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EDITOR'S PAGE The 2021 Kirkpatrick Award: Call for nominations Since 1933, Chemical Engineering has honored noteworthy chemical engineering technologies… COVER STORY Preventing Electrostatic Explosions and Fires There are many occasions in chemical processing plants where electrostatic… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Ways to Achieve Better Control of Emissions New and improved catalysts and other process innovations are helping… CHEMENTATOR
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Radiative cooling: A coating for windows that also cools A Korean team has proposed an approach for passive radiative… Enhancing photocatalytic activity by tuning wall thickness of TiO2 nanotubes Titanium dioxide is well known as a photocatalyst, and is… Immobilizing enzymes for biosensors A new technique for making less-expensive, more-efficient biological enzyme hybrids… A breakthrough in artificial intelligence-enabled materials discovery A groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, dubbed CAMEO (Closed-Loop Autonomous… Membrane extraction improves biofuel yield Typically, the production of fuel-grade chemicals, such as butanol, from… January Chementator Briefs MDI Production Late last year, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com)… Membrane-based system for low-cost CO2 capture to be demonstrated at engineering scale A new membrane technology for separating carbon dioxide from exhaust… Storing excess electricity as high-temperature heat Late last November, the energy-transition start-up company Lumenion GmbH (Berlin,… Process for recycling of cotton garments produces multi-ton quantities for testing A process developed by Evrnu (Seattle, Wash.; www.evrnu.com) to regenerate… BUSINESS NEWS Business News: January 2021 Plant Watch LG Chem to run Wuxi cathode-materials plant on… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL FEATURE REPORT Moisture Measurement in Solid Materials Determining moisture levels in solid materials is important for product… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Nickel-based Superalloys Superalloys, also known as high-performance alloys, are considered as materials… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural Gas and Carbon Dioxide This column is based on “Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural… ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER Practicing Year-Round Waste Compliance There are many regulations surrounding the production of waste at… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Flow Measurement & Control Flowmeter with pressure and temperature sensors, too The Proline Prosonic… NEW PRODUCTS
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New high-volume granulation equipment improves yield By combining the HSM 2000 X.ONE high-shear mixer and FBE… New cleaning agent rapidly breaks down fats and greases Pure-OX FOAM (photo) is a peroxide-based foaming detergent specifically formulated… Protect potable water with this diverse product family The VaultSafe product line (photo) is designed to protect potable… Customizable mobile totes for biopharmaceutical applications This company has introduced the KDT series of configurable knockdown… Achieve repeatable reactions with this one-step solution This company’s Continuous Hybrid Reactor (CHR; photo) has been designed… New industrial PCs create a secure visualization system The Allen-Bradley VersaView 6300 PCs and thin clients (photo) combine… These dust monitors now have hazardous-location approvals The DustAlarm ES and DustTrend ES series (photo) of broken-bag… Powder sifters automatically remove foreign objects GS centrifugal sifters (photo) automatically capture and remove foreign objects… Thermal and visible videoscope for underground utility vaults The new FLIR VS290-32 (photo) is said to be an… Automatically dispense a variety of media The Bench Cat system (photo) is designed for automatically dispensing… Cr-free corrosion inhibitors provide long-lasting protection This company’s chromium-free corrosion-inhibiting technology, Intelli-ion, utilizes novel active ingredients,… An industrial edge platform for data processing With the new Industrial Edge Management system (photo), users can… This IBC now also has FM approval The Ecobulk SX-D intermediate bulk container (IBC; photo) is specially… A new turbopump for ion-implantation applications HiPace 2800 IT (photo) is a turbomolecular pump especially dedicated… Optimize industrial training with immersive virtual reality This company’s Immersive Field Simulator (photo) is an advanced industrial-training… A needle valve for high-pressure applications This company’s new high-pressure needle valve (HPNV; photo) is designed… A sanitary rotary mixer that is washdown-rated The Model MX-5-S316L sanitary rotary-batch mini-mixer (photo) can de-agglomerate and… Explosion-protected products are now CCC-compliant To secure access to the Chinese market, this company has… A reliable and versatile pneumatic pressure controller PMT Model 40 pneumatic pressure controllers (photo) are available in… Purify complex bio-based solutions with these new resins Lewatit PH 1074 HEP (photo) is the newest product in…
