The PolyVent Ex+ (photo) is the newest addition to this company’s line of screw-in protective venting. It has been certified to explosion-proof safety standards of IECEx and ATEX. The vents’ rigorous certifications enable installation in areas with potentially explosive atmospheres…
This company has upgraded its Simit simulation platform for virtual commissioning and operator training (photo) with a new release. Version 9.1 enables Simit to also be used for virtual commissioning and operator training in modular plants, speeding up actual commissioning…
Proline 300 Coriolis and electromagnetic flow instruments (photo) have been updated for safety, enhanced measurement quality, device accessibility and GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance for sterile processes. The flowmeters’ hygienic 316L stainless-steel housings are optimized for reliability and they have…
The path to commercialization can be long and arduous, which means the engineers and chemists taking the path must have a good deal of patience, dedication and fortitude. To honor the efforts of those chemical engineers and their companies that…
Viscosity, power consumption, commercial availability and lifecycle cost analysis are all important considerations in pump sizing. An automated spreadsheet method helps engineers take those factors into account in centrifugal pump selection Many aspiring chemical engineers enter industry after university study…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo; www.mhi.com) has concluded an agreement to license technology for its fluegas carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant to PJSC Metafrax, a major Russian chemical company. Metafrax will use recovered CO2 to produce ammonia, urea, and…
Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.com) announced that it received a contract from a manufacturing affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Jubail United Petrochemical Company (JUPC), for a $ 700-million ethylene oxide–ethylene glycol (EO/EG) plant in Saudi Arabia,…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that its world-scale ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou in Baytown, Texas successfully achieved the major milestone of mechanical completion. The unit is now undergoing a series of rigorous commissioning activities,…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has reached an agreement to acquire Materia´s metathesis catalyst IP and business portfolio for a price of $27 million. Materia is a leading U.S.-based producer of metathesis catalysts and thermoset resins. Its metathesis business is…
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), part of Maire Tecnimont Group, and Jiujiang Xinlianxin Fertilizer Co., (XLX), have signed contracts for the licensing of technology and for the delivery of proprietary equipment for a new ultra-low-energy urea plant to be…