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EDITOR'S PAGE The gender gap in engineering Each year since 2001, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE;… COVER STORY Vent Away Condensate Pump Frustrations In A Flash The guidance provided here can help to mitigate problems occurring… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS SAF Production Expands for a Low-Carbon Future To lower their climate impact, petroleum refiners are increasingly assessing… CHEMENTATOR
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Chementator briefs NITROGEN UTILIZATION Late March, the first nitrogen fertilizer produced from… Applying capacitive deionization for critical-metals recovery Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, Ill.; www.anl.gov) are investigating… Reduced fouling when pneumatically conveying lactose products To ensure product safety and quality, products containing lactose (at… Catalyst-coated membrane reduces electrolyzer stack cost for H2 production A new catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) technology for hydrogen production, developed… Commercial debut for a process that makes 'green' pig iron Last month, Vale S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) began… PFAS separation-concentration system introduced in North America A technology initially developed in Australia by OPEC Systems (Emu… A new burner slashes NOx emissions from iron-ore pelletizing plants Before being fed to the blast furnace, iron ore is… Growing sulfur batteries from crystals Strain on demand for critical battery metals is forcing manufacturers… Capillary-fed electrolysis unlocks new levels of efficiency for green-hydrogen production A new category of electrolysis could significantly lower the expenses… BUSINESS NEWS Business News: May 2022 Plant Watch ADM announces significant expansions in the U.S. and… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Detecting and Preventing Spills and Leaks Comprehensive planning, along with appropriate level-measurement technologies and safety instrumented… TOWER DOCTOR Should the Doctor Believe a Flowmeter? Henry Kister shares lessons learned from troubleshooting distillation towers Many… FEATURE REPORT A Primer on pH Measurement Understanding the basic principles of operation and construction designs of… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts At Your Fingertips: Physical Gas-Separation Methods Industrial gases are critical for a wide range of applications… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Solids Handling This bag slitter eliminates dust and reduces waste The MINILux… NEW PRODUCTS
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This absorbent media can prevent carbon-bed fires This company has launched Sulphasorb 2 (photo), a new activated… Monitoring of chlor-alkali electrolysis sub-processes Chlorine and caustic soda are essential chemicals whose production is… Use these plug valves with slurries and gritty media This company’s Cam-Centric plug valves (photo) feature 100% port, which… These kits perform certified tests of fiber optic cabling Expanding its cable certification and testing portfolio, this company now… A new generation of centrifugal mixers for 3D printing materials Smart DAC centrifugal mixers (photo) feature variable counter-rotation, increased mixing… Power supply units with IO-Link for field Installation The compact PSU67 power supply units (photo) ensure energy-efficient, decentralized… This line of ball valves has an expanded operating range This company has expanded its line of high-performance ball valves… A selection tool for automated process valves The complete Nelprof valve sizing and selection software for all… These vests keep workers cool in hot situations The StaCool Vest core body-cooling system (photo) helps workers stay… An ammonia leak-detection system for process refrigeration The Chillgard 5000 NH3 monitoring system (photo) features a sophisticated… Simulate hydraulic systems and prevent waterhammer The Impulse 9 software suite (photo) was designed to enable… A low-power CH4 sensor with digital and analog capabilities FlameIR-ME1 is a new methane sensor that uses a solid-state… Customized containment solutions for hygienic processes This company’s continuous liner systems (CLS; photo) are designed for… This family of CPVC butterfly valves has been expanded This company has added two new sizes (10- and 12-in.)… New meters for pH, conductivity and ion concentration Developed for a wide range of applications, SevenDirect benchtop meters… This gas detector finds volatile substances at very low volumes The new X-pid gas detector (photo) quickly detects volatile organic… A complete system for developing emerging foods Unveiled at Anuga FeedTec trade fair (Cologne, Germany; April 26–29),… An expanded series of smart Roots pumps The new line of Roots pumps from the HiLobe series… A trailer support for busy loading docks The Ground Mounted Trailer Support (GMTS; photo) is a new… SHOW PREVIEWS Show Preview: IFAT Munich IFAT 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage,… Connected Plant Conference Show Preview The 2022 Connected Plant Conference (CPC; www.connectedplantconference.com) will take place…
A repeat near miss It is with extreme reticence that I author this page,… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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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… 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… 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… 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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