Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information As evidenced in the headlines, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and infrastructure failures can occur without warning, creating catastrophic results for an…
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Explosion prevention must be a primary objective wherever the process of transferring powders into flammable solvents is utilized, irrelevant of the…
Silverado Green Fuel, Inc. (Vancouver BC, Canada; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6900-533) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi Development Authority (Jackson) to build a demonstration plant in Choctaw County to produce a clean-burning “green” liquid fuel from the state’s…
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (Washington, D.C.) has launched a new Internet resource to help smaller companies answer food-safety questions and help food processors make science-based food-production decisions. Available at www.ars.usda.gov/naa/errc/mfsru/portal, the portal is said to be one of the…
Safety instrumented systems (SIS) are in the spotlight these days. More companies have come to recognize the importance of recently published consensus standards, and recent fatal accidents tied to the failure of instrumented safeguards have brought further attention.…
Climate change has become an important strategic issue for many operating companies throughout the chemical process industries (CPI). Public interest is increasing,1 shareholder interest continues to mount,2 and climate policy discussions are actively taking place at the state, regional,…
Lonza (Basel, Switzerland; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6898-553) has commercialized an online monitoring system, called PyroSense, for the automatic detection of endotoxins in water systems. The PyroSense system provides automatic, quantitative determination of endotoxin in water at selected intervals, using a standard assay system…
For the 12th straight year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized efforts in developing less-toxic alternatives to existing technologies and reducing or eliminating waste in the manufacturing process. The 2007 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, which are described…
Most columns shut down without fires. Yet most refineries and chemical plants at some time or another have experienced spontaneous or hot work ignitions in at least one column. When this occurs inside a column during or after…
What is billed as the world’s first plant to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) from landfill gas is now being commissioned in Irvine, Calif., by Prometheus Energy Company (Seattle, Wash.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-540). The first module is expected to reach its capacity…