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Addressing climate change In a report 1 issued by the American Council for… COVER STORY Unlock the Energy Potential of Your Plant By exploring strategies for process integration, such as waste-heat recovery… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Offerings Aid Heat Exchanger Design and Operations New offerings, including software products, consulting services, research insights and… CHEMENTATOR
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Nanoscale uniformity of desalination membranes Reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membranes use a polyamide selective layer formed… Metal-oxide nanocrystals have applications in lubrication and electronics displays Pixelligent Technologies Inc. (Baltimore, Md.; www.pixelligent.com) has developed a process… Extracting zinc from flyash In Sweden, incineration of household waste in waste-to-energy (WtE) plants… Printing sensors onto stickers Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and… A major project targets sustainable urea production A consortium, led by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific… Magnetic field cures adhesives faster with less energy Conventional adhesives, such as epoxy, are designed to cure using… Bacteria for wastewater treatment Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by… February Chementator Briefs Ammonia catalyst Clariant Catalyst (Munich, Germany; www.clariant.com) and Casale SA… A microreactor for continuous formation of Grignard reagents Today, synthetic routes to about 10% of the top 50… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch: February 2021 Plant Watch Linde to build world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Area Electrical Classification in Research Applications: Is It the Only Mitigative Choice? Area electrical classification is a powerful tool for process safety.… FEATURE REPORT Protecting Steam Systems from Corrosion Steam and condensate-return systems can be susceptible to unique forms… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Temperature and Rupture Disk Burst Pressure Rupture disks are non-reclosing pressure-relief devices that protect vessels, such… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Butyl Acrylate from Acrylic Acid and Butanol This column is based on “Butyl Acrylate Production from Acrylic… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Packaging Orbital wrapper for safe transport of drums and barrels Orbital… NEW PRODUCTS
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New protective clothing handles high-pressure water The company is augmenting its Livmoa range of single-use protective… A new explosion-isolation device with patented features The Interceptor-QV explosion-isolation device (photo) uses a patented system where… Use these electromagnetic flowmeters for batching New MIM electromagnetic flowmeters (photo) provide accurate readings in a… A redundant control system for emergency shutdown valves The ASCO 141 Series advanced redundant control system (ARCS; photo)… An intrinsically safe Bluetooth remote speaker microphone Reliable communication is particularly important for lone workers in hazardous… A tool for device commissioning and advanced certification The new Opticheck DTM (photo) was recently introduced for device… Compact temperature sensors with plug-and-play options This company is expanding its range of fluid sensors with… This immersion sensor is now certified for hazardous areas The LiquiSonic ultrasonic sensor is suitable for determining concentration and… Flexible, cut-resistant gloves for manufacturing and construction SmartCut BKCR2403 cut-resistant gloves (photo) are designed for jobs that… These centrifugal pumps handle very high temperatures The System One Series of high-temperature centrifugal pumps (photo) utilizes… Chemical-resistant membranes for electrolysis Forblue S-Series ion-exchange membranes (photo) are designed for electrolysis and… This corrosion inhibitor tackles high-moisture conditions VpCI-396 is a very hard but flexible corrosion-inhibiting coating that… New clamp provides secure, easy-access sealing The new C-30 C-clamp (photo) permanently mounts on machinery while… This platform for shift handover now includes health data This company’s Shiftconnector digital manufacturing software (photo) for the processing… An upgraded range of mobile dust-control products The DC Tromb line of dust extractors (photo) features several…
Counterintuitive revamp results At the 2011 Spring AIChE meeting (Chicago, Ill.), Sean Hennigan… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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A process that recovers rare-earth elements from ‘urban mining’ Electrochem Technologies & Materials Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.electrochem-technologies.com) has recently… Using algae to make beta-1,3- glucan With a separate algae-based technology, Algal Scientific has invented a… Using algae to clean wastewater Technology developed by Algal Scientific Corp. (Northville, Mich.; www.algalscientific.com) uses… This PEM fuel cell has H2 storage built-in Conventional hydrogen-based systems designed to store electrical energy (from solar… This demonstration plant makes bioethanol from tapioca residue In April, a demonstration plant started up that makes bioethanol… June Chementator Briefs Pilot bioreactor A next-generation photobioreactor is scheduled to be… Recover waste heat with ORC technology Last April, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) introduced the Siemens… Reduce energy costs by combining wastewater treatment and desalination New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO; Kawasaki, Japan;… Imitating nature leads to a better catalyst An inexpensive and scalable composite catalyst that is said to… BUSINESS NEWS
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Ineos to acquire BASF’s share in Styrolution
Ineos (www.ineos.com) will acquire BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) 50%… Solvay and Ineos to create chlorovinyls producer, Inovyn Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed a definitive agreement… Foster Wheeler awarded contract for steam-reformer heater in Russia
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says today that a… Outotec to provide smelting technology for Nyrstar's Port Pirie redevelopment in Australia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Nyrstar, a… Jacobs Awarded Contract by Ashta Chemicals
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says that it… Oxea completes specialty esters plant in Nanjing
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) says that its specialty esters plant… ExxonMobil Chemical Co. begins multi-billion dollar expansion project in Baytown
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobile.com) says that it has started… Lanxess opens new rubber-production line in Dormagen Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has completed the expansion of… Novasep-MIE consortium to construct the first sorbitol production plant in Vietnam
Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novasep.com), a leading supplier of services and… Kobe Steel’s compressor company opens in Brazil
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) announces that its subsidiary… Solvay opens R&I center at Korea's Ewha Womans University
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has opened its new Research… Linde and BASF intend to jointly develop on-purpose butadiene technology
The Linde Group (Pullach, Germany; www.linde.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen,… Topsoe lays foundation for first ever integrated methanol and ammonia plant in Russia
On May 20, a foundation stone laying ceremony was held… AkzoNobel inaugurates membrane-electrolysis plant in Germany, and more business news Plant Watch Kemira to build sodium chlorate plant for pulp… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Combining the use of Rupture Discs with Relief Valves Pressure-relief solutions are commonly used in the chemical process industries… Industrial Control Systems Security: The Owner-Operator’s Challenge Ensuring the security of industrial control systems (ICS) can be… Compressors for Specialized Applications Compressors for specialized chemical process industries (CPI) applications — particularly… Bio-based adipic acid Adipic acid is a dicarboxylic acid that is widely applied… Fine Tune the Design of Sour-water Strippers Using Rate-based Simulation Sour-water strippers (SWSs) are common in petroleum refineries, as well… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Construction-Cost Indices Cost estimation is a critical dimension of project planning in…
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