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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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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… 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…
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New heating technique improves zeolite membrane performance Adding a rapid heat-treatment step to the process of making… New heating technique improves zeolite membrane performance Adding a rapid heat-treatment step to the process of making… Pt-free catalysts promise to lower fuel-cell costs Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp/html/english) has developed a platinum-substitute catalyst… Pt-free catalysts promise to lower fuel-cell costs... Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp/html/english) has developed a platinum-substitute catalyst… Reducing the Pt load promises to reduce PEFC costs A technique for making PEFC electrodes with one fourth the… ... as does reducing the Pt load A technique for making PEFC electrodes with one fourth the… This process may produce electricity from low-temperature geothermal resources The world has vast geothermal resources in the temperature range… An activated carbon for picking up heavy metals The Agricultural Research Service (ARS, Beltsville, Md.; www.ars.usda.gov) has received… Fast digestion makes better use of municipal sludge The use of residual sludge from municipal sewage plants as… September Chementator briefs Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals often incorporate a fluorine atom within their… An activated carbon for picking up heavy metals The Agricultural Research Service (ARS, Beltsville, Md.; www.ars.usda.gov) has received… A cost-effective process for recycling wastewater A wastewater treatment process that consumes less energy, produces less… A protective coating helps fine powders flow, without agglomeration A team from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash… A cost-effective process for recycling wastewater A wastewater treatment process that consumes less energy, produces… Process optimization software allows rapid setup, cost savings New industrial process-optimization software can be fully operational in seven… More efforts to make biofuels from algae... Over the past few weeks there has been a number… More efforts to make biofuels from algae, microorganisms Over the past few weeks there has been a number… . . . and from microorganisms Last month, BP Corp. (London; www.bp.com) signed a joint-development agreement… ... and from microorganisms Last month, BP Corp. (London; www.bp.com) signed a joint-development agreement… BUSINESS NEWS
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Wacker exits solar-wafer business
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) exits from the solar… BASF and CSM to develop biobased succinic acid
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and CSM N.V. (Diemen, the Netherlands;… KBR wins clean-coal contract for China
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by…
Outotec to deliver engineering, smelter technology to Iran
Outotec Oyi (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received two orders from… Teijin’s Biofront demonstration plant enters operation
Teijin Ltd. (Osaka and Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp/english) announced that it has begun…
Cytec and Mitsubishi Rayon to advance composites
Cytec Engineered Materials (CEM; Tempe, Ariz.,), a business unit of… Linde sets up R&D center in Shanghai
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has inaugurated a research… CST Industries acquires Temcor
CST Industries, Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.; www.tanks.com), a global leader… GEA supplies cooling systems to China
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received in its Energy… Bartec acquires Vodec Bartec GmbH (Bad Mergentheim, Germany; www.bartec.de) has taken over Vodec… Germany evaluates creation of a hydrogen infrastructure
Leading industrial companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to… Merck acquires Chinese effect-pigments producer Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merck.de) has acquired Suzhou Taizhu Technology… Foster Wheeler to supply biomass-fired boiler Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a… Sulzer Chemtech acquires Manfred Preu Kolonnenservice On September 4, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) signed… Solvay to acquire majority of Russian soda-ash plant
0 0 0 Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed… Heraeus acquires DWM Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH (HST; Kleinostheim, Germany; www.heraeus.com) has acquired… Air Products buys H2-production facility in Texas
0 0 0 Air Products, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com)… Toyo awarded polycarbonate resin project in China 0 0 0 Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has… Larox to establish a subsidiary in India
0 0 0 Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will establish a… Fast digestion makes better use of municipal sludge The use of residual sludge from municipal sewage plants as… A protective coating helps fine powders flow, without agglomeration A team from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash… SABIC and Mitsubishi Rayon form a joint venture ... and more business news Plant Watch Cement plant expansion in the Ukraine decreases environmental… This process may produce electricity from low-temperature geothermal resources The world has vast geothermal resources in the temperature range… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL CPVC Piping In Chemical Environments: Evaluating the Safety Record There are many considerations when choosing piping materials for an… Multivariable Predictive Control:The Scope is Wider Than You Think More and more, the chemical process industries (CPI) are seeking… Measuring Dust and Fines In Polymer Pellets Plastics are most commonly produced and sold in pellet form… Strategies for Water Reuse In more and more locations, the availability of fresh water… CSTR Design for Reversible Reactions Multiple CSTRs (continuous stirred-tank reactors) are advantageous in situations where… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Heat Transfer: System Design II Click here for full pdf version of this article -…
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