Irkutsk Polymer Plant, LLC has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston; www.univation.com) UNIPOL PE Technology for a polyethylene (PE) plant to be located in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, in the Russian Federation. The new plant is slated to produce 650,000 metric tons per…
GE Healthcare (Chicago; www.gehealthcare.com) and Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, Wis.; www.rockwellautomation.com) are combining their automation, IT and single-use solution expertise to create new digital bioprocessing operations capabilities. The two companies will help biopharmaceutical manufacturers create flexible and scalable facilities, focused on…
The VacTest line of vacuum measurement equipment comprises a comprehensive portfolio of active vacuum gages and controllers to allow a wide measurement range from 1600 to 5 × 10-10 millibars, covering all vacuum levels with accuracy. Both analog and digital…
Many desalination technologies have been developed, but they usually require a large amount of energy. Forward osmosis (FO) has the potential to become an excellent alternative desalination technology due to its lower energy consumption. Nano structured materials have also attracted…
The compound 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is an attractive raw material that can be used to create polyethylene furanoate, which is a bio-polyester with many applications. One way of making FDCA is through the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF), a compound…
In late February, construction began on a test facility that will be used to demonstrate a CO2-capture process being developed by JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC; Tokyo; www.jogmec.go.jp). When the Texas-based…
The novel performance characteristics and tunability of quantum dots make them a promising nanomaterial in numerous emerging applications Quantum dots (QDs) represent a broad group of semiconducting nanoparticles that feature a unique combination of optical and electronic properties. For example,…
New column internals boost efficiency and improve reliability of distillation towers In the chemical process industries (CPI), the majority of separations are done via distillation columns. And, when the rest of the process relies upon those columns, inefficiencies, bottlenecks and…
Overpressure in a process can damage the seals in a pressure instrument’s sensor or skew the zero point. Here’s how to avoid the problem Pressure is one of the most commonly measured variables in the chemical process industries (CPI). Accuracy…
Closing off pressure upstream can minimize the need for pressure-relief systems to open, avoiding product waste and possible environmental damage Any system within a chemical process industries (CPI) manufacturing plant that is pressurized, or could experience pressure during an upset…