KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Methanex Corp. for providing front-end engineering design (FEED) services for a 5,000 metric ton per day world-scale methanol plant to be located adjacent…
Honeywell announced today that Jizzakh Petroleum JV LLC will use Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) technologies to build a new petroleum refinery capable of processing 5 million ton/yr of crude oil to produce clean-burning gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.…
This company’s Platform 4 digital process refractometer system (photo) consists of a probe or compact refractometer and a graphical user interface. The refractometer is a standalone device that is capable of operating independently to provide inline measurement of liquid concentrations,…
The patent-pending TwinPro system (photo) unites two previously separate processes — high-shear granulation and fluid-bed drying — in a continuous batch process. Removing wet sieving and product transfer eliminates a critical step, which results in significantly less process time and…
This company has completely re-designed its weigh-belt feeder to be more hygienic. The belts now feature PETG (copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate, PET and ethylene glycol) windows so that operators can perform unobstructed visual checks of bulk-material flow at any time.…
New K Series gas compressors (photo) provide a rotary-vane solution for gas treatment and processing applications. With 2.5 to 10 bars(g) pressure and up to 2,690 m 3 /h capacity, the K Series’ sturdy design meets stringent safety criteria. Moreover,…
The CBGS-0 is a gas-insulated switchgear with a solid dielectric busbar for applications up to 38 kV, 2,000 A and 31.5 kA. The CBGS-0 has been designed to meet the needs of indoor substations in many industrial sectors, including water…
This company has extended its family of all-around protected HMI (human-machine interface) devices for machine-related, cabinet-free visualization and automation. Simatic Thin Client PRO operator terminals (photo) with 15-, 19- and 22-in. screen sizes and IP65 degree of protection are new…
This company is expanding its Novalobe pump range with the large-volume Novalobe 60 (photo), which has a chamber volume of 2.1 L per revolution. The rotary-lobe pump is specifically designed for pumping and dosing highly viscous media with large particles…
Sepuran NG (photo) is a hollow-fiber membrane based on a high-performance plastic that can withstand extreme pressures and temperatures. This enables selective separation of sour gases from natural gas, with a high tolerance of higher hydrocarbons contained in the natural…