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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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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… 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…
The pending water shortage There is an emerging crisis brewing for the chemical processing… Seeking input on distillation education, and more June Letters Seeking input on distillation education Right now, distillation engineers are… Team building Have you ever participated in a team-building exercise, the type… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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Continuous production of transparent sheets of cellulose nanofibers Oji Holdings Corp. (OJI; www.ojiholdings.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC;… A pilot plant for making CNFs Seiko PMC Corp. (Tokyo; www.seikopmc.co.jp) has installed a pilot plant… June Chementator Briefs Ceramic paper A paper-like material made from vanadium-pentoxide ceramic… Controlling Air Pollutants Selecting air-pollution control equipment can be tricky. It’s not only… A solid-acid-catalyst alkylation process will be commercialized What is said to be the world’s first commercial alkylation… This process delivers chilled air using a fraction of the power required The temperature and moisture level of the air being drawn… Acid recovery makes rutile production more economical A demonstration plant in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, will… A production plant for CNFs Nippon Paper Industries Co. (Nippon Paper; Tokyo; www.nipponpapergroup.com) is constructing… A safer, cleaner way to obtain tantalum and niobium Tantalum and niobium, which are often found in complex ores,… An improved H2SO4 alkylation process gains acceptance An improved H2SO4 process developed by CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.;… A new butadiene process is set for commercialization China’s largest private chemical EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, Wison… BUSINESS NEWS
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Metso finalizes order agreement with CMPC Celulose Riograndense
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso) and CMPC Celulose Riograndense S.A.… Enefit Outotec Technology commissions a shale-oil pilot plant in Frankfurt
Enefit Outotec Technology (EOT; Frankfurt, Germany; www.enefit.com/eot), a joint venture… UOP technology selected by Petrobras for natural gas processing in Brazil
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) a Honeywell company, says… Novosymes acquires TJ Technologies Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com), has signed a definitive agreement to… Borealis to invest €65 million in Porvoo Borstar PE plant
Borealis AG (Vienna, Aurstia; www.borealisgroup.com) has announced a major upgrading… First world-scale production of bio-based polybutylene terephthalate
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.;… MHI, Sojitz and RHI to build large-scale ammonia plant in Russia
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi.co.jp) and Sojitz Corp. (both… Haldor Topsøe & partners reach milestone in production of gasoline from biomass
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and its project partners… Praxair to increase supply and extend pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) says it will build its… CB&I awarded air-quality-control contracts
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded two contracts… SGL Group and Samsung establish JV for carbon composites
SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) and Samsung have established a… Unipol technology selected for Qatar's first polypropylene plant Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC, a wholly owned… Air Liquide makes major investment in Texas
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a new long… New roadmap explores technologies that improve chemical industry energy use, emissions intensity
The International Energy Agency (IEA; Paris, France; www.iea.org), the International… Technip awarded FEED contract for a new BTL plant in Finland
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Forest BtL Oy… Koch Nitrogen selects Stamicarbon’s urea technology its expansion in Enid
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP… Further research on effects of nanomaterials How a nanoparticle behaves in the body is determined by… Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build world's first commercial-scale plant for the production of flame-retardant Nofia polymer
Uhde Inventa-Fischer AG (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has… Myriant and Johnson Matthey – Davy Technologies produce bio-based butanediol
Myriant Corp. (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) and Johnson Matthey - Davy… Air Liquide to acquire Voltaix
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed an agreement to… UPM signs joint-development agreement with Renmatix in biochemicals
UPM (Helsinki, Finland; www.upm.com) and Renmatix, Inc. (King of Prussia,… Siemens to supply wet-air-oxidation system to Qatar
Siemens Energy (www.siemens.com/energy) will supply a wet-air-oxidation treatment system to… BASF starts up t -butylamine plant in Nanjing BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has opened its world-scale t-butylamine… BASF New Business acquires Deutsche Nanoschicht
BASF New Business GmbH (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf-new-business.com) has acquired all… SK Chemicals chooses GEA Messo PT technology
GEA Messo PT’s (Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; www.gea-messo-pt.com) proprietary crystallization technology… Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions signs contracts polyamide 6 plants in China
Recently, Fujian Jinfeng Technology Co. and Fujian Zhongjin New Material… Technip awarded contract for the Karbala refinery in Iraq
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Oil Projects Co.… DOE funds next-generation efficient lighting
Building on his strong focus on energy efficiency in his… Foster Wheeler acquires Mexican engineering company
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) has acquired NorthAm Engineering… Borealis inaugurates new catalyst plant at Linz site
Today, Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has inaugurated a new… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Solving Vessel Equations: A Better Way Calculating the volume of a liquid in a vessel of… Ethylene Production via Ethanol Dehydration Ethylene is arguably the most important building block of the… Compressors: N2 Expands the Applicability of Dry Gas Seals Ongoing advances in the design and use of dry gas… From Concept to Commercial Production Chemical technology is in a state of constant innovation and… Compliant Remote I/Os Process sensors and actuators provide a wealth of information about… Understanding FDI With the advent of smart or intelligent field devices, a… Vapor Depressurization: Concept and Implementation During process operations, elevated pressure inside of isolated zones within… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Solids Conveying Dry, granular solids can be conveyed in a number of…
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