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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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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… 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)… 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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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… 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…
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December Chementator briefs The power of osmosis Last month, Statkraft (Oslo, Norway;… ‘All-in-one fluegas scrubber cleans up sulfur and particulate matter A multi-stage wet scrubber that combines the removal of sulfur,… Non-invasive probe measures corrosion inside boiler water tubes in real time Changes in the rate of corrosion in water tubes have… Higher yields and lower cost are expected for this biomass-to-ethanol process A process that produces 75–85 gal of ethanol per dry… The commercial debut for a process that makes ‘natural’ gas from coal Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a design… Onsite incineration of sewage sludge to be demonstrated Incineration is becoming the only viable method for sewage sludge… Using the sun to decontaminate wastewater Last month, a photocatalytic water-cleaning system that removes organic and… A bioleaching process moves closer to commercialization In February 2009, Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. (Espoo, Finland; www.talvivaara.com)… A Japanese push for bio-ETBE over bioethanol Last month, Nippon Oil Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.eneos.co.jp) started production… BUSINESS NEWS
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Launch of a 2nd-generation biofuel project in France
In light of the growing scarcity of oil resources, biofuels… AkzoNobel’s Ningbo plant starts production
This week, production will start at AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;… Süd-Chemie and GTC Technology form strategic alliance
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and GTC Technology Inc. (Houston,… An integrated processes to produce nanostructured functional materials Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Karlsruhe, Germany; www.kit.edu) and BASF… New MTP process modeled dynamically
Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) collaborated with Lurgi GmbH… GEA supplies Air Cooled Condenser to Israel
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received the order to design,… gPROMS to include SAFT advanced thermodynamics Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has announced an… Borealis invests in catalyst plant After investing €50 million in the expansion of the international… Lanxess streamlines global production network
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has taken further steps to… Toyo awarded methionine project in China
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo; www.toyo-eng.co.jp has been awarded a project for… End-to-end biomass-to-fuel solutions
Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction… GEA lands order for milk plant in Australia The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany;… BTS and Dow: worldwide licensing agreement
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of…
Pfeiffer Vacuum acquires vacuum component manufacturer
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Asslar, Germany; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.net) has signed a… Air Liquide acquires HGM H2-generation technology
Air Liquide (www.us.airliquide.com) has acquired the Hydrogen Generation Module (HGM)… Outotec to deliver thickening technology to Peru
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by… New contract for a fertilizer complex in Abu Dhabi
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has commissioned… BASF to realign its fuel cell business and more Siemens gasification technology selected for Taylorville Energy Center November 10,… 40th Kirkpatrick Award Announced Last month at the Chem Show, Chemical Engineering (CE) had… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Maximizing Heat-Transfer Fluid Longevity Faced with increased workloads and time and budget constraints that… Smooth Your Retrieval of Plant-Design Data Most chemical engineers involved with operating large chemical process facilities… Millichannel Reactors: A Practical Middle Ground for Production The desire to move from batch to continuous processes for… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Creating Installed Gain Graphs for Control Valves Installed gain graphs can help improve the selection of control…
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