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Addressing climate change In a report 1 issued by the American Council for… COVER STORY Unlock the Energy Potential of Your Plant By exploring strategies for process integration, such as waste-heat recovery… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Offerings Aid Heat Exchanger Design and Operations New offerings, including software products, consulting services, research insights and… CHEMENTATOR
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February Chementator Briefs Ammonia catalyst Clariant Catalyst (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) and Casale SA… A microreactor for continuous formation of Grignard reagents Today, synthetic routes to about 10% of the top 50… Nanoscale uniformity of desalination membranes Reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membranes use a polyamide selective layer formed… Metal-oxide nanocrystals have applications in lubrication and electronics displays Pixelligent Technologies Inc. (Baltimore, Md.; www.pixelligent.com) has developed a process… Extracting zinc from flyash In Sweden, incineration of household waste in waste-to-energy (WtE) plants… Printing sensors onto stickers Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and… A major project targets sustainable urea production A consortium, led by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific… Magnetic field cures adhesives faster with less energy Conventional adhesives, such as epoxy, are designed to cure using… Bacteria for wastewater treatment Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch: February 2021 Plant Watch Linde to build world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Area Electrical Classification in Research Applications: Is It the Only Mitigative Choice? Area electrical classification is a powerful tool for process safety.… FEATURE REPORT Protecting Steam Systems from Corrosion Steam and condensate-return systems can be susceptible to unique forms… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Temperature and Rupture Disk Burst Pressure Rupture disks are non-reclosing pressure-relief devices that protect vessels, such… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Butyl Acrylate from Acrylic Acid and Butanol This column is based on “Butyl Acrylate Production from Acrylic… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Packaging Orbital wrapper for safe transport of drums and barrels Orbital… NEW PRODUCTS
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This corrosion inhibitor tackles high-moisture conditions VpCI-396 is a very hard but flexible corrosion-inhibiting coating that… New clamp provides secure, easy-access sealing The new C-30 C-clamp (photo) permanently mounts on machinery while… This platform for shift handover now includes health data This company’s Shiftconnector digital manufacturing software (photo) for the processing… An upgraded range of mobile dust-control products The DC Tromb line of dust extractors (photo) features several… New protective clothing handles high-pressure water The company is augmenting its Livmoa range of single-use protective… A new explosion-isolation device with patented features The Interceptor-QV explosion-isolation device (photo) uses a patented system where… Use these electromagnetic flowmeters for batching New MIM electromagnetic flowmeters (photo) provide accurate readings in a… A redundant control system for emergency shutdown valves The ASCO 141 Series advanced redundant control system (ARCS; photo)… An intrinsically safe Bluetooth remote speaker microphone Reliable communication is particularly important for lone workers in hazardous… A tool for device commissioning and advanced certification The new Opticheck DTM (photo) was recently introduced for device… Compact temperature sensors with plug-and-play options This company is expanding its range of fluid sensors with… This immersion sensor is now certified for hazardous areas The LiquiSonic ultrasonic sensor is suitable for determining concentration and… Flexible, cut-resistant gloves for manufacturing and construction SmartCut BKCR2403 cut-resistant gloves (photo) are designed for jobs that… These centrifugal pumps handle very high temperatures The System One Series of high-temperature centrifugal pumps (photo) utilizes… Chemical-resistant membranes for electrolysis Forblue S-Series ion-exchange membranes (photo) are designed for electrolysis and…
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A catalyst line with low or zero rare-earth metals Grace Davison (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has commercialized a set of… An innovative way to recover elemental sulfur from SO2 emissions Sulfur dioxide emissions from metals smelters and other process plants… Waelz slag used in commercial ceramic bricks Researchers from the University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain; www.unican.es) have… This one-step route to cellulosic ethanol features a multitasking yeast The research group of professor Akihiko Kondo at Kobe University… Process for renewably sourced polyols licensed A process for making polyols from soybean oil and glycerin… A glass flow reactor is now available in ceramic Last month, Corning SAS (Avon, France), a subsidiary of Corning… July Chementator Briefs Waste-to-biofuels Valero Energy Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.valero.com) is… A new urea process slated for its commercial debut Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP… Finland becomes the home of a large biogasification plant Metso (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) is supplying a 140-MWth biogasification plant… A continuous process that promises to slash the cost of making bioethanol A compact, inexpensive and energy-saving continuous process to make bioethanol… Magnetic-shape-memory alloy offers alternative to traditional actuators A novel nickel-manganese-gallium alloy, introduced by Goodfellow Corp. (Oakdale, Pa.;… BUSINESS NEWS
