Combustion and Incineration Processes: Applications in Environmental Engineering. 4th ed. By Walter R. Niessen. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487. Web: taylorandfrancis.com. 2011. 800 pages. Reviewed by Thomas…
Significant demand persists within the chemical process industries (CPI) for those with engineering backgrounds and technical skills. Companies across many CPI sectors are finding it difficult to find enough individuals with chemical and engineering skills and expertise to staff their…
Aaron Potter becomes engineering manager for Innovative Processing Solutions (Aurora, Ind.), an affiliate of Stedman Machine Co. Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.) appoints Achilles Antonio Clement to head Codexis do Brasil Participacoes Ltda., the company's newly formed operations in Brazil.…
To stay on budget, major capital projects often call for aggressive schedules. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors often end up using work processes that are not part of an established or standard work procedure. This is especially true when…
Plant Watch ColBiocel selects Chemtex technology for ethanol production in Colombia September 26, 2011 — Chemtex (Wilmington, N.C.; www.chemtex.com) has entered into a term sheet agreement with Colombiana de Biocombustibles Celulósicos (ColBiocel) for the supply of a license and…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 1.3% on average from June to July, after increasing approximately 0.73% from June to July. Meanwhile, according to the Current Business Indicators from Global Insight, Inc.…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main operating company Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has been awarded an engineering-procurement-construction-commissioning (EPCC) contract on a lump-sum turnkey basis for the realization of a new fertilizers complex within the existing industrial area in…
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London, U.K.; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. (Wison Energy), a member company of the Wison Group (www.wison.com) located in…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) was awarded an energy optimization project for one of Saudi Basic Industries Corp.’s (Sabic; ; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) existing ammonia plant and pack age boilers at Al-Jubail Fertilizer Co. (Al-Bayroni) in the…
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) says it will build its first chemical plant for the production of oxo derivatives in Nanjing, China, in 2012. Scheduled to go on-stream in 2013, the new state-of-the-art plant will serve the fast-growing demand for oxo…