Awarding 'green chemistry'One important challenge that continues to receive the attention of…
November 2013
COMMENTARY
A repeat near miss
It is with extreme reticence that I author this page,…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… 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… BUSINESS NEWS
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Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a… 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… 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
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42nd Kirkpatrick Award announced
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Ethanol from Woodchips
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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…
Calculating Volumes of Bulk Solids
Calculating volumes of solids in piles as they are poured…
A repeat near missIt is with extreme reticence that I author this page,…
Last month saw the start of a five-year joint research…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has developed a new…
An international team of researchers claims to have developed carbon…
KIT makes ‘gasoline’ for the first timeLast month, the synthesis stage of the bioliq (biomass to…
Capture realtime images of gas leaks with this technologyNew gas-cloud imaging technology from Rebellion Photonics (Houston; www.rebellionphotonics.com) monitors…
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU; Canberra; www.anu.edu.au), and…
Reforming catalyst Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has…
Harvest Power (Waltham, Mass.; www.harvestpower.com) recently began operation of the…
Heat Transfer for Huge-Scale FermentationIndustrial microbiology continues to hold the promise of producing an…
Short-chain hydrocarbons have been produced for the first time by…
Daiki Axis Co. (Matsuyama City, Japan; www.daiki-axis.com) has developed a…
Last month, Carbo Ceramics Inc. (Houston; www.carboceramics.com) introduced KryptoSphere, an…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has produced its first commercial…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) plans to expand its…
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a…
GE (www.ge.com) and Carbon Holdings today signed a US$500 million…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a contract…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com) , the Licensing and…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburgh, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will build and…
42nd Kirkpatrick Award announcedLast month at the ChemInnovations Conference and Exhibition (Galveston, Tex.;…
Plant Watch Novozymes and Beta Renewables open advanced biofuels facility…
Ethanol from WoodchipsEthanol is widely produced by fermentation of sugars from agriculture…
Troubleshooting and Solving a Sour-Water Stripper ProblemA recent book by Lieberman [1] stresses that to combat…
Piping Design for Potentially Lethal ChemicalsWorking in close proximity to the high pressures and temperatures…
Selecting the Proper Mill for Your ProductMilling is a mechanistically driven process that breaks solid material…
Calculating Volumes of Bulk SolidsCalculating volumes of solids in piles as they are poured…
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