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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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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… 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…
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December Chementator Briefs Catalyst recycling A new process for selectively dissolving either palladium… Nanoclusters that selectively catalyze oxidation reactions Professor Shu Kobayashi, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan; www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp), has… Miniature ESR spectrometer facilitates study of free radicals A miniaturized electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer developed by Active… A more efficient use of renewable thermal energy A team of engineers from the Center for Energy Technology,… Biocatalysts for biodiesel production Researchers from the Department of Environmental and Applied Chemical Engineering,… Scaleup for a new process to make Bio-Alkylate Next spring, Exelus, Inc. (Livingston, N.J.; www.exelusinc.com) plans to pilot… A new catalyst reduces SO2 emissions from H2SO4 plants At last month’s Sulfur 2010 Conference (November 1–4; Prague, Czech… Microbes convert stack gases to fuels and chemicals A demonstration plant for a biological process that produces ethanol… New catalyst approach for methane-to-ethylene conversion A nanotechnology-based, bottom-up approach to synthesizing catalysts for converting natural… Commercialization may be in the works for a ‘cleaner’ gold-recovery process A green hydrometallurgical process for recovering gold from ore, developed… BUSINESS NEWS
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JGC awarded hydrotreater project in Singapore
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has been awarded a contract… Outotec: Aluminum project in Saudi Arabia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotech.com) and Hatch Ltd. (Mississauga, Ont.,… KBR Acquires Roberts and Schaefer
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has acquired Roberts & Schaefer Co,… Principal Aker Solutions’ P&C to transfer to Jacobs
Aker Solutions (www.akersolutions.com) has entered into a share purchase agreement… SNC-Lavalin/Hatch: New smelter for Rio Tinto Alcan
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal; Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has now received the go-ahead… EPA sets first national standard to reduce mercury emissions from gold production
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) is… Styron: New SSBR production line in Schkopau
Styron (www.styron.com) today announced that the company will expand its… F-T µ-technology scales up towards the pilot phase
Following the successful operation of a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) demonstration plant… Oxea increases carboxylic acids production
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has successfully completed the first… Second blast furnace fired up at ThyssenKrupp CSA in Brazil
Blast furnace 2 at the ThyssenKrupp CSA steel mill in… JGC sells affiliate interests to KBR JGC Corp. (Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) today announced that it will be selling… Aker Solutions: Gasification/liquefaction plant in U.S.
Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC has awarded Aker Solutions… Haldor Topsøe to supply tail-gas treatment catalysts to BASF Haldor Topsøe S/A (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has entered into an… BASF & Sinopec to further expand Nanjing JV On the eve of the 10th anniversary of BASF-YPC, BASF… BASF expands superabsorbent polymer plants
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to expand its existing… Stamicarbon urea technology for China
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP… Borealis upgrades at Porvoo PE plant
At yesterday’s meeting in Vienna, the Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) supervisory board… Bechtel selected for first-of-its-kind nuclear project
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) will provide design and… Dow plans new PG plant in Thailand
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) plans to build… Fluor and Sibur sign MoU
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has signed a memorandum of… Foster Wheeler acquires sulfur-recovery technology
Foster Wheeler AG, (Zug, Switzerland,; www.fwc.com) announced today that its… Lanxess to acquire DSM Elastomers
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) and Dutch company Royal DSM… Solvay mulls construction of epichlorohydrin production plant in China
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is studying the construction of… Dynasol to produce and sell rubber in China Dynasol, a subsidiary of Repsol (www.repsol.com) and the Kuo Group,… Fluor named project management consultant for new refinery in Turkey
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Socar &… Yule Catto to purchase PolymerLatex
Yule Catto & Co. plc (Harlow, U.K.; www.yulecatto.com) has agreed… FWC: Contract for two grassroots refineries in Brazil Foster Wheeler AG (FWC; Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that its… Evonik plans capacity expansion in isophorones
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) intends to construct a… Shaw: Contract for new ethylene plant in India
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) it has… Wacker: New polysilicon-production facility in Tenn.
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) will build a new… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Did somebody say pilot plant? During the first three days of last month’s AIChE Annual… Filtration Centrifuges: An Overview To solve the task of solid-liquid (S-L) separation in the… Heat Transfer Fluid Leaks: Break the Fire Triangle Management of process plants requires the understanding and application of… Chemical Lifecycle Management Chemicals in production and laboratory environments alike have three distinct… Optimizing Reciprocating Compressors for CPI Plants Reciprocating compressors — the most commonly used type of compressor… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Project design decision-making: Option lists Most of the more than $100 billion in capital spending…
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