The following was received by the editors from the authors of "Pump Sizing and Selection Made Easy," Dr. Liu, Joseph Sarver and Blake Finkenauer: We thank Mr. David Karesh for his comments, and we have made minor revisions to Example…
Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com) announced the completion of the commissioning of its 25-meter-tall TCat-8 pilot plant, and the commencement of the critical development and testing program. An integrated team of Anellotech and IFPEN research engineers and technicians will…
PolyOne Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.polyone.com) announced the acquisition of IQAP Masterbatch Group S.L., a privately owned provider of specialty colorants and additives based in Spain with customers throughout Europe. Founded in 1979 by Xavier Rovira, IQAP has built a technical…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded a contract to complete a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium. The contract award follows…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that the Ibn Sina joint venture successfully started up its polyacetal manufacturing facility in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, which has a production capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Celanese has confirmed…
Data collected and tabulated by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) shows that growth in global chemistry during November was buoyed by a synchronized up-swing in the global economy. The American Chemistry Council’s Global Chemical Production Regional Index…
Synthomer (London, U.K.; www.synthomer.com) announced that it has sold its Leuna site in Germany to Alberdingk Boley Gmbh for an undisclosed price. The site will continue to manufacture products for Synthomer for an initial period prior to transferring the manufacture…
Check out the following recent publications with relevance to professionals in the chemical process industries . . . Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering, 2nd ed., edited by Enrico Drioli, Lidietta Giorno and Enrica Fontananova, Elsevier Press, 2017, 1,720 pages, $1,650.00.…
A senior engineer reflects on his career and shares his experience and wisdom with the next generation of engineers While all engineering degrees are inherently valuable and flexible when it comes to career options, the engineering sphere has never been…
The presence of certain contaminants can wreak havoc on gas dehydration systems and other similar separation processes, but there are design measures that can help to minimize the issues caused by these substances The presence of the aromatic compounds benzene,…