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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

April 2010

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Catalytic process cuts the cost of biodiesel fuel
Biodiesel fuel is being produced for under $2/gal from product…

A less risky way to manufacture and transport nanoparticle products
As producers continue to develop new applications for nanoparticles, the…

'Venus flytrap' — a new way to treat nuclear waste
The cleanup of nuclear waste could be simplified by a…

A quick way to tell when to pick cotton
An instrument called the Cottonscope, which automatically measures cotton maturity…

Commercial production of carbon nanotubes
This month, Showa Denko K. K. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) will…

A CO2-to-fuel process demonstrated
Scientists at Carbon Sciences Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.; www.carbonsciences.com) have…

April Chementator Briefs
A hard biomaterial Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing…

A new gasification process moves a step closer to commercialization
Next year IHI Corp. (IHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.ihi.co.jp) plans to construct…

Pilot plant to demonstrate advanced vapor-compression desalination nears completion
Researchers at Texas A&M University (College Station, Tex.; www.tamu.edu) are…

A highly efficient microwave reactor continuously produces metallic nanoparticles
The process, developed by Masateru Nishioka at the Research Center…

A microwave-assisted process makes nanoparticles underwater
Professor Tetsu Yonezawa at the Materials Science Div. of Hokkaido…

BUSINESS NEWS + Show More

Outotec acquires Edmeston
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has acquired all shares in…

A new material for 700°C power plants
Together with E.ON AG (Düsseldorf; www.eon.com) and Hitachi Power Europe…

Boliden acquires sulfuric acid plant from Kemira
Boliden AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.boliden.com) has acquired Kemira’s sulfuric acid…

Neste Jacobs & Eesti Energia to build a shale-oil condensation unit in Estonia
Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Eesti Energia (Tallinn, Estonia; www.energia.ee)…

CDTech awarded gasoline desulfurization contract
Catalytic Distillation Technologies (CDTech; Pasadena, Tex.; www.cdtech.com) has been awarded a…

Solvay starts up RDF cogeneration plant
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that the construction of…

AkzoNobel to add new plant at Ningbo site
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;www.akzonobel.com) is to build an additional plant…

Biotage acquires MIP Technologies
Biotage AB (Uppsala, Sweden; www.biotage.com) and the owners of MIP…

ZeaChem validates its core biorefining technology
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Col.; www.zeachem.com today announced it has produced commercial…

Borouge inaugurates its first manufacturing plant in China
Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Singapore; www.borouge.com) — a joint…

BASF’s Catalysts division strengthens its capabilities
BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) Catalysts division has completed a…

Polysilicon facilities start up at Wacker’s Burghausen site
Additional polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially came on stream at Wacker…

HPD to supply evaporation and crystallization technology to Alkim
Alkim Alkali Kimya A.S. (Alkim; Istanbul, Turkey), one of the…

Lurgi starts up ethanol plant in California
Lurgi, Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.; www.lurgi.com), a member of the Air…

Outotec to deliver technology for Bhushan Power & Steel Plant
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Bhushan Power…

Teijin & Yixing to collaborate in wastewater treatment
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp) announced today that it has signed…

TÜV SÜD steps up its activities in the global CPI
International provider of testing and certification services TÜV SÜD AG…

Joint development of new organic semiconductors
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt; www.merck.de) and Plastic Logic GmbH (Dresden, both…

Grace and Borealis sign catalyst agreement
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) today announced…

Pöyry awarded biomass boiler engineering project in U.S.
We Energies (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.we-energies.com) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (Hessinki,…

SGL & BMW: New carbon fiber plant for U.S.
SGL Group SE (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglcarbon.com) and BMW Group (Munich,…

Technip wins two contracts for Indian refinery
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded two contracts by…

The Road to Recovery
Like most other businesses, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms…

Total announces plans to repurpose its Dunkirk refinery site and more business briefs
Outotec to deliver a copper smelter for plant in China…

Pöyry awarded pulp-mill engineering contract in Brazil
Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda (Brazil) has awarded Pöyry Plc.…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

Particle Sizing Across the CPI
Particulate systems are everywhere; they are responsible for bright red…

Non-Chemical Water Treatment
Non-chemical methods for conditioning water for use in cooling towers…

A Safety-Centered Approach To Industrial Lighting
The use of appropriate hazardous-area lighting in the chemical process…

Full-Length Sleeving for Process Heat Exchanger Tubes
As heat exchangers age, their tube thickness decreases because of…

Mechanical Design Aspects for High-Performance Agitated Reactors
The stirred tank reactor with rotating mixers remains the backbone…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Measurement guide for replacement seals
Mechanical seals play a pivotal role in the chemical process…

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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.

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