May Chementator Briefs
Wireless add-on ABB Instrumentation (Warminster, Pa.; www.abb.com/instrumentation) has made its entry into wireless communications technology…
In The News
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Petroleum refiners seek to increase distillate yield, decrease emissions . . .
Strategies for extracting more distillate from petroleum to meet the growing demand for diesel fuel…
Reducing foundry emissions
Cast parts, such as engine blocks, are typically made by pouring molten metal into so-called…
Cold-war cleanup
On March 31, U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.) Secretary Steven Chu announced $6…
Ammonia from biomass
SynGest, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.syngest.com) plans to commercialize a process for the production of…
Solid catalyst simplifies turning algae into biodiesel
Researchers at United Environment & Energy (UE&E; Horseheads, N.Y.) have developed a catalyst for the…
A better way to make efficient catalysts
A new procedure for making uniform, metallic nanoparticles has been developed by the research group…
Spinning yarns of CNTs
The exceptional properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), such as high tensile strength and high thermal…
Alkaline-earth-based catalysts for C–C bond formation
Salts of alkaline-earth metals have been shown to catalyze reactions for the selective formation of…
Business News
Hydrogen-generating plant for Ukraine
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract to supply a hydrogen plant…
HSC adds new polysilicon production capacity
The Hemlock Semiconductor Group (HSC; Hemlock, Mich.; www.hscpoly.com), which includes two Dow Corning joint ventures,…
Silicon-crystal production expands in Jena
WackerSchott Solar GmbH (Jena, Germany; www.wackerschott.de), a joint venture between Wacker Chemie AG (Munich) and…
Caloric lands second CO2-capture contract
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing near Munich, Germany; www.caloric.com) has signed the second contract for the…
BMS & Nano Terra to collaborate in surface engineering on films
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com), a global leader in high-value polymers, announced an alliance…
BASF to build new methylamines plant in Geismar
BASF SA (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is building a new plant for the production of methylamines…
Cognis opens affiliate in India
Cognis GmbH (Monheim, Germany; www.cognis.com) has opened an affiliate in Mumbai, India. As of today,…
Siemens installs 1-MWp PV plant in Italy
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.powergeneration.siemens.com) has built a large ground-based photovoltaic (PV) plant in Italy…
HPD wins FEED contract for NaHCO3-production expansion
HPD (Plainfield, Ill.), a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company (www.veoliawater.com), has been awarded the…
Süd-Chemie and Linde piloting biofuels process
Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) The Linde Group (Both Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) have started up a pilot…
Therminol heat-transfer fluid selected for new solar thermal power plant in Spain
Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.;www.solutia.com) will be supplying Therminol synthetic heat transfer fluid to a…
Ceratec & ESK extend business relationship
ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG (Kempten, Germany; www.esk.com) and Ceratec Technical Ceramics BV (Geldermalsen,…
Major capacity expansion for Sarlink TPV
Sarlink (Sittard, Netherlands; www.sarlink.com) has officially opened a new production facility in Genk, Belgium. The…
Batch Processing: Staying Alive
As it is with all chemical processors, the current economic climate is forcing batch processors…
Dow completes its acquisition of Rohm and Haas and announces divestiture of Morton Salt...
Plant Watch Bayer MaterialScience builds polyurethane raw materials facility March 27, 2009 — Bayer MaterialScience…
Technical & Practical
Designing and Operating Gravity Dryers
Evaporation of moisture or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from bulk solids usually takes place in…
Fire & Gas in Safety Systems
By continuously monitoring for abnormal situations, such as a fire, and combustible or toxic gas…
Engineering Practice: Optimal Cooling Systems For Coastal Plants
Because temperature control is important in any process, a water-cooling system is a common component…
EPC Contractors Selecting an ERP Package
In recent years, a growing number of projects throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) have…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Choosing a Control System
Technology Requirements [ 1] Control architecture Does the solution provide an integrated automation platform? New…