It is now fairly well established that mass- and heat-transfer efficiency, reaction selectivity and yield can be improved using microreactor technology (CE, July 2001, pp. 27–35). But the small channel dimensions (below one square millimeter) that are responsible for the…
Vortex Corp. (Prescott, Ariz.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-538) has been awarded a Phase Two, $750,000 Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop chlorine-free water-purification systems for municipal water-treatment plants. With support from the University of Arizona’s Water…
A new phosphoric acid that contains less than 100 parts per billion of 30 different metal ions is now commercially available from Febex S.A. (Box, Switzerland; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-539), the phosphorous specialties subsidiary of CECA Arkema Group (Paris). The new grade of…
Last month, Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-540) launched the Rosemount 3095 MultiVariable transmitter with FOUNDATION Fieldbus (FF) technology and fully-compensated mass-flow functionality. Said to be a first for the process industries, this extension to the Rosemount 3095 platform…
Fluent. Inc. (Lebanon, N.H.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-541) has entered a partnership with DEM Solutions (Edinburgh, U.K.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-542) to complement Fluent’s multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models with discrete-element-modeling (DEM) capabilities. DEM Solution’s EDEM software enables engineers to simulate the behavior of particuate…
Using a diamond anvil cell to create high (up to 50 GPa) pressures, and a laser to create high (up to 2,000 K) temperatures, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL; Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-543), the Carnegie Inst. of Washington, and the…
Last month, the Commission on Air Pollution Prevention of the VDI and DIN Standards Committee (Düsseldorf, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-544) published a new guideline (VDI 2442), which provides specific information on the design, construction and operation of waste-gas cleaning plants using thermal…
By combining a high-resolution scanning electron microscope and an ion-beam microscope into a single device, researchers at the Max Plank Institute for Iron Research (Düsseldorf, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5828-545) are able to “see” the inner structure of nanomaterials, biological matter, and high-performance…
Cartridge trays, defined below, can be the perfect hardware solution for distillation columns that are less than 3 feet (0.9m) in diameter and have a unique need for trays. Packing is usually the preferred choice for small-diameter columns, but there…
For any of us who have kept up in recent years with the business news (happenings at Enron and some major Wall Street firms, say), it seems safe to assume that, nowadays at least, ethical behavior and personal honesty are…