Chementator: Pd catalyst
Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Mo.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-550) has commercialized an air- and water-stable palladium catalyst for performing…
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Chementator: Plant security
BroadWare Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-548) and Intergraph Corp. (Huntsville, Ala.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-549) have created…
Chementator: Jet fuel
Researchers at Penn State University’s (University Park, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-551) Energy Institute are developing a jet…
Chementator: Microbial contamination — see it and believe it
In Anaheim, Calif., last month at the Parenteral Drug Assn.’s annual meeting, Pall Corp. (East…
Chementator: Europe to get a new wave of plastic-to-diesel plants
Over the next four years, EnvoSmart Technologies B.V. (Roosendaal, Netherlands; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-533) plans to install 31…
Chementator: Nanodispersions
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-547) has acquired the nanoparticle-dispersion production and related dispersion technologies…
Chementator: A new process to recycle metal oxide and mineral residues
The Linz, Austria-based VAI Division of Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (Erlangen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-535) is…
Chementator: Reforming catalyst
First commercial results for a new reforming catalyst (R-98) of UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.;…
Chementator: Ethanol from peels
Although citrus peels are rich in pectin, cellulose and hemicellusic polysaccharides, such waste products are…
Business News
A new Al plant
Qatar Petroleum (Doha; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-542) and Norsk Hydro A/S (Oslo, Norway; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-543) have formed a joint…
Chementator: A commercial breakthrough for microreactors
Early next year, Nippoh Chemicals Co. (Tokyo; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5829-532) plans to build a 1,000-m.t./yr plant for…
Technical & Practical
Predicting Powder Flow Behavior - A New Approach
When faced with the complexity of predicting powder flow, it is tempting to reduce a…
Don’t Overlook Composite FRP Pipe
There are several reasons why composite fiberglass-reinforced-plastic (FRP) pipe has been replacing conventional…
Preventing Fires and Explosions in Pilot Plants
Among pilot plants, those in petrochemical or petroleum-refining service pose special risks of…
A Bit of Extra Lab Effort Can Prevent Grief During Scaleup
It’s an old saw, but I’ve long held that process development is very…