Valves for use in Sanitary Processes and High-Purity Applications
Sanitary valves are essential for applications that demand product purity, process integrity and regulatory compliance.…
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Editor's page: Welcome to Chemical Engineering
This month’s column gives a brief overview of the Chemical Engineering brand. While long-term readers…
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Avenues for Decarbonizing the Steel Industry
Energy- and carbon-intensive, steel production is categorized as one of the most “hard-to-abate” industries, making…
Chementator
A platform technology for low-carbon cement makes progress
Two recent developments at Queens Carbon Inc. (Pine Brook, N.J.; www.queenscarbon.com), a spinoff company from…
World's first grid-connected iron-air battery now operational in the Netherlands
The Netherlands-based startup company Ore Energy (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.oreenergy.com) recently announced that it has…
This process can fully mineralize PFAS with no toxic byproducts
Breaking the stable carbon-fluorine bonds within per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is one of the…
New reactor supports organic-assisted electrolysis for green hydrogen
The production of “green” hydrogen via electrolysis is seen as a key decarbonization pathway for…
Switchable solvent supports freshwater extraction from hypersaline brine
Extremely high-salinity water streams present difficulties for many types of processing equipment, such as membranes…
Carbon dioxide removal combined with desalination
Most existing carbon-dioxide removal (CDR) approaches have focused on air, but the volumetric concentration of…
Novel reactor addresses limitations of pyrolysis for plastics recycling
Pyrolysis has received much attention as a technology capable of breaking down waste plastics in…
Micro-hydropower systems produce renewable electricity inside pipelines
A first-of-its-kind energy-recovery system harnesses the energy of water flow and pressure in pipelines to…
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Business News: September 2025
Plant Watch Chevron Phillips Chemical completes LV PAO expansion in Belgium August 12, 2025 —…
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Makeup Water Treatment: Sodium Softening and Reverse Osmosis
Conscientious operation and maintenance is critical for steam-generator system reliability. Here, important details for softening…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Battery Chemistries for Stationary Energy Storage
Storing energy to smooth the intermittency of wind and solar power can be accomplished in…
Solids Processing
Air Classification of Powdered Materials
Air classification of powdered materials offers a way to control particle size distribution in solids-handling…
Engineering Practice
Process Analytical Technology and the Role of Raman Spectroscopy
Process analytical technology (PAT) approaches allow continuous monitoring and real-time control of processes. Among the…
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Focus On: Pumps
A dispenser for abrasive and viscous fluids NEMO dispensers (photo) are designed for precise dosing…
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Show Preview: Powtech Technopharm
The Powtech Technopharm exhibition (Sept. 23–25; Nuremberg, Germany) highlights all types of technologies for processing…