Latest News
Alfa Laval supplies heat exchangers to the world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has signed an agreement to deliver compact heat exchangers to the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, which is to be constructed in the Middle East. The facility, powered by renewable energy, will be part of…
Baker Hughes invests to scale up Levidian’s methane-cracking technology
Baker Hughes (Houston) has backed Levidian’s world-first decarbonization technologies with a £12m investment at a £130m valuation – opening up global collaboration opportunities. The cash injection will enable the further scale up of Levidian’s business, including both LOOP, Levidian’s decarbonization…
Sandvik completes the acquisition of Schenck Process Group’s mining business
Sandvik AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has completed the previously announced acquisition of the mining related business of Schenck Process Group (SP Mining). SP Mining is one of the market leaders in screening, feeding, screening media and train loading solutions in the…
Valves: Essential Workhorses
Concise tips on selecting the right valve A typical chemical plant contains miles of piping and hundreds, if not thousands, of industrial valves (Figure 1) that are essential for the plant to operate efficiently and safely. Unlike the simple consumer…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Crossflow Membrane Filtration Module Types
In crossflow membrane filtration (CMF), feed flow is parallel to the filtration surface (rather than perpendicular to it, as in conventional filtration). During a given pass, a portion of the feed permeates the membrane, while a larger portion is retained…
Managing Fouling in Heat Exchangers
Fouling of heat exchanger surfaces reduces thermal efficiency. An improved understanding of fouling and the design factors that affect it can help ensure that heat exchange occurs during normal operating conditions Using tubular heat exchangers is an efficient and reliable…
Wear-resistant screen cloth — with multiple service life
At Powtech last month, this company presented completely new, more wear-resistant screen cloths that, compared to previous standard cloths, achieve an increased service life with abrasive bulk materials. Matched to the wire thickness and mesh size, the screen cloths are…
Critical Flanges: Advanced Washers Eliminate Galling and Hot Work
During vessel breakout activities, plants should pay close attention to the design of the washers used on bolted flanges. A simple change in this area can help to reduce downtime and improve safety Bolted flanges on vessels, and their associated…
Polymer-based Piping Systems: Meeting the Challenges of the CPI
Due to favorable properties, such as light weight and corrosion resistance, plastic-piping systems are suitable for a growing number of applications Over the past few decades, plastic-piping systems have been adopted in many different sectors of the chemical process industries…
Toward the Production of Safer Chemicals
A new protocol for safer chemical design is helping to overcome gaps in ‘traditional’ toxicology and improve upon federal regulations for endocrine-disrupting chemicals Research over the past two decades shows clearly that some chemicals manufactured for product functionality can have…