Plant Functional Safety Requires IT Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is critical for plant safety. Principles developed for plant safety can be applied to…
Cover Story
Cybersecurity Defense for Industrial Process-Control Systems
Security techniques widely used in information technology (IT) require special considerations to be useful in…
Commentary
Modernizing TSCA
Last month, the U.S. Congress passed the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century…
In The News
Newsfronts
Engineering surfaces to repel all liquids
Nature-inspired surfaces are being developed that are not only highly repellent to water, but are…
Gearing Up for Protection Against Chemicals
The CPI requires more innovative and comfortable chemical-resistant clothing, goggles and gloves to protect workers…
Defining Sustainability in the Chemical Process Industries
This article examines the measures — both global and local — that chemical processors are…
Chementator
Chementator Briefs
Making more ARA Arcadia Biosciences Inc. (Davis, Calif.; www.arcadiabio.com) and Dupont Pioneer (Des Moines, Iowa;…
P-recovery process to be demonstrated
By the end of this year, a demonstration plant will start up in the U.S.…
Selective conversion of plastics to waxes
A proprietary technology and patented process from GreenMantra Technologies (Brantford, Ont., Canada; www.greenmantra.ca) that produces…
Recycling waste polystyrene into membranes
Scientists from the National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan; www.nchu.edu.tw), led by professor Ming-Yen Wey,…
High-performance composite based on biomass
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a versatile biopolymer, but its applications are somewhat limited due to…
A glass for all colors
Colloidal glasses develop structural color through constructive interference. The color can be tuned by adjusting…
Making H2 from aluminum composite waste
Last April, a demonstration plant started up for the production of hydrogen from aluminum-based composite…
Fuel-cell-based carbon capture system can augment power generation
Post-combustion carbon-capture processes that are based on adsorption of CO2 by amine compounds reduce the…
A 3-D printed polymer with enzymes turns methane to methanol
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL; Livermore, Calif.; www.llnl.gov) have combined biology and 3-D…
A next-generation membrane bioreactor
Last month at the IFAT trade fair (May 30–June 3; Munich, Germany), Huber SE (Berching:…
Computational approach streamlines industrial enzyme development
Computational technology from Arzeda Corp. (Seattle, Wash.; www.arzeda.com) can streamline the development of novel enzymes,…
Business News
Business News
Plant Watch Unipetrol breaks ground on Czech Republic’s largest petrochemical project June 10, 2016 —…
Technical & Practical
Facts at Your Fingertips
Industrial Gas Burners
Combustion in industrial burners is a critical operation in the chemical process industries (CPI) for…
Technology Profile
LLDPE Production Using a Gas-Phase Process
This column is based on “LLDPE Production via Gas-Phase Process — Cost Analysis,” a report…
Engineering Practice
Onsite Nitrogen Generation Via PSA Technology
Ongoing advances in both adsorbent materials and system engineering allow today’s pressure swing adsorption (PSA)…
Beyond Gravity: Centrifugal Separations in CPI Operations
Follow these recommendations to select the right centrifuge for your application Many chemical process operations…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Packaging
Machine secures complex loads to ensure safe transport The Multi FleXL stretch hood machine is…
New Products
A customizable smart display for all types of process monitoring
Available in three screen sizes, the OM-SGD Series of panel meters (photo) offers a wide…
Unload 4,000-lb bulk bags with this heavy-duty discharger
The Model MTD-4K bulk-bag discharger (photo) is designed for the reliable unloading of large-capacity bulk…
Measure propylene glycol content in water with these test strips
WaterWorks Propylene Glycol Check is said to be the world’s first visual test strip that…
Dissolved-air flotation optimized for exhaust-air treatment cycles
Traditional dissolved-air flotation systems produce the flotation motive water through air saturation of a partial…
Security features are built into this controller
The new Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5380 controller (photo) provides up to 20% more application capacity than…
Four new sizes added to this range of condensing boilers
This company has added four additional sizes to the Arctic Series of condensing boilers (photo).…
Heat exchangers for demanding hygienic applications
With a design pressure of up to 21 bars (305 psi), the FrontLine gasketed plate…
Magnetic flowmeters with several mounting options
With a wide range of flowtube sizes and an array of available transmitter configurations, the…
New online configuration tool for ATEX conveyors
Until now, ATEX gas-and-dust certified versions of this company’s vacuum conveyors were only available by…
New high-density cable entry solutions
This cable- and pipe-transit provider has introduced a high density (HD) cable-entry device for use…
This device monitors hazardous gases in compressed air
ProAir 2200 (photo) is a compact compressed-air line monitor that can continuously and simultaneously monitor…
Lowering operating costs with active grounding protection
To ground and monitor multiple pieces of equipment, such as loading and mixing stations for…
The first tube connection with a consistent hygienic design
The new stainless-steel connector of the CleanLine series (photo) fulfills all of the important criteria…
Small-footprint, fast-response mass-flow controllers
The Basis line of mass-flow controllers has been expanded to include the new 20SLPM model…
This airlock unit is suited for sanitary applications
The new Global Cleanable Airlock (GCA; photo) is designed for applications where dry raw or…
A new high-pressure combination air valve
The new high-pressure combination air valve, the ASU-CAV (photo) is a single body, combination automatic…
This laboratory bead mill is robust and reliable
The new Dispermat SL-B horizontal bean mill (photo, p. 30) is suitable for fine grinding…
Bluetooth for level and pressure transmitters
This level and pressure instrumentation specialist has brought a Bluetooth solution to the market (photo).…
Departments
Letters
Letters to the Editor: Carbon Steel Piping
At the April 2016 Seattle meeting of the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code Committee, a…