Chemical Engineering [December 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

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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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

December 2012

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I drink tap water
I drink tap water! There, I finally said it. I…

IN THE NEWSCHEMENTATOR + Show More

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…

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…

BUSINESS NEWS + Show More

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…

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…

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…

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 + Show More

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…

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…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Wet Scrubbers
Wet fluegas desulfurization (FGD), also known as wet-scrubbing, is a…

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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