Catalytic ethane-cracking process allows lower-temperature operation
Aither Chemicals LLC (South Charleston, W.Va.; www.aitherchemicals.com) is planning to build a commercial-scale plant based…
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I treat my body like a distillation column
My personal physician looks at me like I am a distillation column. Dr. Dianne English…
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This filtration system saves space, time and money
In the production of deionized (DI) water from river water, sand filters are commonly used…
Two technologies combined to treat oil and gas wastewater
A partnership between New Sky Energy (Boulder, Colo.; www.newskyenergy.com) and 212 Resources (Houston, Tex.; www.212resources.com)…
A new catalyst enables lower-temperature H2 production using the sulfur-iodine cycle
Among the many different ways being investigated for making hydrogen “from water” is the so-called…
Quick-charging lithium ion batteries on the horizon
Conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are unsuitable for high power applications as in electric vehicles, because…
Odor control in small doses
A team headed by professor Zhiguo Yuan, from the Advanced Water Management Center, University of…
Demonstration for a process that makes H2 from sewage sludge
Japan Blue Energy Co. (JBEC; Tokyo, Japan; www.jpo-net.co.jp), Daiwa Lease Co., Toyota Tsusho Corp., and…
Chementator briefs
Water treatment The recently introduced FoodPro ST line of water-treatment chemicals from GE Power &…
Microbial processing of ore
Extraction of metals, such as lithium, from laterite ores is usually carried out through solubilization…
Business News
UOP technology selected by Petrobras for offshore natural gas processing
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its technology has been…
JGC awarded contract for CO2 capture, storage and compression facilities
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has received a contract from Japan CCS Co. to construct…
Jacobs receives contract from Viru Keemia Grupp
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Viru Keemia Grupp…
Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for Lanxess’ EPDM plant in China
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and…
KBR to execute oil-sands tailings-management project in Canada
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded two contracts for Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Syncrude) to execute module…
Siemens and Bentley Systems initiate strategic collaboration
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) and Bentley Systems (Exton, Pa.; www.bentley.com) today announced a strategic…
New plant revamp contract awarded to EDL Anlagenbau
On November 7, 2012 the CEOs of Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH, Leuna and EDL Anlagenbau…
Bechtel’s ThruPlus Coking technology to be used in Kazakhstan refinery
Bechtel (Houston; www.bechtel.com) has signed a license agreement with JSC Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery (POCR)…
Toyo awarded EO/EG project in Korea
Toyo Engineering Korea Ltd., a subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has…
Siemens to reorganize its water business
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has decided to reorganize its activities in the water business.…
Outotec to build the largest sewage-sludge thermal-treatment plant in Switzerland
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with the City of Zürich (represented…
UOP wins third license for MTO technology
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today the third technology license…
Air Products supplying ASUs for copper-smelter project in Zambia
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has been awarded the contract to supply two oxygen…
BASF building its largest European production plant for emissions catalysts in Poland
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing approximately €90 million in the first step to…
Uhde wins mega contract for fertilizer plants in the U.S.
ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has, through its U.S. business partner, Uhde Corporation…
Wanted: CPI Engineers
A number of factors, including plans for new plants and expansions, as well as the…
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 APIs October 10, 2012 —…
Technical & Practical
Dust Explosions: Prevention and Protection
Preventing dust explosions is not rocket science, and still these disasters occur. This article is…
Anti-surge Valves for Dynamic Compressors
One of the most significant limitations on the operation of dynamic compressors (axial and centrifugal…
Variable Frequency Drives for Centrifugal Pumps
The prices of low-voltage variable frequency drives (VFDs) have declined substantially since they were introduced,…
Designing Chemical-Injection Systems
Many CPI applications require the injection of chemicals, such as corrosion inhibitors, precipitation inhibitors, oxygen…
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Particle-size reduction
For most solids-processing operations in the chemical process industries (CPI), particle-size reduction and screening (classification)…