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Addressing climate change In a report 1 issued by the American Council for… COVER STORY Unlock the Energy Potential of Your Plant By exploring strategies for process integration, such as waste-heat recovery… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Offerings Aid Heat Exchanger Design and Operations New offerings, including software products, consulting services, research insights and… CHEMENTATOR
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February Chementator Briefs Ammonia catalyst Clariant Catalyst (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) and Casale SA… A microreactor for continuous formation of Grignard reagents Today, synthetic routes to about 10% of the top 50… Nanoscale uniformity of desalination membranes Reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membranes use a polyamide selective layer formed… Metal-oxide nanocrystals have applications in lubrication and electronics displays Pixelligent Technologies Inc. (Baltimore, Md.; www.pixelligent.com) has developed a process… Extracting zinc from flyash In Sweden, incineration of household waste in waste-to-energy (WtE) plants… Printing sensors onto stickers Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and… A major project targets sustainable urea production A consortium, led by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific… Magnetic field cures adhesives faster with less energy Conventional adhesives, such as epoxy, are designed to cure using… Bacteria for wastewater treatment Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch: February 2021 Plant Watch Linde to build world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Area Electrical Classification in Research Applications: Is It the Only Mitigative Choice? Area electrical classification is a powerful tool for process safety.… FEATURE REPORT Protecting Steam Systems from Corrosion Steam and condensate-return systems can be susceptible to unique forms… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Temperature and Rupture Disk Burst Pressure Rupture disks are non-reclosing pressure-relief devices that protect vessels, such… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Butyl Acrylate from Acrylic Acid and Butanol This column is based on “Butyl Acrylate Production from Acrylic… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Packaging Orbital wrapper for safe transport of drums and barrels Orbital… NEW PRODUCTS
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These centrifugal pumps handle very high temperatures The System One Series of high-temperature centrifugal pumps (photo) utilizes… Chemical-resistant membranes for electrolysis Forblue S-Series ion-exchange membranes (photo) are designed for electrolysis and… This corrosion inhibitor tackles high-moisture conditions VpCI-396 is a very hard but flexible corrosion-inhibiting coating that… New clamp provides secure, easy-access sealing The new C-30 C-clamp (photo) permanently mounts on machinery while… This platform for shift handover now includes health data This company’s Shiftconnector digital manufacturing software (photo) for the processing… An upgraded range of mobile dust-control products The DC Tromb line of dust extractors (photo) features several… New protective clothing handles high-pressure water The company is augmenting its Livmoa range of single-use protective… A new explosion-isolation device with patented features The Interceptor-QV explosion-isolation device (photo) uses a patented system where… Use these electromagnetic flowmeters for batching New MIM electromagnetic flowmeters (photo) provide accurate readings in a… A redundant control system for emergency shutdown valves The ASCO 141 Series advanced redundant control system (ARCS; photo)… An intrinsically safe Bluetooth remote speaker microphone Reliable communication is particularly important for lone workers in hazardous… A tool for device commissioning and advanced certification The new Opticheck DTM (photo) was recently introduced for device… Compact temperature sensors with plug-and-play options This company is expanding its range of fluid sensors with… This immersion sensor is now certified for hazardous areas The LiquiSonic ultrasonic sensor is suitable for determining concentration and… Flexible, cut-resistant gloves for manufacturing and construction SmartCut BKCR2403 cut-resistant gloves (photo) are designed for jobs that…
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July Chementator Briefs Torrefaction of biomass Last month, the Energy Research Center… This compact wastewater-treatment system reduces sludge volumes and recovers biogas The Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI, www.itri.org.tw) is conducting… A hydrogen generator featuring longer-lasting electrodes This Fall, Vantec Co. (Tochigi Prefecture, Japan; www.vantec-jp.com) plans to… Japanese JV to recycle steel-mill dust Nippon Steel Corp. (Tokyo; www.nsc.co.jp) and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Kobe,… A new catalyst for the direct hydrogenolysis of glycerin into PDO Professor Keiichi Tomishige and colleagues at Tohoku University (Sendai City,… Novel gasifier uses liquid copper as the heat source Liquid copper is employed to gasify wastes in a process… This lignite-drying process increases the efficiency of power and gasification plants Last month, RWE Power (Cologne, Germany; www.rwe.com) and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (www.linde-kca.com),… Molybdenum-oxo catalyst offers cheap route to H2 from water A novel catalyst designed by scientists at the U.S. Department… Produce polymer nanofibers at greater yield and control New technology for fabricating nanoscale polymer threads boosts yields and… Lignite drying-and-refining system formally dedicated Last month, Great River Energy (Maple Grove, Minn.; www.greatriverenergy.com) dedicated… BUSINESS NEWS
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Demonstration of new CO 2 capture technology
JGC Corp. (Yokohama; www.jgc.co.jp), INPEX Corp. (Tokyo, both Japan; www.inpex.co.jp)… Xebec wins biogas upgrading contract in Canada Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec; Montreal, Canada; www.xebecinc.com) has signed a significant… UOP membrane technology for shale-gas processing The Separex membrane system of UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.;… M+W Group enters waste-to-energy market in U.K.
