Organic corrosion inhibitors perform well against oxidizing biocides
After extensive pilot- and field-testing, U.S. Water Services (St. Michael, Minn.; www.uswaterservices.com) plans to roll…
Commentary
An unexpected safety lesson
About thirty years ago, my golf foursome learned an important safety lesson and we credited…
In The News
Chementator
Bio-isobutene fermentation process to be piloted
Construction is underway in France on a pilot plant for what is believed to be…
March Chementator Briefs
Renewable 5-HMF Last month, commercial-scale production of high-purity 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) started at the Biochem-1…
This pathway from cellulose to p-xylene eliminates saccharification step
A new chemical process is set to create bio-based p-xylene from cellulosic waste. Micromidas (West…
A new spin on enzymatic reactions
A new process-intensification technology to accelerate the rate of enzymatic reactions has been developed by…
Commercial debut for a low-cost stationary energy-storage system
A novel battery chemistry that uses a water-based electrolyte has allowed developer Aquion Energy Inc.…
In-situ chemical remediation of soil and groundwater
Geo-Cleanse International, Inc. (Mata- wan, N.J.; www.geo-cleanse.com) has developed a new method for ridding soil…
New ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
Researchers from Curtin University’s Fuels and Energy Technology Institute (Perth, Western Australia; www.curtin.edu.au), led by…
Recovering and purifying byproduct and waste ethylene glycol
GlyEco Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.glyeco.com) has developed a process for recovering and purifying ethylene glycol…
Global Air-Pollution Regulations: Variation is the Norm
The chemical process industries (CPI) are, by their very nature, global in scope. While chemical…
Business News
Samsung Engineering signs oil-field-development contract in Iraq
Samsung Engineering Co., (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.com) has officially announced that it was awarded the…
CB&I awarded contract for plastics project in Oman
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $40…
CB&I awarded Catofin technology project in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Shandong Sincier Petrochemical Co.…
Clariant and Petronas sign licensing collaboration
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Petronas Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd (PTVSB; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; www.petronas.com.my),…
Repsol enters metallocene license agreement
Repsol’s (Madrid, Spain) Chemicals Division (www.chemicals.repsol.com) has entered into an agreement to license Chevron Phillips…
Sandvik expands its sulfur technology portfolio
Sandvik Process Systems (SPS; Fellbach, Germany; www.processsystems.sandvik.com), a world leading supplier of sulfur processing &…
JGC awarded EPC contract for clean fuels project in Kuwait
JGC Corporation JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partners GS Engineering & Construction (GS)…
Bayer expands production for coating raw materials in China
Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.materialscience.bayer.de) is increasing its production capacities in the Asia/Pacific region…
GTL joint venture
Velocys plc (Plain City, Ohio; www.velocys.com) has entered a joint venture (JV) with Waste Management…
German Engineering & Construction: staying competitive in a volatile environment
The member companies of the Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers Ì Group (AGAB) at the German…
Kreisel strengthens its position in southern Germany
On February 15, 2014, Kreisel GmbH & Co. KG (Krauschwitz, Germany; www.kreisel.eu) took over the…
Novo Nordisk invests in new purification pilot plant in Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsværd, Denmark; www.novonordisk.com) is increasing its drug development capacity by investing 550…
Foster Wheeler awarded FEED contracts by S-OIL for residue-upgrading project
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction…
KBR awarded EPC contracts for Agrium’s nitrogen-operations Facility
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that Agrium awarded the company two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)…
Evonik invests in innovative methionine source for shrimp
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will build the world's first plant for the production…
Haldor Topsøe expands its Frederikssund catalyst plant
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) officially opened a large extension of the company's catalyst…
BASF opens global R&D center in Mumbai
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today inaugurated a new global Research and Development (R&D) Center…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions to build turnkey cement plant in Algeria
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), the ThyssenKrupp Group’s plant engineering specialist, has received an…
Dow to build new R&D facility in Texas
As part of its ongoing commitment to innovation, The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com)…
WorleyParsons awarded Canadian bitumen-refinery project
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been appointed to provide detailed engineering and procurement…
BASF to build world-scale specialty amines plant in Nanjing
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build a new world-scale production plant to manufacture specialty…
Succinity produces first commercial quantities of biobased succinic acid
Succinity GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.succinity.com), the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the…
BASF to manufacture chelating agent at new plant in Alabama, and more business news
Plant Watch SNC-Lavalin wins contract for sulfuric-acid project in Saudi Arabia February 7, 2014 —…
Technical & Practical
Mass Transfer in Fermentation Scaleup
How big can a fermenter get? And what would the biggest fermenter look like? The…
Dilute-phase Pneumatic Conveying: Instrumentation and Conveying Velocity
Dilute-phase pneumatic conveying systems must be operated in a certain sequence and have sufficient instrumentation…
FDA Form 483: Minimizing FDA Inspection Citations
As an owner or manager of a company whose product is regulated by the U.S.…
Methanol-to-Olefins Process
Ethylene and propylene are the most important intermediates in the petrochemical industry. Globally, they are…
Implementing a Corrosion-Under-Insulation Program
Corrosion to the external surface of process piping and vessels that is hidden under the…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Level-Measurement Device Selection
Effective level measurement in the chemical process industries (CPI) helps maintain material inventory at economic…