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Chementator: A New GTL Process Takes a Step Closer to Commercialization Japan Oil, Gas, & Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC; Kawasaki; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6902-534)… Chementator: New Pyrolysis Method Improves Carbon Black Recovery from Scrap Tires The standard temperature range for waste-rubber pyrolysis has been reported… Chementator: A Way to Convert Depleted Oil Wells into Natural-Gas Wells The amount of crude oil remaining in depleted oil fields… Chementator: This Membrane Mimics Mother Nature to Separate CO2 A plastic membrane that allows CO2 and other small molecules… Chementator: New Zeolite Catalyst Süd-Chemie Zeolites GmbH, a subsidiary of Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany;… Chementator: Beta-Glucan Separation The blood-cholesterol-lowering effects of beta-glucan — the soluble oat fiber… Chementator: Carbon Capture NRG Energy, Inc. (Princeton, N.J.) and Powerspan Corp. (Portsmouth, N.H.;… Chementator: Fuel from Rubber Seeds In Malaysia, the raw material for biodiesel production has been… Chementator: Resodyn Unveils ‘Entirely New’ Mixing Technology At the Chem Show last month (New York; Oct. 30… Chementator: Coal-Mine Vent Air Megtec Systems (Glen Waverly, Victoria, Australia; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6902-542) has announced the… Chementator: A Rapid-Cycle PSA System Economically Recovers H2 A pressure-swing-adsorption (PSA) system for hydrogen purification that operates at… Chementator: With These Turbines, Waste Energy Can Now Be Recovered from Saturated Steam Traditionally, the cogeneration of steam and electricity has been restricted… Chementator: Membrane Cuts the Cost of Ethanol Dehydration Ethanol production is an energy-intensive process in which about 50%… BUSINESS NEWS
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World’s largest gas turbine begins trial operation First firing of the world’s largest and most powerful gas… Linde seals exclusive gas contract in China
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has secured a long-term… Kureha to produce PGA in West Virginia Kureha Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kureha.co.jp/en ) says it will invest… Oxea optimizes product portfolio, increases production capacity Oxea GmbH, (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) one of the world’s leading… Topsøe to license hydrocracking technology Two European refining majors – Slovnaft in Slovakia and OVM/Petrom… BASF producing natural gas in Siberia with Gazprom BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and OAO Gazprom (Moscow, Russia)… Siemens I&S receives cement contract The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S; Erlangen, Germany;… Cover Story: 39th Kirkpatrick Award Announced Last month at a gala dinner at New York’s Rainbow… Economic Indicators: Business News Plant Watch Clean gasoline technologies planned for SPRC in Thailand… KBR lands contract for large NH3 plant in Venezuela KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a $57-million contract… HPD to supply technologies for brine-production facility HPD (Plainfield, Ill.; www.veoliawater.com HPD — a Veolia Water Solutions… Solvay Indupa will produce bioethanol-based vinyl in Brasil Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that the Board… Rockwell/Dassault to integrate digital factory and plant operations Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomations.co.uk), a leading global provider of industrial automation… Producing cleaner-burning fuels from CO2
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop,com), a Honeywell company, announced… New distillate hydrocracker starts up at Dalian refinery Total (Paris, France; www.total.com) announces the startup of a new… $24-million investment planned for commercial biofuel in Midwestern U.S. Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp., and its subsidiary, Dynamotive USA, Inc.,… UOP to supply technology for first North American refinery since 1984 Newfoundland & Labrador Refining Corp. (NLRC) has selected UOP LLC… Lurgi wins gasifier contract in Canada Lurgi AG (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) has been awarded an engineering,… Grundfos Group acquires Peerless Pump Co. Effective December 1 2007, the Grundfos Group (www.grundfos.com; Denmark) has… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Feature Report: Advances in Valve Position Monitoring Demanding application requirements coupled with improved downstream control devices and… Engineering Practice: CAPE-Open: An International Standard for Process Simulation Although current process simulators contain an extensive library of thermodynamic… Engineering Practice: Accurate Wetted Areas For Partially Filled Vessels This article introduces a simple yet accurate way to calculate… Solids Processing: Weighing Your Options — The 10 Most Important Scale Considerations Scales are available in a dizzying array of types and… Avoiding Seal Failure Seals are assemblies of elements that prevent the passage of… Feature Report: Green Engineering and the Design of Chemical Processes and Products Chemical products and processes make modern life possible. The systems… Feature Report: The Role of Chemical Engineers in Green Engineering What we can do to support its goals Green engineering,…
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