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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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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)… 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… 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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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… 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…
April Letters Respiratory Protection* ... OSHA requires employers to institute engineering and… Bringing mobility to the plant In his keynote presentation at this year’s ARC Forum (February… We need NASA Richard Belzer, of the television program Law and Order, authored… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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MOFs that reversibly capture CO2 An Australian team has developed a structure made of a… April Chementator Briefs Biosteel The worlds first artificial-silk fiber that is entirely… Production facility for stabilized sodium slated for startup A new plant for manufacturing sodium silicide (Na4Si4;diagram), a non-flammable,… Simplified CO2-to-methanol process uses copper-oxide nanowires A process developed by researchers at the University of Texas… First application of sulfuric acid heap leach to vanadium Following a positive feasibility study, American Vanadium Corp. (Vancouver, B.C.;… New GC based on resonating nanosensor A newly launched gas chromatography (GC) device from Analytical Pixels… A hybrid acid catalyst makes levulinate from cellulose Ken-ichi Tominaga and colleagues at the National Institute of Advanced… Quantum clusters serve as ultra-sensitive detectors Detection of extremely small quantities of dangerous or hazardous substances… A method to produce an iron-titanium alloy for H2-storage A new and inexpensive way to produce TiFe — an… A new way to desalt water without using RO or distillation Capacitive desalination, in which salt ions are electrically removed from… BUSINESS NEWS
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World's first commercial LignoBoost plant successfully starts up at Domtar, N.C. Domtar (Montreal, Québec, Canada; www.domtar.com) has successfully started up a… Commercial debut of the AlkyClean solid-acid alkylation process
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract… Illa International and Neste Jacobs to co-operate in the phenol-process business
Illa International LLC (ILLA; Long Grove, Ill.; www.illallc.com) and Neste… Stamicarbon to revamp NFC urea plant in Iraq
Stamicarbon B.V. (Stittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP… Sulzer awarded contract for biopolymer production Plant in Asia Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has been awarded a contract for… Outotec to deliver concentrator technology to Mexico
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with… BASF and Petronas Chemicals Group to build an integrated aroma-ingredients complex in Malaysia
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad… MAN supplies compressor technology for a major CTL project in China
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Augsburg, Germany; www.man.eu) has been… Rennovia launches HMD as next product, enabling 100% bio-based nylon-6,6
Rennovia, Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.; www.rennovia.com), announced at the PCI… UOP fractionation technology selected for C2/C3 extraction from NGLs
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced… Energy Department announces new innovative projects to develop advanced drop-in biofuels
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the… Praxair to supply NWR gasification project in Canada
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.;… Air Liquide to develop new combustion technology for 2nd generation biofuels
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a partnership agreement… Praxair and Valero successfully implement patented CONOx technology
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) and Valero have successfully implemented… Air Products signs MOU with Gazprom for Russian helium project
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced the signing of… UOP wins fourth license for MTO technology in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced… Praxair starts up first ASU in Bahrain
Praxair Bahrain, the Middle East-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury,… Parsons awarded SAWS brackish-water desalination program
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) and a joint-venture (JV) partner, has… KBR to provide integrated technology, EPC services for grassroots ammonia plant
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Incitec… Lanxess starts leather-chemicals plant in China
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has started up — on… Solvay plans to build large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay) says that it will build… Jacobs receives contract from BASF for Antwerp site
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a… Black & Veatch launches new Prico E-Pack natural-gas liquefaction plant
Black & Veatch (Houston; www.bv.com) announced today the availability of… Air Products’ LNG technology selected for Petronas in Malaysia
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has received an LNG… Technip awarded contract for a sulfur-recovery-unit modification in Bahrain
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by the Bahrain Petroleum… Nevada deploys first U.S. commercial, grid-connected enhanced geothermal system
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the… KeyGene and Kultevat to develop commercial rubber production from Russian dandelion
The biotech companies Kultevat (Carlsbad, Calif.; www.kultevat.com) and KeyGene (Wageningen,… Veolia Environnement and Total inaugurate Osilub recycling plant in Normandy
Veolia Environnement (www.veolia.com) and Total (both Paris, France; www.total.com) today… Solvay plans to build a specialty surfactant plant in Germany
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Bedlgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that it will… Praxair acquires Tri-State Carbonic's merchant CO2 Business
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced the acquisition of… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Sodium Hypochlorite Chemical Production Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) is the active constituent in chlorine bleach,… Filtration and Separation In Sulfur Recovery Sulfur is a major contaminant in the oil and gas… Boosting Energy Efficiency in Chemical Manufacturing: A Look at Cogeneration Many chemical manufacturing processes require large amounts of energy, and… Combined Heat and Power for the CPI: Modern Concepts The continuing development of natural gas extraction from shale deposits,… Safety-Instrumented Systems: Focus on Measurement Diagnostics This article provides guidance to the designer and operator of… The Direct Integration Method: A Best Practice for Relief Valve Sizing What if someone were to tell you that there is… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Gas Hazard Definitions and Data The detection of gases in plant environments has a critical…
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