Confronting Issues in Industrial Crystallization
Reliable information about industrial crystallization can be difficult to find and to apply to new…
Cover Story
Industrial Crystallization for the CPI
This overview presents the traditional and emerging types of continuous crystallizers Crystallization is an important…
Commentary
Tomorrow's workforce
The technological advances that we witness in our everyday lives are quite astounding. What were…
In The News
Newsfronts
Physical and cybersecurity: Protect Your Plant
Both physical security and cybersecurity must be in place to keep chemical facilities safe from…
Extending Membranes' Reach Across the CPI
Advances in next-generation materials and assembly techniques have enhanced membranes’ effectiveness in numerous applications Membranes…
Chementator
Chementator Briefs
Trash bags Barrier films used in food packaging are difficult to recycle effectively, because they…
'Molecular pulleys' make a better battery anode
Silicon anodes are an attractive alternative to graphite anodes currently in use in lithium-ion batteries,…
Extremophilic microbes enable new methane pathways
Microbes inhabiting the extreme environments thousands of feet below the earth’s surface possess unique properties…
These microbes make a meal of methane/hydrogen mixtures
Soil bacteria that oxidize methane (methanotrophs) are important in capturing methane before it enters the…
New antimicrobial compounds offer disinfectant alternatives
A newly patented class of synthetic antimicrobial compounds is aimed at overcoming the limitations of…
Multilayer membrane for climate control
A triple-layer, porous membrane system developed at the Functional Materials Laboratory at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule…
A new C2-based production route to MMA
Chemists and engineers from the Performance Materials Segment of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com)…
'Deep-learning-based' AI quickly predicts furnace products
NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com; www.ntt.com) and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (both Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) have…
Lower costs for converting alkylation units from hydrofluoric to sulfuric acid
For petroleum refineries, the cost of converting hydrofluoric-acid-based alkylation units to the relatively safer sulfuric-acid-based…
Business News
Business News November 2017
Plant Watch Inovyn starts up KOH plant in Belgium October 13, 2017 — Inovyn (London,…
Technical & Practical
Keeping Your Power Plant Cool
General guidelines for selecting the appropriate power-plant cooling system are presented here The main purpose…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Filter Aids
Cake filtration is a common operation across many sectors of the chemical process industries (CPI).…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Calcium Hypochlorite Production (sodium method)
This column is based on “Calcium Hypochlorite Production via Sodium Method – Cost Analysis,” a…
Solids Processing
Powder and Bulk Solids Handling: Particle Size and Distribution Analysis
The size and size distribution of particles are important determining factors in the design and…
Engineering Practice
Emergency Shutdown Valves: A Functional Safety Approach to Selection
The relationship between valve selection and safety certification still causes confusion. A focus on functional…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Maintenance-Related Products
Handheld device speeds maintenance, startup efforts The AMS Trex Device Communicator (photo) uses the company’s…
New Products
These flowmeters are equipped with intrinsically safe sensors
The Coriolis RCT1000 line of mass flowmeters (photo) was recently enhanced with the addition of…
A modular system for large blowers
This company now offers a wider range of process air stages by introducing the large…
NIR technology enables precise sorting in fractions of a second
Materials with the same visual appearance can now be precisely, quickly and cost-effectively sorted with…
This peristaltic pump minimizes water use
The new Delasco DX series (photo) is a peristaltic pump that minimizes water waste while…
This mixer features a ring layer
The CoriMix continuous-ring layer mixer (photo) a features a ring layer system that rotates with…
Bag-in-bag system protects paper bags from the environment
The new bag-in-bag system quickly and reliably packs filled paper bags individually or in groups…
A new addition to flameless venting family
In addition to the requirement that neither flames nor pressure escape from the protection system,…
Keep areas clean with these vacuum cleaners
In addition to large amounts of conventional dust, the new IVS 100 range of industrial…
This compact mining crusher handles 3,000 ton/h
The new ERC25-25 eccentric roll crusher (photo) can process hard rock and ores efficiently and…
Custom pressure vessels with agitation and dispersion options
This company has fabricated a 300-gal vessel (photo) designed for 5 psi internal pressure at…
Explosion-proof blenders for large-batch processes
The E8815 stainless-steel, large-batch explosion-proof blender (photo) is manufactured to Class I, Div. I, Groups…
A smart system gets the compressor lubrication right
The XperLUBE system (photo) uses automotive-style solenoid injectors to deliver lubricant in precise quantities. Unlike…
The launch of a new metering system
Launched last month at Weftec (Chicago; October 2–4), the new Bravo chemical metering system provides…
A portable emissions analyzer for combustion operations
The E9000 emissions analyzer (photo) features a heated sample line and is suitable for regulatory…
Hastelloy drums designed for hygienic applications
These lidded drums (photo) are dull TIG (tungsten-inert gas) welded with welding filler material and…
Controlled sifting of bulk materials
The Contromat VE 450 (photo) and VE 630 (which is square shaped) handle sifting capacities…