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April 2018

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× COMMENTARY

Making connections
Most of us involved in the chemical process industries (CPI)…

COVER STORY

Figure 1. The diagram shows core flow (left) and mass flow (right) patterns

Preventing Flow Stoppages in Powder Handling Processes
Predicting powder flow behavior is important to successful solids-handling processes.…

Figure 3. The spinning riffler technique, known in the early days of mining, generates a low standard deviation for repeated samples

Alan Rawle

Taking Representative Samples in Solids-Handling Processes
Non-representative sampling in solids processes has costly consequences. A better…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

Figure 1. Endress+Hauser’s Micropilot FRM62 was designed for 80-GHz level measurement in aggressive liquids. The radar technology offers a completely PTFE-filled and flush-mounted antenna

Endress+Hauser

Level Measurement: One Size Does Not Fit All
Today’s level measurement instruments are smarter, easier to use and…

Lithium Battery Demand Drives Process Evolution
An explosion in battery demand has fostered a welcoming environment…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

Chementator Briefs
Waste to chemicals A consortium of companies, including Air Liquide…

Retrofit unit boosts ethane and propane recoveries in natural gas plants
Using a workhorse technology known as the gas-subcooled process (GSP),…

These batteries can handle the cold
Lithium-ion batteries based on intercalation compound electrodes exhibit poor performance…

Improved deNOx zeolite catalyst promises to reduce fuel consumption
In a project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology…

Gas sensors get a big boost in sensitivity
It has been a challenge to find materials that can…

Mimicking cell behavior with functionalized surfactants
Active surfactants are those that are responsive to an external…

Controlled polymerization makes high-performance polysiloxanes
Polysiloxanes are the main component of important industrial materials, such…

A panel reactor for splitting water into hydrogen
A group of Japanese researchers have developed a photocatalytic panel…

Hot-melt coating for pharma applications
Polymer coatings are often used to mask the taste of…

BUSINESS NEWS

Business News - April 2018
Plant Watch Evonik to construct new polyamide 12 plant at…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICALFEATURE REPORT

Figure 4. Shown here are two examples of CIP circuits with associated hardware and instrumentation. Such circuits can be designed to reuse cleaning solutions (top) or for single-use CIP (bottom)

Methods to Achieve Sustainable Clean-In-Place
A clean-in-place (CIP) system is among the largest users of…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Figure 1. This image from a scanning electron microscope shows microbially induced corrosion in steel

Briem Engineering

Facts at your Fingertips: Corrosion complications
Corrosion is an obvious factor to consider when selecting materials…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Figure 2. There are two possible production routes to LDPE

Technology Profile: LDPE via a High-Pressure Tubular Process
This column is based the report “LDPE via High-Pressure Tubular…

ENGINEERING PRACTICE

The CE Plant Cost Index: An Update
Changes in the availability of source data for the CE…

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

FIGURE 1. Air-assisted flares are a type of elevated flare where air is used to remove the smoke produced from burning
off hydrocarbons

Flare Selection for the Chemical Process Industries
There are many factors to consider when selecting a flare…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Pumps
Compact high-pressure pump for plant engineering This company extended its…

NEW PRODUCTS + Show More

Spherical vacuum dryer for hygienic drying applications
Hygienic drying in a vacuum requires many attributes. The innovative…

Miniature laser sensors with IO-Link for flexibility and control
The new O300 miniature laser sensors with IO-Link (photo) reliably…

Enable IIoT with this software solution
With the industrial internet of things (IIoT), it is essential…

Collect and log combustion data with this hand-held device
The new E1500 hand-held combustion emissions analyzer (photo) is a…

Single-use perfusion system for cell culture process development
Last month, this company launched the ambr 250 high-throughput (ht)…

Level monitoring in covered storage bunkers
Operations challenged with managing inventory in covered storage bunkers or…

This hand-held device labels and identifies components
The new PX LW-PX300 (photo) is a portable wire-marking, barcode…

A new family of signal splitters configured for easy setup
The new SP230 series of isolated signal splitters/duplicators (photo) are…

This thermostat cools down to -90°C
This company has extended its PRO portfolio to include two…

New generation of soft starters for all drive requirements
The Sirius 3RW5 range (photo) is a new generation of…

A new breakthrough in vibration monitoring
Together with the new high-speed data collector Vibscanner 2, this…

Software for interfacial analysis now with touch operation
Touch displays are currently gaining ground in the laboratory environment,…

Hygienic magnetic mixer for life-science applications
The MBE Series MagMixer (photo) has been specifically designed for…

SHOW PREVIEWS

Interphex 2018 Show Preview
Interphex, the annual event focused on pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing,…

Show Preview: The 2018 International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference & Exhibition
The International Powder & Bulk Solids Conference & Exhibition (iPBS)…

Highlights Recently Published Books for March 2018 Technology Profile: Isopropanol Production from Propylene Facts at your Fingertips: Industrial Combustion Products Pressure-Relief System Design: Developments and Deficiencies Rotating Machines: Digital Technologies to Enable Predictive Maintenance

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