Business & Economics
This pyrolysis process coproduces hydrogen and carbon dioxide
Hydrogen is produced directly from biomass and other carbonaceous materials, with simultaneous capture of carbon dioxide, in a process being developed by Energy Quest, Inc. (Edmonton, Alta., Canada; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-533). In the PyStR (pyrolytic steam reforming) process, crushed or shredded feedstock…
May we reintroduce ourselves
Throughout Chemical Engineering’s (CE) 105-year history, a host of great editors have served the chemical process industries (CPI) with timely, practical information. As that legacy continues, we are proud to reacquaint you with a few familiar faces and introduce…
An emissions-free recycling machine that converts auto scrap into fuel
Global Resource Corp. (GRC; West Berlin, N.J.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-534) is commercializing a technology that converts auto shredder residue (ASR) into combustible gases, liquid fuels and scrap metal using microwaves. The use of microwaves to achieve this goal has been attempted in…
Basell-Huntsman
Basell (Hoofddorp, Netherlands; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-541), a global leader in polyolefins’ technology, production and marketing, and Huntsman Corp. (Salt Lake City, Utah; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-542), one of the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of differentiated chemicals and pigments, announced last month that they have…
Piping Design, Part 3 – Design Elements
Piping design is the job of configuring the physical aspects of pipe and components in an effort to conform with piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), fluid-service requirements, associated material specifications, equipment-data sheets, and current good manufacturing practices (GMP)…
Green tires
Today, nearly all car tires in Europe are equipped with treads consisting of silica-silane technology. Such so-called green tires are made with the help of bifunctional organic silicon compounds (organosilanes) to chemically couple rubber and silica. Up to now, however,…
July Plant Watch & Mergers
Plant Watch BP, ABF and DuPont unveil $400-million investment in U.K. biofuels June 26, 2007 — BP, Associated British Foods (ABF) and DuPont announced investment plans of about $400 million, for the construction of a bioethanol plant alongside a demonstration…
Acid regeneration
Last month, Rautaruukki Raahe Mills (Finland) started constructing a new pilot-scale acid-regeneration plant, which will regenerate hydrochloric acid used in pickeling hot-rolled steel at the mill. The plant marks the first commercial application of a recycling process developed by Kemira…
July Bookshelf
Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers. Second edition. By James O. Wilkes. Prentice Hall PTR, 1 Lake St., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. Web: phptr.com. 2005. 784 pages. $120.80. Reviewed by Ron Darby, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex. This is…
Happy Days are Here Again
While statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS; Washington, D.C.; www.bls.gov) and trends reported by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Va.; www.americanchemistry.com) suggest chemical engineers seeking work may be singing the blues, chemical processors and…