High-pressure die-cast (HPDC) aluminum alloys cannot normally be heated to high temperatures due to the…

Unidym, Inc., (Menlo Park, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-549) has entered into a joint development agreement with Nippon…

GEMÜ GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelfingen-Criesbach, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-551) has developed a new EPDM diaphragm for…

Last month, the first pilot project that used chilled ammonia to capture carbon dioxide from…

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-533) has launched a new family of mechanical…

Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength…

In its first full-scale test on a coal-fired power plant, halogenated activated carbon (AC) made…

Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd. (NSM; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-538) has developed a new catalyst for…

Although theoretically promising 80% more energy than is required to grow and convert to cellulosic…

Sugar-beet processors in the U.S. generate approximately 40 million tons of fiber-rich sugar-beet pulp every…

In cooperation with several universities, Clariant International Ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-543) has developed a process…

A new nanomaterial which doubles as a filter and a reactor capable of destroying unwanted…

Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-545) claims to be the first process-automation supplier to…

Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC; Bismarck, N.D.) has selected the CO2-capture technology of Powerspan Corp.…

CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-547) and China’s Thermal Power Research Institute (Xi’an) plan to install a…

BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.; www.basf.com) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement…

As part of a new industrial complex producing Polysilicon, Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany;…

 As part of a Joint Venture, the technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com)…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a long-term supply contract for industrial gases…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine AG of Germany upon…

Qatar Petroleum (www.QP.com) has awarded Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) basic engineering design contracts for the…

The opening of a subsidiary in Istanbul last month signifies a continuation of Beckhoff Automation's…

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany; www.caloric.com) has signed its first contract for the supply…

Incuity Software, a supplier of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) software, has been acquired by Rockwell…

Rhodia (Paris, France; www.rhodia.com) has launched production of Rhodiasolv IRIS, an innovative  solvent with excellent…

Alstom (Paris, France; www.alstom.com) has won a contract to supply the boilers for two 800-MW…

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.fuelcellenergy.com) has announced that POSCO Power (www.poscopower.co.kr), South Korea’s leading…

Uhdenora S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.uhdenora.com) received a contract from AO KAUSTIK for  the new membrane…

GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has further strengthened its Process Equipment division through the…

Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) has announced plans for a substantial capital expenditure program,…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production…

Wacker Schott Solar GmbH, a joint venture (JV) of Wacker Chemie AG (Munich; www.wacker.com) and…

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from…

Dragon Mining Sweden AB (Storuman) has purchased the CyPlus CCS Cyanide Control System from CyPlus…

Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (The Hague, Netherlands; www.shell.com/home/content/globalsolutions-en) and South Atlantic Refinery Company S.A.…

Mergers and Acquisitions Siemens acquires Chemitreat Group to expand water-treatment technology March 3, 2008 —…

Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity;…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co.…

MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden; www.miptechnologies.com) and Supelco, a division of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (www.sigma-aldrich.com),…

The global chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) announces the introduction of its first…

Carbone Lorraine (Paris, France; www.carbonelorraine.com) has finalized its first acquisition in China by purchasing 100%…

Subject to approval of the German cartel office, KSB AG (Frankenthal Germany; www.ksb.com), and the…

Pinti Wang, President and CEO of GTC Technology (Houston, Tex.; www.gtchouston.com) today announced that GTC…

Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) announced that its South African subsidiary Foster Wheeler South…

Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has successfully completed the acquisition of an…

A good understanding of the reaction chemistry is needed for a safe process design It…

Convey tough bulk materials that tend to pack, cake, smear, break apart or fluidize, and…

  Water hammer — a high-pressure surge or wave created by the kinetic energy of…

  Industrial furnaces, or direct-fired heaters, are only as good as the burners that supply…

  This fifth in a series of articles [1 – 4] on piping design discusses…