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Invista & Markor: BDO license agreement

Invista (Wichita, Kans; www.invista.com) has signed a technology licensing agreement with Markor Chemical Co. (www.markor.com.cn) for 1,4 butanediol (BDO) manufacturing technology. The licensing agreement covers the manufacturing processes, required technologies, product formulations and expert engineering services for the 100,000-ton/yr BDO…

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Linde to build ASUs for steel manufacturer in China

The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has won a deal to build two industrial-scale air separation units for the steel corporation Taiyuan Iron & Steel Company Ltd. (TISCO) at its Taiyuan site in the northern province of…

Spirax Sarco announces a steam trap for high-pressure lines

Spirax Sarco Inc., (Blythewood, S.C.; www.spirax.com) has released the TD120M Thermo-dynamic steam trap, which is engineered for pressure ratings of up to 3,190 psig. With its maintainable disc and seat, this steam trap can be serviced in-line — a benefit…

Municipal solid waste-to-energy book reviewed by Tom McGowan

Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Conversion Processes: Economic, Technical and Renewable Comparisons. By Gary C. Young. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030. Web: wiley.com. 2010. 384 pages. $89.95. Reviewed by Tom McGowan, TMTS Associates Inc.…

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Predict and Prevent Air Entrainment in Draining Tanks

When tanks are draining, the potential may exist for a swirling vortex to form leading from the liquid surface to any of the bottom-exit or side-exit nozzles connected to downstream piping (Figure 1). One important aspect of the vortex is…

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Construction starts on new helium plant in U.S. and more business news

PLANT WATCH Construction starts on new helium plant in U.S. October 13, 2010 — Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and Matheson (www.mathesongas.com), a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (TNSC) group, have announced that onsite…

Steve Rose becomes engineering manger at EagleBurgmann USA…

Guertin Venarge Pace Löbbert Steve Rose becomes engineering manager at EagleBurgmann USA (Houston), manufacturer of seals, packing and expansion joints. Applied Manufacturing Technologies (Orion, Mich.), supplier of automation design, engineering and consulting, names Edward Turley control department manager. Specialty chemicals company…

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Kiri Acquires DyStar North America 

Kiri Holding Singapore Pvt. Ltd., owner of DyStar Colours Distribution GmbH and DyStar Colours Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.dyestar.com), has acquired all the DyStar companies in the U.S. and Canada. The deal will take effect on October 29th, 2010. DyStar…

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Stamicarbon’s urea technology licensed in Argentina

Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (www.mairetecnimont.it), has signed a license agreement with Tierra del Fuego Energia Y Quimica S.A., an Argentina based company controlled by shareholders from China. The agreement…

First industrial-scale plant for CO2 ‘storage’ by algae

In the Chinese province Shandong, a coal-fired power plant will be putting into operation the first industrial-scale plant worldwide for CO2 storage by algae. Within the framework of this project, GEA Westfalia Separator Group (Oelde, Germany; www.westfalia-separator.com) has been awarded…