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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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Process for recycling of cotton garments produces multi-ton quantities for testing A process developed by Evrnu (Seattle, Wash.; www.evrnu.com) to regenerate… 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,… 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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Purify complex bio-based solutions with these new resins Lewatit PH 1074 HEP (photo) is the newest product in… 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…
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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… 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… Süd-Chemie acquires Hi-Tech In the course of the closing end of December 2008,… Hoerbiger concludes acquisition of Altronic Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has acquired Altronic, Inc.… 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.)… 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… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Comments on Pressure Relief System Design I would like to draw your attention to a few… 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… 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…
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