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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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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… 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… 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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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… 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…
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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… 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… BUSINESS NEWS
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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… 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… ZeaChem validates its core biorefining technology
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Col.; www.zeachem.com today announced it has produced commercial… 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 Non-Chemical Water Treatment Mechanical processes can offer an environmentally friendly and safer option… 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… Particle Sizing Across the CPI This survey of modern particle-measurement technologies demonstrates how selection criteria… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Measurement guide for replacement seals Mechanical seals play a pivotal role in the chemical process…
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