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January Chementator briefs
Aiding crystal growth Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL;… 
Recovering energy from fluegas
Alcoa of Australia (www.alcoa.com.au) has developed a process to recover…Large-diameter reverse osmosis product lowers cost and reduces footprint
Koch Membrane Systems Inc. (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com) recently unveiled… 
‘Super Boiler' achieves higher efficiency through the recovery of waste heat
An advanced heat recovery system (AHRS) that boosts the fuel-to-steam…A new electrochemical process for making K2FeO4
A new process for producing the oxidizing agent potassium ferrate… Sound water treatment delivers environmental and economic benefits
A two-year collaboration between Ashland Hercules Water Technologies (AHWT; Wilmington,… 
Commercialization is set for a new distillation technology
A new distillation device developed by UOP LLC (Des Plaines,…These nanotube membranes promise superior performance for less cost
Carbon nanotube membranes are being developed for water desalination and… A glucaric acid process moves closer to scaleup
An economical method for producing glucaric acid from glucose was… A commercial debut for microwave-assisted polymerization
A device for the mass production of lactic acid oligomers,… Demonstration for a wood-to-fuel via DME route
Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) will demonstrate a new technology… BUSINESS NEWS
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AkzoNobel invests in U.K. R&D site
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is investing almost €10… Topsøe wins contract with PetroPeru
Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a contract supplying… Outotec to deliver precious-metals plant in China
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Baiyin… Praxair starts up new plant in Costa Rica
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up its new… KBR to license Veba Combi Cracker Technology
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed a Collaboration Agreement with… Artisan and Aonix merge to become Atego
ArtisanSoftware Tools and Aonix have merged to create a new,… Lanxess builds new plant in Germany
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is building a new chemical… Axens and Headwaters form DCL alliance
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and Headwaters Inc. (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com)… Total and ConocoPhillips sanction Phase 2 of the Surmont Project
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com ) and ConocoPhillips (Houston; www.conocophillips.com) announce… ABB Safety Execution Center: TÜV certified
ABB (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.abb.com) says its Safety Execution Center in Buenos… Emerson & Meridium: asset management
Emerson Process Management (Baar, Switzerland; www.emersonprocess.eu) and Meridium Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia;… Lanxess restarts new rubber-facility project in Singapore
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has brought forward its plans… BASF-Linde cooperation for fluegas CO2 capture
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA; Dresden,… BASF starts up chelating agent plant
After 18 months of construction, the new plant expansion for… Uhde to supply HCl- electrolysis plant to Yantai Juli
Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has been awarded an engineering… Vinythai prepares construction of its epichlorohydrin plant
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it has recently closed… Lanxess acquires PTAP product line
Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has acquired… Intergraph acquires COADE
Intergraph (Atlanta, Ga.; www.intergraph.com) has acquired COADE Holdings Inc. (Houston;… Technip lands FEED contract in Venezuela
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded, by Polimerica, a reimbursable… Cognis opens new affiliate in Malaysia
On January 1, 2010, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis (Monheim, Germany;… RWE Power and Brain join forces to utilize CO2
To convert carbon dioxide into microbial biomass or biomolecules: such… Borealis invests in semi-commercial catalyst plant, and more plant watch and mergers news
December 14, 2009 — Borealis (Vienna, Austria; http://www.borealisgroup.com) has announced… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
A ‘Sound’ Solution to Material Flow Problems
Particulate buildup and other material flow problems are common hurdles…
Updating the Rules For Pipe Sizing
Pipe sizing calculations include certain values that are time dependent,…
Capital And Production Costs: Improving the Bottom Line
The chemical process industries (CPI) invest large amounts of capital…
Wastewater Treatment: Energy-Conservation Opportunities
Typical wastewater-treatment plants (WWTP) — both industrial and municipal —…
Pressure Relief Requirement During External Pool-Fire Contingency
Relief system design is an important engineering activity throughout the…Low-Pressure Measurement
Because of the behavior of materials under vacuum, including lowered…
Aiding crystal growth Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL;…
Recovering energy from fluegasAlcoa of Australia (www.alcoa.com.au) has developed a process to recover…
Koch Membrane Systems Inc. (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com) recently unveiled…
‘Super Boiler' achieves higher efficiency through the recovery of waste heatAn advanced heat recovery system (AHRS) that boosts the fuel-to-steam…
A new process for producing the oxidizing agent potassium ferrate…
A two-year collaboration between Ashland Hercules Water Technologies (AHWT; Wilmington,…
Commercialization is set for a new distillation technologyA new distillation device developed by UOP LLC (Des Plaines,…
Carbon nanotube membranes are being developed for water desalination and…
An economical method for producing glucaric acid from glucose was…
A device for the mass production of lactic acid oligomers,…
Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) will demonstrate a new technology…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is investing almost €10…
Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a contract supplying…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Baiyin…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up its new…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed a Collaboration Agreement with…
ArtisanSoftware Tools and Aonix have merged to create a new,…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is building a new chemical…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) and Headwaters Inc. (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com)…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com ) and ConocoPhillips (Houston; www.conocophillips.com) announce…
ABB (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.abb.com) says its Safety Execution Center in Buenos…
Emerson Process Management (Baar, Switzerland; www.emersonprocess.eu) and Meridium Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia;…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has brought forward its plans…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA; Dresden,…
After 18 months of construction, the new plant expansion for…
Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has been awarded an engineering…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it has recently closed…
Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has acquired…
Intergraph (Atlanta, Ga.; www.intergraph.com) has acquired COADE Holdings Inc. (Houston;…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded, by Polimerica, a reimbursable…
On January 1, 2010, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis (Monheim, Germany;…
To convert carbon dioxide into microbial biomass or biomolecules: such…
December 14, 2009 — Borealis (Vienna, Austria; http://www.borealisgroup.com) has announced…
A ‘Sound’ Solution to Material Flow ProblemsParticulate buildup and other material flow problems are common hurdles…
Updating the Rules For Pipe SizingPipe sizing calculations include certain values that are time dependent,…
Capital And Production Costs: Improving the Bottom LineThe chemical process industries (CPI) invest large amounts of capital…
Wastewater Treatment: Energy-Conservation OpportunitiesTypical wastewater-treatment plants (WWTP) — both industrial and municipal —…
Pressure Relief Requirement During External Pool-Fire ContingencyRelief system design is an important engineering activity throughout the…
Because of the behavior of materials under vacuum, including lowered…
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