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The CE editors at Achema (left to right): Scott Jenkins, Mary Page Bailey, Dorothy Lozowski, Charles Butcher and Gerald Ondrey

Impressions of Achema
I first visited Achema some years ago, while I was…

COVER STORY

Effective Agitator Operation and Maintenance
Agitators play key roles in chemical processing. Their proper operation…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

Achema 2018 Review
Sustainability, digitalization and flexible production approaches emerged as major themes…

Figure 1. Oseco’s Safety Cartridge provides a fully integrated holder disk in one hermetically sealed component designed to eliminate handling of the disc, protect the dome, reduce installation time and prevent leakage

Oseco

A Closer Look at Pressure Relief
Understanding how to size and select pressure-relief devices is key…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

Vacuum-aided membrane distillation results in ultra-pure water
At Achema 2018 (June 11–15; Frankfurt am Main, Germany), EvCon…

Australian minerals shipped to South Korea
Battery metals producer Australian Mines (Perth, Western Australia; www.australianmines.com.au) is…

Low-cost solar thermal technology to be coupled with energy storage
Sunvapor Inc. (Livermore, Calif.; www.sunvapor.net) was awarded a grant from…

Advanced water electrolysis launched
Last month, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) launched…

A push to upgrade naphthas into petrochemicals
Last month, MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary: www.mol.hu) entered into a…

Fuel-cell solution lowers operating costs using nanostructured catalysts
The two main barriers to widespread use of fuel cells…

The commercial launch of 3-D-printed membranes
Last month, Nano Sun, a water technology start-up founded by…

New LEDs offer improved properties
Flexible micro light-emitting diodes (LEDs) — a sub-100-µm light source…

Chementator Briefs
TPA from PET bottles A chemical method previously developed for…

BUSINESS NEWS

Plant Watch: Business News for August 2018
Plant Watch BASF to expand global antioxidant production capacities July…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

Figure 1. Shown here are custom-made silos used to store materials in a high-technology plastics-manufacuturing facility

Selection of Silos for Bulk Storage
To determine what kind of storage silo is best for…

FEATURE REPORT

Integrity of Aging Assets: Using Corrosion Data to Stave Off Extinction
Petroleum refineries built in the 1960s and 1970s have trouble…

Figure 1. A variety of fluoropolymer components are shown here

PVDF: A Fluoropolymer for Chemical Challenges
When it comes to selecting materials of construction, keep in…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Maintaining heat-transfer-fluid quality
Effective and efficient process operation requires reliable temperature control. This…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Figure 1. The process diagram shown here illustrates the production of ethylene dichloride from ethylene and chlorine

Technology Profile: Ethylene Dichloride Production
This column is based on “Ethylene Dichloride from Ethylene and…

ENGINEERING PRACTICE

Get the Most Out of an Owner-Contractor Alliance
This article provides guidance for setting up a robust alliance…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Software
Software enables interactive analytics on collected data This company recently…

NEW PRODUCTS + Show More

Combining high-shear granulation with a fluid-bed dryer
The patent-pending TwinPro system (photo) unites two previously separate processes…

Gas-insulated switchgear for applications up to 38 kV
The CBGS-0 is a gas-insulated switchgear with a solid dielectric…

Separate dry particles by size using less water
This company has introduced a line of classifier systems (photo)…

Graphite rupture discs provide long temperature resistance
The GRX graphite rupture disc (photo) has been developed for…

Radar level measurement for smaller process connections
The Pulsar Model R86 non-contact radar transmitter (photo) provides level-measurement…

IP65- and IP66-protected HMI devices for monitoring and control
This company has extended its family of all-around protected HMI…

A large rotary lobe pump for sensitive products
This company is expanding its Novalobe pump range with the…

SIL3 certification for this diagnostic controller
The partial-stroke function of the EHPC210 diagnostic controller (photo) is…

New and flexible solutions for coarse grinding
The multi-purpose crusher MPC 150 (photo) offers three common grinding…

Improved packaging efficiency through smart monitoring
The Quattro monitoring system (photo) delivers performance data, reports deviating…

A new membrane for natural gas processing
Sepuran NG (photo) is a hollow-fiber membrane based on a…

A new series of Atex-certified gas compressors
New K Series gas compressors (photo) provide a rotary-vane solution…

Digitalized pneumatics replace components with apps
The new pneumatic Motion Terminal VTEM (photo) features applications (apps)…

These belt feeders have a new hygienic redesign
This company has completely re-designed its weigh-belt feeder to be…

Inline measurement of liquid concentration and density
This company’s Platform 4 digital process refractometer system (photo) consists…

Identify chemicals anywhere with this handheld Raman analyzer
TacticID-1064 is a new handheld Raman analyzer for realtime identification…

Highlights An Overview of Gas Flow Measurement PVDF: A Fluoropolymer for Chemical Challenges Get the Most Out of an Owner-Contractor Alliance Technology Profile: Ethylene Dichloride Production Selection of Silos for Bulk Storage

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