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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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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… 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… 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 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… 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…
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Green honors In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agancy (EPA; Washington, D.C.;… An alternative to chlor-alkali Earlier this year, NSR Technologies (Decatur, Ill.; www.nsr-tech.com) commercialized its… Making SunCatchers instead of cars Stirling Energy Systems (SES; Phoenix, Ariz.; www.stirlingenergy.com) and Tessera Solar… Capacity to double for an oil-shale process Outotec GmbH (Oberursel, Germany), a 100% daughter company of Outotec… A replacement for Cr+6 Aculon, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.aculon.com) has developed a formulation… Chementator briefs for August Bioplastics DSM Engineering Plastics (Sittard, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) has introduced EcoPaXX,… A silver-based antimicrobial Pure Bioscience (El Cajon, Calif.; www.purebio.com) has developed silver dihydrogen… Scaleup for a downer FCC process In October, Nippon Oil Corp. (Tokyo, Japan;www.eneos.co.jp) will start constructing… Diamond lubricant cuts friction and increases equipment life The lifetime of steel bearings can be extended by up… Making fine particles of inhalable drugs A team from the School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering,… Cellulose-to-aromatics process simplifies BTX production A single-step method to convert cellulosic biomass into aromatic compounds… Biobased succinic acid pilot effort underway Pilot-scale production of biobased succinic acid from dextrose has been… BUSINESS NEWS
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KBR awarded contract for refinery in Angola
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Lummus Technology, a CB&I company (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has… Univation to build catalyst manufacturing facility in China Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston, Tex.; www.univation.com) has begun construction of… Remmers’ paint to coat sea-link bridge Remmers Baustofftechnik GmbH (Löningen, Germany; www.remmers.de) was awarded the contract… Series production of organic nanoparticles Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has developed a polymer additive… Ansys software improves cement making Ansys, Inc. (Southpointe, Pa.; www.ansys.com) today announced that its software… Technip to ‘Connect’ German refineries Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement… KBR awarded FEED contract by VCNG KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by… Oxea acquires production plant in the Netherlands Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has completed the acquisition of… Dow plans to shut down its ethylene oxide and glycol plant in the U.K...and more Dow plans to shut down its ethylene oxide and glycol… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Keeping Cooling Water Clean Cooling water systems that rely on cooling towers are a… REACH: Looking Beyond Pre-registration Failure to register under REACH closes EU markets for thousands… Viscosity: The Basics Most engineers know what viscosity is, but may have trouble… Fine Grinding With Impact Mills Many branches of the chemical process industries (CPI) make use… Keeping Cooling Water Clean Cooling water systems that rely on cooling towers are a… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Adsorption Successful adsorber design requires information about certain adsorbent properties, including:…
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