Immersive technologies advanceOne of our cover stories this month highlights how augmented…
August 2020
COMMENTARY
The 2020 Chopey Scholarship winner
Chemical Engineering has been a long-time leading source for practical…
Corrosion Protection with Direct-to-Metal Coatings
Understanding the mechanisms driving corrosion-prevention technologies will help engineers to…
Building a Sustainable Coatings Infrastructure
Recent advancements in coatings technologies are driving the industry toward…
Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker Safety
The COVID-19 threat has increased the urgency for implementing contagion-prevention…New method makes nanocellulose composites industrially viable
Cellulose nanoparticles are of great interest as constituents of polymer… 
Significantly reduce cyanide consumption in refractory gold-ore treatment
Traditionally, cyanide consumption with conventional bio-oxidation residues is higher than…Turning plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel fuel
Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) Hydex… Chementator Briefs-Aug 2020
Curing with less Pt Silicone-release coatings generally use a platinum-based… 
A step toward supercritical-carbon-dioxide power generation
Construction is complete on a new building to house a…
Making CO-rich syngas while avoiding carbon formation
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has developed a new…
Italian industry-academic collaboration yields prototype machine for making new masks
The Marchesini Group S.p.A. (Pianoro Bologna, Italy; www.marchesini.com) and a…
Commercial plant will recover salts from incinerator flyash
Ragn-Sells AB (Sollentuna, Sweden; www.ragnsells.com) has partnered Hitachi Zosen Inova…Stainless-steel alloy for additive manufacturing
QuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, Ill.; www.questek.com) has introduced a stainless-steel… BUSINESS NEWS
CPI Business News - August 2020
Nouryon to build TBHP/TBA plant in Ningbo July 8, 2020…
Mechanical Pressure Gages in the CPI
In today’s digital age, there is still a need for…
Pressure Instruments: Avoiding the Harmful Effects of Hydrogen
Under the right conditions, the smallest atom can attack and…Facts at your Fingertips: Heat-Transfer-System Maintenance During Slow Periods
Periods of reduced heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) system operation offer opportunities for… TECHNOLOGY PROFILE
Technology Profile: Cumene Production from Benzene
This column is based on “Cumene from Benzene and RG…
Focus on Solids Handling
This bulk-bag conditioner has a rotary lift platform The new…
Diesel-tank level transmitters for oil-and-gas applications
The Model 575 intrinsically safe level transmitter (photo, p. 24)…
Non-intrusive measurement of very low liquid flows
The Fluxus F721 XLF (photo) is a non-intrusive ultrasonic flowmeter…
New PLC with explosion-proof options
The HI-TBS programmable logic controller (PLC; photo) combines ultra-bright LED…
Quantitative/qualitative analysis of gases at ambient pressure
OmniStar (photo) and ThermoStar GSD 350 are compact, portable benchtop…
New technologies enhance metallic filter elements
This company has launched a range of surface-modification technologies that…
The next evolutionary level of explosion protection
Similar to a process control system, the iQ Safety Cockpit…
Modular cleaning system for tanks of all sizes
The OC200 orbital cleaner (photo) rotates around the horizontal and…
Ethernet safety I/O modules with IP67 protection
The TBIP and TBPN full safety block input/output (I/O) modules…
Custom-designed pre-filter vessel
This company recently fabricated a pre-filter vessel constructed of 304L…
A space-saving innovation for control boxes and cabinets
With this company’s new cover-installation concept for Ex control boxes…
Remote, IoT-enabled monitoring of AODD pumps
SafeGuard (photo) is an IoT-enabled (internet of things) pump-monitoring system…
A device for smart time-control applications
The new multifunctional MACX-TR timer relays (photo) make simple time-control…
A laboratory mixer for high-containment applications
This company has built the smallest machine in its company…
The 2020 Chopey Scholarship winnerChemical Engineering has been a long-time leading source for practical…
Corrosion Protection with Direct-to-Metal CoatingsUnderstanding the mechanisms driving corrosion-prevention technologies will help engineers to…
Building a Sustainable Coatings InfrastructureRecent advancements in coatings technologies are driving the industry toward…
Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker SafetyThe COVID-19 threat has increased the urgency for implementing contagion-prevention…
New method makes nanocellulose composites industrially viableCellulose nanoparticles are of great interest as constituents of polymer…
Significantly reduce cyanide consumption in refractory gold-ore treatmentTraditionally, cyanide consumption with conventional bio-oxidation residues is higher than…
Turning plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel fuelUsing a proprietary technique and Clariant’s (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) Hydex…
Chementator Briefs-Aug 2020Curing with less Pt Silicone-release coatings generally use a platinum-based…
A step toward supercritical-carbon-dioxide power generationConstruction is complete on a new building to house a…
Making CO-rich syngas while avoiding carbon formationHaldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has developed a new…
Italian industry-academic collaboration yields prototype machine for making new masksThe Marchesini Group S.p.A. (Pianoro Bologna, Italy; www.marchesini.com) and a…
Commercial plant will recover salts from incinerator flyashRagn-Sells AB (Sollentuna, Sweden; www.ragnsells.com) has partnered Hitachi Zosen Inova…
Stainless-steel alloy for additive manufacturingQuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, Ill.; www.questek.com) has introduced a stainless-steel…
CPI Business News - August 2020Nouryon to build TBHP/TBA plant in Ningbo July 8, 2020…
Mechanical Pressure Gages in the CPIIn today’s digital age, there is still a need for…
Pressure Instruments: Avoiding the Harmful Effects of HydrogenUnder the right conditions, the smallest atom can attack and…
Periods of reduced heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) system operation offer opportunities for…
Technology Profile: Cumene Production from BenzeneThis column is based on “Cumene from Benzene and RG…
Focus on Solids HandlingThis bulk-bag conditioner has a rotary lift platform The new…
Diesel-tank level transmitters for oil-and-gas applicationsThe Model 575 intrinsically safe level transmitter (photo, p. 24)…
Non-intrusive measurement of very low liquid flowsThe Fluxus F721 XLF (photo) is a non-intrusive ultrasonic flowmeter…
New PLC with explosion-proof optionsThe HI-TBS programmable logic controller (PLC; photo) combines ultra-bright LED…
Quantitative/qualitative analysis of gases at ambient pressureOmniStar (photo) and ThermoStar GSD 350 are compact, portable benchtop…
New technologies enhance metallic filter elementsThis company has launched a range of surface-modification technologies that…
The next evolutionary level of explosion protectionSimilar to a process control system, the iQ Safety Cockpit…
Modular cleaning system for tanks of all sizesThe OC200 orbital cleaner (photo) rotates around the horizontal and…
Ethernet safety I/O modules with IP67 protectionThe TBIP and TBPN full safety block input/output (I/O) modules…
Custom-designed pre-filter vesselThis company recently fabricated a pre-filter vessel constructed of 304L…
A space-saving innovation for control boxes and cabinetsWith this company’s new cover-installation concept for Ex control boxes…
Remote, IoT-enabled monitoring of AODD pumpsSafeGuard (photo) is an IoT-enabled (internet of things) pump-monitoring system…
A device for smart time-control applicationsThe new multifunctional MACX-TR timer relays (photo) make simple time-control…
A laboratory mixer for high-containment applicationsThis company has built the smallest machine in its company…
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