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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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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… 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… 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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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… 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…
Champions of transformation While new and exciting technologies become available to us at… COVER STORY Sustainability Snapshot: Making Practical Progress In their own words, sustainability leaders from the chemical process… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS Pressure Relief Technologies: Under Pressure to Perform Better Developments in pressure relief technologies respond to chemical processors’ need… CHEMENTATOR
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Simultaneously treat many mixed-waste streams A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI; Worcester,… Self-healing, recyclable solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries Energy-storage researchers have been in search of safer electrolytes for… Centralized control system infrastructure At the ARC Industry Forum in February, Honeywell Process Solutions… Converting solid waste to ketones Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, Calif.; www.lbl.gov) recently… Chementator Briefs Caprolactam Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) recently announced the production… Validating hydrogen embrittlement models for steel tanks Hydrogen is transported in steel tanks and pipelines. However, H2… Commercializing vacuum-microwave drying for pharmaceuticals Vacuum-microwave drying for pharmaceuticals is much faster than other techniques,… Metabolic engineering allows robust, standardized fermentation that is predictive at scale Production of bio-based chemicals has important environmental, cost and functional… Bio-inspired textiles recover oil from water A technology that removes oil from the surface of water… BUSINESS NEWS Plant Watch - March 2020 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to build hydrogen peroxide plant in Taiwan… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL FEATURE REPORT Determining Overall Pump Lifecycle Costs Beyond the purchase price, there are other optimizable costs that… Updating Legacy Rotating Equipment A brief look at the benefits of installing modern materials… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts at your Fingertips: Distillation Trays and Packing Industrial distillation columns use either trays or packing to promote… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE Technology Profile: Polyoxymethylene Production This column is based on “Polyoxymethylene from Methanol and Acetic… SOLIDS PROCESSING Batch Drying: Maximizing Product Yields Use the strategies discussed here to maximize the yields of… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Corrosion Protection Simplified access to corrosion-monitoring data In January, this company introduced… NEW PRODUCTS
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A cloud-based platform to optimize efficiency and minimize production interruptions The InFocus Online Platform uses secure, near-realtime data to optimize… A new release of this incompressible-flow analysis software A new version of this company's hydraulic-flow analysis software, Fathom… Streamline bag-filling tasks with this new system The Material Master Powerfill Pro bulk-bag filler system (photo) features… A standardized environment to aggregate, visualize and analyze data Proficy Operations Hub 1.5 is designed to provide users with… These luminaires havea DALI interface This company has expanded its product range, adding modern explosion-protected… Ultra-compact weighing electronics for precision The Siwarex WP351 (photo) is one of the smallest electronic… New transfer tubing for biopharmaceutical applications BioPure silicone transfer tubing provides a safe, reliable and value-based… These liquid-ring pumps feature two drives The ELRi range of liquid ring pumps (photo) is designed… Programmable pressure switch with IO-Link and display The new model PSD-4-ECO programmable pressure switch (photo) enables pressure… Conductivity sensors designed for ultra-pure water The CS700 stainless-steel conductivity sensor (photo) covers a wide variety… A comprehensive digital platform for chemical data discovery Chemtiva is a new digital platform that is designed to… Rugged ball valves for all types of water-treatment processes The Ener•G ball valve (photo) is designed for municipal and… New level switches to optimize operations in solids applications The new range of Rosemount solids level switches (photo) was… New device delivers UV/IR sensing for hydrogen detection The FL500-H2 (photo) is an ultraviolet/infrared (UV/IR) flame detector designed… Hose adapters designed for maximum product safety This company’s Break-Away adapter (photo) is a break-away coupler designed… Dependable shutoff in severe service Clampseal throttling valves (photo) are appropriate for use in severe-service… Interpret clamp load within bolts, and monitor remotely Knowing the tension of critical joints is essential to safety,… Two new point-level instruments recently introduced The Liquiphant FTL51B and FTL41 vibrating-fork (vibronic) level instruments (photo)…
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