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EDITOR'S PAGE The 2021 Kirkpatrick Award: Call for nominations Since 1933, Chemical Engineering has honored noteworthy chemical engineering technologies… COVER STORY Preventing Electrostatic Explosions and Fires There are many occasions in chemical processing plants where electrostatic… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS New Ways to Achieve Better Control of Emissions New and improved catalysts and other process innovations are helping… CHEMENTATOR
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A breakthrough in artificial intelligence-enabled materials discovery A groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, dubbed CAMEO (Closed-Loop Autonomous… Membrane extraction improves biofuel yield Typically, the production of fuel-grade chemicals, such as butanol, from… January Chementator Briefs MDI Production Late last year, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com)… Membrane-based system for low-cost CO2 capture to be demonstrated at engineering scale A new membrane technology for separating carbon dioxide from exhaust… Storing excess electricity as high-temperature heat Late last November, the energy-transition start-up company Lumenion GmbH (Berlin,… Process for recycling of cotton garments produces multi-ton quantities for testing A process developed by Evrnu (Seattle, Wash.; www.evrnu.com) to regenerate… Radiative cooling: A coating for windows that also cools A Korean team has proposed an approach for passive radiative… Enhancing photocatalytic activity by tuning wall thickness of TiO2 nanotubes Titanium dioxide is well known as a photocatalyst, and is… Immobilizing enzymes for biosensors A new technique for making less-expensive, more-efficient biological enzyme hybrids… BUSINESS NEWS Business News: January 2021 Plant Watch LG Chem to run Wuxi cathode-materials plant on… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL FEATURE REPORT Moisture Measurement in Solid Materials Determining moisture levels in solid materials is important for product… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Nickel-based Superalloys Superalloys, also known as high-performance alloys, are considered as materials… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural Gas and Carbon Dioxide This column is based on “Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural… ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER Practicing Year-Round Waste Compliance There are many regulations surrounding the production of waste at… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Flow Measurement & Control Flowmeter with pressure and temperature sensors, too The Proline Prosonic… NEW PRODUCTS
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Thermal and visible videoscope for underground utility vaults The new FLIR VS290-32 (photo) is said to be an… Automatically dispense a variety of media The Bench Cat system (photo) is designed for automatically dispensing… Cr-free corrosion inhibitors provide long-lasting protection This company’s chromium-free corrosion-inhibiting technology, Intelli-ion, utilizes novel active ingredients,… An industrial edge platform for data processing With the new Industrial Edge Management system (photo), users can… This IBC now also has FM approval The Ecobulk SX-D intermediate bulk container (IBC; photo) is specially… A new turbopump for ion-implantation applications HiPace 2800 IT (photo) is a turbomolecular pump especially dedicated… Optimize industrial training with immersive virtual reality This company’s Immersive Field Simulator (photo) is an advanced industrial-training… A needle valve for high-pressure applications This company’s new high-pressure needle valve (HPNV; photo) is designed… A sanitary rotary mixer that is washdown-rated The Model MX-5-S316L sanitary rotary-batch mini-mixer (photo) can de-agglomerate and… Explosion-protected products are now CCC-compliant To secure access to the Chinese market, this company has… A reliable and versatile pneumatic pressure controller PMT Model 40 pneumatic pressure controllers (photo) are available in… Purify complex bio-based solutions with these new resins Lewatit PH 1074 HEP (photo) is the newest product in… New high-volume granulation equipment improves yield By combining the HSM 2000 X.ONE high-shear mixer and FBE… New cleaning agent rapidly breaks down fats and greases Pure-OX FOAM (photo) is a peroxide-based foaming detergent specifically formulated… Protect potable water with this diverse product family The VaultSafe product line (photo) is designed to protect potable… Customizable mobile totes for biopharmaceutical applications This company has introduced the KDT series of configurable knockdown… Achieve repeatable reactions with this one-step solution This company’s Continuous Hybrid Reactor (CHR; photo) has been designed… New industrial PCs create a secure visualization system The Allen-Bradley VersaView 6300 PCs and thin clients (photo) combine… These dust monitors now have hazardous-location approvals The DustAlarm ES and DustTrend ES series (photo) of broken-bag… Powder sifters automatically remove foreign objects GS centrifugal sifters (photo) automatically capture and remove foreign objects…
