Chemical Engineering [October 2012]

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Advances in data analytics and robots
It seems that not all that long ago, terms like…

COVER STORY

Data Analytics: Creating An Analytics-Enabled Workforce
New self-service data analytics tools allow plants to create an…

Advanced Analytics: Accelerating Insights for Engineers
The surge in data volumes within the chemical process industries…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

Building a Better Liquid-Dosing System
Modernized pumps and advanced controls improve accuracy and repeatability of…

Robots Enter the CPI
Long used for discrete manufacturing, robots are now making their…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

Chementator Briefs
Carbyne transfer Marcos G. Suero and his research group at…

Incorporating nanoparticles into polymer melts
Because of their large surface area per unit mass, nanoparticles…

Collaborative wastewater project points the way to improved phosphorus removal
Removal of phosphorus and other nutrients from wastewater is critical…

Underground oxidation of hydrocarbons and gas separation yields hydrogen
A process for in-situ oxidation of hydrocarbons in low-quality oilfields,…

Reduction of carbon dioxide to methane
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons and oxygenates on…

Multi-state switchable stationary phase for chiral separation
High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a chiral stationary phase (CSP)…

Ionic liquids enable lower-cost desalination with forward osmosis
Membrane-based forward osmosis (FO) desalination could be a lower-cost alternative…

Engineered microbes convert C1 feedstocks into longer-chain chemicals
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF; Tampa, Fla.;…

Making solar steam and salts from brine
A low-cost “green” technology for water desalination and zero liquid…

Products from natural gas
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-engineering.com) has developed a process to…

BUSINESS NEWS

October 2019 Plant Watch
Plant Watch Total-Corbion JV inaugurates PLA bioplastics plant in Thailand…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICALFEATURE REPORT

Pump Sealing for Hazardous Chemicals
Pumping hazardous chemicals requires specific shaft-sealing technologies to ensure containment…

Seal Selection: Ensure Regulator Performance in Low-Temperature Applications
In low-temperature conditions, the use of compatible sealing materials is…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Facts at your Fingertips: Safety Instrumented Systems and Risk
Within the chemical process industries (CPI), the need to design…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Technology Profile: Production of 2-propylheptanol
This column is based on “2-Propylheptanol Production Process - Cost…

SOLIDS PROCESSING

Air Movers for Dilute-Phase Pneumatic Conveying
Selecting the best air mover for a bulk-solids pneumatic-conveying application…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Maintenance Tools
Wireless condition monitoring for rotating machinery Last month, this company…

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This compact air filter is highly energy efficient
The Aircube Eco 4V ePM1 60% compact air filter (photo)…

A new explosion-proof motor for hazardous locations
The new EXP-MTR-1P-115.230-2HP-3.6K-56HC fractional explosion-proof motor (photo) is rated for…

This valve sensing-and-control unit has been re-engineered
The second-generation ThinkTop V50 and V70 control units have been…

This machinery protection system has SIL-2 certification
The VC-8000 Setpoint machinery-protection system (photo) has received SIL-2 certification,…

Automated viscometer performs high-throughput analysis
The automatic VROC initium Model II viscometer (photo) is now…

This mixer features built-in powder-induction technology
VersaMix multi-shaft mixers (photo) incorporate a proprietary powder-induction feature for…

Double-sided escape route luminaires for Zone 1
The new LED light fixture (luminaire) for escape-path-marker signs (photo)…

A new, flexible safety system simplifies plant modernization
The new, flexible and scalable HIQuad X (photo) safety system…

Thermal transfer printers for industrial applications
The new generation of thermal transfer printers (photo) produce high-quality…

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Highlights Air Movers for Dilute-Phase Pneumatic Conveying Advanced Analytics: Accelerating Insights for Engineers Seal Selection: Ensure Regulator Performance in Low-Temperature Applications Focus on Maintenance Tools Facts at your Fingertips: Safety Instrumented Systems and Risk

October 2012

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COMMENTARY

October Letters
More opinions on ChE education I would like to contribute…

Who says ChE careers aren’t adventurous?
According to my version of the story, Robert Kohler said,…

IN THE NEWSCHEMENTATOR + Show More

This fully functional Li-ion battery is flexible
A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and…

A nano cage made from a stack of benzenes
Professor Kenichoro Itami and his group at Nagoya University (synth.chem.…

A polymersome that releases its cargo where needed
Several drug delivery systems have been studied involving the encapsulation…

October Chementator Briefs
Flexible aerogels Researchers at the NASA Glenn Research Center…

