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Ending plastic waste Last month, almost 30 global companies announced the formation of… COVER STORY Boost Steam-System Efficiency by Improving Condensate Recovery Pressurized condensate-return systems and flash-steam vent condensers offer opportunities for… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS Artificial Intelligence: A New Reality for Chemical Engineers From process and materials development to maintenance and logistics, artificial… Protection Through Better Housekeeping Practices Using the hierarchy of controls can help guide housekeeping and… CHEMENTATOR
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A low-pressure process to leach metals from laterite ores Queensland Pacific Metals (Brisbane, Australia), a subsidiary of Pure Minerals… CO2-to-chemicals effort boosted by electrocatalytic process The quest to generate chemicals and fuels from exhaust or… A photocatalyst for reducing CO2 without precious metals The research group of professor Osamu Ishitani at the Tokyo… New catalysts enable CO2-neutral olefins production via methane reforming Today, olefins are mainly made either by naphtha cracking or… Artificial enzyme shows multiple selectivity Professor Kazuaki Ishigreo and colleagues at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan;… Co-electrolysis makes ‘green’ syngas in a single step Last month, Sunfire GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.sunfire.de) reported the successful… Plasma-based electrolysis makes ammonia at ambient conditions Researchers from Case Western Reserve University (CWR; Cleveland, Ohio; www.case.edu)… Chementator Briefs New PDH capability A new catalyst for propane dehydrogenation (PDH)… Industrial-grade salt recovery from zero-liquid-discharge process A process that increases the water-recovery from reverse osmosis (RO)… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch February 2019 Plant Watch Lotte BP Chemical to expand petrochemicals production in… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Air Coolers VersusShell-and-Tube Water Coolers As shown here, economical cooling is often achieved with a… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Pump Sizing Parameters A solid grasp of pump sizing allows engineers to make… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Oxygen Production via Cryogenic Distillation This column is based on “Oxygen Production – Cost Analysis,”… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Drones Autonomous inventory management for stockpiles This company has launched an… Focus on Filtration The launch of a filter press and ceramic-disc filters After… NEW PRODUCTS
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Compact level transmitter with intelligent processing The Sitrans Probe LU240 (photo) is this company’s newest ultrasonic… Predictive maintenance improves pump diagnostics SafeGuard (photo) is a predictive maintenance solution featuring wireless access… A next-generation purge and pressurization system Designed for Class I or II/Div. 2 and Zone 2/22… A new safety controller with programming flexibility The Phoenix PLCnext Control RFC 4072S controller (photo) is the… Lighting design for calculated efficiency This company offers customized, optimized concepts for illuminating workspaces in… Onsite biocide generation for cooling systems This company has extended its Purate technology for chlorine dioxide… This radar level sensor makes cryogenic applications secure This company’s 80-GHz radar sensors (photo) are temperature-decoupled from the… A hybrid IT cooling system is very energy efficient The (LCP) DX/FC Hybrid liquid-cooling platform (photo) includes both a… This benchtop spray dryer expedites materials testing The PolarDry Model 0.1 electrostatic spray dryer (photo) retains the… Proprietary mixing technology for sanitary processes This company has developed a line of sanitary processors (photo)… A high-performance bead mill for viscous products The Visconomic+ high-performance bead mill (photo) was developed specifically for… A robust, drop-proof smartphone for rugged environments The RG650 (photo) is a rugged smartphone designed to withstand… Simulate piping systems with this updated software tool AFT Impulse 7 software (photo), a dynamic simulation and analysis… Use this handheld manometer in a wide range of pressures DM 9600 Series precision manometers feature a color touchscreen and… These long submersible pumps are hermetically sealed Two of this company’s eight-stage, sealless canned-motor pumps from the… SHOW PREVIEWS Connected Plant Show Preview 2019 The 2019 Connected Plant Conference (www.connectedplantconference.com) is being held February…
