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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…
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Profitable potential for trash-to-liquids process A group at Texas A&M University (College Station, Tex.; www.tamu.edu)… Making nanoparticles Scientists from the Materials Science and Technology Div. of the… Making renewable diesel and biopropane from vegetable oil Before the end of 2016, Neste Oil Oyj’s (Espoo, Finland;… Graphene surprise Researchers from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; www.monash.edu.au) have discovered that… Refinery project combines upgrading with EOR and CCS Construction has begun on a unique refinery project that will… Ultrasound enzyme hydrolysis Aiming to understand the nature of the synergistic effect of… Cut O2-production costs in half with this PSA technology A high-temperature pressure-swing-absorption (HT-PSA) process that reduces energy consumption by… High-strength steel checkup Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing (IZFP; Saarbrücken,… Partnership targets bio-based building blocks from CO2 AkzoNobel N.V. (www.akzonobel.com) has partnered with Dutch start-up company Photanol… A waterless hydraulic-fracturing technique gets field-tested A method for using liquid CO2, rather than water, as… A new carrier for MBBR technology Last month, Veolia Water Technologies (Birmingham, England; www.veoliawaterst.co.uk) introduced a… Slash energy costs with this new electrowinning anode The research group of Masatsugu Morimitsu at Doshisha University (Kyoto,… November Chementator Briefs Graphene continues to show new, promising properties Researchers from… ‘Clean power’ demo Last month, NET Power, LLC (Durham, N.C.; www.net-power.com) announced the… Large-scale CCS Last month, the first commercial-scale, post-combustion carbon capture and storage… BUSINESS NEWS
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Pöyry awarded contract for nickel emissions reduction project in Canada
Vale Canada Ltd. has awarded Pöyry (Montreal) Inc. (www.poyry.com) with… BASF plans major investment in pioneering superabsorbent technology
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced plans for a… Neste Jacobs to implement tall-oil-rosin production facility in Sweden
Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and SunPine (www.sunpine.se) have… ICL Industrial Products completes startup of polymeric-flame-retardant plant
ICL Industrial Products (ICL IP; Tel Aviv, Israel), a segment… Neste Jacobs to implement Norilsk Nickel LNG station in Finland
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo,… Huineng SNG plant goes on-stream
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) today announced that Huineng,… Outotec to modernize BCL nickel smelter in Botswana
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract… Total Energy Ventures acquires an interest in Aquion Energy
Total Energy Ventures, the venture capital arm of Total S.A.… Praxair signs longterm contract for H2 supply in Peru Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a longterm contract… MHPS receives order for DeNOx system for power plant in Spain Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS; Yokohama Japan; www.mpshq.com), received an… KBR awarded FEED services contract butadiene expansion project in Saudi Arabia
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a front-end engineering… Praxair to further expand New Mexico nitrogen facilities
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) says it will further expand… Vertellus acquires Pentagon Chemicals Vertellus (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.vertellus.com), a leading producer of pyridine and… KBR signs acetic-acid-technology alliance with Chiyoda
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has signed an agreement with Chiyoda… CPI Workforce: Filling The Gaps An increasingly tight labor market for engineers in the chemical… Kemira inaugurates its largest water-treatment chemicals plant; and more business news PLANT WATCH Kemira inaugurates its largest water-treatment chemicals plant October 9,… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Bulk Solids: Operating Direct-Contact Heat Exchangers Bulk solids are frequently used as reactants, catalysts or products… Design of Experiments (DoE): Optimizing Products and Processes Efficiently Experiments are done to quantify cause-and-effect relationships between adjustable parameters… Critical Connections Demand Certainty Figure 1. During tightening, hydraulic pressure load within a bolt… D,L-methionine production via the carbonate process Methionine is an essential amino acid that is not synthesized… Burner Inspection and Maintenance Burners are mechanical devices that are utilized for mixing proper… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS November Letters Facts at Your Fingertips: Forces Acting on a Gasket This letter is in reference to the article, Forces Acting… Wire Meshes in Filtration Fabricated metal-wire mesh is one of the major categories of…
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