Chementator: H2 separation
Researchers at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-547) have developed…
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Chementator: An improved PC resin
PolymersNet Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-548) and Cyclics Corp. (Schenectady, N.Y.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-549) announced the…
Chementator: Heterogeneous catalyst
A heterogeneous catalyst for producing the solvent methyl isobutyl ketone has been developed by graduate…
Chementator: Mobile water plant
Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (Erlangen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-551) has built, commissioned and deployed the…
Chementator: This packing material keeps produce moist, while preventing water contact
A patented moisture-control technology (MCT) developed by CSIRO Plant Industry (edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-534), with cooperation from Stellar…
Chementator: Slash water and energy requirements with this dyeing process
The conventional way to dye textiles is by the so-called dip process, whereby cloth is…
Chementator: A ‘litmus’ test for heavy metals
Toshishige M. Suzuki and his colleagues at the Tohoku Center of National Institute of Advanced…
Chementator: New software should speed up reaction engineering
Simulations of chemical processes that involve many reactants with continually changing compositions can be set…
Chementator: Selective flotation
The presence of arsenic minerals, such as enargite and tennantite, in some copper-bearing ore bodies,…
Chementator: A dosimeter monitors long-term exposure to phosgene
Phosgene is widely used for making fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, and polymers such as isocyanates,…
Chementator: A new spin on making emulsions
Kokusan Co. (Tokyo; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-531) has developed a new type of emulsifier that uses centrifugal force…
Chementator: Removing boron from drinking water
Next month, Mekorot, Israel National Water Company Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) will start up what…
Chementator: New chiral compounds
BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-546) has developed a new process for producing chiral intermediates for…
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Chementator: A more-direct route to epichlorohydrin makes its commercial debut
Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-536) is planning to build a new plant for producing epichlorohydrin at…
Chementator: A bioprocess to make natural plastic makes its commercial debut
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Decatur, Ill.; edlinks.com/5827-542) plans to build the world’s first commercial plant…
Chementator: Hydrogen power
BP (London; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-544) and Edison Mission Group, a subsidiary of Edison International (Rosemead, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-545),…
Technical & Practical
Minimize Trapped Components in Distillation Columns
Minor components trapped in distillation columns can react to form solids that cause major problems.…
A Modern Approach to Solvent Selection
Solvents have been used for centuries and in all type of industries for…
Process Water Treatment – Challenges and Solutions
Depending on their location and on other factors, chemical-process-industries (CPI) plants obtain their…
Consider Alternate Fuels To Cut Costs
Fuel costs rose sharply in 2005 because of hurricane damage to U.S. interests…
Short-Cut Piping Costs
Engineers often need to predict the cost of piping and pipefitting associated with…