Chemical Engineering [January 2009]

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Game Changers
The technologies associated with the Industrial Internet of Things, and…

COVER STORY

Non-Destructive Testing: Managing Corrosion Under Insulation
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) creates a pervasive and versatile challenge…

Using Corrosion as a Process Variable
Monitoring and analyzing historical corrosion data can provide insights not…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

Flow Monitoring for Today's Chemical Processes
New technologies provide diagnostics and calibration verification to improve maintenance…

Chemical Recycling Makes Waste Plastic a Resource
With an eye toward a circular economy, technology developers are…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

A new, more comprehensive electronegativity scale
The electronegativity of atoms is one of the most well-known…

Accelerated electrons unlock sugars from cellulosic biomass
Obtaining sugars from cellulosic biomass cost-effectively is difficult because the…

Selective oxidation of methane makes formaldehyde, without generating CO2
Researchers from South Korea have discovered a high-performance catalyst for…

Chementator Briefs
ANG fueling station Ingevity (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) has completed…

Process intensification for carbon capture could reduce costs
In conventional solvent-based carbon-capture systems, CO2-rich exhaust gas contacts gravity-driven…

Mechanical CO2 sequestration improves algae production
A new, mechanical method for sequestration of carbon dioxide into…

A single process to handle hydraulic fracturing produced water and offgases
Two major concerns in hydraulic fracturing operations are finding efficient…

New membranes resist biofouling using sunlight
Membranes in large-scale water-treatment processes are often fouled by accumulation…

Gas analysis made easier for high-dust areas
A collaboration between Servomex (Surrey, U.K.; www.servomex.com) and FLO2R (Hadsund,…

BUSINESS NEWS

Plant Watch: March 2019
Plant Watch Sasol begins operating LLDPE unit at Lake Charles…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICALFEATURE REPORT

Unified Operational Environment Improves Process Safety
A unified gateway station and related components increase availability to…

The Value of Safety Instrumented Systems
A safety instrumented system (SIS) is important to ensure the…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Facts at your Fingertips: Hygienic Process Equipment Fabrication
In hygienic process operations, proper system construction and fabrication has…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Technology Profile: Calcium Carbide Production from Limestone
This column is based on “Calcium Carbide Production from Limestone…

SOLIDS PROCESSING

Design and Calculation Methods for Uniflow Cyclones
Uniflow cyclones can be effective solid-gas separation equipment when space…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Air Pollution Control
These ceramic filters have catalysts built-in The BisCat filter system…

NEW PRODUCTS + Show More

Use this mobile app to optimize penetration-seal selection
This company has launched a new mobile application (app) to…

Monitor CFATS compliance with this new software module
This company’s Compliance Manager software module aids chemical processors in…

These compressors are designed to reduce energy use
The new SM 7.5, SM 10, SM 15, and SFC…

Simplify screen changing for separator systems
The Electro-Lift system (photo) assists in expediting change times for…

A three-in-one biogas-measurement device
The MGP261 (photo) is said to be the world’s first…

This new heat exchanger makes use of exhaust gases
The new Exhaust Gas Heat Exchanger (EGHE; photo) transfers heat…

These versatile wastewater samplers are portable
The AQUA Series of portable wastewater samplers (photo) consists of…

This mixer is designed for hot melts and viscous dispersions
The Model CDA-800 multi-shaft mixer (photo) has a special triple-shaft…

SHOW PREVIEWS

Show Preview-Interphex 2019
Interphex 2019 will take place April 2–4 at the Jacob…

Show Preview-Powtech 2019
Powtech 2019 (www.powtech.de) takes place from April 9–11 at the…

Highlights Non-Destructive Testing: Managing Corrosion Under Insulation Chemical Engineering Bookshelf: CPI Booklist for March 2019 Facts at your Fingertips: Hygienic Process Equipment Fabrication The 2019 Kirkpatrick Award: Nominations are now open The Value of Safety Instrumented Systems

January 2009

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IN THE NEWSBUSINESS NEWS + Show More

ADT awarded a contract to make diamond biosensors
Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; www.thindiamond.com) announces it…

Progress in gas-to-products research
hte — the high throughput experimentation company (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.com)…

SulphCo commences full scale field trials in Europe
SulphCo Inc.(Houston, Tex.; www.suphco.com) a technology company with a patented…

Saltigo expands without interrupting production
Saltigo GmbH (Langenfeld; www.saltigo.com) , a wholly owned subsidiary of…

Rotex Europe signs a contract with Tenova Takraf
At the end of 2008, Rotex Europe (Wavre, Belgium; www.rotex.com)…

Praxair awarded H2 contract by Dynamic Fuels
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has been awarded a hydrogen…

Dow/Süd-Chemie seek alternative routes to chemicals
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich; www.dow.com) and Süd-Chemie AG…

GEA strengthens position in the freezing business
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has further strengthened its…

Sulzer Chemtech acquires Freeze Tec
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) is pleased to announce…

Samsung Petrochemical, PSE collaborate on PTA optimization
Samsung Petrochemical Co. (SPC; Seoul; www.samsung.com), the leading Korean producer…

Developing a selective-separation polymer for biopharmaceuticals
MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden; www.miptechnologies.com) has entered into a…

Siemens to supply key components to India for advanced steam power plants
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) received a contract from its…

A new training center for pump-automation products
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.de) has opened a training center…

Strategic collaboration between Genencor and Brain
Genencor (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.genencor.com), a division of Danisco A/S…

Linde/Samsung Engineering to build ethylene plant in India
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and…

Süd-Chemie acquires Hi-Tech
In the course of the closing end of December 2008,…

Axens awarded petrochemical complex in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s JSC Trade House KazMunaiGaz has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex…

GEA increases activities in the solar-thermal business
GEA Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary of the GEA Group AG…

Hoerbiger concludes acquisition of Altronic
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has acquired Altronic, Inc.…

January Chementator Briefs
Bioethanol Last month, an energy-saving plant for producing bioethanol started…

Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch Construction of AkzoNobel’s unit for ethylene amines in…

Chementator: A hard coating promises to reduce wear and power use in rotating equipment
Researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE; Washington, D.C.)…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL + Show More

Comments on Pressure Relief System Design
I would like to draw your attention to a few…

A primer on coal-to-liquids
As an energy resource, global coal reserves represent 2,000 billion…

Tray Column Design
Here, we present criteria needed for the intelligent, effective specification…

CSTRs: Bound for Maximum Conversion
Here, a design approach for continuous stirred-tank reactors is outlined…

Controlling Emissions With Ceramic Filters
Ceramic filters are well suited for high-temperature processes that are…

Active Management of Pipespool Fabricators
In today’s fast track schedules for constructing new capital facilities,…

Mechanical Carbon In Chemical Processing Equipment
Frequently, in chemical processing equipment it is possible to place…

Mettler Toledo

Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy in Critical Applications

Accurate and continuous O2 determination plays a pivotal role in achieving safety and process reliability in a wide range of manufacturing processes. Harsh process conditions and maintenance requirements of sampling and conditioning systems can present…

Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy in Critical Applications

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