Time and Length Scales of Mixing: The Macro Scale
Successfully scaling up a mixing process involves understanding several important timescale parameters that can impact…
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'Green' chemistry winners
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards — a program…
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Electric Vehicles Drive Performance Polymers
Higher-volume production of battery-powered vehicles is driving the development of high-performance polymers with improved properties…
Chementator
A project to further develop solar-thermal-energy storage technology
Synhelion S.A. (Lugano, Switzerland; www.synhelion.com) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology…
Low-energy hydrogenation without H2 gas
Hydrogenation is an important reaction in many sectors of the chemical process industries (CPI), but…
Collect more solar energy and waste heat for process water heating
A new technology developed by Enertopia Corp. (Kelowna, B.C., Canada; www.enertopia.com) aims to improve the…
Sustainable mining of raw materials from thermal springs
According to statistics from the World Bank, thousands of tons of valuable minerals are imported…
Chementator briefs
Toxicology testing The world’s first toxicology-testing strategy without animal testing has been approved by the…
Anti-biofouling coating for desalination membranes extends lifetimes
Buildup of biofouling on membranal surfaces necessitates treatments with corrosive chemicals, such as hydrochloric acid,…
Recovering carbon black from waste tires
Until now, waste tires have been used mainly for recovering energy. Only small proportions of…
Piloting a process that makes hydrogen and carbon from methane
Next year, construction will begin on an industrial-scale pilot plant to further develop a new…
This sustainable, supercharged catalyst cleans up mold
A family of oxidation catalysts known as TAML has been revamped to increase activity by…
Business News
Business News: August 2021
Plant Watch Chemours breaks ground on $93-million mining facility in Florida July 14, 2021 —…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Hydrogen Piping Systems: Mitigating Pitfalls by Design
This overview presents guidance for the safe design of piping systems that are used for…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Digitalization of Heat Transfer Fluid Systems
The spread of COVID-19 opened the world’s eyes to the weakness of much of its…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production of Nitrogen from Air
Nitrogen (N2) makes up 78% of ambient air (20.95% of air is oxygen). N2 is…
Solids Processing
Considerations for Solid Catalyst Loading
Special considerations must be made for loading expensive solid catalyst materials into fixed-bed and tubular…
Environmental Manager
Hazardous Materials: What to Do When Disaster Strikes
Detailed plans for handling hazardous materials should be a central part of any chemical plant’s…
Equipment & Services
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Focus on Software
Enterprise-level software simplifies data management Last month, this company launched its Plantweb Optics Data Lake…
New Products
A new dispersing system for slurry production
The new Batt-TDS series of powder-dispersing systems (photo) is designed for the development and industrial…
Remote I/O IS1+ as an edge gateway for Zones 1 and 2
Alongside its proven remote input/output (I/O) functionality, IS1+ (photo) is now also available for use…
Explosion-proof automated V-ball valve packages
This company has introduced what is said to be industry’s first explosion-proof electric-actuated stainless-steel two-piece…
High-shear granulator forcompacting powdery foodstuffs
This company has developed a granulator (photo) designed for compacting bulk goods, such as tea,…
A 1,000-gal/min pump for horizontal drilling
The new GD 800HDD pump (photo) has an extremely high flowrate of more than 1,000…
Certify cables with this hand-held device
The new WireXpert 500 cable tester (photo) targets copper cabling up to Cat 6A standards.…
UL-rated pressure switches for explosive environments
The new 703-U and 703-UJ Series of UL-rated, explosion-proof pressure switches (photo) are suitable for…
Learn more about particles with this imaging accessory
This company launched the Hydro Insight, a dynamic imaging accessory for its Mastersizer 3000 particle…
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Show Preview -- Connected Plant Conference 2021
Global digitalization professionals will convene in Austin, Tex. for the 2021 Connected Plant Conference (www.connectedplantconference.com),…