Total Petrochemicals (Brussels; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-531) and UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-532) plan to construct at…

Using lithium metal as the anode of secondary Li-ion batteries would double the energy density…

CEVP Ltd. (Newhaven, U.K.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-544) has developed a fabrication tool that grows carbon nanotubes (CNTs)…

BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-546) has developed a biodegradable plastic that contains 45% polylactic acid,…

This month, the first field tests will be conducted on a pilot plant, developed by…

WOW Energy (see item above) has also developed a patented process that uses commercial, off-the…

An electronic nose capable of distinguishing between cigarette smoke and smoke from an office or…

Lurgi AG (Frankfurt, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-549) is building the world’s largest biodiesel plant for Neckermann-Renewables GmbH…

Ultrasound Brewery Co. (Naruto, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-535) has developed a process that separates the water from…

Arkema, Inc. (formerly Atofina Chemicals, Inc.; King of Prussia, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-536) has commercialized a patented…

Du Pont (Wilmington, Del.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-550) and the city of Dongying, China, have reached an agreement…

With plans to double its investment in alternative energy, BP (London; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-551) has formed BP…

Last month, BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-543) started up its first plant for producing cyclohexane.…

As the chemical process industries (CPI) enter 2006, executives, economists and other observers articulate a…

    Leakage costs industry millions of dollars every year. For example, a few small…

Whether working on retrofits or new-plant construction, engineers involved with chemical-process projects nowadays are likely…

These observations and recommendations —reflecting decades of experience — can help operators avoid a lot…

    Immersion heaters are used in a wide variety of applications in the chemical…

    The first two installments of this three-part series (CE, November 2005, pp. 40–45,…

    In process engineering and design, thermodynamics theory is applied to real and complex…