Turning Up the Heat on Valve Train Safety
Despite their nearly universal use in industrial combustion processes, valve trains are not widely understood.…
Cover Story
Low-Cost Techniques for NOx Reduction
An understanding of the available NOx-reduction strategies will help engineers to select the best technique…
Commentary
Uniting to fight COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has very quickly changed our lives in ways we could not have…
In The News
Newsfronts
Wearable technologies: Wear it Well
Wearable technologies help chemical processors improve productivity and safety of workers Wearable technologies — cameras,…
COVID-19 Shutdowns Slash Demand for Refined Products
Demand for refined products has dropped sharply, challenging petroleum refineries with compressed margins, but a…
Chementator
Chementator Briefs
Light-emitting Si Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE; the Netherlands; www.tue.nl) have developed an…
An efficient electrochemical route to triphenylphosphine — without the waste
A new electrochemical process could make triphenylphosphine (TPP) — an important reagent in many organic…
First industrial-scale plant uses CO2-lean cement production
By replacing part of cement clinker with calcined (thermally activated) clay, CO2 emissions in cement…
Ion-exchange beads for lithium extraction
With lithium demand higher than ever, processors are increasingly turning toward emerging technologies and new…
A low-cost way to make propylene oxide without chlorine or wastewater
Chemetry Corp. (Moss Landing, Calif.; www.chemetrycorp.com) is piloting a hybrid electrochemical-catalysis process for making propylene…
Piloting a new sewage-treatment process to tackle emerging contaminants
As new types of water contaminants continue to emerge, such as retinoids and endocrine-disrupting chemicals,…
'Artificial photosynthesis' system design overcomes problem of fast proton flow
Artificial photosynthesis systems seek to harvest sunlight and carbon dioxide to make fuels. Among the…
New catalyst selectively promotes hydrodeoxygenation reaction
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL; Upton, N.Y.; www.bnl.gov) and the University of Delaware (Newark;…
MOFs and nanochannels enable lithium extraction from brines
Lithium is a key raw material for batteries that power electric vehicles, portable electronics and…
Business News
Business News - The CPI's COVID-19 response, and more
COVID-19 Response Ineos constructs several new sanitizer plants in Europe April 8, 2020 — Ineos…
Technical & Practical
Industry Mentors: An Integral Part of Education
An experienced engineer who mentors young engineers and a student mentee share their perspectives Mentors…
Feature Report
Steam Quality Considerations
Steam often provides the majority of heat, but its quality is not always carefully managed.…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Nucleation Phenomena in Crystallization
Industrial crystallization processes are widely used in the chemical process industries (CPI) for their ability…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production of Vinyl Chloride Monomer
This column is based on “Vinyl Chloride Production from Ethylene and Chlorine – Cost Analysis,”…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Maintenance Tools
Software determines when to maintenance RO systems This company has developed a new normalization software…
New Products
This decontamination chamber uses UV radiation
The UV-Box (photo) is a high-efficiency chamber designed to safely decontaminate contents while providing a…
Introducing a new range of valve actuators
Launched in March, the E2HR Series Electro-Hydraulic Rotary valve actuators (photo) feature a very small…
These metering pumps feature a very large turndown ratio
The Flexflow A1F peristaltic metering pump (photo) is designed for metering off-gassing chemicals, such as…
New IIoT platform for instrumentation management
Netilion (photo) is a new industrial internet of things (IIoT) ecosystem that improves lifecycle and…
Process monitoring where space is at a premium
The LiquiSonic Lab 3-in-1-sensor (photo) is designed for reactors and small plants in laboratories and…
Maximize energy recovery from sludge-handling processes
The DTR Series of double-tube heat exchangers (photo) is designed specifically for use with low-viscosity…
New intrinsically safe weighing instruments
The HI 8100IS and the HI 8200IS are high-performance weighing instruments (photo) designed to operate…
Ethernet communication for Ex areas
The first Zone 2 Ethernet gateway for this company’s excom I/O system, the new GEN-3G…
New 80-GHz radar level transmitters are also compact
The new Sitrans LR100 series 80 GHz radar transmitters (photo) are compact instruments with a…
The launch of a next-generation ozone technology
After four years of development, this company is now launching a new ozone-generation technology that…
Improved sealing makes this heat exchanger more efficient
Thanks to a patent-pending sealing concept, the new Compabloc+ heat exchanger (photo) ensures safe operation…
A conveyor designed to handle hazardous materials
This company’s Tubular Chain Conveyor (photo) reliably contains dusty and hazardous materials, safeguarding workers at…
UL-certified control stations for extreme temperatures
This company has obtained updated UL approval for its explosion-protected Ex e (increased safety) control…