Chementator: Progress on a promising separation technology
For separating two components with similar volatilities, extractive distillation is typically used, whereby a high-boiling,…
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Chementator: Sonicating slurries speeds soil remediation
Ultrasound has been applied, with limited success, for the remediation of contaminated soil. Up to…
Chementator: A sound way to reuse low-temperature waste heat
In a so-called thermoacoustic engine, researchers from the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN;…
Chementator: Commercialization nears for producing cartenoids from engineered yeasts
In late 2009, Microbia PE, Inc. (Lexington, Mass.; www.microbia-pe.com) will begin commercialization of its initial…
February Chementator Briefs
A new bioplastic Up to now, the main plastic produced from renewable resources has been…
February Chementator
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Chementator: Construction to begin on a large solar plant in Spain
Thanks to a €171-million financing deal, construction can begin on what is claimed to be…
Chementator: A new syngas catalyst passes pilot tests...
Mitsunori Shimura and colleagues at the R&D Center of Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda.co.jp) have…
Chementator: A pilot-step closer to second-generation biofuels
Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.lurgi.com) is building a pilot plant to demonstrate the viability of…
Business News
Wacker plans polysilicon production facility in U.S.
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has mid-term plans to construct a new hyperpure polycrystalline…
Axens technology for Kremenchug refinery
The Ukrainian based holding company Ukrtatnafta (www.ukrtatnafta.com), has awarded Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) a contract…
BASF launches 2-propylheptyl acrylate
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is systematically expanding its portfolio of specialty monomers and launching…
Endress+Hauser sets up new company in Qatar
In the future Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) will support its customers in the Emirate of…
New coke plant for POSCO in South Korea
POSCO Group (Seoul, South Korea), the worlds’s fourth biggest steel producer, has commissioned Uhde GmbH…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch Linde and Samsung Engineering to build ethylene plant in India January 7, 2009…
Technical & Practical
Selecting A Conveyor
Conveyor selection is always defined by the larger project that it is meant to serve.…
Cover Story: Nano Know-How
This brief introduction to nanotechnology provides a basic understanding to those new to the field…
Eye-and-Face Personal Protective Equipment
Eye injuries of all types occur at a rate of more than 2,000 per day…
Compact Heat Exchangers: Improving Heat Recovery
There is increasing pressure on industry to reduce both energy usage and the associated CO2…
Plate Heat Exchangers: Avoiding Common Misconceptions
The use of gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchangers has gained tremendous acceptance in the chemical process…
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Pipe Sizing
Friction Factor Fluid flowing through pipes experiences resistance due to viscosity, turbulence and roughness of…