Working with supercritical fluids poses challenges when designing heat exchangers. Some practical tips and precautions are presented here Industrial applications involving fluids at high pressure — pressure above the critical pressure of a particular fluid — are increasing in number.…
Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.; www.aftonchemical.com) announced the completion of its Japan Technology Center expansion in Tsukuba. Jon Heese, City Councilor for Tsukuba, jointly opened the Japan Technology Center with Regina A. Harm, president of Afton Chemical Corp. and Sean…
Kraton Corp. (Houston; www.kraton.com) announced that it has agreed to sell its Cariflex polyisoprene business unit to Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.daelim.co.kr/) for a purchase price of $530 million. The transaction is expected to close in the…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico; www.alpek.com) announced that one of its subsidiaries has signed an agreement with Lotte Chemical Corp. (Seoul, South Korea; www.lottechem.com) to acquire a100% stake in Lotte Chemical U.K. Ltd., which owns and…
Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) have entered into an exclusive technology partnership. Together, they plan to bring a unique method for directly synthesizing propylene glycol (PG) from propylene and hydrogen peroxide to market maturity. The basis…
Vacuum drum filters are state-of-the-art in highly corrosive applications like producing titaniumdioxyd (TiO2) in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) processes or in processes where slurries with a high content of hydrochlorid acid (HCl) are used. Conventionally, these filters are made out of…
Understanding how advanced process-control tools, such as edge computing, fit in with an overall digitalization strategy will help manufacturers to see sizable operational and financial performance improvements Today, many companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) are moving toward a…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) announced that it started up two plants to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Taixing Jinyan Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. (Taixing Jinyan) to support the production of ethylene oxide. The plants, with total combined production capacity…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), fell 0.4 percent in October on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following stable activity during the third quarter. On a…
In the twenty-first year of the company’s existence, the management of inprotec AG (Heitersheim, Germany; www.inprotec-ag.de), a leading service provider in spray granulation and spray drying, will be undergoing a change. The company has two locations in Heitersheim (Baden-Württemberg) and…