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High-temperature process cuts the cost of syngas cleanup A process that promises a significant reduction in the cost… Membrane bioreactor technology improves treatment of high-organic-content water A next-generation, carbon-enhanced membrane-bioreactor (MBR) system improves treatment of industrial… A new production route to high-purity magnetite Last month, Pittsburgh Iron Oxides, LLC (Pirox; New Brighton, Pa.;… Size reduction of cementitious material Flyanic LLC (Newark, N.J.; www.flyanic.com) has developed an industrial-scale and… Super emulsion slashes biodiesel production costs by 25% The research group of Kazuo Tajima at Kanagawa University (Yokohama,… Nanopores improving sterile filtration Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM;… This rheometer performs multipass measurements Strata Technology Ltd. (Sunbury-on-Thames, U.K.; www.stratatec.co.uk) has commercialized the Cambridge… Control mercury emissions from coal-fired plants without treating the fluegas ADA-ES, Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.adaes.com) and Arch Coal, Inc. (St.… August chementator briefs Graphene Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI; Troy, N.Y.;… Simplified electrodeionization technology reduces operating costs Dow Water and Process Solutions (DW&PS; Minneapolis, Minn.; www.dowwaterandprocess.com), a… This new process promises substantial savings for aluminum production Calsmelt Pty Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia; www.calsmelt.com) is marketing a new… BUSINESS NEWS
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KBR lands contract for LiOH-operation expansion KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its Downstream business unit… Lonza acquires Vivante GMP Solutions
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) enters the viral based-manufacturing market today… Axens' Revivoil technology at PDVSA Intevep
PDVSA Intevep (www.pdvsa.com) — the technological division of Petroleos de… QualaWash acquires Manfredi Special Services
QualaWash Holdings, LLC (QHL; Tampa, Fla.; www.qualawash.com) announces the purchase… SABIC signs alcohol-technology licensing agreement Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) has… Eka Chemicals divests water-treatment chemical site
Eka Chemicals AB (Bohus, Sweden; www.akzonobel.com/eka) has agreed to divest… Perstorp selects Emerson for automation system upgrade
Emerson Process Management’s (Baar, Switzerland; www.emersonprocess.com) DeltaV digital automation system…
GEA: major order for power plant
The GEA Group (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received a large… LyondellBasell starts up new HDPE plant in Germany
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) has successfully started up a… KBR lands contracts in Iraq
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded two contracts by… Haldor Topsoe & CoaLogix: Regenerated SCR catalyst
Haldor Topsoe Inc. (Houston; www.topsoe.com) and CoaLogix Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.;… Aruba selects VWS firms for desalination plant
Two Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS; Saint Maurice, France;… SGL Group expands isostatic graphite capacity
SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglcarbon.com) will invest within the next three… SNC-Lavalin: Contract in Alberta’s oil sands SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an… Siemens: Order from the Steel Authority of India Siemens VAI Metals Technologies (Linz, Austria, www.siemens.com/metals) has received an order… BASF to build dispersions plant in Huizhou
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will invest in a dispersions plant… Evonik to expand production capacities in China
Demand for triacetonamine derivatives (TAA derivatives) has kept rising for… FT microchannel demonstration is up and running
The biomass-to-liquids (BTL) demonstration plant, jointly operated by the Oxford… Georg Fischer accelerates its expansion in China
Georg Fischer AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland; www.georgfischer.com) is further strengthening its… Cobalt Technologies signs agreement with Fluor
Cobalt Technologies Mountain View, Calif., www.cobalttech.com) has signed an agreement… Lurgi: Large polyamide plant in China
Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) has been awarded a contract for… KSB extends India foundry
German pump manufacture KSB Group (Frankenthal, Germany; www.ksb.com) has expanded… Haldor Topsøe: Contracts with YPF Argentina
YPF Argentina and Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) have… Teijin acquires NanoGram
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp) has acquired NanoGram Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.; www.nanogram.com)… Air Liquide acquires German syngas plant
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed an agreement with… Outotec lands iron-ore project in Australia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded orders for Australia's… Iridos begins production of LCD pastes
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and Nepes (Seoul, Korea; www.nepes.co.kr) announce… ITT completes acquisition of Godwin Pumps
ITT Corp. (White Plains, N.Y.; www.itt.com) has finalized the acquisition of… Axens to acquire activated alumina business
Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has signed an Asset Sale… Outotec: Chromite sintering tech. for South Africa
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with RB… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Foolproofing Regulatory Document Generation When it comes to managing regulatory documents such as product… Fine-tuning Pump Vibration Diagnostics To unearth the fundamental causes of vibration-related pump troubles, pump… Successful revamps My first distillation dream occurred about 30 years ago, and… pH Measurement And Control The mechanical design and material science of pH-sensor technology have… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Heat Transfer Fluids: System Filtration OVERVIEW Indirect heating of processes by organic thermal-liquid fluids offers…
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