The first commercial contract delivery was recently made for an emissions control product that removes mercury from fluegas without the use of activated carbon. The product, known as AS-HgX, is made by Novinda Corp. (Denver, Colo.; www.novinda.com), and will be…
Magnetically driven (mag drive) centrifugal pumps have been in use since 1947 when the first magdrive pump was developed. Mag drives have always been the workhorse pump in applications with corrosive and often toxic fluid applications, and particularly over the…
HydroFlow Coolant Recycling Systems (CRS) can recycle any water-miscible fluid to its maximum potential, thus minimizing disposal requirements and reducing usage of the fluid concentrate. These systems are available in four different sizes, the largest of which will meet the…
Laboratories, such as those used for quality control in a production environment and those in research and development, are an integral part of the chemical process industries (CPI). Everyday demands of business can easily overtake safety when it comes to…
No re-measurement is required with this shaft-alignment tool Elos Fixturlaser The EVO (photo) is an all-digital shaft-alignment tool with an adaptive user interface, which shows how a misaligned machine must be moved vertically or horizontally by adding or removing shims…
This company’s M-444 Grade mechanical primary seal rings are designed especially for use with low-viscosity liquids, including Freon refrigerants, liquid oxygen, liquid carbon dioxide, propane, ethylene and acetone. Constructed from graphite and impregnated with antimony, these rings are self-polishing to…
The organic compound 1,3-butadiene is a petrochemical commodity used as a raw material for the production of rubbers and plastics, such as polybutadiene rubber (PR), styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). These materials are mainly applied in…
New distillation columns are getting much larger. The history of column sizes, and design and construction issues associated with large columns were recently addressed at the AIChE Spring Meeting (New Orleans, La.; March 30 to April 3) by Dan Summers…
A Korean team has developed a carbon material that is as effective as graphene in applications, such as solar cells and semiconductor chips, using a process that requires only two steps instead of the usual eight. High-quality graphene is usually…
Plant Watch ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at Belgium refinery July 7, 2014 — An affiliate of ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex., www.exxonmobil.com), Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., plans to install a new delayed coker…