Abstract
Electro-Magnetic Energy has finally made its way into the Petro-Chemical market twenty-five years after market acceptance in the Food Processing Industry. Major factors influencing this change are tighter environmental regulations, price competition and increased production requirements. The main barriers are primarily due to perception of high costs and safety issues coupled with the fact that neither industry had a strategic reason to market their products to each other. The speed at which these changes can take place is impeded by the lack of industry information sharing brought on by the need to gain a competitive edge. These barriers are beginning to break down now that the Petro-Chemicals engineering and management are requiring their processes be reviewed to meet the challenges.
Raburn, R. (1999). Radio Frequency & Microwave Energy for the Petro Chemical Industry. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /91110.