Boost Steam-System Efficiency by Improving Condensate Recovery Pressurized condensate-return systems and flash-steam vent condensers offer opportunities for fuel cost savings in a…
Newsfronts Artificial Intelligence: A New Reality for Chemical Engineers From process and materials development to maintenance and logistics, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as…
Protection Through Better Housekeeping Practices Using the hierarchy of controls can help guide housekeeping and safety programs to better protect…
Plasma-based electrolysis makes ammonia at ambient conditions Researchers from Case Western Reserve University (CWR; Cleveland, Ohio; www.case.edu) have shown that a hybrid…
CO2-to-chemicals effort boosted by electrocatalytic process The quest to generate chemicals and fuels from exhaust or atmospheric carbon dioxide got a…
Artificial enzyme shows multiple selectivity Professor Kazuaki Ishigreo and colleagues at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan; http://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp) have shown that a…
Industrial-grade salt recovery from zero-liquid-discharge process A process that increases the water-recovery from reverse osmosis (RO) while producing a salt byproduct…
Chementator Briefs New PDH capability A new catalyst for propane dehydrogenation (PDH) that does not include precious…
A low-pressure process to leach metals from laterite ores Queensland Pacific Metals (Brisbane, Australia), a subsidiary of Pure Minerals (Perth, Australia; www.pureminerals.com.au) will use…
A photocatalyst for reducing CO2 without precious metals The research group of professor Osamu Ishitani at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan; www.titech.ac.jp),…
Co-electrolysis makes ‘green’ syngas in a single step Last month, Sunfire GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.sunfire.de) reported the successful startup and test run (more…
New catalysts enable CO2-neutral olefins production via methane reforming Today, olefins are mainly made either by naphtha cracking or by the catalytic conversion of…
Business News Plant Watch February 2019 Plant Watch Lotte BP Chemical to expand petrochemicals production in Ulsan January 14, 2019 —…
Air Coolers Versus Shell-and-Tube Water Coolers As shown here, economical cooling is often achieved with a combination of both air and…
Facts at Your Fingertips Facts at your Fingertips: Pump Sizing Parameters A solid grasp of pump sizing allows engineers to make effective economic and practical decisions…
Technology Profile Oxygen Production via Cryogenic Distillation This column is based on “Oxygen Production – Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec.…
Focus Focus on Filtration The launch of a filter press and ceramic-disc filters After a recent acquisition of Swedish…
Focus on Drones Autonomous inventory management for stockpiles This company has launched an inventory-management solution (photo) for mining…
This benchtop spray dryer expedites materials testing The PolarDry Model 0.1 electrostatic spray dryer (photo) retains the features of larger dryers in…
A next-generation purge and pressurization system Designed for Class I or II/Div. 2 and Zone 2/22 locations, the 7500 series Ex…
A hybrid IT cooling system is very energy efficient The (LCP) DX/FC Hybrid liquid-cooling platform (photo) includes both a refrigerant circuit (DX = direct…
These long submersible pumps are hermetically sealed Two of this company’s eight-stage, sealless canned-motor pumps from the TCAM 30/4+4 series (photo) have…
Lighting design for calculated efficiency This company offers customized, optimized concepts for illuminating workspaces in accordance with EN 12464-1/-2, focused…
Simulate piping systems with this updated software tool AFT Impulse 7 software (photo), a dynamic simulation and analysis tool used to calculate pressure-surge…
Compact level transmitter with intelligent processing The Sitrans Probe LU240 (photo) is this company’s newest ultrasonic level-measurement HART transmitter. Field-proven echo…
Predictive maintenance improves pump diagnostics SafeGuard (photo) is a predictive maintenance solution featuring wireless access and proactive alerts for all…
A high-performance bead mill for viscous products The Visconomic+ high-performance bead mill (photo) was developed specifically for processing very viscous and temperature-sensitive…
A new safety controller with programming flexibility The Phoenix PLCnext Control RFC 4072S controller (photo) is the first high-performance controller for this…
A robust, drop-proof smartphone for rugged environments The RG650 (photo) is a rugged smartphone designed to withstand tough environmental conditions in temperatures…
This radar level sensor makes cryogenic applications secure This company’s 80-GHz radar sensors (photo) are temperature-decoupled from the process, meaning that they are…
Use this handheld manometer in a wide range of pressures DM 9600 Series precision manometers feature a color touchscreen and are designed with technicians in…
Proprietary mixing technology for sanitary processes This company has developed a line of sanitary processors (photo) that offer proprietary continuous-mixing technology…
Onsite biocide generation for cooling systems This company has extended its Purate technology for chlorine dioxide (ClO2) biocides with a new…
Show Previews Connected Plant Show Preview 2019 The 2019 Connected Plant Conference (www.connectedplantconference.com) is being held February 19–21 in Charlotte, N.C. The…