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EDITOR'S PAGE The gender gap in engineering Each year since 2001, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE;… COVER STORY Vent Away Condensate Pump Frustrations In A Flash The guidance provided here can help to mitigate problems occurring… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS SAF Production Expands for a Low-Carbon Future To lower their climate impact, petroleum refiners are increasingly assessing… CHEMENTATOR
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Chementator briefs NITROGEN UTILIZATION Late March, the first nitrogen fertilizer produced from… Applying capacitive deionization for critical-metals recovery Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, Ill.; www.anl.gov) are investigating… Reduced fouling when pneumatically conveying lactose products To ensure product safety and quality, products containing lactose (at… Catalyst-coated membrane reduces electrolyzer stack cost for H2 production A new catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) technology for hydrogen production, developed… Commercial debut for a process that makes 'green' pig iron Last month, Vale S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) began… PFAS separation-concentration system introduced in North America A technology initially developed in Australia by OPEC Systems (Emu… A new burner slashes NOx emissions from iron-ore pelletizing plants Before being fed to the blast furnace, iron ore is… Growing sulfur batteries from crystals Strain on demand for critical battery metals is forcing manufacturers… Capillary-fed electrolysis unlocks new levels of efficiency for green-hydrogen production A new category of electrolysis could significantly lower the expenses… BUSINESS NEWS Business News: May 2022 Plant Watch ADM announces significant expansions in the U.S. and… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Detecting and Preventing Spills and Leaks Comprehensive planning, along with appropriate level-measurement technologies and safety instrumented… TOWER DOCTOR Should the Doctor Believe a Flowmeter? Henry Kister shares lessons learned from troubleshooting distillation towers Many… FEATURE REPORT A Primer on pH Measurement Understanding the basic principles of operation and construction designs of… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts At Your Fingertips: Physical Gas-Separation Methods Industrial gases are critical for a wide range of applications… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Solids Handling This bag slitter eliminates dust and reduces waste The MINILux… NEW PRODUCTS
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This absorbent media can prevent carbon-bed fires This company has launched Sulphasorb 2 (photo), a new activated… Monitoring of chlor-alkali electrolysis sub-processes Chlorine and caustic soda are essential chemicals whose production is… Use these plug valves with slurries and gritty media This company’s Cam-Centric plug valves (photo) feature 100% port, which… These kits perform certified tests of fiber optic cabling Expanding its cable certification and testing portfolio, this company now… A new generation of centrifugal mixers for 3D printing materials Smart DAC centrifugal mixers (photo) feature variable counter-rotation, increased mixing… Power supply units with IO-Link for field Installation The compact PSU67 power supply units (photo) ensure energy-efficient, decentralized… This line of ball valves has an expanded operating range This company has expanded its line of high-performance ball valves… A selection tool for automated process valves The complete Nelprof valve sizing and selection software for all… These vests keep workers cool in hot situations The StaCool Vest core body-cooling system (photo) helps workers stay… An ammonia leak-detection system for process refrigeration The Chillgard 5000 NH3 monitoring system (photo) features a sophisticated… Simulate hydraulic systems and prevent waterhammer The Impulse 9 software suite (photo) was designed to enable… A low-power CH4 sensor with digital and analog capabilities FlameIR-ME1 is a new methane sensor that uses a solid-state… Customized containment solutions for hygienic processes This company’s continuous liner systems (CLS; photo) are designed for… This family of CPVC butterfly valves has been expanded This company has added two new sizes (10- and 12-in.)… New meters for pH, conductivity and ion concentration Developed for a wide range of applications, SevenDirect benchtop meters… This gas detector finds volatile substances at very low volumes The new X-pid gas detector (photo) quickly detects volatile organic… A complete system for developing emerging foods Unveiled at Anuga FeedTec trade fair (Cologne, Germany; April 26–29),… An expanded series of smart Roots pumps The new line of Roots pumps from the HiLobe series… A trailer support for busy loading docks The Ground Mounted Trailer Support (GMTS; photo) is a new… SHOW PREVIEWS Show Preview: IFAT Munich IFAT 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage,… Connected Plant Conference Show Preview The 2022 Connected Plant Conference (CPC; www.connectedplantconference.com) will take place…
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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… 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… 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… Recycling Cathode Ray Tubes As CRTs become an obsolete form of video display technology,… Siemens acquires Elan Software Systems Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/industry) is expanding its industrial… 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… Optimizing Pumping Systems Interest in energy efficiency is not a fad. The economics… Capital Costs Quickly Calculated A chemical executive once noted that his firm derives one-third… Understanding Bends In Pneumatic Conveying Systems Despite their apparent simplicity, bends are often poorly understood, and… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Energy Efficiency in Steam Systems In today’s typical process plants, preventing steam loss and improving…
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