Processing & Handling
Flexibility and abrasion resistance offered by this diaphragm
The new DEPA Nopped S Diaphragm features an innovative “nopped” surface, designed to create advantageous flow conditions emulating the effect of golf-ball dimples. The use of Santoprene as its core material — a substance uniting elastomer (EPDM) and polypropylene —…
Extended service life with this tubing
A new tubing solution for use in chemical dispensing applications is now available in Europe. The Tygon 2375 Ultra Chemical Resistant Tubing replaces the widely used Tygon 2075 line, providing an improved pressure rating, “outstanding” chemical resistance and “superior” flexibility,…
Barcodes track cylinders from this company
The Advanced Cylinder Management (ACM) system is an all-in-one solution for tracking and managing this gas supplier’s entire fleet of gas cylinders. Using specially designed tracking barcodes placed on each gas cylinder, the company is able to scan each asset…
Handle semi-dry or caked substances with this cavity pump
The Model G3 Progressing Cavity Pump is designed for handling material with high solids content, and those that are semi-dry or caked. The product features a series of finger mechanisms mounted on two counter-rotating shafts. Positioned above the pump’s auger…
Compressor book by Heinz Bloch reviewed by WorleyParsons’ Almasi
Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability. By Heinz P. Bloch and Fred K. Geitner. McGraw-Hill. 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Web: mcgraw-hill.com. 2012. 268 pages. $50.00. Reviewed by Amin Almasi, WorleyParsons Services Pty.…
Mix extreme-viscosity fluids with this mixer
The KMX-V Static Mixer is designed to generate superior mixing per unit length for laminar-flow and high- and low-viscosity applications. For extreme-viscosity fluids and extreme volume ratios, the most common limiting factor in static mixer design is allowable length, this…
A new catalyst enables lower-temperature H2 production using the sulfur-iodine cycle
Among the many different ways being investigated for making hydrogen “from water” is the so-called sulfur-iodine (S-I) cycle, which involves three chemical reactions whose net products are H2 and O2: the decomposition of sulfuric acid into SO2, H2O and O2;…
Quick-charging lithium ion batteries on the horizon
Conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are unsuitable for high power applications as in electric vehicles, because they take a long time to charge, according to a team from the Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, of the Ulsan National Institute of Science…
Demonstration for a process that makes H2 from sewage sludge
Japan Blue Energy Co. (JBEC; Tokyo, Japan; www.jpo-net.co.jp), Daiwa Lease Co., Toyota Tsusho Corp., and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. have established the Business Research Group of Hydrogen Innovation Town (BRG-HIT) to start verification tests for a new technology for making hydrogen…
Microbial processing of ore
Extraction of metals, such as lithium, from laterite ores is usually carried out through solubilization of metals by acids, such as sulfuric and hydrochloric acids. However, substantial metal recoveries from laterites have been achieved only through thermal pre-treatment of laterites,…