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Merrell Robert Fenske
Merrell Robert Fenske
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He went to the Pennsylvania State University shortly thereafter as an Assistant Professor and in due course became that rare combination of Professor of' Chemistry and Professor of Chemical Engineering. In 1929 he was made Director of the Petroleum Refining Laboratory, and his early work was devoted to research for the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association.
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The research aided materially in the design of commercial installations for the production of high performance aircraft fuels in World War II. Distillation was a separation by molecular size, and Professor Fenske needed a more powerful means for separating the constituents of Pennsylvania crudes the separation by molecular type.
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Noted were distillation, viscosity and rheology, and oxidation, but the list extends far beyond this to thermodynamics, phase equilibria, hydrogenation, catalysis, refining processes, Raman spectra, heat pumps, fluidization of particulate solids, microorganisms and their behavior, fuels, analytical methods, and many more. With a vigor and a breadth of interest that seem amazing, Professor Fenske's work touched an almost unbelievable spectrum of engineering problems.
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His comments were always direct, his evaluations reliable, and his advice dependable. The entire engineering community has lost a true friend and faithful worker in its behalf; 54
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