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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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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… 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… 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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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… 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…
The 2019 Kirkpatrick Award: Nominations are now open As chemical engineers, many of us work on developing new… COVER STORY An Investigation of Premature Flooding in a Distillation Column Surprising observations regarding flooding in the upper fractionation trays of… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS Power-to-X: Batteries Not Required As renewable energy becomes increasingly available (and less expensive), Europeans… The Balanced Burner Modern combustion technologies help processors safely meet emissions standards, while… CHEMENTATOR
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Chementator Briefs Renewable jet fuel At the end of last October, euglena… Recovering rare-earth elements from coal byproducts A team from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.; www.uky.edu)… A catalyst that mimics enzymes A research team from the University of New South Wales… A more efficient way to convert CO2 into chemicals via MER Microbial electrochemical reduction (MER) of CO2 into value-added chemicals is… Making jet fuel from wood Last month, construction began on a demonstration facility that integrates… A methane fuel cell that operates at lower temperatures Existing methane fuel cells typically require high (750–800°C) temperatures to… Transforming plastic waste into useful aerogels Plastic-bottle waste is toxic and non-biodegradable, and has become a… Simpler, more selective scandium recovery Rare-earth elements (REEs), such as scandium, are in high demand,… Nano-engineered cellulose prevents scaling Efforts to find more environmentally friendly anti-scalant approaches have yielded… BUSINESS NEWS Business News - January 2019 Plant Watch Neste moves forward with expansion of renewable products… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Cost Engineering: Equipment Purchase Costs A methodology and examples for estimating equipment costs are presented… FEATURE REPORT Commercializing Process Technologies New technologies can provide competitive advantages compared to established processes,… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Pressure Measurement for Real Gases The ideal gas law ( PV = nRT), relating molar… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: HDPE Production via Slurry-Loop Process This column is based on “HDPE Production via Slurry Loop… ENGINEERING PRACTICE Accelerating Six Sigma Research with the Definitive Screening Design (DSD) Technique DSD is a new design-of-experiments (DOE) technique that is expected… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Handling Powders and Bulk Solids Vibrator-mounting system requires no welding or bolting This versatile mounting… NEW PRODUCTS
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FTIR spectrometer features newly engineered optical system The Nicolet iS20 FTIR spectrometer is an upgrade over the… This AODD pump has multiple mounting orientations This company has extended its line of specialty air-operated double-diaphragm… A new generation of valve positioners At Valve World Expo (Düsseldorf, Germany; November 27–29), this company… Slash the total cost of ownership with this new aseptic valve Reducing the total cost of ownership is paramount for manufacturers… Fast, simple and accurate on-the-go steam-trap testing The SAGE UMT (photo) is a wireless, hand-held steam-trap-testing solution… A new control system for smart control of separators The new Metris addIQ (photo) is a state-of-the-art digital control… This new digital float switch uses transistors instead of reeds Said to be the first instrument of its kind, this…
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