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October 2015
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Focusing on emissions
This August, two milestone actions were taken to set standards…
Engineering Ethics Survey: What's Your Opinion?
How would you respond to these hypothetical situations involving ethics…
What is Your Engineering Ethics IQ?
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Ionic Liquids Create More Sustainable Processes
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Modeling and Simulation Move Forward
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A new spin on liquid-gas separation
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Nanostructured membrane for water purification
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The research group of professor Shigeki Matsunaga at Hokkaido University… This filter renders secondhand smoke harmless
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Organomagnesium compounds have become a highly important class of reagents… Uranium processing plant benefits from modularity
A modular processing system for the Husab uranium mine in… Artificial photosynthesis system demonstrates stability, safety and efficiency
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Emissions Regulations and Control
Harnessing new technologies for best practices in pollution control could…Industrial Adsorbents
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Using Laser Diffraction to Characterize Heterogeneous Catalysts
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Pipe Insulation: Finding the Optimal Thickness
Avoid tedious numerical calculation by using this quick, shortcut method…
Optimizing Flare Operation Through Proper Design
Flare problems are often caused by the seal systems that…
Focus on Grinding, Milling and Screening
A mill for when every micron matters Designed with the…Focus on Filters and Membranes
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Wet-well analysis for CH4, O2 and H2S gases
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Rotary-screw compressors for indoor or outdoor use
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New gas-mix software eliminates flowmeter recalibration
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This density meter is an alternative to nuclear devices
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Reactor control for automated laboratory processes
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Chem Show Preview 2015
This year, the Chem Show — an event encompassing…
Focusing on emissionsThis August, two milestone actions were taken to set standards…
Engineering Ethics Survey: What's Your Opinion?How would you respond to these hypothetical situations involving ethics…
What is Your Engineering Ethics IQ?These seven-steps form a guideline for handling ethically challenging situations…
Plant Watch Technip to provide EPC services for Unipetrol HDPE…
Ionic Liquids Create More Sustainable ProcessesThe distinctive properties of ionic liquids enable versatility and efficiency…
Modeling and Simulation Move ForwardMore tools and fresh applications bring modeling and simulation to…
CO2 to formic acid Professor Yutaka Amao and colleagues at…
A new spin on liquid-gas separationLast month, Innsep AS (Trondheim; Norway; www.innsep.com) and EagleBurgmann Norway…
A novel solvent can reduce the costs of capturing and…
Nanostructured membrane for water purificationA new composite-membrane distillation process capable of removing salt, toxic…
The research group of professor Shigeki Matsunaga at Hokkaido University…
A research team, led by Jongsoo Jurng and Gwi-Nam at…
Organomagnesium compounds have become a highly important class of reagents…
A modular processing system for the Husab uranium mine in…
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology’s Joint Center for…
Biodiesel fuels are made by the transesterification of plant-derived triglycerides…
Emissions Regulations and ControlHarnessing new technologies for best practices in pollution control could…
Industrially, adsorbent materials are used in a wide range of…
Monoethylene glycol (MEG), also known as ethylene glycol (EG) or…
Using Laser Diffraction to Characterize Heterogeneous CatalystsThe capabilities of laser diffraction systems go beyond particle-size analysis…
Pipe Insulation: Finding the Optimal ThicknessAvoid tedious numerical calculation by using this quick, shortcut method…
Optimizing Flare Operation Through Proper DesignFlare problems are often caused by the seal systems that…
Focus on Grinding, Milling and ScreeningA mill for when every micron matters Designed with the…
Membrane elements desalinate seawater and brackish water The Lewabrane Series…
Form agglomerates on a controlled basis with this systemThe Vibro-Bed fluidized-bed agglomerator (photo) employs a spraying system that…
Next-generation software for condition monitoringOmnitrend Center is a modern, powerful and user-friendly software platform…
An industrial tablet PC for use in hazardous areasThe Agile X industrial tablet PC (photo) is said to…
No special cleaners needed to remove this compact ink markerDura-Ink WashAway is a high-visibility, no-smear jobsite marker that can…
Solid stainless-steel connections for the pharma industryInoxline (photo) is a complete assortment of stainless-steel connections for…
Twin- and triple-screw pumps for a variety of fluidsThe S Series line of self-priming double-ended positive-displacement pumps (photo)…
Wet-well analysis for CH4, O2 and H2S gasesThis company’s Wet Well Monitoring System (photo) is designed for…
This HT-resistant silicone resin cures at room temperatureSilkophen AC 950 is a new high-temperature (HT) resistant, high-solids…
These process-control systems conform to safety standardsSysCon control systems (photo) can be custom-designed for virtually any…
A new controller for a pressure range up to 210 barsThe CPC4000 pneumatic pressure controller (photo) was designed for a…
A precise piston pump with minimal energy expenditureThe new piston diaphragm pumps of the model series R…
Rotary-screw compressors for indoor or outdoor useThe new UP6S Series fixed-speed rotary screw compressor features O-ring…
Improved fire safety for pneumatic control systemsNow FM-approved, FireChek thermal shutoffs with resettable memory-shape alloy (photo)…
This process-safety system has a very small footprintThe new AADvance Eurocard process-safety system (photo) is ideally suited…
New gas-mix software eliminates flowmeter recalibrationThis company’s QuadraTherm 640i/780i thermal mass flowmeters (photo) now come…
This density meter is an alternative to nuclear devicesThe Ultimo Density Meter (photo) is an alternative to nuclear-based…
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