Chementator: This end-of-pipe process treats all fluegas pollutants...
This month, the first field tests will be conducted on a pilot plant, developed by…
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Chementator
Chementator: ...and this process makes power from waste heat
WOW Energy (see item above) has also developed a patented process that uses commercial, off-the…
Chementator: Smelling false alarms
An electronic nose capable of distinguishing between cigarette smoke and smoke from an office or…
Chementator: Biodiesel
Lurgi AG (Frankfurt, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-549) is building the world’s largest biodiesel plant for Neckermann-Renewables GmbH…
Chementator: Purifying ethanol without distillation
Ultrasound Brewery Co. (Naruto, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-535) has developed a process that separates the water from…
Chementator: Controlling free-radical polymerizations
Arkema, Inc. (formerly Atofina Chemicals, Inc.; King of Prussia, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-536) has commercialized a patented…
Chementator: A demonstration for an integrated MTO and olefin-cracking process
Total Petrochemicals (Brussels; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-531) and UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-532) plan to construct at…
Chementator: A new anode may double the energy density of Li-ion batteries
Using lithium metal as the anode of secondary Li-ion batteries would double the energy density…
Chementator: Carbon nanotubes
CEVP Ltd. (Newhaven, U.K.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-544) has developed a fabrication tool that grows carbon nanotubes (CNTs)…
Chementator: Semi-renewable plastic
BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-546) has developed a biodegradable plastic that contains 45% polylactic acid,…
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Titanium oxide
Du Pont (Wilmington, Del.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-550) and the city of Dongying, China, have reached an agreement…
Chementator: Beyond petroleum
With plans to double its investment in alternative energy, BP (London; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-551) has formed BP…
Cyclohexane
Last month, BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5825-543) started up its first plant for producing cyclohexane.…
Outlook for 2006: Challenges Plus Chances
As the chemical process industries (CPI) enter 2006, executives, economists and other observers articulate a…
Technical & Practical
Guidelines for Solids Storage, Feeding and Conveying
These observations and recommendations —reflecting decades of experience — can help operators avoid a lot…
Immersion Heaters: Selection & Implementation
Immersion heaters are used in a wide variety of applications in the chemical…
Pilot Plant Cost Estimating: Make Intelligent Use of Contingency
The first two installments of this three-part series (CE, November 2005, pp. 40–45,…
Applying Thermo? Then Guard Against Misconceptions
In process engineering and design, thermodynamics theory is applied to real and complex…
Avoid Leakage in Pipe Systems
Leakage costs industry millions of dollars every year. For example, a few small…
Keeping fast-track projects from going off the rails
Whether working on retrofits or new-plant construction, engineers involved with chemical-process projects nowadays are likely…