Principles of Agglomeration: Pelletizing Processes
Pelletizing, a tumble-growth agglomeration process, offers many potential benefits to processors handling bulk solid materials.…
Cover Story
Improving Bulk-Solids Conveyor Maintenance
Designing easier access to mechanical components in solids-conveying systems reduces maintenance costs and improves safety…
Commentary
Staying connected while apart
The new threat of the novel coronavirus is gripping the world and changing our lives…
In The News
Newsfronts
A Push for 'Green' Crackers
Today’s steam crackers are bigger than ever — those of tomorrow might be carbon neutral…
Optimized Mixing
Improved equipment and controls, as well as continuous mixing, improve efficiency Optimization is imperative for…
Chementator
Oxidative precipitation recovers nickel and cobalt from ore
An alternative method for processing mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide precipitate to separate the nickel from cobalt…
A desalination process that pumps ions instead of water
Researchers from Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University (Bogor, Indonesia; www.ipb.ac.id), the University of Bath (U.K.; www.bath.ac.uk),…
This gold catalyst improves CO2 reduction
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST; Daejeon; www.kaist.ac.kr) have developed…
Semiconducting material combines handedness and polarity
A semiconducting material synthesized by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI; Troy, N.Y.; www.rpi.edu) could…
Wood-supported catalyst safely keeps fruit fresh
Ethylene is a multifunctional phytohormone that regulates growth, ripening and other functions in plants. For…
Chementator Briefs
Li2CO3 from brine Purities of greater than 99.9% for battery-quality lithium carbonate have been achieved…
Conversion of plastic packaging to BTX and olefins is demonstrated
Anellotech (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) recently announced a successful laboratory demonstration of a process to…
Progress towards lithium-sulfur batteries
An international team, led by Mahdokht Shaibani from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; www.monash.edu), has developed…
Batteryless machine-health monitor enabled by low-power computer chips
Everactive (Charlottesville, Va.; www.everactive.com) has just launched its Machine Health Monitor (MHM) product for batteryless…
Business News
Plant Watch - April 2020
DOMO Chemicals to invest €12 million in new nylon plant in China March 13, 2020…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
High-Purity Water Simplified
There are a number of process technologies available to meet the strict standards for high-purity…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry technique used to elucidate molecular structure…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production Process for Neopentyl Glycol
This column is based on “Neopentyl Glycol Production Process – Cost Analysis,” a report published…
Environmental Manager
Detection Systems for Reducing the Risk of Hydrogen Fires
Today’s detection equipment can provide early sensing of H2 gas and flames, provide alarm information…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Analyzers
Raman spectroscopy capability with bioreactor platforms BioPAT Spectro (photo) is a Quality by Design (QbD)…
New Products
High-performance control valves approved for use with abrasive media
The REflex quick-change seat (QCS) control valve (photo) equipped with the REact 30 DC-PoP smart…
Protect vacuum pumps and improve production efficiency
To guarantee that its vacuum pumps are effectively protected from the aggressive cleaning media used…
Handle heavy slurries with this portable pump unit
The SludgeKat is a self-priming, positive-displacement, hydraulic-piston pump (photo) that is designed to handle applications…
Heat pumps and air conditioners for hazardous locations
Model TAC and THP Smart Cool and Smart Pump Units are self-contained hazardous-location air conditioners…
A bio-based temporary coating for high-humidity areas
EcoLine 3690 (photo) is a ready-to-use canola-oil-based temporary coating designed for corrosion protection in severe…
An extremely small pressure-scanning device
The new nanoDAQ-LTC-16 (photo) is said to be the smallest intelligent pressure scanner currently on…
Compact, high-definition thermal cameras for scientific applications
The A8580 series of thermal-science cameras (photo) records blur-free images of high-speed targets, offers a…
Custom-fabricated storage tanks for a wide range of applications
This company offers fabrication services for ancillary storage tanks, pressure vessels and reactors up to…
Accelerate catalyst development with a suite of gas-adsorption and screening units
The ASAP 2020 Plus is a research-grade gas-adsorption system (photo) used to quantify core characteristics…
This feeder is designed to handle recycled materials
The FiberXpert FX50 fiber feeder (photo) is specially developed for feeding recycled materials, including carbon…
Use these magnetic pumps in applications with very high system pressure
The GLH Series of compact, magnetically driven external gear pumps (photo) are designed for fluid-handling…
Use this tubing with hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders
PolySlide composite tubing (photo) is designed to replace metallic material in a variety of pneumatic…
Improved bag filler reduces operator fatigue
The Material Master Powerfill Select bulk bag filler (photo) features an exclusive rotating bag-support carriage…
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Show Preview-IFAT
IFAT (rescheduled for September 7–11, Munich, Germany; www.ifat.de) is the world’s leading tradefair for water,…
Show Preview - Interphex 2020
Interphex 2020, originally scheduled for April 28–30, has been postponed to July 15–17. Taking place…
Show Preview - Powder & Bulk Solids 2020
The biennial International Powder & Bulk Solids (iPBS) Conference & Exhibition will be held October…