A cryogenic turbo mill generates rubber powder from recycled tires
A process developed by Lehigh Technologies (Lehigh; Tucker, Ga.; www.lehightechnologies.com)…

A concept for making gasoline from air
Air Fuel Synthesis Ltd. (AFS; Darlington, U.K.; www.airfuelsynthesis.com) has recently…

Progress for making smart membranes
Last month marked the completion of the three-year, €3.6-million E.U.-funded…

New catalysts for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reactions
Kazuaki Ishihara and his group at Nagoya University (Japan; www.ishihara-lab.net)…

A little gold can reduce the Pt loading in fuel cells
A challenge in the development of polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cells…

Save energy (and more) with this hybrid compressor system for EOR
Last month, Lewa GmbH (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) and Burckhardt Compression…

BUSINESS NEWS + Show More

Jacobs wins contract from PPL for sulfuric-acid plant expansion
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a…

KBR and Southern Company subsidiary announce TRIG cooperation agreement
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) and Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Generation Technologies,…

Technip awarded engineering & design contracts for a new ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by The Dow Chemical…

Evonik builds new production plant for personal- and household-care ingredients in Brazil
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) endeavor to build a…

Dow plans EPDM rubber plant for the U.S. Gulf Coast
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) says that…

Chiyoda licenses its acetic-acid process technology
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en) has been awarded a licensing…

Rafinerija Nafte Brod selects technology from UOP and EMRE
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and…

Praxair China signs contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou
Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a long-term contract with…

Algeria plans construction of first solar tower power plant in North Africa
The first solar tower power plant in North Africa will…

Samsung Engineering signs contract for major refinery revamp with Luberef
Samsung Engineering Co.(Seoul, Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) was formally awarded the Yanbu…

Solvay doubles PVDF production capacity in France
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it is reinforcing its…

Praxair starts up ASU in Peru
Praxair Peru (www.praxair.com.pe), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.;…

Fluor awarded contract for Udokan copper project in Russia
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an initial contract…

MHI awarded concept study for large CO2-recovery facility in Norway
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has been…

Lummus Technology awarded PP contract in China
CB&I's (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) Lummus Technology has been awarded…

JGC subsidiary awarded ethylene facility expansion project in Saudi Arabia
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) says that its wholly-owned Saudi…

Hillenbrand to acquire Coperion
Hillenbrand, Inc. (Batesville, Ind.; www.hillenbrand.com) has agreed to acquire the…

Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build Europe`s biggest PET plant
Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) is to build a polyethylene…

Clariant expands production capacity for dehydrogenation catalysts
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) , a world leader in Specialty…

Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for Lanxess’ Nd-PBR plant in Singapore
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) say that a subsidiary…

Uhde to engineer one of the world’s largest liquid fertilizer plants
OCI Construction Group has selected ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund,…

Air Products’ Indura opens new liquid plant in Chile
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says that Indura, its…

Novasep to build world's largest chromatography plant for the pharmaceutical industry
Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novasep.com) announces today an investment of €30…

SNC-Lavalin awarded EPCM contract by Codelco in Chile
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a…

CB&I lands FEED contract for new cracker in the U.S
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded contracts by…

Clariant opens new production unit for halogen-free flame retardants in HuÌˆrth-Knapsack
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is opening a second production unit…

Fluor to build Shell’s Quest carbon-capture facility in Canada
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Shell selected…

BASF and CSM establish 50-50 JV for biobased succinic acid
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Purac (Diemen, The Netherlands),…

Braskem Idesa awards large EPC contract for the Ethylene XXI project
Braskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture (JV) formed…

Toyo awarded a urea production technology contract from Bolivia
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

Proppants Illustrate Environmental Permitting Issues for Dryers and Kilns
This article covers permitting and directly related design issues associated…

Acids Handling
Inorganic acids play a major role in the chemical process…

From Batch to Continuous Processing
Small chemical reactors offer a number of benefits compared to…

Blending, Sampling and Segregation
Blending and segregation are two opposite and competing processes in…

Reduce Hazards in Process Vacuum Systems
Vacuum conditions for many unit operations — including distillation, evaporation,…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Fans and Blowers
Fans and blowers are common in air-handling and movement systems…

Andritz

PTA production: Lowering OPEX without compromising on quality

A paper that looks at how the earlier PTA production method involving a multi-stage process with pressure and atmospheric centrifuges and a re-slurry tank can be replaced with one stand-alone device – the rotary pressure filter (RPF).

PTA production: Lowering OPEX without compromising on quality

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