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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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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,… Process for recycling of cotton garments produces multi-ton quantities for testing A process developed by Evrnu (Seattle, Wash.; www.evrnu.com) to regenerate… 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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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… 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…
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Scaleup is set for an air-separation membrane The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI, Palo Alto, Calif.; www.epri.com)… A less-expensive way to make platinum catalysts The cost of producing platinum catalysts could be reduced by… Extracting drinking water from humidity An energy-autonomous process for capturing air humidity for drinking water… This photocatalyst works with visible light A photocatalyst that uses visible light to deodorize and disinfect… A gypsum-free, energy-saving route to lactic acid Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) is developing a new process… Making solar panels even greener Last month, Malibu GmbH & Co, KG (Bielefeld, Germany; www.malibu-solar.de)… The missing piece for wireless process control Last month, Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS; Phoenix, Ariz.; www.honeywell.com/ps) unveiled… New catalyst boosts liquid-fuel yield from heavy hydrocarbons A new zeolite catalyst that increases yields of light cycle… Direct conversion of cellulose to HMF demonstrated Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, Wash.; www.pln.gov)… A new support for biofilters Researchers from the Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Center (Sydney and… Using gold to catalyze oxidation reactions Polymer-supported nanoclusters of gold have recently been shown to catalyze… BUSINESS NEWS
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DSM to sell urea-licensing business to Maire Tecnimont Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.… BASF extends joint R&D program with IMEC BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and IMEC (Leuven, Belgium; www2.imec.be),… GEA builds automatic dairy plant in Chile The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany;… Agilent acquires Varian for $1.5 billion Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.agilent.com) and Varian, Inc.… Altana acquires Water Ink Technologies The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has… Nikkiso acquires Lewa Lewa GmbH (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) has been acquired by the… GEA to build cooling tower in Florida GEA Power Cooling Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.geaict.com), a subsidiary of… Clean power from Africa Along with other industrial companies, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy)… Chinese government approves expansion in Nanjing The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study… Alfa Laval wins big orders from Petrobras Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has received two orders for… Rhodia enters into biogas market Rhodia (Paris; www.rhodia.com) today announces its first business development investment… Lanxess kicks off new R&D collaboration for rubber Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has officially launched a new… Linde wins $1-billion contract for ethane cracker Borouge (Abu Dhabi; www.borouge.com), a leading provider of innovative, value… Topsøe contracts the world's largest ammonia plant Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) will supply ammonia synthesis… BASF to close Styropor plant at Tarragona; and more Plant Watch PET resin capacity expands in Saudi Arabia June… Teijin transfers 50% ownership in NatureWorks back to Cargill Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp) announced today that it had transferred… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL The Shotgun Approach: Removal of Fouling Deposits on Heat Transfer Surfaces in Coal-Fired Process Heaters & Boilers The heat transfer sufaces of coal-fired process heaters and boilers… Disperse Difficult Solids Despite the immense value and universal appeal of these additives… Revamps: Strategies for A Smooth Turnaround Tie-in opportunities are few and far between. These rules of… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Flowmeter Selection When a flowmeter is needed, the selection process should include…
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