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The 2020 Chopey Scholarship winner
Chemical Engineering has been a long-time leading source for practical…

COVER STORY

Corrosion Protection with Direct-to-Metal Coatings
Understanding the mechanisms driving corrosion-prevention technologies will help engineers to…

Building a Sustainable Coatings Infrastructure
Recent advancements in coatings technologies are driving the industry toward…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker Safety
The COVID-19 threat has increased the urgency for implementing contagion-prevention…

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Chementator Briefs-Aug 2020
Curing with less Pt Silicone-release coatings generally use a platinum-based…

A step toward supercritical-carbon-dioxide power generation
Construction is complete on a new building to house a…

Making CO-rich syngas while avoiding carbon formation
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has developed a new…

Italian industry-academic collaboration yields prototype machine for making new masks
The Marchesini Group S.p.A. (Pianoro Bologna, Italy; www.marchesini.com) and a…

Commercial plant will recover salts from incinerator flyash
Ragn-Sells AB (Sollentuna, Sweden; www.ragnsells.com) has partnered Hitachi Zosen Inova…

Stainless-steel alloy for additive manufacturing
QuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, Ill.; www.questek.com) has introduced a stainless-steel…

New method makes nanocellulose composites industrially viable
Cellulose nanoparticles are of great interest as constituents of polymer…

Significantly reduce cyanide consumption in refractory gold-ore treatment
Traditionally, cyanide consumption with conventional bio-oxidation residues is higher than…

Turning plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel fuel
Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) Hydex…

BUSINESS NEWS

CPI Business News - August 2020
Nouryon to build TBHP/TBA plant in Ningbo July 8, 2020…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICALFEATURE REPORT

Mechanical Pressure Gages in the CPI
In today’s digital age, there is still a need for…

Pressure Instruments: Avoiding the Harmful Effects of Hydrogen
Under the right conditions, the smallest atom can attack and…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Facts at your Fingertips: Heat-Transfer-System Maintenance During Slow Periods
Periods of reduced heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) system operation offer opportunities for…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Technology Profile: Cumene Production from Benzene
This column is based on “Cumene from Benzene and RG…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Solids Handling
This bulk-bag conditioner has a rotary lift platform The new…

NEW PRODUCTS + Show More

The next evolutionary level of explosion protection
Similar to a process control system, the iQ Safety Cockpit…

Modular cleaning system for tanks of all sizes
The OC200 orbital cleaner (photo) rotates around the horizontal and…

Ethernet safety I/O modules with IP67 protection
The TBIP and TBPN full safety block input/output (I/O) modules…

Custom-designed pre-filter vessel
This company recently fabricated a pre-filter vessel constructed of 304L…

A space-saving innovation for control boxes and cabinets
With this company’s new cover-installation concept for Ex control boxes…

Remote, IoT-enabled monitoring of AODD pumps
SafeGuard (photo) is an IoT-enabled (internet of things) pump-monitoring system…

A device for smart time-control applications
The new multifunctional MACX-TR timer relays (photo) make simple time-control…

A laboratory mixer for high-containment applications
This company has built the smallest machine in its company…

Diesel-tank level transmitters for oil-and-gas applications
The Model 575 intrinsically safe level transmitter (photo, p. 24)…

Non-intrusive measurement of very low liquid flows
The Fluxus F721 XLF (photo) is a non-intrusive ultrasonic flowmeter…

New PLC with explosion-proof options
The HI-TBS programmable logic controller (PLC; photo) combines ultra-bright LED…

Quantitative/qualitative analysis of gases at ambient pressure
OmniStar (photo) and ThermoStar GSD 350 are compact, portable benchtop…

New technologies enhance metallic filter elements
This company has launched a range of surface-modification technologies that…

Highlights The 2020 Chopey Scholarship winner CE Voices: Improving Plastics Recyclability Building a Sustainable Coatings Infrastructure Improving Fire and Gas System Sensor Selection and Deployment for Tank Farms and Transfer Sites Focus on Solids Handling

Comment Video

CE Voices: Neste’s Sustainability Strategy

By Chemical Engineering | July 9, 2020

In this edition of CE Voices, Chemical Engineering Senior Associate Editor Mary Page Bailey sits down with Theodore Rolfvandenbaumen of Neste US to discuss the company’s acquisition of Mahoney Environmental and the progress Neste is making in ensuring a steady stream of unique, renewable raw materials for its production of sustainable fuels and chemicals. Could your burger and fries contribute to the renewable energy transition?

The Big 6 level measurement technologies: Where to use them and why

WHITE PAPER — The Big 6 level measurement technologies: Where to use them and why Anyone who’s ever worn a tool belt knows that sometimes you have to use a tool for something it’s not designed to do. If you don’t happen to have a hammer, a heavy…

The Big 6 level measurement technologies: Where to use them and why

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