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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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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… 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… 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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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… 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…
Better styrene science needed The following letter originally appeared in Chemical Engineering, December 2011,… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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An in-pipe turbine system generates energy from water effluent Hydrofoil turbines mounted inside gravity-fed water-effluent conduits can generate significant… December Chementator Briefs Bio bisabolene Through genetic engineering of microbes, scientists from Lawrence… Heat-exchanger 'fusion' Last month at the Brau Beviale 2011 Exhibition (November 9–11;… Making amides with high yield, less waste A catalyst for making amides from alcohols and amines under… Optical cavity furnace can boost solar cell efficiency Using an array of lamps inside a highly reflective chamber,… First working FDI prototype Last month at the Namur Annual General Meeting in Bad… A car company moves closer to making cellulosic ethanol ecomomically Using gene recombination technology, Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC; Toyota City,… Control the fuel-to-air ratio in combustion with varying fuels In combustion, the ratio of fuel to air is key… Commercialization is set for a new alkylation process An improved sulfuric-acid alkylation process that reduces acid consumption by… Detecting steam-trap leaks gets easier Steam traps are designed to allow condensate, but not steam,… Recover oil from messy spills with this mesh A novel mesh for oil-water separation with opposite wettability to… BUSINESS NEWS
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KBR: License and BED for Egyptian ammonia plant
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Tecnimont S.p.A.… MHI delivers large-capacity energy storage system
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has delivered… SNC-Lavalin awarded SAGD oil-sands project in Alberta
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract… KBR to revamp North Fertilizer Plant in Iraq
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by First… Topsøe signs contract with Russian JSC Acron
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a contract… Jacobs receives contract from Honeywell for Baton Rouge manufacturing plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded… Jacobs awarded contract by Aurubis Bulgaria
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says its Chemetics… Evonik to build a new methionine production complex in Singapore
With the largest of its chemical investments to date, Evonik… Air Products: Largest single onsite ASU order ever
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a long-term… World’s largest onsite high-purity ammonia plant comes onstream in China
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it has brought… Technip awarded a GTL contract in Uzbekistan
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Uzbekistan GTL LLC… Topsøe to supply grassroots diesel hydrotreater for Rosneft
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has won the contract… BASF investing $20 million in Vidalia, La., plant improvements
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) will be investing $20 million… Jacobs awarded contract from Honeywell and Sinochem
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a… Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in China
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is… Qatar Petroleum and Shell to develop a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Qatar
Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of… Toyo-Canada awarded EDS work of oil sands refinery project
Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd. (Toyo-Canada)*, a Canadian subsidiary of Toyo… Lanxess and BioAmber partner to produce phthalate-free plasticizers and more business news Plant Watch Oxea to build its first production plant in… Georg Fischer acquires Harvel Plastics
Georg Fischer AG (Shaffhausen, Switzerland; www.georgfischer.com) announced today that it… Outotec to acquire all interests in Energy Products of Idaho
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) strengthens its portfolio of energy… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Preventing Tank Corrosion The interior surfaces of your storage tanks are constantly at… Solubility of Water in Benzenes As a Function of Temperature The solubility of water in hydrocarbons contained in crude oil… Turnarounds: Shorter, Safer, Simpler Today’s plant turnarounds bear little resemblance to those of the… Thermal Fluid Systems: Design Considerations Single-fluid heat-transfer systems that both heat and cool a process… FEATURE REPORT Troubleshooting Heat Transfer Fluid Systems Articles about thermal fluid systems often start with a variation… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Using Rupture Disks with Pressure Relief Valves Protecting process systems from overpressurization is a critical task in…
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