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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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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… January Chementator Briefs MDI Production Late last year, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com)… 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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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… 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…
I drink tap water I drink tap water! There, I finally said it. I… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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December Chementator Briefs Rotary atomizer Engineers at Dedert Inc. (Homewood, Ill.; www.dedert.com)… A boost for bio-butanol production Lately there has been much renewed interest in fermentative production… Scaleup for a microbial process that produces acetic acid from offgases A demonstration plant for the production of acetic acid from… A new way to obtain hydrogen from heavy oil The volume of heavy, sour crude oil processed by North… Low-cost production of PHA from air and greenhouse gases Newlight Technologies (Irvine, Calif.; www.newlight.com) has launched commercial production of… A highly active catalyst for making NH3 The research groups of Hideo Hosono and Michikazu Hara at… A photocatalyst for destroying viruses Meanwhile, professor Kazuhito Hashimoto at the University of Tokyo (Japan;… A patented process produces battery-grade lithium Lithium producer Galaxy Resources Ltd. (Perth, Western Australia; www.galaxylithium.com) says… A new photocatalyst for VOC destruction A process for manufacturing fine particles of titanium dioxide that… BUSINESS NEWS
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KBR’s first VCC-technology processing unit in Russia enters construction phase
In February 2012, KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) signed an agreement with… BASF to sell Meyco Equipment business to Atlas Copco
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract with… Evonik expands U.S. production of precipitated silica
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) plans to increase its… MHI, Sojitz and RC receive order for acrylic acid plant from Gazprom
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Sojitz… Oregon to have its first in-pipe hydroelectric system
The City of Portland, Oregon and Lucid Energy (Portland, Ore.;… Technip awarded EPC contract by BASF
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip), in a consortium with Asahi Kasei… Caloric to supply H2-generating plant to the Czech Republic
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won the contract… Foster Wheeler awarded PMC contract for clean-fuels project in Kuwait
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that its Global… Outotec to provide gas cleaning, sulfuric acid and effluent-treatment technologies for Namibia Custom Smelters
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Namibia Custom Smelters have… Jacobs receives contract from Aura Minerals for copper mine expansion Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a… Toyo wins fertilizer plant order in Indonesia
The consortium of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp)… AkzoNobel to divest its North American Decorative Paints business
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) today announced the divestment of… KBR awarded ammonia-technology license agreement by Indorama
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that Indorama Eleme Fertilizer &… Outotec gets marketing rights for Ausmelt TSL zinc fuming technology
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received the global marketing… CP Kelco announces CMC capacity expansion plans
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com), a world-leading carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)… Stamicarbon wins licensing and supply contracts for urea plant in China
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP… AMEC awarded PMC contract for a new refinery in Kuwait
AMEC (London, U.K.; www.amec.com) has been awarded a $528 million… Tecnimont lands LDPE contract in Mexico
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) says that its main… Fluor wins contract for new Ma'aden phosphate project in Saudi Arabia Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded a new project… Toyo wins world’s largest single-train urea plant in Nigeria
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) and its consortium… BASF building production plant in Poland for emissions catalysts and more business news Plant Watch BASF building production plant in Poland for emissions… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Avoiding Project Failures Companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) spend billions of… Selection of an Optimum Gasification Product Equipment for generating synthesis gas (syngas; mostly CO and H2)… Batch Control: Controller- Versus Server-Based Sequencers When designing a batch system, engineers often select the control… Coal Gasification For Chemicals Compared to petroleum refining, the coal gasification process appears less… CPI Machinery: Commissioning, Startup and Piping When it comes to rotating machinery (pumps, compressors, gas turbines,… Clearing the Air About Respiratory Protection Airborne respiratory hazards are a very real threat in the… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Wet Scrubbers Wet fluegas desulfurization (FGD), also known as wet-scrubbing, is a…
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