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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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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… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Low-Pressure Measurement Because of the behavior of materials under vacuum, including lowered…
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