Simultaneous Pump and System Sizing
Flow analysis can aid in simultaneously sizing pumps and associated piping systems. The concurrent sizing…
Cover Story
Pump Troubleshooting Using Video Analysis
By allowing maintenance professionals to visualize vibration on entire pump systems, video vibration analysis and…
Commentary
120 years and going strong
This year marks Chemical Engineering’s 120th anniversary. At this extraordinary milestone, I paused to look…
In The News
Newsfronts
Monitoring and Control Improves Dust Handling
As dust collection becomes an integral part of chemical processes, monitoring and other technologies promote…
Chementator
Using 'coke' to reduce CO2 emissions from steelmaking
Liberty Steel UK (LSUK; London; www.libertysteelgroup.com) has completed trials of ecoke — a sustainable new…
Making more from mining water with electrowinning
A new electrowinning process is being field-trialed at the Prieska copper-zinc mine operated by Orion…
Chementator Briefs [December 2022]
Li extraction A new technology is going to be introduced at the Schlumberger NeoLith Energy…
Recycling halogens electrochemically
Next April, a six-year, €4-million project will begin that aims to develop an electrochemical process…
Iridium-free electrolysis demonstrated for stable hydrogen production
The necessity for precious metals, such as iridium, in water-splitting catalysts is a major challenge…
A direct, biocatalytic route from CO2 to ethylene
LanzaTech Inc. (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) has developed a genetically engineered bacterium capable of converting carbon…
Quantitative microbial monitoring for corrosion-relevant organisms
LuminUltra Technologies Ltd. (Fredericton, N.B., Canada; www.luminultra.com) recently launched a suite of DNA-based monitoring tools…
New smelting furnace enables the use of lower-grade ore in DRI ironmaking
In late October, Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.mogroup.com) introduced the DRI (direct reduced iron)…
Supercritical extraction drives 'molecular washing machine' for plastic waste
A new recycling process has been developed for scrap polypropylene (PP), a waste stream that…
Business News
Business News Roundup: December 2022
Plant Watch Solvay resumes soda-ash expansion in Wyoming November 11, 2022 — Solvay S.A. (Brussels,…
Technical & Practical
New Applications for Spiral-Tube Heat Exchangers
A decades-old, yet less well-known type of heat exchanger offers advantages for new and emerging…
Feature Report
Scaling Up Hydrogenation Processes for Biomass Conversion
When scaling up new processes involving complex feedstocks, such as biomass, well-defined mixing is key.…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Liquid-Liquid Extraction Basics
Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) is a separation technique that exploits differences in the relative solubility of…
Equipment & Services
Applied Technologies
Driving Decarbonization at BASF's Schwarzheide Production Site
At brownfield operating sites, energy-efficiency gains can be realized by modernizing power-generation equipment. Ideally, such…
Focus
Level Measurement & Control
A new level detector for multiphase applications Multiphase level measurements exist throughout chemical process industries…
New Products
The first truly wireless mobile infrared camera
FLIR One Edge Pro (photo) is said to be the first truly wireless thermal-visible camera…
Combine multiple steps in a single vacuum mixer-dryer unit
The Bolz conical vacuum mixer-dryer (photo) has been specifically engineered to meet the strictest requirements…
This pressure transmitter offers mobile responsive connectivity
The enhanced Rosemount 3051 pressure transmitter (photo) features user interfaces that have been redesigned to…
New versions available in this line of Ethernet switches
The Scalance XC-/XR-300 (photo) series of Industrial Ethernet switches has been upgraded with a higher…
Better stress distribution with this tool design
This company’s Wright Drive 2.0 socket design is said to distribute contact stress more effectively…
Remote monitoring and control of odor-control systems
Ecolink (photo) is an online portal for remote monitoring and control of this company’s industrial…
Streamline quality control with this three-in-one analysis device
Easy Vis (photo) is a new instrument that analyzes liquid, translucent samples for their optical…
Upgraded fluid-bed processors feature better process control
This company has upgraded its Vibro-Bed fluid-bed processor (photo) with new features designed to regulate…
Lightweight, corrosion-resistant cyclones for water treatment
HN Series Hydro Cyclones (photo) are designed to separate sand and other solids from water…
A portable conveying system for pharma and food products
This company has introduced a new manual dumping system with integral conveyor and separate dust…
Dual-action inspection and weighing for packaging
This company has developed a new unit that combines metal detection and weighing to streamline…
New NDT technique for inspection of composites
Insono is a new non-destructive testing (NDT) technique for the inspection of composite repairs applied…
Departments
Chem Chronicles
Chem Chronicles: Discovery and Re-discovery of Mechanochemistry
A reclusive expert of 19th-century photography laid the foundation for mechanochemistry, a once-ignored field that…