Pt-free catalysts promise to lower fuel-cell costs
Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp/html/english) has developed a platinum-substitute catalyst system for polymer electrolyte fuel…
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Reducing the Pt load promises to reduce PEFC costs
A technique for making PEFC electrodes with one fourth the amount of platinum catalyst compared…
This process may produce electricity from low-temperature geothermal resources
The world has vast geothermal resources in the temperature range of 150–250°F, but these temperatures…
Fast digestion makes better use of municipal sludge
The use of residual sludge from municipal sewage plants as fertilizer in agriculture is controversial…
An activated carbon for picking up heavy metals
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS, Beltsville, Md.; www.ars.usda.gov) has received a patent on a process…
A cost-effective process for recycling wastewater
A wastewater treatment process that consumes less energy, produces less sludge and makes available up…
A protective coating helps fine powders flow, without agglomeration
A team from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; www.pharm.monash.edu.au), has…
Process optimization software allows rapid setup, cost savings
New industrial process-optimization software can be fully operational in seven days — months ahead of…
More efforts to make biofuels from algae, microorganisms
Over the past few weeks there has been a number of announcements on projects aimed…
... and from microorganisms
Last month, BP Corp. (London; www.bp.com) signed a joint-development agreement with Martek Biosciences Corp. (Columbia,…
New heating technique improves zeolite membrane performance
Adding a rapid heat-treatment step to the process of making zeolite membranes improves separation performance…
Pt-free catalysts promise to lower fuel-cell costs...
Showa Denko K.K. (Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp/html/english) has developed a platinum-substitute catalyst system for polymer electrolyte fuel…
A cost-effective process for recycling wastewater
A wastewater treatment process that consumes less energy, produces less sludge and makes available…
... as does reducing the Pt load
A technique for making PEFC electrodes with one fourth the amount of platinum catalyst compared…
More efforts to make biofuels from algae...
Over the past few weeks there has been a number of announcements on projects aimed…
An activated carbon for picking up heavy metals
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS, Beltsville, Md.; www.ars.usda.gov) has received a patent on a process…
. . . and from microorganisms
Last month, BP Corp. (London; www.bp.com) signed a joint-development agreement with Martek Biosciences Corp. (Columbia,…
September Chementator briefs
Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals often incorporate a fluorine atom within their molecular structure to improve properties,…
New heating technique improves zeolite membrane performance
Adding a rapid heat-treatment step to the process of making zeolite membranes improves separation performance…
Business News
Wacker exits solar-wafer business
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) exits from the solar wafer business and will transfer…
BASF and CSM to develop biobased succinic acid
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and CSM N.V. (Diemen, the Netherlands; www.csm.nl) today announced the cooperation…
KBR wins clean-coal contract for China
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Beijing Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy…
Outotec to deliver engineering, smelter technology to Iran
Outotec Oyi (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received two orders from Iran with the total value…
Teijin’s Biofront demonstration plant enters operation
Teijin Ltd. (Osaka and Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp/english) announced that it has begun producing its proprietary heat-resistant bioplastic…
Cytec and Mitsubishi Rayon to advance composites
Cytec Engineered Materials (CEM; Tempe, Ariz.,), a business unit of Cytec Industries Inc. (www.cytec.com) and…
Linde sets up R&D center in Shanghai
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has inaugurated a research and development (R&D) center in…
CST Industries acquires Temcor
CST Industries, Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.; www.tanks.com), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and…
GEA supplies cooling systems to China
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) received in its Energy and Farm Technology Segment orders…
Bartec acquires Vodec
Bartec GmbH (Bad Mergentheim, Germany; www.bartec.de) has taken over Vodec Ltd. (Nottingham, U.K.), a provider…
Germany evaluates creation of a hydrogen infrastructure
Leading industrial companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the setup of a…
Merck acquires Chinese effect-pigments producer
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merck.de) has acquired Suzhou Taizhu Technology Development Co. (Taizhu; Taicang, China),…
Foster Wheeler to supply biomass-fired boiler
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power…
Sulzer Chemtech acquires Manfred Preu Kolonnenservice
On September 4, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) signed an agreement to acquire Manfred…
Solvay to acquire majority of Russian soda-ash plant
0 0 0 Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement with Sodium Group…
Heraeus acquires DWM
Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH (HST; Kleinostheim, Germany; www.heraeus.com) has acquired DWM & Associates, Inc. (DWM;…
Air Products buys H2-production facility in Texas
0 0 0 Air Products, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has purchased a new steam…
Toyo awarded polycarbonate resin project in China
0 0 0 Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a project for…
Larox to establish a subsidiary in India
0 0 0 Larox Corp. (Lappeenranta, Finland; www.larox.com) will establish a subsidiary in India with the…
A protective coating helps fine powders flow, without agglomeration
A team from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; www.pharm.monash.edu.au), has…
SABIC and Mitsubishi Rayon form a joint venture ... and more business news
Plant Watch Cement plant expansion in the Ukraine decreases environmental emissions August 20, 2009 —…
This process may produce electricity from low-temperature geothermal resources
The world has vast geothermal resources in the temperature range of 150–250°F, but these temperatures…
Fast digestion makes better use of municipal sludge
The use of residual sludge from municipal sewage plants as fertilizer in agriculture is controversial…
Technical & Practical
CPVC Piping In Chemical Environments: Evaluating the Safety Record
There are many considerations when choosing piping materials for an industrial system. Historically, when options…
Multivariable Predictive Control:The Scope is Wider Than You Think
More and more, the chemical process industries (CPI) are seeking out the benefits of flexible…
Measuring Dust and Fines In Polymer Pellets
The ability to carry out measurements of dust and fines in polymer pellets can help…
Strategies for Water Reuse
In more and more locations, the availability of fresh water resources is limited and water…
CSTR Design for Reversible Reactions
Multiple CSTRs (continuous stirred-tank reactors) are advantageous in situations where the reaction is slow; two…
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Heat Transfer: System Design II
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