Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU; Singapore; www.ntu.edu.sg), led by professor Madhavi Srinivasan, have developed a method of using orange peel waste to extract precious metals from spent lithium-ion batteries and to make batteries from those recovered metals, creating minimal…
Several strategies for improving energy consumption and process control in evaporation processes are presented here In industrial evaporation, a heat source (usually condensed steam) is used to concentrate a material through the removal of a liquid solvent. There are several…
ANDRITZ Separation was among the first to introduce fluidized bed technology for use in industrial drying – a drying method achieving the requested polymer product quality in an efficient process. Petrochemical and polymer producers have installed more than 1,000 of…
As in every application in the chemicals industry, there is no room for compromise when it comes to petrochemical and polymer production. Not just in terms of safety and product purity, but also when it comes to non-stop performance. This…
By drying in a closed-loop system, the fluid bed dryer presents a breaking new ground in ammonium chloride drying and cooling As a technology leader in the development of efficient drying processes for bulk solids, ANDRITZ was one of the…
How a design change has made the vacuum drum filter resistant to corrosion in applications like producing titaniumdioxyd (TiO2) in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) processes, helping to significantly lower production losses and reduce maintenance costs. Prized for its excellent weathering properties,…
The following is a list of recently published books with relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI): Trevor Kletz Compendium: How his Best Process Stories are Still Relevant Today. Andy Brazier, Fiona MacLeod, David Edwards and others, Elsevier Press, 2020,…
In the chemical industry, the availability and reliability of your equipment is key if you want to keep producing the purest end product in a way that is also cost-effective. In many agrochemical and base chemical applications as well as…
In terms of product purity, plant safety, and reliability, chemical manufacturers are operating in one of the most challenging industries. In order to keep production running as well as meeting the highest safety and hygiene standards, selection of the technologies…
Technical salts and crystallization products have found a broad spectrum of different applications in the industrial sector in the past decades. One of the most frequently used salts is sodium chloride, which is an important component in the human diet,…