Coal and Coke Honors Dr. Henry (Jay) Albert

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Dr. John T. Riley, Professor Emeritus – Western Kentucky University and past Chairman of ASTM D05 & Dr. Henry (Jay) Albert, Technical Director – Parr Instrument Company

ASTM International Committee D05 on Coal and Coke has recognized the outstanding service of Henry J. Albert, Ph.D., technical director at Parr Instrument Co., Moline, Illinois, with the R.A. Glenn Award.

An active ASTM member since 2005, Albert is the current D05 membership secretary and chairs Subcommittee D05.21 on Methods of Analysis. He also served a term on the ASTM Standing Committee on Standards from 2011 to 2013, for which he received a Service Award.

A graduate of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1978, Albert earned his doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, in 1984. That same year, he joined Parr Instrument Company as a research and development chemist, and assumed his current role in 2004.

Albert is a member of the American Chemical Society in addition to ASTM.

Parr Spanish Website

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We are pleased to announce that Parr Instrument Company’s website is now available in Spanish!

The Spanish version of our site is accessible at www.parrinst.com/es or by clicking on the Español link located in the language selector on the top of each page. Clicking on the English link takes visitors back to the English site.

We would like to extend a special thank you to our exclusive dealer in Mexico Equipar and Sandra Peréz Celis for their immense assistance in helping get Parr Instrument Company’s website translated into Spanish!

Parr Management Changes

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Mike Steffenson and Jim Nelson

 

We are pleased to announce that Jim Nelson has been elected as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Parr Instrument Company.

Mike Steffenson remains a vital part of the day to day operations at Parr as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Steve Ciucci who has served as our Chief Operating Officer for the past 13 years has assumed the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Welcome to our New Site

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We are certainly excited for our new website launch. There are too many changes to list so we invite you to look around the site.

We encourage you to register on our new site to gain access to instruction manuals and other secured information. Please note that the login credentials for subscribers to our old site did not carry over to the new site and all users will have to register again.

We hope you find the new and improved Parr Instrument Company website more functional and easier to use than our previous site. Please contact us with any comments, suggestions, or questions regarding our new site.

Supercritical Fluids

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Parr has designed Supercritical Fluid Systems for applications that include extractions, nano particle and nano structured film formation, supercritical drying, carbon capture and storage, as well as enhanced oil recovery studies. More…

High Pressure/High Temperature Reactor Systems

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Parr’s customizable reactors and pressure vessels can be designed for up to 5,000 psi and temperatures to 500 °C. More…