A sorbent that enhances the water-gas shift reaction
Scientists at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL; Morgantown, W. Va.; www.netl.doe.gov) have demonstrated a…
Commentary
Heading off the ‘carbon bubble’
The newest voices calling for action by industry on climate change issues are not the…
Mega columns, mega issues
New distillation columns are getting much larger. The history of column sizes, and design and…
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Chementator
Microporous vanadosilicate efficiently removes cesium from wastewater
The effective removal of Cs+ ions from contaminated groundwater, seawater, and radioactive nuclear waste is…
This production process cuts Pt usage in catalytic converters in half
Chemists from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and technology (AIST; Tsukuba City, Japan;…
Demonstration of methane fermentation to lactic acid
What is said to be the world’s first fermentation pathway from methane to lactic acid…
Cobalt: a less-expensive and more efficient catalyst than rhodium
The research group of Shigeki Matsunaga, associate professor at the University of Tokyo (Japan; www.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kanai),…
This chloride leaching process recycles resources
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has developed a new chloride-based leaching process for recovering nickel…
A heavy-metal recovery technique that produces no waste streams or sludge
A new remediation approach for industrial heavy-metal waste has been developed by Lewis Environmental Services,…
August Chementator Briefs
Advance in UF module The latest offering of ultrafiltration systems from Evoqua Water Technologies…
A two-step process for making graphene
A Korean team has developed a carbon material that is as effective as graphene in…
Business News
Pöyry awarded EPCM services assignments for sodium-chlorate plant in Brazil
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) has awarded Pöyry Oyj (Vantaa, both Finland; www.poyry.fi) with assignments for…
KBR awarded EPC contract for new HDPE facility in Texas
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract from Gemini HDPE LLC, a manufacturing…
Gas-to-gasoline process makes commercial debut in Turkmenistan
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital of Ashgabad in Turkmenistan to…
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 by Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen…
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 with GAP Insaat Yatirim ve…
Clariant plans to build new masterbatches plant in Australia
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans to build its newest masterbatches plant in greater Sydney Area,…
Outotec opens office in Denver
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com), a global minerals and metals processing service and technology provider,…
Spotlight on Lithium
A huge growth in demand for lithium compounds is expected when automotive manufacturers start mass…
ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at Belgium refinery, and more business news
Plant Watch ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at Belgium refinery July 7, 2014…
Polyamide-6 plant commissioned for Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech.
Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech. Co. and Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) have successfully commissioned…
Borealis to divest its Biosuper business in France
Borealis AG (Vienna, Aurstia: www.borealisgroup.com) announces the divestment of its Biosuper business in France. The…
Technical & Practical
Extracting 1,3-Butadiene from a C4 Stream
The organic compound 1,3-butadiene is a petrochemical commodity used as a raw material for the…
New Horizons For Dividing Wall Columns
A dividing wall column (DWC) is an atypical distillation column with an internal, vertical partition…
Distillation Column Thermal Optimization: Employing Simulation Software
Several market conditions, including availability of light crude oilds in the U.S., low natural-gas prices…
Cooling Towers: Managing Tighter Water-Discharge Regulations
Historically, many large industrial facilities, including power plants, have relied on once-through cooling, in which…
Dry Separation Methods
The chemical process industries (CPI) have many applications that require classifying or separating solid materials.…
A Safety Checklist For Laboratories
Laboratories, such as those used for quality control in a production environment and those in…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Activated Carbon
Sorbent materials are used commercially for bulk separation, as well as purification of both liquids…
Equipment & Services
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Focus on Maintenance Equipment
No re-measurement is required with this shaft-alignment tool Elos Fixturlaser The EVO (photo) is an…