Corrosion Prevention for Heating and Cooling Systems
Understanding that viable strategies exist to protect essential cooling and heating systems from corrosion is…
Cover Story
From Waste to Resource: Avoiding Fouling in Ammonia Recovery
As more organizations look to ammonia recovery to take advantage of recent pricing trends, it…
Commentary
CPI Outlook for 2024
Following a strong year for the chemical process industries (CPI) in 2022, 2023 saw modest…
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Newsfronts
Cybersecurity Threats Prompt Proactive Approach
An evolving threat landscape for plant security is attracting more attention to the development of…
Chementator
This new stainless steel is ultra-resistant to corrosion
One of the major hindrances in saltwater electrolysis for “green”-hydrogen production is the cost of…
A continuous electrochemical process for direct-air CO2 removal
Direct-air capture (DAC) of atmospheric carbon dioxide presents promise for helping to reach global-warming reduction…
Sand-based thermal-energy storage
Using concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy to supply industrial-heating requirements is a promising way to…
Converting a steel mill to climate-neutral steel production
To decarbonize steel production and its high carbon dioxide emissions, Fraunhofer researchers, TS Elino GmbH…
Chementator Briefs
CO2 to CO SK Innovation Institute of Environmental Science & Technology, an R&D organization of…
Converting natural gas to alcohols using MOFs
Capturing natural gas from petroleum drilling wells is economically challenging, but would have positive environmental…
Direct molten-salt electroplating cuts battery costs
The extremely high material purity demanded for conventional lithium-ion battery manufacturing creates considerable costs for…
First commercial DAC facility in the U.S. captures CO2 for concrete
In November 2023, Heirloom Carbon Technologies (Tracy, Calif.; www.heirloomcarbon.com) unveiled the United States’ first commercial…
Fouling-immune membrane available for brackish-water RO applications
In November 2023, the first commercial test was initiated for a novel, fouling-immune membrane for…
Business News
Business News: January 2024
Plant Watch Trinseo inaugurates new PMMA depolymerization plant in Italy December 7, 2023 — Trinseo…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Steam Reboilers: Condensate Vessel Balance to Reboiler is Important
Properly locating a simple 1–2-in. balance line can make all the difference in successful reboiler…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Industrial Applications
Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) have garnered considerable attention as candidate materials for a number of…
Solids Processing
Optimization of Spray Drying with Exhaust-Gas Recirculation
Energy recovery in spray-drying processes can reduce production costs, but involves trade-offs. Using milk powder…
Equipment & Services
A hub for the digitalization of data from safety devices
Whether in the engineering of large and distributed automation projects, in the diagnosis of faults…
Focus
Focus on Performance Materials
Remove PFAS from water with this ion-exchange resin MonoPlus TP 109 (photo) is a new…
New Products
These solenoid valves handle high flow with minimum power
The new ASCO Series 327C solenoid valve (photo) features a direct-acting, high-flow design that provides…
Bulk material feeder ensures consistent product flow
The Feedos S bulk material feeder (photo) automatically meters and doses powders and other dry…
A workstation with an aluminum housing for harsh conditions
This company expanded its portfolio of VisuNet FLX series operator and monitoring workstations (photo) with…
Digital service significantly reduces compressed-air costs
The Monitoring Box FTMg Premium (photo) is a new digital service for compressed-air monitoring. In…
Optimized dosing solution for drip applications
The newly developed vipro-Pump MR series (photo) offers plant operators a virtually maintenance-free dispenser that…
Integrated sifter and bag-break station prevents contamination
This company has custom-engineered an integrated sifter and bag-break station that automatically removes foreign matter…
Water-cooled servomotors for extreme dynamic requirements
The AM8300 servomotors expand this company’s portfolio to include a modular motor series with integrated…
Accurately dose smaller volumes with this system
Standard load cells enable mechanical dosing with an accuracy ranging from 0.2 to 1%. This…
Shorten lead times with this high-rate thickener
This company is launching a pre-engineered high-rate thickening solution, The HRT-S (photo) is a pre-engineered,…
Residue-gas analyzers for cleanliness verification
OmniGrade (photo) is a residual-gas analysis (RGA) system that is designed to meet specific testing…