The 2021 Kirkpatrick Award: Call for nominationsSince 1933, Chemical Engineering has honored noteworthy chemical engineering technologies…
November 2013
COMMENTARY
A repeat near miss
It is with extreme reticence that I author this page,…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… 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… BUSINESS NEWS
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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… 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
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a contract… Stamicarbon to provide technology to SOCAR
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com) , the Licensing and… Solvay to build large-scale alkoxylation facility in Texas
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will build and… ThyssenKrupp to strengthen electrolysis business through planned JV
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburgh, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an… 
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
Selecting the Proper Mill for Your Product
Milling is a mechanistically driven process that breaks solid material…
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…
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, Carbo Ceramics Inc. (Houston; www.carboceramics.com) introduced KryptoSphere, an…
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…
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…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) says it will build and…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Hamburgh, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an…
42nd Kirkpatrick Award announcedLast month at the ChemInnovations Conference and Exhibition (Galveston, Tex.;…
Plant Watch Novozymes and Beta Renewables open advanced biofuels facility…
Selecting the Proper Mill for Your ProductMilling is a mechanistically driven process that breaks solid material…
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…
Calculating Volumes of Bulk SolidsCalculating volumes of solids in piles as they are poured…
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