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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 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… 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…
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Chementator: A new standard for viscosity measurement The American Society of Testing Materials (Conshohocken, Pa.; www.astm.org) has… Chementator: High-throughput screening accelerates glycerol-to-chemicals research Arkema (Colomes, France; www.arkema.com) and hte (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.de) have… Chementator: A palladium catalyst makes primary amines in aqueous NH3 Primary amines are made in high yield by a palladium-catalyzed… Chementator: Optical fiber sensing gets an NSF boost Last January, Chiral Photonics, Inc. (Pine Brook, N.J.; www.chiralphotonics.com) was… Cut installation costs in half with this orifice flowmeter ABB Instrumentation (Warminster, Pa.; www.abb.com/instrumentation) has cut the cost of… Chementator: EPA proposes national reporting system for greenhouse gases The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Washington D.C.) plans to… April chementator briefs Calibration-free pH The world’s first continuously self-calibrating pH measurement system… Chementator: This new crystallizer reduces damage to larger crystals With the exception of Oslo-type crystallizers, the main commercial crystallizers… Chementator: Sonopolymerization as a means to manufacture composite nanoparticles Many methods have been developed for the encapsulation of "active"… Reduce process consumables with this new separator Aqueous Recovery Resources, Inc. (ARR; Bedford Hill, NY; www.suparator.com), has… Chementator: A less expensive way to make conductive coatings Cambrios Technologies Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.; www.cambrios.com) has formed a strategic… BUSINESS NEWS
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Emerson Joins PNO Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emersonprocess.com) has joined the… Start of large-scale production of Baycusan Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has invested 2.3 million… Shaw to provide basic engineering support for F-T units The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that… BASF to sell China process-catalysts site to Süd-Chemie BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has… BASF expands capacity at Texas facility BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant… Integration of Paladin Power Analytics with OSIsoft PI EDSA Micro Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.edsa.com), and OSIsoft, Inc.… SGL commissions carbon and graphite plant in Malaysia Today, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) announced commissioning of its… GTC Mexico wins EPC contract at ethylene oxide plant Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX; Mexico City; www.pemex.com) Petroquímica Morelos has awarded… Sener awarded its largest contract to date Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) has been… Ineos moves forward with waste-to-energy CHP plant Further to the announcement today that Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester)… Choren supplies coal-burner technology to China Choren Components GmbH, a part of the Choren Group (Freiberg,… Bosch to take over boiler manufacturer Loos The Bosch Thermotechnology division (Stuttgart, Germany; www.bosch.com) plans to take… Fluor selected for SaskPower carbon capture engineering Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it was… AspenTech launches release 7.1 of aspenONE Aspen Technology, Inc. (Burlington, Mass.; www.aspentech.com), a leading provider of… Anhydro biofuel technology for Dong Energy When the United Nations convenes its 2009 climate summit in… Lonza awarded ‘Potent Compound Safety Certification’ Lonza Group Ltd.’s (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) facility for antibody drug… Siemens acquires Elan Software Systems Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/industry) is expanding its industrial… Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes As CRTs become an obsolete form of video display technology,… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Hydrogen Pinch Analysis Made Easy (Discussion between a reader and the authors) I recently read Hydrogen-Pinch Analysis Made Easy Chem. Eng., June… Capital Costs Quickly Calculated A chemical executive once noted that his firm derives one-third… Understanding Bends In Pneumatic Conveying Systems Pneumatic conveying of bulk solids has been successfully practiced —… Optimizing Pumping Systems Interest in energy efficiency is not a fad. The economics… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Energy Efficiency in Steam Systems In today’s typical process plants, preventing steam loss and improving…
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