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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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A modular SMR unit provides onsite hydrogen production Standardized steam-methane-reforming (SMR) reactor units recently commercialized by Air Liquide… Nanowires that spring into action A group of Singapore researchers have reported a new approach… Fabric of carbon fibers set to improve fuel-cell performance Photos: Teijin Group Toho Tenax Co. (Tokyo; www.tohotenax.com), the main… Micro-plasma reactor makes methanol from methane A plasma-based process has achieved a 30% yield of methanol… A new multiphase contactor promises to cut costs for carbon capture and more Westec Environmental Solutions, LLC (WES; Chicago, Ill.; www.wes-worldwide.com) has developed… ‘World’s first’ commercial plant to produce biofuel from municipal waste Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, Can-ada; www.enerkem.com) has broken ground in Edmonton,… Modifier improves the heat tolerance of bioplastic Plastic derived from corn, used mostly for bottles and cups,… Graphene produced by CVD launched commercially Graphene Laboratories Inc. (Reading, Mass.; www.graphenelab.com) and CVD Equipment Corp.… Electric fields boost energy production and cut operating costs of sewage and biogas plants Last month at the IFAT Entsorga trade fair (September 13–17;… October chementator briefs Improved C5 use Some 106,000 ton/yr of so-called spent C5… BUSINESS NEWS
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Kiri Acquires DyStar North America
Kiri Holding Singapore Pvt. Ltd., owner of DyStar Colours Distribution… Stamicarbon’s urea technology licensed in Argentina Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, the Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the licensing and IP… GEA: New production plant for separators in China
GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) is planning to build… Lanxess: €9 million to expand EVM production Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is to… Lanxess expands iron oxide production in China
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) started a new production unit… AkzoNobel: Sixth powder coatings plant in China AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has underscored its ambition to… Collaboration between Lonza and BD Diagnostics
BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.;… Metso: Biomass-fired power plant for Sweden
Metso (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply a new biomass-fired power… Evonik to expand capacity of precipitated silicates
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is planning to significantly… Yara Praxair to build ASU in Sweden
Yara Praxair (www.yarapraxair.com) — a 50-50 joint venture between Praxair,… ExxonMobil commissions new ULSD units at Baytown and Baton Rouge refineries
ExxonMobil (Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobil.com) has completed commissioning of new units… BASF: Antioxidants -blending facility in Bahrain BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to build a production… Inspiration Ventures and Polymerpark materials establish a JV Inspirion Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nova Chemicals Inc.… World’s first onsite, large-scale specialty gas plant
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has… Air Products creating world’s largest H2-pipeline-supply network Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans… Wacker buys silicone-production plant in South Korea
Wacker Chemicals Korea Inc., a Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany;… Commissioning of a new O2 production unit in Italy
Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com) announces the commissioning of a new… Construction starts on new He plant in U.S. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and… Fluor to design two solar power plants in Spain
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Elecnor S.A.… Foster Wheeler awarded contract for two pulverized-coal steam generators in Vietnam
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a… Toyo & LG Group form ‘green’ JV
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has established a… DSM and Brain to develop water-soluble vitamins
DSM Nutritional Products GmbH (Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany; www.dsmnutritionalproducts.com), a subsidiary of… Ecopetrol starts up the HDT Complex Project
Ecopetrol S.A. (Bogotá, Columbia; www.ecopetrol.com.co) has successfully started-up two new… Ineos Technologies wins the first Innovene S PE technology license for the Russian market
Ineos Technologies (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene S… Solvay to expand compounding capacity in Chine
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has decided to build a… Metso to automate the world's first ocean-surge-based demo power plant
Metso (Helsinki; www.metso.com) will develop and supply an automation system… Chiyoda awarded EPC contract for polycrystalline silicon plant in Malaysia
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en) today announces that Tokuyama Corp.… The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel… Haldor Topsøe and Linde supply technology for POSCO’s SNG plant in South Korea
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and… Pulsafeeder acquires PeriFlow
Pulsafeeder Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.; www.pulsa.com) has acquired PeriFlo, Inc. (Loveland,… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Zarko’s challenge Every distillation engineer west of the River Neretva is familiar… Improving Control Valve Performance Improvements to the performance of basic, regulatory control systems have… Crossover Applications for the ASME-Bioprocessing Equipment Standard Because the global chemical process industries (CPI) encompass so many… Lessons in Feedstock Change These days, there seem to be more reasons than ever… Industrial Insulation Systems: Material Selection Factors Thermal insulation systems can provide several functions on piping and… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS MSMPR Crystallization equipment Crystallization is a key purification technique for various sectors of…
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