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As our oil reserves diminish chemists have found a way to turn coal and gas into kerosene and petrol.
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Module code and title: S246, Organic chemistry
Item code: S246; 05; 1991
First transmission date: 14-07-1991
Published: 1991
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Duration: 00:25:00
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Producer: Tony Jolly
Contributors: Pieter Kwant; Malcolm Rose
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Amsterdam; Aviation; Burning-off; Fuel; Gas; Gasoline; Holland; Oil fields; Recycling; Shell research lab
Subject terms: Chemical industry--Planning; Chemistry, organic
Footage description: Footage - Chemical refinery (0'23"-1'16") - Gas flares in desert. Reactor. C atalyst, samples and processes (2'33"-3'32") - Shell Research, Amsterdam. Laboratory. Catalytic process. Oven, reactor, gas chromatograph. Trace (3'33"-5'08") - Microflow reactor in laboratory. Bench scale reactor. Catalyst. White paraffinic wax. Bottle of gas oil and bottle of dark oil. VDU screen in control room. Chart recorder (5'09"-10'03") - Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. Catalyst samples on carousel. Needle (10'45"-12'01) - EM scan at 300nm of cobalt catalytic surface. EM scan showing atoms and voids on surface of catalyst (12'02"-12'47") - Spectrometer. Picture of Energy Loss Spectrometer (EELS). Graphics of EELS, schematic of atoms, spectrum (13'00"-15'12") - Graphic explaining gas molecules reaction with catalyst (15'13-18'24") - Microscope. Catalyst sample removed from carousel inside microscope (18'25"-19'21") e.Man pours glass of whisky. Monosodium glutamate crystals poured into bag. Fo ods containing monosodium glutamate e.g. soup, sauce mixes, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese (19'22"-19'49") - EM coryneform cell. Molasses. Fermenters (19'50"-20'09") - Graphic of synthesis (20'10"-20'29") - Bags of glutamate in warehouse. Fermenters. Graphic of fermentation (20'30"-20'52") - Picture of EM coryneform cell. VDU screen in control room (21'01"-21'46") - Bacteria peels off drum. Bags of Protorsan. Evaporator. Glutamic acid. Crude crystals. Dried cake ofglutamic acid. Monosodium glutamate crystals. Centrifuge/rotary drier. Packaging plant (21'47"-22'58") - Microscopic view of coryneform bacteria. Orsan plant. Technician inspecting test tube. Glutamic acid (22'59"-24'10").
Master spool number: HOU6979
Production number: FOUS631B
Videofinder number: 4077
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