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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…
Heading off the ‘carbon bubble’ The newest voices calling for action by industry on climate… Mega columns, mega issues New distillation columns are getting much larger. The history of… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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Demonstration of methane fermentation to lactic acid What is said to be the world’s first fermentation pathway… Cobalt: a less-expensive and more efficient catalyst than rhodium The research group of Shigeki Matsunaga, associate professor at the… This chloride leaching process recycles resources Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has developed a new chloride-based… A heavy-metal recovery technique that produces no waste streams or sludge A new remediation approach for industrial heavy-metal waste has been… August Chementator Briefs Advance in UF module The latest offering of ultrafiltration… A two-step process for making graphene A Korean team has developed a carbon material that is… A sorbent that enhances the water-gas shift reaction Scientists at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL; Morgantown, W.… Microporous vanadosilicate efficiently removes cesium from wastewater The effective removal of Cs+ ions from contaminated groundwater, seawater,… This production process cuts Pt usage in catalytic converters in half Chemists from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and… BUSINESS NEWS
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Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignments for sodium-chlorate plant in Brazil Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (Vantaa, both… KBR awarded EPC contract for new HDPE facility in Texas
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract from… Gas-to-gasoline process makes commercial debut in Turkmenistan A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital… CB&I awarded contract for an on-purpose propylene plant in Poland
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract… MHI, Mitsubishi and GAP Insaat to build large-scale fertilizer plant in Turkmenistan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), working jointly… Clariant plans to build new masterbatches plant in Australia
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans to build its newest masterbatches… Polyamide-6 plant commissioned for Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech.
Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech. Co. and Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin,… Borealis to divest its Biosuper business in France
Borealis AG (Vienna, Aurstia: www.borealisgroup.com) announces the divestment of its… Outotec opens office in Denver
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com), a global minerals and metals… Spotlight on Lithium A huge growth in demand for lithium compounds is expected… ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at Belgium refinery, and more business news Plant Watch ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL
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Distillation Column Thermal Optimization: Employing Simulation Software Several market conditions, including availability of light crude oilds in… Cooling Towers: Managing Tighter Water-Discharge Regulations Historically, many large industrial facilities, including power plants, have relied… Dry Separation Methods The chemical process industries (CPI) have many applications that require… A Safety Checklist For Laboratories Laboratories, such as those used for quality control in a… Extracting 1,3-Butadiene from a C4 Stream The organic compound 1,3-butadiene is a petrochemical commodity used as… New Horizons For Dividing Wall Columns A dividing wall column (DWC) is an atypical distillation column… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Activated Carbon Sorbent materials are used commercially for bulk separation, as well… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Maintenance Equipment No re-measurement is required with this shaft-alignment tool Elos Fixturlaser…
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