Chemical Engineering [November 2013]

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The far reach of the CPI
To determine the impact of the chemical industry’s contributions to…

IN THE NEWSNEWSFRONTS

A Bright Future for Quantum Dots
The novel performance characteristics and tunability of quantum dots make…

Distillation Column Internals: It's What's on the Inside that Counts
New column internals boost efficiency and improve reliability of distillation…

CHEMENTATOR + Show More

Zeolite membranes to undergo large-scale testing for CO2 capture
In late February, construction began on a test facility that…

Nanostructured catalyst converts CO2 to ethanol electrochemically
Reducing carbon dioxide to useful fuel molecules is a highly…

Mechanochemistry performs cross-coupling reactions
Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are one of the most powerful and…

CO2 scrubber supplies raw material for oxalic acid production
A novel carbon-capture project at Michigan Technical University (MTU; Houghton,…

Chementator Briefs
‘Green’ steelmaking Seamlessly following the successful completion of the GrInHy…

This P-recovery process is market-ready
At PowTech 2019 this month (Nuremberg, Germany), Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH…

A new membrane for forward osmosis
Many desalination technologies have been developed, but they usually require…

A new catalyst for making renewable feedstocks
The compound 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is an attractive raw material…

BUSINESS NEWS

Business News - April 2019
Plant Watch Asahi Kasei plans LIB separator capacity expansions March…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

U.S. Patent Rights: Think Twice Before Disclosing Your Invention
These cautionary tales provide insight that can lead to best…

FEATURE REPORT

Field Performance Testing for Centrifugal Compressors
Determining the field performance of centrifugal compressors can benefit operation…

Protecting Instruments from Overpressure
Overpressure in a process can damage the seals in a…

Prevent Product Release with Pressure Protection Systems
Closing off pressure upstream can minimize the need for pressure-relief…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Facts at your Fingertips: Convection versus Conduction Drying in Industry
Adjustment and control of moisture levels in solid materials is…

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Technology Profile: Production of Polyacrylonitrile Fibers
This column is based on “Polyacrylonitrile Production – Cost Analysis,”…

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

Key Considerations for the Use of Portable Gas Detectors
Recent advances in gas-monitoring technologies can greatly increase worker connectivity…

EQUIPMENT & SERVICESFOCUS

Focus on Analyzers
A proportional level-output detector for pilot plants The Dynatrol CL-10GP…

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A comprehensive line of vacuum metrology equipment
The VacTest line of vacuum measurement equipment comprises a comprehensive…

Easily detect level in challenging powder materials
The CL-10 G Series of level detectors (photo) are designed…

A tablet makes data available, even in hazardous zones
The new Tab-Ex 02 industrial tablet (photo) is ATEX/IECEx Zone…

Anti-cavitation valve trim helps improve plant availability, safety
The Fisher Vee-Ball rotary control valves are now available with…

A new digital service to transform engineering in the CPI
This company’s Advanced Modelling and Simulation (AMS) service can help…

This magnetic separator is automatically cleaned
Introduced at Powtech this month, the Easy Clean magnetic separator…

New pumps with a patented cyclone seal chamber
This company has expanded its ISO Series of process pumps…

A new modular economizer heat exchanger
An economizer is a type of heat exchanger that recovers…

Universal control extends security to individual devices
The Xage Enforcement Point (XEP) platform extends network security to…

Diaphragm valves for a large biopharmaceutical plant
Valves from the SISTO-C series (photo) have been ordered for…

Measure roughness directly in the production process
Whether a surface must be very smooth or show a…

New polymer powder for 3-D printing
This company has developed a new polymer powder for applications…

This vacuum-tray dryer features a unique CIP system
The Model E1S fixed-shelf vacuum-tray dryer (photo) has a chamber…

These flow controllers support many user-created mixtures
The DPC Series of precision digital mass-flow controllers for process…

Remote tank-level monitoring with cellular connectivity
TankScan TSU1000 (photo) is an IIoT-enabled ultrasonic tank-monitoring system with…

A new digital service to optimize maintenance
This company has expanded its Digital Enterprise portfolio to include…

