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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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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… A new turbopump for ion-implantation applications HiPace 2800 IT (photo) is a turbomolecular pump especially dedicated…
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‘Cool’ amine process improves H2S absorption A novel process for removing hydrogen sulfide from natural gas… No oxygen is needed for this gasifier A pilot plant for a process that uses a fluidized… Elevance biorefinery on track for late-2011 commissioning A manufacturing facility for bio-based intermediate and specialty chemicals under… A streamlined pre-treatment process for algae biodiesel A pulsed-electric-field (PEF) pre-treatment technology to facilitate extraction of oils… Nippon Ketjen introduces new catalysts for residue hydrotreating Nippon Ketjen Co. (Tokyo; www.nippon-ketjen.co.jp) has developed two new catalysts… Nanoparticle alloy could be an alternative to palladium Kyoto University (Kyoto, www.kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp) professor Hiroshi Kitagawa has developed technology… Hybrid inorganic-organic membrane has enhanced stability A silica-based amorphous material in which silicon atoms are linked… Recovering rare earth metals from used light bulbs Up to now, used energy-saving light bulbs have been processed… A new process for high-purity MnO2 Mesa Minerals Ltd. (Perth, Australia; www.mesaminerals.com.au) has developed an alternative… Spray drying converts a medicinal cactus into a powder A process to spray-dry Aloe vera for use in the… February Chementator Briefs DuPont acquisition Last month, DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com)… BUSINESS NEWS
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Dow: $100 million to reduce energy use The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) says it will… B&W: Renewable energy contract in Finland
The Babcock & Wilcox Co.'s (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) Denmark-based… Invista: New nylon 6,6 intermediates and polymer plant in Shanghai
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) is moving forward on its plans… BMS inaugurates new polyisocyanates unit in India
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayerbms.com) has inaugurated a manufacturing… Oxea extends specialty ester capacity
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) announces significant capacity expansion for… Micronics: Contract for extracting & dewatering tailings at North American gold mine Micronics, Inc. (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.micronicsinc.com), manufacturers of filter presses, filter… Eastman expands capacity for a plasticizer
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has successfully completed a… Jacobs: Chemicals projects in Saudi Arabia
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has announced that… Posco & LanzaTech: MoU on gas fermentation LanzaTech (Auckland, New Zealand; www.lanzatech.co.nz) has signed a memorandum of… KBR JV: FEED contract for Australian LNG project
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that KLH Australia-Browse Joint… Solvay acquires a Bulgarian fluorspar mine
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has acquired a fluorspar mine… White Paper: Stuxnet infection pathways and how to protect SCADA systems
Eric Byres, CTO of Byres Security Inc. (British Columbia, Canada;… New website with tools for seal/gasket selection
The Flexitallic Group (Flexitallic; Houston) has launched its new website… Myriant/DPT: Renewable, bio-based butanediol
Myriant Technologies (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) and Davy Process Technology (DPT;… Outotec: Oil-shale preparation plant in Estonia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Eesti Energia,… Siemens: Major investment in Saudi Arabia
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has revealed plans to establish… Outotec acquires phosphorus-recycling technology
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has strengthened its portfolio of… Nanostart invests in cleantech company MINT Nanostart AG (Frankfurt, Germany; www.nanostart.de) has taken an investment position… Startup for Valero’s benzene-reduction projects
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that Valero Energy Corp. San Antonio,… ABB wins mining order in Chile
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won an order worth $47… Foster Wheeler: Copper processing facility in Chile
The Global Engineering and Construction Group of Foster Wheeler AG… Fike expands manufacturing facility
Fike (Blue Springs, MO; www.fike.com) announces the completion of a… SNC-Lavalin: Coal mine expansion in Columbia SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has signed a contract for… Metso: Gasification for renewable gas production
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply a gasifier to… Foster Wheeler: Feasibility study for KCl expansion
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that its… Technip: Engineering contract for a FLNG in Malaysia
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding… Chevron: Lubricants plant in Pascagoula, Miss.
Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.; www.chevron.com) has announced that Chevron… Coal-to-Chemicals Current industry syngas output has increased by 26% since 2007… S-L separation: No more separation anxiety Given the state of the still-lagging economy, it doesn’t come… DuPont to acquire Danisco to create world leader in industrial biotechnology and more business news Eurecat to build a new catalyst-processing facility in India January… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Evaluating and Reducing the Risks Of Pneumatic Pressure Testing The pressure testing of process piping and vessels is essential… Crow’s nest The fact that I was 150 ft up, on the… February 2011 Letters Steam thermodynamics Brad Buecker’s article, Steam Generation Thermodynamics (November 2010,… Inspecting Underground Piping Piping integrity is always a major concern in the chemical… Design Underground Piping For Safety Buried piping — especially lines carrying hydrocarbons — shoulders many… Owners and contractors: Key Metrics Improve Performance Throughout the chemical process industries (CPI), project owners often track… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Control valve position sensors The precise monitoring and control of valve position is essential…
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