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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…
A partnership for process understanding At Chemical Engineering magazine, we focus the bulk of our… Opportunities for Recent Grads There was genuine excitement at the November 14 and 15… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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This molecular sieve has a trapdoor to selectively pass CO2 An Australian team has developed a new molecular sieve that… Oxidation-based water-reuse technology that improves mass transfer A water-recycling system for the oil-and-gas industries developed by Ecosphere… Chementator Briefs Nitrogen fixation The research groups of Yoshiaki Nishibayashi at the… This pipe-cladding process applies corrosion-resistant coatings faster The surface engineering company MesoCoat, Inc. (Euclid, Ohio; www.mesocoat.com) recently… Electrochemistry may have a future in CO2 cleanup An electrochemical process that could cut the energy and cost… Physical chemistry principles point to a better way to clean up oil spills One of the current methods for dealing with oil spills… Continuous production of ‘Bio-cokes’ Kinki University (www.kindai.ac.jp) and Naniwa Roki Co. (both Osaka, Japan;… New boiler fuels from oil, coal and biomass wastes Composite liquid and slurry boiler fuels have been produced from… A process for recovering rare-earth metals from magnet scrap Researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory… Spun carbon-nanotube fibers with unmatched properties of any other material For the first time, it has become possible to spin… BUSINESS NEWS
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Outotec grows its maintenance services by acquiring Scanalyse
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed an agreement to… Caloric awarded contract to build a methanol reformer in Indonesia
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a… Successful operation of high-pressure, entrained flow gasification
On the way to the production of environment-friendly fuels from… Toyo awarded ammonia project in Indonesia
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded… Bilfinger Water Technologies: A new strong connection
Passavant-Geiger GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bilfinger SE (Aarbergen,… BASF to open R&D technology center for battery materials in Japan
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will open a new Research… Stamicarbon lands two urea contracts in China Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP… UOP introduces new membrane element to improve natural-gas-processing capacity
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, today… ABB commissions first line of Northland’s Kaunisvaara iron ore mine
ABB (Baden, Switzerland; www.abb.com) recently completed commissioning of the integrated… Grupo Idesa and CyPlus enter JV to build NaCN plant in Mexico
Grupo Idesa S.A de C.V. (Mexico) and CyPlus GmbH (Germany),… UOP technology selected to modernize refinery in Kazakhstan
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced… New Biturox project awarded to Pörner by Indian Oil
In January 2013, Pörner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, (Vienna, Austria; www.poerner.at) concluded… Dow and Davy license LP Oxo Technology to Sinopec
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London, U.K.; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson… Air Products to supply four ASUs to Lu’An Mining
Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) pursuit and success in… Fluor awarded TDI project for BASF in Germany
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says it has secured a… UNI announces microwave-technology license agreement
University of Northern Iowa's (www.uni.edu)"Modern Marvel" has been licensed for… Metrohm and FOSS enter strategic alliance
Metrohm AG (Herisau, Switzerland; www.metrohm.com) and FOSS (Hilleroed, Denmark ;… Outotec to deliver large grinding mills to Zambia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec) and the mining and metals… KBR wins license and design package for Bolivia fertilizer project
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was awarded a contract by… Technip awarded revamp contract for a refinery in Mexico
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in a consortium with Construcciones Industriales… Solvay to build a new silica plant in Poland
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will invest €75… Metso strengthens its automation service capabilities in Thailand
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has opened a new automation… Jacobs awarded contract for Luberef Yanbu refinery expansion
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a… SensoTech opens subsidiary in the U.S.
The SensoTech GmbH (Magdeburg–Barleben, Germany; www.sensotech.com) extends its market presence… Neste Jacobs to deliver an isomerization unit to Neste Oil at Porvoo refinery Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) will deliver engineering, procurement… Air Liquide invests €65 million in the Port of Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest chemical and petrochemical basin in… Fluor construction-management project underway for new biotech facility in Georgia
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says it is currently performing… KBR to provide Purifier technology package for ammonia/urea plant in Indonesia
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it was selected by PT Pupuk… Wacker opens new dispersions plant in South Korea
Today, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) officially launched its… Shell captures CO2 with MAN integrally-geared centrifugal compressor
MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT; Berlin, Germany; www.mandieselturbo.com) is providing… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Sizing Calculations for Pressure-Relief Valves Pressure-relief valves are widely and effectively used in situations where… Technology Profile: Propylene Production via Propane Dehydrogenation Because natural gas supplies are significantly increasing due to the… Accelerating Process and Product Development Research and development (R&D) projects usually require significant time, effort… Sizing, Specifying and Selecting Centrifugal Pumps Determining the proper preliminary size for centrifugal pumps during the… Environmental Permitting Barriers for Dryers and Kilns Figure 1. A handful of ceramic proppants is shown here… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Steam-System Water Preparation Supplying steam that meets process needs while protecting steam-system components,…
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