Fouling is one of the most vexing problems in water-treatment systems that use membranes to remove suspended and dissolved particles. The deposition and accumulation of these substances on membrane surfaces inevitably lead to loss of performance for the…
Glycerin has over 1,500 known end uses, including applications in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food products, with the U.S. market alone demanding around 600-million lb/yr. But over the next two years, biodiesel plants are expected to produce an additional…
Kermit the Frog once said, “It isn’t easy being green.” While this may be true, industry is still making the effort. Both in the U.S. and abroad, processors are not only striving to produce environmentally friendly products, but…
ISA Expo, the largest automation and control exhibition in North America, will return to Houston’s Reliant Center on October 2–4. The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA, Research Triangle Park, N.C.) hosts this exhibition of automation and control…
Today’s chemical process industries (CPI) are riding on the tails of the best four-year stretch that the global economy has seen since the late 1960s or early 1970s. Engineering workloads in North America have at least tripled in the last…
Multivariable (MV) control is a powerful technology. Applied in industry for several decades now, substantial benefits from its use have been reported in many publications. Yet, this technique is still by far not utilized to the extent it…
The screening process has always been the workhorse for solid-solid separation in chemical, pharmaceutical, food, mineral processing, coal and agricultural sectors. It can be done in dry or wet mode depending on the state of the feed and…
This ball valve provides a high flow Introduced last year, the 7G Series (photo) is a three-piece, 316-stainless-steel ball valve offered in two- and three-way configurations. The valve operates at pressures up to 3,000 psi, has a…
This filter system is designed for viscous fluids The Gear and Lube Oil Filtration System (photo) features a substantial 4-gal/min flow capacity and handles a maximum viscosity of 10,000 SUS at 100°F, making it one of the most…
<!— .style1 {font-weight: bold} —> Cement analyzer breaks the 600°F barrier The Model 4265 High-Temperature Ultrasonic Cement Analyzer (UCA, photo) is designed to measure the compressive strength of oilfield cement during curing at temperatures up to 600°F and…