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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 greening of China The AchemAsia exhibition and conferences (www.achemasia.de) are a pretty good… ‘Evil’ chemicals I was at the local Panera Bread. I almost screamed.… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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Modified PU foam shows promise as sponge for soaking up oil spills Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing; www.cas.ac.cn) have… Electromagnetic separation technology applied to aquaculture Technology originally developed for harvesting oil from algae has now… Inorganic membranes show promise to halve energy consumption in distillation Japanese researchers from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development… Linde to help commercialize an oil-from-algae process Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.sapphireenergy.com) and The Linde… A solid way to eliminate contaminants from wastewater CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship (Perth, Western Australia; www.csiro.au/MDU) has… Desalination sans membranes Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin (www.utexas.edu) and… Commercialization is set for a biomass-to-gasoline process A process that is expected to produce high-octane gasoline from… Thin-film deposition Last month, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org)… Ethylene in FCC off-gas is upgraded to motor fuels A typical fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) generates about 200… August Chementator Briefs Anti-hydrolysis agent Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) has developed… This FCC process shown to enhance olefins production JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (JX_NOE; Tokyo, Japan; www.noe.jx-group.co.jp)… Reduce air consumption from AODD pumps with this technology New technology developed for air-operated, double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps can reduce… BUSINESS NEWS
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Outotec to supply technology for upgrading Cu smelter in Utah
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply the latest flash-smelting… JGC joins power-and-steam supply business in Saudi Arabia
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with… Costello and Zeton sign MoU for modular construction R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (Redondo Beach, Calif.; www.rccostello.com) and… Jacobs receives contract from CMPC for chlorine-dioxide plant in Brazil
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a… Outotec wins orders from ETI Alüminyum in Turkey
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI… Azomures selects Stamicarbon technology for urea-plant revamp
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP… Clariant and Lummus Novolen Technology to develop, commercialize new polypropylene catalysts
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit… Linde to build world’s largest CO2 purification and liquefaction plant
The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has… Technip and Sasol form alliance for GTL facilities
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) and Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com)… JGC receives contract for lube-oil blending facility in Indonesia JGC Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan;… Outotec to modernize Pasar copper smelter in the Philippines
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract… Praxair to expand Kirtland nitrogen facility
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced today that it has… Black & Veatch and Kiewit complete first stage of Jordan Cove LNG facility
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Kiewit (Omaha, Neb.;… Technip awarded contract by NCRA for a H2 plant in Kansas
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in consortium with its construction partner… Siemens delivers wet-air-oxidation system to treat wastewater in Indonesia
Siemens Energy (www.siemens.com) has received a contract from Indonesia to… GranBio and Rhodia sign partnership deal in renewable chemicals
GranBio (São Paulo; www.granbio.com.br), a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia,… Clariant and Tasnee establish masterbatches JV in Saudi Arabia
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tasnee (www.tasnee.com), one of the… Edwards to acquire Gamma Vacuum
Edwards Group Ltd. (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com), a leading manufacturer of… One of the world’s largest ammonia plants to be built in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia… Endress+Hauser expands flowmeter production in China
Endress+Hauser (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is manufacturing more and more… ItN Nanovation receives two big orders from Saudi Arabia
Nanostart AG’s ItN Nanovation AG (Saarbrücken, Germany; www.itn-nanovation.de) has bindingly… Altana acquires specialty coatings business from Henkel
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired… SNC-Lavalin awarded contract for MEG Energy’s Christina Lake project
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a… Jacobs receives contract from Nexen Energy
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a… Dow and Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies License LP Oxo Technology to PetroChina
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies (JM Davy; London, U.K. www.davyprotech.com) and… Rive Technology raises $20 million in Series D Financing
Rive Technology (Princeton, N.J.; www.rivetechnology.com), a provider of innovative materials-based… Messer continues to grow in China
Messer (Bad Soden/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com), the largest owner-managed industrial gas… Bio-Based Chemicals Gain Market Acceptance As an industry sector, bio-based chemicals have seen significant expansion… CNOOC selects Ineos Technologies process, and more business news Plant Watch Sasol awards integrated complex contract to WorleyParsons July… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Methanol-to-Propylene Technology Propylene has been established as an important part of the… Ten Things You May Not Know About Liquid Mixing Scaleup The scaleup of liquid mixing systems does not have to… Absorber Optimization: Employing Process Simulation Software Raw materials and energy represent two of the largest expenses… Pinch Analysis for Production Planning in Manufacturing Industries Manufacturers face seasonal supply-and-demand variations in their production cycle due… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Detection and Prevention of DP:DPO Fluid Leaks The management of process plants requires understanding and applying the…
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