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BASF to optimize and consolidate its PAM-bead production
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will consolidate the production of… Linde to build two large ASUs in China
The technology company The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has… Siemens to supply eight coal gasifiers to China Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.de/energy) has received an order from… Lanxess steps up commitment to China through local investments
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its commitment to… Solvay to form JV with Sadara to build H2O2 plant in Saudi Arabia Solvay S.A. announced today that it has the intention to… Synthetic fuels: Distributed production set to take off Following successful the successful demonstration of its microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (F-T)… KBR’s phenol technology for Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Lihuayi Weiyuan… Codexis and Chemtex: Detergent alcohols collaboration
Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) and Chemtex Italia S.r.l.… Dow to sell global polypropylene business to Braskem The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has signed a… Bechtel-Linde alliance for ethylene crackers in North America
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) and Linde AG (Munich,… AkzoNobel to acquire China's leading specialty surfactant producer
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) plans to further strengthen its… Solvay commits €10 million to support Plextronics
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has provided EUR 10 million… BASF: Second production plant for phthalate-free plasticizer
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to double production… Baker Hughes fractures its first unconventional shale well in Argentina
Baker Hughes (Houston; www.bakerhughes.com) has completed its first unconventional hydrocarbon… Dow to invest in water technology in Saudi Arabia
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) plans to invest… KBR’s Purifier technology for urea/ammonia complex in Indonesia
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Toyo Engineering… Merck and Nano-C to develop new materials for OPV applications
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merck.de) has signed a collaboration agreement… Dow and Saudi Aramco: JV for a $20-billion world-scale chemicals complex
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and the Saudi… KBR wins EPC contract for Molycorp chlor-alkali project
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and… Solutia’s heat-transfer fluid for two solar projects in Spain
Solutia, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.solutia.com) has been awarded contracts… Lanxess to double its menthol-production capacity in Krefeld
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has commenced work on expanding… Praxair expands German capacity
Praxair, Inc.’s (Danbury, Conn. www.praxair.com) German subsidiary has started up… BASF to build antioxidant-blends plant in Bahrain
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will significantly expand its presence… Air Products to expand nitrogen capacity in Korea
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will increase production… Praxair China supplies combustion technology to Shandong Steel Mill
Praxair (China) Investment Co. (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a combustion… SGL Group breaks ground for a new graphite-production center in Bonn
SGL Group – The Carbon Company (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) today… Outotec to deliver gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant technology to Uzbekistan
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with… Parsons: Lead D-B contractor for depleted Uranium deconversion facility
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) has been selected by International Isotopes… Pall announces expansion plans in Brazil
Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.; www.pall.com), a global leader in… Foster Wheeler and Socar to form a new JV company in Azerbaijan
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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When troubleshooting the extractor I have an ongoing dispute with a longtime colleague, Bob… Heat Exchangers for Hot Acids: Material Selection To make the modern materials we use every day, such… A Clearer View Of Crystallizers Improved understanding of crystallizer equipment and operation can aid purification… Liquid-Gas Coalescers: Demystifying Performance Ratings Engineers working in the chemical process industries (CPI) sometimes have… New Piping Code for High-Purity Processes In the emerging and ever-expanding areas of bioprocessing, where maintaining… Inspecting Fractionation Towers Distillation columns are often workhorses in the chemical process industries… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Gas-Liquid Mixing: Physical Considerations Gas-liquid reactors in the chemical process industries (CPI) have increasingly…
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