Biffa Group (www.biffa.com) has announced a strategic alliance with M+W… Parsons and SCFI: Strategic alliance agreement
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) has signed a strategic alliance agreement with… Tenaska picks Fluor's carbon-capture technology
Tenaska (www.tenaska.com) has chosen Fluor Corp.'s (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) Econamine… Uhde Inventa-Fischer wins contract for PA-66 plant
The Huafon Group — the biggest producer of polyurethanes in… KSB buys into Italian drive manufacturer
KSB AG (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has acquired a majority interest… Testing of first MAN hybrid axial compressor
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg; www.mandieselturbo.com) and MTU Aero… WirelessHART: First European National Standard for wireless communication in process automation
The HART Communication Foundation (Austin, Tex.; www.hartcomm.org) is pleased to… IDEX acquires OBL IDEX Corp. (Northbrook, Ill.; www.idexcorp.com) has acquired OBL, S.r.l. (Milan, Italy;… KBR & partners: Advanced wastewater treatment plant KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been appointed to an alliance… Xebec lands biogas-upgrading project in China
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec; Montreal, Canada; www.xebecinc.com), a provider of… Sulzer acquires DLC coatings activities from Bekaert
Sulzer Metco AG (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzermetco.com) has acquired the DLC… Novasep and instrAction establish strategic alliance for non-chiral chromatography
Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novasep.com), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions… Siemens’ technology for IGCC project in the U.S. Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has been awarded a Front… Siemens’ first CO2-capture project in U.S. Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com), is planning to design, install,… UNPZ selects CDTech for gasoline desulfurization
Catalytic Distillation Technologies (CDTech; Pasedena, Tex.; www.cdtech.com) has been awarded a… B&W and Bechtel: Alliance to commercialize small, modular nuclear plant
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc., (B&W NE; Lynchburg, Va.)… AkzoNobel strengthens packaging coatings portfolio
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has agreed to acquire the worldwide… BTS & University of Erlangen-Nürnberg cooperation
Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayertechnology.com) and the… Applied Analytics: New subsidiary in UAE
Applied Analytics, Inc. (AAI; Concord, Mass.; www.a-a-inc.com) and Aber Ahmed… Süd-Chemie invests €60 million in LFP production
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) is investing approximately EUR 60… Evonik establishes independent carbon black company Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is reorganizing its carbon black… Fuel Tech lands air-pollution-control orders
Fuel Tech, Inc. (Warrenville, Ill.; www.ftek.com) has received a number of… GEA PHE Systems receives refinery order
GEA PHE Systems (Sarstedt, Germany; www.gea-phe.com), part of the GEA… Caloric wins 2nd H2 plant for French client
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won a contract… Metathesis catalysts license agreement
Evonik Industries AG (Essen,Germany; www.evonik.com) and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.,… Borouge: $2.6-billion contracts for Borouge 3
Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; wwwborouge.com), a joint-venture (JV) between the… Waste-to-cellulosic-ethanol demonstration CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.cleantechbiofuels.net), an early stage… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Seeking out difficult situations In 1952, 37 companies established Fractionation Research, Inc. (FRI). Most… Optimize Shift Scheduling Using Pinch Analysis Pinch analysis emerged as a systematic design tool during the… Controlling Acoustic Coupling Acoustic coupling in industrial furnaces is an issue that appears… Aging Relief Systems — Are they Working Properly? Relief systems are the last line of defense for chemical… Using Inserts to Address Solids Flow Problems Storage of bulk materials in hoppers, bins and silos is… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Conservation economics: Carbon pricing impacts Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continues to be a…
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