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EDITOR'S PAGE The gender gap in engineering Each year since 2001, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE;… COVER STORY Vent Away Condensate Pump Frustrations In A Flash The guidance provided here can help to mitigate problems occurring… IN THE NEWS NEWSFRONTS SAF Production Expands for a Low-Carbon Future To lower their climate impact, petroleum refiners are increasingly assessing… CHEMENTATOR
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Chementator briefs NITROGEN UTILIZATION Late March, the first nitrogen fertilizer produced from… Applying capacitive deionization for critical-metals recovery Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, Ill.; www.anl.gov) are investigating… Reduced fouling when pneumatically conveying lactose products To ensure product safety and quality, products containing lactose (at… Catalyst-coated membrane reduces electrolyzer stack cost for H2 production A new catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) technology for hydrogen production, developed… Commercial debut for a process that makes 'green' pig iron Last month, Vale S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) began… PFAS separation-concentration system introduced in North America A technology initially developed in Australia by OPEC Systems (Emu… A new burner slashes NOx emissions from iron-ore pelletizing plants Before being fed to the blast furnace, iron ore is… Growing sulfur batteries from crystals Strain on demand for critical battery metals is forcing manufacturers… Capillary-fed electrolysis unlocks new levels of efficiency for green-hydrogen production A new category of electrolysis could significantly lower the expenses… BUSINESS NEWS Business News: May 2022 Plant Watch ADM announces significant expansions in the U.S. and… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Detecting and Preventing Spills and Leaks Comprehensive planning, along with appropriate level-measurement technologies and safety instrumented… TOWER DOCTOR Should the Doctor Believe a Flowmeter? Henry Kister shares lessons learned from troubleshooting distillation towers Many… FEATURE REPORT A Primer on pH Measurement Understanding the basic principles of operation and construction designs of… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Facts At Your Fingertips: Physical Gas-Separation Methods Industrial gases are critical for a wide range of applications… EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOCUS Focus on Solids Handling This bag slitter eliminates dust and reduces waste The MINILux… NEW PRODUCTS
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This absorbent media can prevent carbon-bed fires This company has launched Sulphasorb 2 (photo), a new activated… Monitoring of chlor-alkali electrolysis sub-processes Chlorine and caustic soda are essential chemicals whose production is… Use these plug valves with slurries and gritty media This company’s Cam-Centric plug valves (photo) feature 100% port, which… These kits perform certified tests of fiber optic cabling Expanding its cable certification and testing portfolio, this company now… A new generation of centrifugal mixers for 3D printing materials Smart DAC centrifugal mixers (photo) feature variable counter-rotation, increased mixing… Power supply units with IO-Link for field Installation The compact PSU67 power supply units (photo) ensure energy-efficient, decentralized… This line of ball valves has an expanded operating range This company has expanded its line of high-performance ball valves… A selection tool for automated process valves The complete Nelprof valve sizing and selection software for all… These vests keep workers cool in hot situations The StaCool Vest core body-cooling system (photo) helps workers stay… An ammonia leak-detection system for process refrigeration The Chillgard 5000 NH3 monitoring system (photo) features a sophisticated… Simulate hydraulic systems and prevent waterhammer The Impulse 9 software suite (photo) was designed to enable… A low-power CH4 sensor with digital and analog capabilities FlameIR-ME1 is a new methane sensor that uses a solid-state… Customized containment solutions for hygienic processes This company’s continuous liner systems (CLS; photo) are designed for… This family of CPVC butterfly valves has been expanded This company has added two new sizes (10- and 12-in.)… New meters for pH, conductivity and ion concentration Developed for a wide range of applications, SevenDirect benchtop meters… This gas detector finds volatile substances at very low volumes The new X-pid gas detector (photo) quickly detects volatile organic… A complete system for developing emerging foods Unveiled at Anuga FeedTec trade fair (Cologne, Germany; April 26–29),… An expanded series of smart Roots pumps The new line of Roots pumps from the HiLobe series… A trailer support for busy loading docks The Ground Mounted Trailer Support (GMTS; photo) is a new… SHOW PREVIEWS Show Preview: IFAT Munich IFAT 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage,… Connected Plant Conference Show Preview The 2022 Connected Plant Conference (CPC; www.connectedplantconference.com) will take place…
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‘All-in-one fluegas scrubber cleans up sulfur and particulate matter A multi-stage wet scrubber that combines the removal of sulfur,… Non-invasive probe measures corrosion inside boiler water tubes in real time Changes in the rate of corrosion in water tubes have… Higher yields and lower cost are expected for this biomass-to-ethanol process A process that produces 75–85 gal of ethanol per dry… The commercial debut for a process that makes ‘natural’ gas from coal Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a design… Onsite incineration of sewage sludge to be demonstrated Incineration is becoming the only viable method for sewage sludge… Using the sun to decontaminate wastewater Last month, a photocatalytic water-cleaning system that removes organic and… A bioleaching process moves closer to commercialization In February 2009, Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. (Espoo, Finland; www.talvivaara.com)… A Japanese push for bio-ETBE over bioethanol Last month, Nippon Oil Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.eneos.co.jp) started production… December Chementator briefs The power of osmosis Last month, Statkraft (Oslo, Norway;… BUSINESS NEWS
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Launch of a 2nd-generation biofuel project in France
In light of the growing scarcity of oil resources, biofuels… AkzoNobel’s Ningbo plant starts production
This week, production will start at AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;… Süd-Chemie and GTC Technology form strategic alliance
Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.sud-chemie.com) and GTC Technology Inc. (Houston,… An integrated processes to produce nanostructured functional materials Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Karlsruhe, Germany; www.kit.edu) and BASF… New MTP process modeled dynamically
Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) collaborated with Lurgi GmbH… GEA supplies Air Cooled Condenser to Israel
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received the order to design,… gPROMS to include SAFT advanced thermodynamics Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has announced an… Lanxess streamlines global production network
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has taken further steps to… Borealis invests in catalyst plant After investing €50 million in the expansion of the international… Toyo awarded methionine project in China
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo; www.toyo-eng.co.jp has been awarded a project for… End-to-end biomass-to-fuel solutions
Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction… GEA lands order for milk plant in Australia The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany;… BTS and Dow: worldwide licensing agreement
Dow Water & Process Solutions (www.dowwatersolutions.com), a business unit of…
Pfeiffer Vacuum acquires vacuum component manufacturer
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Asslar, Germany; www.pfeiffer-vacuum.net) has signed a… Air Liquide acquires HGM H2-generation technology
Air Liquide (www.us.airliquide.com) has acquired the Hydrogen Generation Module (HGM)… Outotec to deliver thickening technology to Peru
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by… New contract for a fertilizer complex in Abu Dhabi
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has commissioned… 40th Kirkpatrick Award Announced Last month at the Chem Show, Chemical Engineering (CE) had… BASF to realign its fuel cell business and more Siemens gasification technology selected for Taylorville Energy Center November 10,… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Millichannel Reactors: A Practical Middle Ground for Production The desire to move from batch to continuous processes for… Maximizing Heat-Transfer Fluid Longevity Faced with increased workloads and time and budget constraints that… Smooth Your Retrieval of Plant-Design Data Most chemical engineers involved with operating large chemical process facilities… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Creating Installed Gain Graphs for Control Valves Installed gain graphs can help improve the selection of control…
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