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Addressing climate change In a report 1 issued by the American Council for… COVER STORY Unlock the Energy Potential of Your Plant By exploring strategies for process integration, such as waste-heat recovery… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Offerings Aid Heat Exchanger Design and Operations New offerings, including software products, consulting services, research insights and… CHEMENTATOR
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Nanoscale uniformity of desalination membranes Reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membranes use a polyamide selective layer formed… Metal-oxide nanocrystals have applications in lubrication and electronics displays Pixelligent Technologies Inc. (Baltimore, Md.; www.pixelligent.com) has developed a process… Extracting zinc from flyash In Sweden, incineration of household waste in waste-to-energy (WtE) plants… Printing sensors onto stickers Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and… A major project targets sustainable urea production A consortium, led by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific… Magnetic field cures adhesives faster with less energy Conventional adhesives, such as epoxy, are designed to cure using… Bacteria for wastewater treatment Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by… February Chementator Briefs Ammonia catalyst Clariant Catalyst (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) and Casale SA… A microreactor for continuous formation of Grignard reagents Today, synthetic routes to about 10% of the top 50… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch: February 2021 Plant Watch Linde to build world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Area Electrical Classification in Research Applications: Is It the Only Mitigative Choice? Area electrical classification is a powerful tool for process safety.… FEATURE REPORT Protecting Steam Systems from Corrosion Steam and condensate-return systems can be susceptible to unique forms… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Temperature and Rupture Disk Burst Pressure Rupture disks are non-reclosing pressure-relief devices that protect vessels, such… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Butyl Acrylate from Acrylic Acid and Butanol This column is based on “Butyl Acrylate Production from Acrylic… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Packaging Orbital wrapper for safe transport of drums and barrels Orbital… NEW PRODUCTS
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New protective clothing handles high-pressure water The company is augmenting its Livmoa range of single-use protective… A new explosion-isolation device with patented features The Interceptor-QV explosion-isolation device (photo) uses a patented system where… Use these electromagnetic flowmeters for batching New MIM electromagnetic flowmeters (photo) provide accurate readings in a… A redundant control system for emergency shutdown valves The ASCO 141 Series advanced redundant control system (ARCS; photo)… An intrinsically safe Bluetooth remote speaker microphone Reliable communication is particularly important for lone workers in hazardous… A tool for device commissioning and advanced certification The new Opticheck DTM (photo) was recently introduced for device… Compact temperature sensors with plug-and-play options This company is expanding its range of fluid sensors with… This immersion sensor is now certified for hazardous areas The LiquiSonic ultrasonic sensor is suitable for determining concentration and… Flexible, cut-resistant gloves for manufacturing and construction SmartCut BKCR2403 cut-resistant gloves (photo) are designed for jobs that… These centrifugal pumps handle very high temperatures The System One Series of high-temperature centrifugal pumps (photo) utilizes… Chemical-resistant membranes for electrolysis Forblue S-Series ion-exchange membranes (photo) are designed for electrolysis and… This corrosion inhibitor tackles high-moisture conditions VpCI-396 is a very hard but flexible corrosion-inhibiting coating that… New clamp provides secure, easy-access sealing The new C-30 C-clamp (photo) permanently mounts on machinery while… This platform for shift handover now includes health data This company’s Shiftconnector digital manufacturing software (photo) for the processing… An upgraded range of mobile dust-control products The DC Tromb line of dust extractors (photo) features several…
Selling new technologies During my youth, as a mass- and heat-transfer R&D manager,… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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Bio-butanol scaleup moves ahead with trials In April development tests, Cobalt Technologies (Cobalt; Mountain View, Calif;… Burner technology enables reduced NOx with short flame length To comply with increasingly stringent regulations for NOx emissions, operators… These scavengers of water pollutants have a magnetic attraction A process that uses magnetic nanoparticles, coated with a reactive… Improved corrosion control in refinery steam systems GE Power & Water (Trevose, Pa.; www.ge.com) has introduced a… Using low-temperature waste heat to make power New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO; Kawasaki City;… A salty way to scrub CO2 Ammonia is a promising candidate for scrubbing carbon dioxide from… A bio-butadiene plant is planned On the heels of its successful scaleup of bio-butanol, Cobalt… Nanowires improve the properties of metal composites Freestanding nanowires exhibit ultrahigh elastic-strain limits (of up to 7%)… A biotech process that might benefit sharks Squalane, an emollient used in cosmetics, will be the first… A gas turbine with low NOx emissions NEDO and Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo, www.hitachi.com) have developed a new… July Chementator Briefs ODC for Cl2 production Last month, ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH… BUSINESS NEWS