Preparing for unprecedented storms This year, hurricane season in the U.S. has been active… COVER STORY Liquid-Liquid Extraction: Generating Equilibrium Data Equilibrium data and related information gathered from a liquid-liquid extraction… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS Acid Recovery Becomes the Norm As environmental and transportation regulations become more stringent around the… Seals and Gaskets: Sealing the Deal Increased reliability, chemical compatibility and containment of sealing solutions are… CHEMENTATOR
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Oxidative desulfurization approach for hydrocarbons lowers costs Petroleum refineries must meet increasingly stringent levels for sulfur content… Materials properties discovery aided by machine learning A new materials-discovery platform that relies on machine-learning enables scientists… Advanced ODC electrolysis reduces energy consumption even more Around 70% of all chemical products use chlorine in their… Advanced thermal hydrolysis pretreatment boosts biogas production Thermal hydrolysis of wastewater sludge before it enters anaerobic digestion… Chementator Briefs New adsorbent Last month, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) launched… A compact system cleans fluegas from glass-melting furnaces Furnaces used in the production of glass are normally equipped… Extracting gold without cyanide The first gold using a process without cyanide and without… Measure bulk solids in piles and silos Advances in sensing and imaging technologies have enabled new levels… Japan takes a major step toward a hydrogen-based economy A Japanese consortium has started the construction of the Fukushima… BUSINESS NEWS Business News October 2018 Plant Watch Dow announces investment plans to increase global silicones… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Determination of nozzle loads to facilitate the initial pressure vessel design In pressure vessel design, use this procedure for determining the… Experimental Methodologies to Verify Distillation Simulations Presented here are practical considerations concerning the equipment and methods… FEATURE REPORT Avoid Common Mistakes When Specifying Burner Management Systems While some aspects of burner management systems may seem intuitive,… Reduce Risk and Cost with a Lifecycle Approach to Process Safety Better upfront planning and management can lead to safer, more… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Filtration Process Design Designing a new solid-liquid filtration process or optimizing an existing… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Benzene Production from Pyrolysis Gas This column is based on “Benzene Production from Pygas,” a… ENGINEERING PRACTICE Calculate the Wetted Surface Area of Pressure Vessels This article provides a comparative study of two approaches to… ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER Cybersecurity: Building Resilience from the Inside Out Cybersecurity is no longer a far-fetched concept relegated to science… Improve Energy Management to Reduce Your Facility's Carbon Footprint This article describes an approach that uses data analytics for… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Valves These versatile, modular valves enable quick installation More than 2,500… NEW PRODUCTS
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Cybersecurity for legacy control systems SerialTap (photo) is a new cybersecurity solution for legacy industrial… New release of this structural analysis software GT Strudl 2018 R1 software offers fully integrated and database-driven… Signal transmission and functional safety combined EtherCAT terminals (photo), part of this company’s ELX Series, have… This pump handles solids with diameters up to 4 in. This company’s vertical wet-pit cantilever pump (photo) features a fully… This agitator avoids fibrous buildup The Chemineer RL-3 impeller (photo) has been specifically engineered to… Continuous vibration measurements improve uptime The new 3561 FC vibration sensor (photo) improves uptime by… These AODD pumps have a safety-enhancing design New C-Series air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps (photo) are designed to… New motor options for drum pumps This company’s Finish Thompson drum pumps and barrel-emptying pumps are… A solution to optimize motor performance in cooling towers Series M Geareducers (photo) are designed and manufactured to directly… Comprehensive monitoring for heat-trace circuits The TraceNet Genesis control and monitoring system (photo) manages heat-trace… A pressure gage for frigid conditions The T6500 pressure gage (photo) is designed for use in… These dryers feature a versatile base to accommodate auxiliaries This company’s rugged fluid-bed dryers feature unitary steel bases as… Sight-glass-mounted camera enables remote vessel inspection The EXPCMR-IP-POE-4MP-IR-SGM explosion-proof camera (photo) is a remote inspection device… This discharging system has built-in bag-piercing knives The patented Material Master bulk-bag discharging system (photo) includes bag-piercing… These liquid-level sensors work when condensation is present Typically, the presence of condensation substantially degrades the measurement signal…
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