Kylie Canales
Ever wonder what could happen when you “accidentally” pour your chemicals down the sink in lab? I know. My name is Kylie Canales, and I am the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator for the City of Angola. My primary function is to monitor, sample, permit for and treat all the nasty chemicals that end up in the sewers. Pretreatment programs are a highly involved process that chemical engineers are involved in setting up and running. Through blogging, I hope to inform other chemical engineers how to stay within the ever increasing EPA restrictions for their facilities.
ChEnected contributions
Challenge Question on Hydrostatic Pressure! [Challenged Solved]
Congratulations to Scott Kolodziej for being the first to submit a correct answer to the challenge question! And thanks to everyone who participated.
How Fast Does the Siphon Flow? [Challenge Solved]
With gas prices soaring, several friends decide to save money by siphoning gas from other people’s vehicles. They need to siphon 40L of gas in order for the group to have enough for their mopeds for the week. Sunday night, they were siphoning gas out of a large truck at the local market.
Career Insights: Things I Didn't Learn in School
There's a long list of things I learned in school, and I am grateful for all of that knowledge. It makes me the stellar employee that I am today, but there are a few things that I have learned in the real world that I really wish they would have clued me in on before releasing me out into the world.
Water: Industrial Discharge Permits
Environmental management groups are cracking down on industries by imposing tighter discharge limits and making industries everywhere contemplate in-house pretreatment programs—and dilution is no longer an acceptable solution.