Chemical Engineering [February 2010]

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The far reach of the CPI
To determine the impact of the chemical industry’s contributions to…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

A Bright Future for Quantum Dots
The novel performance characteristics and tunability of quantum dots make…

Distillation Column Internals: It's What's on the Inside that Counts
New column internals boost efficiency and improve reliability of distillation…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

Zeolite membranes to undergo large-scale testing for CO2 capture
In late February, construction began on a test facility that…

Nanostructured catalyst converts CO2 to ethanol electrochemically
Reducing carbon dioxide to useful fuel molecules is a highly…

Mechanochemistry performs cross-coupling reactions
Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are one of the most powerful and…

CO2 scrubber supplies raw material for oxalic acid production
A novel carbon-capture project at Michigan Technical University (MTU; Houghton,…

Chementator Briefs
‘Green’ steelmaking Seamlessly following the successful completion of the GrInHy…

This P-recovery process is market-ready
At PowTech 2019 this month (Nuremberg, Germany), Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH…

A new membrane for forward osmosis
Many desalination technologies have been developed, but they usually require…

A new catalyst for making renewable feedstocks
The compound 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is an attractive raw material…

BUSINESS NEWS

Business News - April 2019
Plant Watch Asahi Kasei plans LIB separator capacity expansions March…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

U.S. Patent Rights: Think Twice Before Disclosing Your Invention
These cautionary tales provide insight that can lead to best…

FEATURE REPORT

Field Performance Testing for Centrifugal Compressors
Determining the field performance of centrifugal compressors can benefit operation…

Protecting Instruments from Overpressure
Overpressure in a process can damage the seals in a…

Prevent Product Release with Pressure Protection Systems
Closing off pressure upstream can minimize the need for pressure-relief…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Facts at your Fingertips: Convection versus Conduction Drying in Industry
Adjustment and control of moisture levels in solid materials is…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Technology Profile: Production of Polyacrylonitrile Fibers
This column is based on “Polyacrylonitrile Production – Cost Analysis,”…

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Key Considerations for the Use of Portable Gas Detectors
Recent advances in gas-monitoring technologies can greatly increase worker connectivity…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Analyzers
A proportional level-output detector for pilot plants The Dynatrol CL-10GP…

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A comprehensive line of vacuum metrology equipment
The VacTest line of vacuum measurement equipment comprises a comprehensive…

Easily detect level in challenging powder materials
The CL-10 G Series of level detectors (photo) are designed…

A tablet makes data available, even in hazardous zones
The new Tab-Ex 02 industrial tablet (photo) is ATEX/IECEx Zone…

Anti-cavitation valve trim helps improve plant availability, safety
The Fisher Vee-Ball rotary control valves are now available with…

A new digital service to transform engineering in the CPI
This company’s Advanced Modelling and Simulation (AMS) service can help…

This magnetic separator is automatically cleaned
Introduced at Powtech this month, the Easy Clean magnetic separator…

New pumps with a patented cyclone seal chamber
This company has expanded its ISO Series of process pumps…

A new modular economizer heat exchanger
An economizer is a type of heat exchanger that recovers…

Universal control extends security to individual devices
The Xage Enforcement Point (XEP) platform extends network security to…

Diaphragm valves for a large biopharmaceutical plant
Valves from the SISTO-C series (photo) have been ordered for…

Measure roughness directly in the production process
Whether a surface must be very smooth or show a…

New polymer powder for 3-D printing
This company has developed a new polymer powder for applications…

This vacuum-tray dryer features a unique CIP system
The Model E1S fixed-shelf vacuum-tray dryer (photo) has a chamber…

These flow controllers support many user-created mixtures
The DPC Series of precision digital mass-flow controllers for process…

Remote tank-level monitoring with cellular connectivity
TankScan TSU1000 (photo) is an IIoT-enabled ultrasonic tank-monitoring system with…

A new digital service to optimize maintenance
This company has expanded its Digital Enterprise portfolio to include…

A dense-phase conveying system for sensitive products
The Pulse-Flow PTA dense-phase pneumatic conveying system (photo) directs air…

New options for this biogas flowmeter
The Optisonic 7300 Biogas ultrasonic flowmeter (photo) for the measurement…

Efficiently reduce agglomerates into particles
The Model LB550 lump breaker (photo) can reduce agglomerates as…

