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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…
I treat my body like a distillation column My personal physician looks at me like I am a… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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This filtration system saves space, time and money In the production of deionized (DI) water from river water,… Two technologies combined to treat oil and gas wastewater A partnership between New Sky Energy (Boulder, Colo.; www.newskyenergy.com) and… A new catalyst enables lower-temperature H2 production using the sulfur-iodine cycle Among the many different ways being investigated for making hydrogen… Quick-charging lithium ion batteries on the horizon Conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are unsuitable for high power applications… Odor control in small doses A team headed by professor Zhiguo Yuan, from the Advanced… Demonstration for a process that makes H2 from sewage sludge Japan Blue Energy Co. (JBEC; Tokyo, Japan; www.jpo-net.co.jp), Daiwa Lease… Chementator briefs Water treatment The recently introduced FoodPro ST line of water-treatment… Microbial processing of ore Extraction of metals, such as lithium, from laterite ores is… Catalytic ethane-cracking process allows lower-temperature operation Aither Chemicals LLC (South Charleston, W.Va.; www.aitherchemicals.com) is planning to… BUSINESS NEWS
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UOP technology selected by Petrobras for offshore natural gas processing
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says… JGC awarded contract for CO2 capture, storage and compression facilities
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has received a contract from… Jacobs receives contract from Viru Keemia Grupp
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a… Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for Lanxess’ EPDM plant in China
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary… KBR to execute oil-sands tailings-management project in Canada
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded two contracts for Syncrude Canada… Siemens and Bentley Systems initiate strategic collaboration
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.;… New plant revamp contract awarded to EDL Anlagenbau
On November 7, 2012 the CEOs of Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland… Bechtel’s ThruPlus Coking technology to be used in Kazakhstan refinery Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) has signed a license agreement with JSC… Toyo awarded EO/EG project in Korea
Toyo Engineering Korea Ltd., a subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp.… Siemens to reorganize its water business Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has decided to reorganize its… Outotec to build the largest sewage-sludge thermal-treatment plant in Switzerland
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with… UOP wins third license for MTO technology
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced… Air Products supplying ASUs for copper-smelter project in Zambia
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has been awarded the… BASF building its largest European production plant for emissions catalysts in Poland
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing approximately €90 million… Uhde wins mega contract for fertilizer plants in the U.S.
ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has, through its… Wanted: CPI Engineers A number of factors, including plans for new plants and… Novasep to build the world's largest chromatography plant for APIs and more news Plant Watch Novasep to build world’s largest chromatography plant for… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Dust Explosions: Prevention and Protection Preventing dust explosions is not rocket science, and still these… Anti-surge Valves for Dynamic Compressors One of the most significant limitations on the operation of… Variable Frequency Drives for Centrifugal Pumps The prices of low-voltage variable frequency drives (VFDs) have declined… Designing Chemical-Injection Systems Many CPI applications require the injection of chemicals, such as… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Particle-size reduction For most solids-processing operations in the chemical process industries (CPI),…
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