A dense-phase conveying system for sensitive products
The Pulse-Flow PTA dense-phase pneumatic conveying system (photo) directs air…

New options for this biogas flowmeter
The Optisonic 7300 Biogas ultrasonic flowmeter (photo) for the measurement…

Efficiently reduce agglomerates into particles
The Model LB550 lump breaker (photo) can reduce agglomerates as…

This boundary monitor now includes VOC emissions data
The new Guardian2 site boundary monitor (photo) is designed to…

Effective utilization of unused device data
At the 2019 Hannover Messe (April 1–5), this company highlighted…

Backpressure valves and pulsation dampeners combined
New Fusion dampeners (photo) combine the technologies of this company’s…

Highlights U.S. Patent Rights: Think Twice Before Disclosing Your Invention Protecting Instruments from Overpressure Key Considerations for the Use of Portable Gas Detectors Technology Profile: Production of Polyacrylonitrile Fibers Focus on Analyzers

November 2013

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A repeat near miss
It is with extreme reticence that I author this page,…

IN THE NEWSCHEMENTATOR + Show More

Plasma-modified CNTs show promise for water purification
An international team of researchers claims to have developed carbon…

KIT makes ‘gasoline’ for the first time
Last month, the synthesis stage of the bioliq (biomass to…

Capture realtime images of gas leaks with this technology
New gas-cloud imaging technology from Rebellion Photonics (Houston; www.rebellionphotonics.com) monitors…

A new material for large-scale energy storage devices
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU; Canberra; www.anu.edu.au), and…

November Chementator Briefs
Reforming catalyst Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has…

First commercial-scale high-solids anaerobic digester in North America
Harvest Power (Waltham, Mass.; www.harvestpower.com) recently began operation of the…

Heat Transfer for Huge-Scale Fermentation
Industrial microbiology continues to hold the promise of producing an…

Bacteria engineered to make gasoline
Short-chain hydrocarbons have been produced for the first time by…

A new catalyst for low-cost production of biodiesel fuel
Daiki Axis Co. (Matsuyama City, Japan; www.daiki-axis.com) has developed a…

A new proppant
Last month, Carbo Ceramics Inc. (Houston; www.carboceramics.com) introduced KryptoSphere, an…

Dandelion rubber
Last month saw the start of a five-year joint research…

Transporting more H2 gas
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has developed a new…

BUSINESS NEWS + Show More

BASF produces first commercial volumes of bio-based butanediol
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has produced its first commercial…

Wacker to expand dispersible-polymer-powder capacity in China
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) plans to expand its…

Caloric to build incinerator with HCl recovery in Poland
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a…

Foster Wheeler wins EPC contract for new coker in Argentina
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary…

ArcelorMittal selects Air Products technology for onsite gas production
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a contract…

GE and Carbon Holdings sign agreement for Egypt’s largest petrochemical plant
GE (www.ge.com) and Carbon Holdings today signed a US$500 million…

Stamicarbon to provide technology to SOCAR
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com) , the Licensing and…

ThyssenKrupp to strengthen electrolysis business through planned JV
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburgh, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an…

Solvay to build large-scale alkoxylation facility in Texas
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will build and…

42nd Kirkpatrick Award announced
Last month at the ChemInnovations Conference and Exhibition (Galveston, Tex.;…

Solvay to build large bicarbonate plant in Thailand, and more business news
Plant Watch Novozymes and Beta Renewables open advanced biofuels facility…

TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL

Ethanol from Woodchips
Ethanol is widely produced by fermentation of sugars from agriculture…

Troubleshooting and Solving a Sour-Water Stripper Problem
A recent book by Lieberman [1] stresses that to combat…

Piping Design for Potentially Lethal Chemicals
Working in close proximity to the high pressures and temperatures…

Selecting the Proper Mill for Your Product
Milling is a mechanistically driven process that breaks solid material…

FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Calculating Volumes of Bulk Solids
Calculating volumes of solids in piles as they are poured…

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Silica in boiler feedwater can lead to unplanned shutdowns and extra maintenance. A major Spanish fertilizer producer has switched to a METTLER TOLEDO silica analyzer. Discover the benefits of this change.

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