The Road to Commercialization: Best Practices
Experts share their best practices in process commercialization Every day, scientists and engineers in the…
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Commentary
Starting strong
Last month, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; www.americanchemistry.com) issued its annual year-end report, which offers…
In The News
Newsfronts
Pressure Measurement Gets Rugged, Goes Digital
Innovations place more robust instruments in demanding applications and enable processors to take advantage of…
Chementator
Microbe-impregnated matrices reduce biosolids in wastewater
High-surface-area beads filled with microbes are being used to reduce biosolids in wastewater. In one…
Waste coffee grounds are used to make biodiesel blend
A biodiesel fuel blend known as B20 contains oils derived from waste coffee grounds, and…
Foam dyeing process cuts water and chemicals in denim production
Foam dyeing, a new technology for dyeing cotton yarn that is being applied to denim…
A step closer for graphene-coated anodes
A new collaboration between PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com), SiNode Systems (Chicago, Ill.; www.sinodesystems.com) and Raymor…
Chementator Briefs
3-D Printing At the 3-D printing tradeshow Formnext in November, GE Additive (Paris, France; www.ge.com)…
Testing tide power
A counter-rotating propeller technology that is being developed to harness the energy from tidal currents…
Ceramic-membrane technology simplifies steam methane reforming
A new type of steam-reforming system that produces — in a single step — purified,…
Making ethylene by artificial photosynthesis
A team from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg) led by professor Boon Siang Yeo…
Enhancing the stability of perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells have attracted much interest in the past few years as the next-generation…
A promising zeolite for ethylene separation
Scientists from ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) and the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ; Valencia, Spain;…
A photocatalyst for reducing CO2 to CH4
Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into a fuel is an attractive way to reduce CO2 emissions…
Business News
January 2018 Business News
Plant Watch Covestro invests in debottlenecking and chlorine supply at Tarragona site December 11, 2017…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Process Commercialization: The 2017 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award
The path to commercialization can be long and arduous, which means the engineers and chemists…
Pump Sizing and Selection Made Easy
Viscosity, power consumption, commercial availability and lifecycle cost analysis are all important considerations in pump…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: High-Shear Mixing
High-shear, high-speed mixing equipment supplies the mechanical energy necessary to reduce the size of solid…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Activated Carbon Production
This column is based on “Activated Carbon Production Process – Cost Analysis,” a report published…
Engineering Practice
Operating Strategies for Gas Dehydration Units
The presence of certain contaminants can wreak havoc on gas dehydration systems and other similar…
Environmental Manager
Enclosed Combustion Equipment and Technology
A thorough understanding of enclosed combustion technologies will help engineers to select the proper equipment…
You And Your Job
Career Guidelines for Young Engineers
A senior engineer reflects on his career and shares his experience and wisdom with the…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Bulk-Solids Handling
Hoppers promote effective flow of challenging materials The Live Bin product line (photo) includes fully…
New Products
Counter costs of metal corrosion with this technology
This company’s Vapor-phase Corrosion Inhibitor (VpCI) Technology turns basic packaging materials like paper, cardboard boxes…
Simulation-based operator training for separators
SmartSIM (photo) is a sophisticated solution for efficient implementation of new machine-control systems or optimized…
Protective venting for potentially explosive atmospheres
The PolyVent Ex+ (photo) is the newest addition to this company’s line of screw-in protective…
Simulation for faster commissioning and training
This company has upgraded its Simit simulation platform for virtual commissioning and operator training (photo)…
The launch of a new cloud-based safety solution
With this company’s cloud-based solutions, status information on standard and safety functions are transmitted continuously…
These flowmeters have been updated for sterile processes
Proline 300 Coriolis and electromagnetic flow instruments (photo) have been updated for safety, enhanced measurement…
Enhanced version of a network-based control system
Scheduled for release this quarter, this enhanced version of the Stardom network-based control system (photo)…
New knife gate valve for mid-service mining applications
The new Clarkson SU10R polyurethane knife gate valve for mid-service applications eliminates the compromise between…
Identifying licensees for new inventions just became automated
Licensee Locator is an analysis tool that enables users to identify and locate potential acquirers…
A new electronics unit for flowmeters
The KRAL Smart Solution (photo) is a compact electronic unit to which a Volumeter flowmeter…
A valve island with monitoring and diagnostic functions
The AirLINE Type 8562 (photo) is a new valve island for control cabinets. Type 8652…
This fluid-monitoring platform is smart
The Crixus Fluid Monitoring Platform (photo) is a fluid-cleanliness management solution designed to provide industrial…
New versions of data-analytics software launched
SIMCA is an advanced data analytics and visualization program (photo) that makes it possible to…
This ribbon mixer features novel trough geometry
The Gardner HE Series of U-trough ribbon mixers (photo) has mixing troughs with unconventional short…
An online portal for corrosion management best practices
Impact Plus is a new platform designed to benchmark best practices and improve corrosion management…
High-tech compounds resist explosive decompression
Elastomer seals that are used in valves, pipelines, fittings or pig traps have to face…
Monitor equipment health with this wireless sensor
Vibration screening is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent equipment failures…