Chementator: A new Mg2Si-production process promises to advance thermoelectric devices
The Seebeck effect — the direct conversion of a temperature difference to electricity — is…
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Chementator: A portable analyzer for toxicity in humans
The standard way to test for toxicity in individuals who have been exposed to heavy…
Chementator: A promising nanosieve for dehydrating solvents and biofuels
Although nanoporous silica membranes are promising systems for the molecular separation of gases and liquids,…
Chementator: Ceramic ethane-to-ethylene membrane could replace pyrolysis
Ateam of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, Argonne, Ill.;…
Chementator: This valve trim combines multiple noise-control mechanisms
Flowserve Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-569) has introduced a new noise-attenuating valve-trim for gaseous applications, one…
Chementator: New methods for solving differential equations
The behavior of many different phenomena can be modeled by systems of ordinary differential equations…
Chementator: Non-invasive detector
Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Chilton, Didcot, U.K.;…
Chementator: Grätzel cell
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE; Freiburg, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-575) have developed…
Chementator: Chiral synthesis
Scientists from the Center Biology at University College Dublin (Ireland; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-576) and the University of…
Business News
Genencor licenses Red/ET Recombineering tech.
Genencor International, Inc., a part of Danisco US Inc., has completed a commercial license agreement…
Thailand LDPE plant to be controlled by InFusion
Invensys Process Systems (www.ips.invensys.com) has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Simon Carves Ltd.…
Evonik and Sibur review options for cooperation
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Russian JSC Sibur Holding (Moscow) have agreed…
Lummus Technology awarded heater contract
Lummus Technology (The Woodlands, Tex.), a CB&I company (www.cbi.com), has been awarded a contract valued…
Ineos Technologies signs agreement with Sibur
Sibur LLC has selected Ineos’ Innovene PP Process for a new 200,000 m.t./yr polypropylene (PP)…
Linde to supply gases for, and co-develop solar cells
Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), has signed…
GEA takes over Canadian company ViEX
GEA PHE Systems, Inc. (York, Pa.; www.geaphena.com) a leading international supplier of plate heat exchangers…
BASF/Sinopec ponder expansion of Nanjing site
BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing, China; www.sinopec.com.cn)…
Chemicals industrial city planned for Abu Dhabi
The International Petroleum Investment Company (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E) and Borealis AG (www.borealisgroup.com) have signed a…
KBR wins contract for Chinese aniline plant
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. to…
Chementator: Purifying glycerol
Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-578)and Novasep (Nancy, France; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-579) are forming an exclusive…
Chementator: Sonocracking
SulphCo, Inc. (Houston, Tex.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-580) has signed an agreement with Pt. Isis Megah (Isis; an…
Chementator: Phthalate-free glue
Henkel KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-581) has developed a new generation of plasticizer-free dispersion adhesives called…
Newsfront: Braving the Building Boom
Despite challenges created by a building frenzy in the Middle East and Asia, E&C firms…
Newsfront: Fuel Cells Move into the CPI Plant
Fuel cells and hydrogen economy are inevitably used in the same breath when talking about…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch Dynamotive in advanced negotiations for Biooil plant February 14, 2008 — Dynamotive USA,…
Chementator: Methane-to-gasoline process nears commercialization
Synfuels International, Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-561) plans to commercialize its patented gas-to-liquids (GTL) process in…
Chementator: A commercial debut for a process to make mesoporous silica
Next month, Taiyo Kagaku Co. (Yokkaichi, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-563) will start up a 20-m.t./yr plant —…
Chementator: Amine scrubbing
Alstom Power, Inc. (Windsor, Conn.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-571) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7370-572) have…
PSE Korea officially open
PSE Korea, the Korean subsidiary of Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com), providers of…
Invensys signs Egyptian JV
Invensys Process Systems (London; www.invensys.com) have joined ENPPI and GASCO in a joint venture (JV)…
Developing A Health and Safety Program
Terracon Lenexa, Kansas Where to Begin? Last month’s column focused on the importance of health…
UOP to establish new center in Malaysia
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that it will establish…
Arkema doubles H2O2 capacity at Leuna
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com), the world’s third leading hydrogen peroxide producer, announces plans to double…
Technip lands biodiesel contract in Malaysia
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded by KNM Process Systems Sdn Bhd a contract…
Technical & Practical
Cover Story Part 1: Are You Ready For REACH?
This is an important year for any company that makes, uses, buys or sells…
Cover Story Part 2: REACH: A Timely Overview
On Dec. 18, 2006, the European Union (EU) passed a new law creating a single…
Sensing Change in Batch Reactors
The batch reactor is the workhorse of the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Within it,…
Maintaining and Repairing Heat Exchanger Tubes
Tube plugging is probably the most frequently used maintenance and repair technique for the tube…
Feature Report
Column Instrumentation Basics
An understanding of instrumentation is valuable in evaluating and troubleshooting column performance Instrumentation is critical…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at Your Fingertips: Membranes
Separation by a membrane is achieved by creating a boundary between different bulk gas or…