This boundary monitor now includes VOC emissions data
The new Guardian2 site boundary monitor (photo) is designed to…

Effective utilization of unused device data
At the 2019 Hannover Messe (April 1–5), this company highlighted…

Backpressure valves and pulsation dampeners combined
New Fusion dampeners (photo) combine the technologies of this company’s…

Highlights U.S. Patent Rights: Think Twice Before Disclosing Your Invention Protecting Instruments from Overpressure Key Considerations for the Use of Portable Gas Detectors Technology Profile: Production of Polyacrylonitrile Fibers Focus on Analyzers

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Making a ring of eight benzenes
Professor Shigeru Yamago and colleagues at the Institute for Chemical…

Microbubble generator enhances performance of airlift bioreactor
A patented (WO 2008/053174), fluidic-oscillator-driven device that generates microbubbles has…

Vitrification makes a product from rice husk waste
In Malaysia, about 2-million metric tons (m.t.) of rice husk…

Seal selection for handling and storage of biofuels
Results of 12-mo immersion tests in biodiesel and bioethanol of…

Hydrogen from a can
A newly marketed portable reactor system for generating hydrogen is…

Oxygen separation membranes made in China
Researchers from the Center for Membrane Technology, Beijing University of…

February Chementator briefs
Water reclamation Last month, a new water-reclamation process for…

Tryout set for biomass- to-gasoline process
A demonstration plant that will produce transportation fuels from cellulosic…

Lignite-fired power plant uses activated carbon to capture mercury
What is said to be the first grassroots lignite-fueled power…

Scaleup slated for a ‘greener’ cement
This summer, Celitement GmbH (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; www.celitement.de) will begin construction…

Printed electronics made possible by this carbon-nanotube-production process
A recently commercialized method for growing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNs)…

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Study highlights sustainable footprint of chemical companies
Global chemical companies could release at least €1 billion in…

Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS to exclusively manufacture and market Lonza microreactors
Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS (EMB; Wendelsheim; www.ehrfeld.com), a Bayer Technology Services…

KBR to provide licensing of its Purifer Ammonia technology
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Matix Fertilisers…

Kobe Steel opens large compressor-test facility
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) announces that its new…

BASF & Niro: cGMP spray drying for custom synthesis
BASF’s Business Unit Pharma Ingredients & Services (Evionnaz, Switzerland; www.pharma-ingredients.basf.com )…

Solvay launches three RD&T centers in Asia
The Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today it is…

Air Liquide: two contracts for China steel
Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) has signed long-term contracts with two steel…

Solvay to build 1-MW fuel cell at Antwerp site
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will invest over €5…

M+W acquires Global Automation Partners
The global engineering and construction company M+W Group (formerly M+W…

GTL: Smaller hardware brings big benefits
The gas-to-liquids (GTL) process offers a promising option for producing…

Brain and Bayer Schering Pharma cooperation
Brain AG (Zwingenberg; www.brain-biotech.de) Bayer Schering Pharma AG (Bergkamen, both…

DuPont Opens PV-application facility in Geneva
To address the needs for the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) market,…

Pöyry awarded board-mill engineering for SAICA
Pöyry Plc. (Helsinki; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an engineering contract…

Lanxess builds a new membrane-filtration-technology plant in Germany; and more plant and business news...
Plant Watch Outotec to deliver precious-metals plant in China January…

BMS opens world’s largest CNT pilot facility
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has opened a new…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

Variable Frequency Drives: An Algorithm for Selecting VFDs for Centrifugal Pumps
This article describes an algorithm that end users can use…

Kettle Troubleshooting
A survey of tower failures [ 1 ] ranks kettle…

Doing an Energy Audit
Today’s high costs of energy make an energy audit evaluation…

The ‘BIST’ In Electronic Valve Actuators
For valves operating in hazardous environments, certification testing is critical…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Positive Displacement Pumps
Pumps are essential equipment in the chemical process industries (CPI).…

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Protect Your Turbines from Silica with a Low Maintenance Analyzer

Silica in boiler feedwater can lead to unplanned shutdowns and extra maintenance. A major Spanish fertilizer producer has switched to a METTLER TOLEDO silica analyzer. Discover the benefits of this change.

Protect Your Turbines from Silica with a Low Maintenance Analyzer

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