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Nikkiso Co. (Tokyo, Japan) the manufacturer of fluid control technologies,… Florida project produces U.S’s first cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale The U.S. Energy Department (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) today recognized… Fluor selected for Cerro Verde mine-expansion project in Peru
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it was… BASF to build a new plant for high-performance Ultramid in China
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is building a new Ultramid… Eurochem to establish JV in China
EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru), Russia’s largest mineral fertilizer producer and… Innovnano scales up nanostructured powders
Innovnano (Coimbra, Portugal; www.innovnano-materials.com), a manufacturer of high-performance ceramic powders,… Altana to acquire rheology modifier business from Rockwood
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has signed… Air Liquide invests an additional €50 million in the Antwerp basin
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract… Evonik to expand silica capacity in Thailand
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is now significantly expanding… Foster Wheeler establishes new JV E&C company in China
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland, www.fwc.com) announced today that a… Praxair expands hydrogen supply with Gulf Coast startup Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced the startup of… Siemens and Midrex to build direct-reduction plant for voestalpine in Texas
Siemens Industry Inc., USA (www.siemens.com/metals), and consortium partner Midrex Technologies,… DuPont opens probiotics facility in China DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) has launched production at its probiotic… KBR to supply ROSE Technology for Total’s Antwerp refinery
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) today announced that it has been selected… Haldor Topsøe licensing technology to Russia’s largest ammonia plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Sojitz Corp. of Japan… New contracts for Marie Tecnimont
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.marietecnimont.it) announces that several contracts… Sasol integrated GTL and ethane-cracker complex contract to WorleyParsons
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a… Teijin to build new meta-aramid fiber plant in Thailand
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) has developed a new type… CNOOC selects Ineos Technologies’ process for a new project in Huizhou
Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene S… Microchannel F-T reactor technology chosen for a proposed BTL project in Oregon
The Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) microchannel-reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts… Sadara Chemical opts for intra-logistics from the Haver Group
Together with its Westphalia-based parent company Haver & Boecker (www.haverboecker.com)… SK Chemicals orders first continuous PPS-production plant from Uhde Inventa-Fischer
The plant engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has… BASF to increase global capacities for BDO and PolyTHF
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will increase its global capacities… Air Liquide starts up world’s largest helium unit in Qatar Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently started up the world’s… Praxair enters into industrial gas JV with Kuibyshevazot
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has entered into a definitive… Borealis acquires GPN and majority of Rosier European market
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) says it has fully acquired… Solvay boosts vanillin production capacity with new facility in China
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) plans to build a new… Technip awarded contract for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by the Hyundai-Wison consortium… CO2 Utilization On May 9, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels surpassed 400 ppm… Linde to build large ammonia plant in Russia, and more business news Plant Watch Uhde Inventa-Fischer to build commercial-scale Nofia plant June… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Securing Industrial Control Systems Security of SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) and other… Lifecycle Costs for Capital Equipment in the CPI When considering project proposals for new processes in the chemical… Rotary Valves in Pneumatic Conveying Systems Rotary valves are used almost universally in pneumatic conveying systems.… Getting the Most Out of Data Sheets For most engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) projects in the chemical process industries… Polymer-based Piping Polymer-based piping systems offer a number of advantages, along with… A solution-based route to LLDPE Polyethylene (PE) is the world’s largest-volume commodity polymer. Along with…
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