Wireless communication for plant data gathering and even process control is a rapidly maturing technology. What started out as a cheap way to gather non-critical plant information now has the potential to take over much of the work…
Do you know of a firm — perhaps your own employer — that has recently commercialized an innovative process, product, or other chemical-engineering development? If so, we would like to hear from you. Nominations are open for this…
It’s a very exciting time for computational chemistry, said Gerhard Engel, senior director of R&D, accelrys Ltd. (Cambridge, England) in his opening address to delegates of the European Science Forum last month in Heidelberg, Germany. This comment was…
November 17 was the deadline for states to submit their plans for the control of mercury emissions from power plants to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Washington D.C.; epa.gov), but mercury-control processes are already being commercialized. The…
As the new year opens, Chemical Engineering is gearing up to offer a broad range of articles, products, activities and opportunities, print and offline alike (including electronic products) for our readers. Here are some of the highlights. As is the…
New crystallization-system designs rely on previous successful installations and rules for scaling-up systems to adapt to slightly different conditions. However, guidelines or rules of thumb have underlying assumptions that might have been ignored when scaling-up a system during…
A fieldbus calibrator is now available Up to now, calibrating fieldbus transmitters has been time consuming and complicated, typically requiring two persons and a fieldbus system that is in operational use. With the launch of the MC5 Fieldbus…
NORTH AMERICA North America and the Carbon Markets. Point Carbon (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-349-1120; Web: pointcarbon.com Washington, D.C. Jan. 17–18 12th Annual Transportation & Distribution Conference. Chemical Week (New York, N.Y.). Phone: 212-621-4978; Fax: 212-621-4970; Email: reg@chemweek.com…
NORTH AMERICA North America and the Carbon Markets. Point Carbon (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 202-349-1120; Web: pointcarbon.com Washington, D.C. Jan. 17–18 12th Annual Transportation & Distribution Conference. Chemical Week (New York, N.Y.). Phone: 212-621-4978; Fax: 212-621-4970; Email: reg@chemweek.com…
Hardly a day goes by that there is not some story in the daily press related to climate change. This was especially true last month, due to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change taking place in Nairobi, Kenya (November…