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Robust hearing protection with Bluetooth connectivity

Noise-COM 500 products (photo) are Bluetooth-enabled hearing protectors specifically designed for use in extremely harsh, noisy operations. They are suitable, for example, for use in construction, mining or other heavy industries where using hearing protection is vital, and the ability…

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A new class of proton-conducting materials operates at lower temperatures

A new material could open the door to more effective protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs). PCFCs are a promising energy source that employ specialized ceramic materials to conduct protons (instead of electrons) at much lower temperatures than typical solid-oxide fuel…

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Optimization of Inventory Management with Process Integration Using Spreadsheet

A recently developed optimization technique called the automated targeting model is demonstrated for its application on inventory management Supply chain management that involves raw material sourcing, product manufacturing and delivery has often been viewed as one of the critical factors…

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This photocatalytic reactor system makes chemicals without fossil fuels

Last May, Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) was selected by Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston; www.plasmonics.tech) to automate its all-electric photocatalytic reactor technology. Syzygy has developed, scaled and integrated its core technologies, incubated at, and licensed from, Rice University (Houston; www.rice.edu), into…

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Technologies for Air-Pollution Control: Combustible and Non-Combustible Methods

Effective control technologies are crucial for mitigating the adverse effects of air pollution. The selection of combustion-based or non-combustion-based technologies requires careful consideration of numerous factors Air-pollution control technologies are critical for reducing the negative impacts of industrial operations on…

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Changes to Calculation Inputs for CEPCI Due to Discontinued Data Series

Discontinued series IDs associated with producer prices for storage tanks requires a modification to the CEPCI The Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) is a widely used tool for comparing plant construction costs in the chemical process industries (CPI) between…

A digital ecosystem for enhanced actuator performance

The Coralink digital ecosystem (photo) provides closely networked support for this company’s actuators, helping plant operators across all phases of the plant’s lifecycle, from commissioning and predictive maintenance to active lifecycle management. At the heart of Coralink is the ability…

Euro Manganese awards EPCM contract to Wood Australia

Euro Manganese Inc.  (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic to Wood Australia Pty Ltd. The Company has selected Wood as its EPCM partner following…

Avantium and SCG Chemicals collaborating on CO2-based polymers pilot project

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has agreed to partner with SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand). Under this partnership, Avantium and SCGC agreed to further develop CO2-based polymers and to scale-up to a pilot plant with an indicative capacity of…

Air Liquide sells Hydrogenics stake to Cummins

Air Liquide SA (Paris) has sold its 19% stake in the fuel cell and hydrogen production technologies provider Hydrogenics Corporation to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) , who owns the remaining 81% of the company. With a large portfolio of technologies,…