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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…
Better styrene science needed The following letter originally appeared in Chemical Engineering, December 2011,… IN THE NEWS CHEMENTATOR
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Commercialization is set for a new alkylation process An improved sulfuric-acid alkylation process that reduces acid consumption by… Detecting steam-trap leaks gets easier Steam traps are designed to allow condensate, but not steam,… Recover oil from messy spills with this mesh A novel mesh for oil-water separation with opposite wettability to… An in-pipe turbine system generates energy from water effluent Hydrofoil turbines mounted inside gravity-fed water-effluent conduits can generate significant… December Chementator Briefs Bio bisabolene Through genetic engineering of microbes, scientists from Lawrence… Heat-exchanger 'fusion' Last month at the Brau Beviale 2011 Exhibition (November 9–11;… Making amides with high yield, less waste A catalyst for making amides from alcohols and amines under… Optical cavity furnace can boost solar cell efficiency Using an array of lamps inside a highly reflective chamber,… First working FDI prototype Last month at the Namur Annual General Meeting in Bad… A car company moves closer to making cellulosic ethanol ecomomically Using gene recombination technology, Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC; Toyota City,… Control the fuel-to-air ratio in combustion with varying fuels In combustion, the ratio of fuel to air is key… BUSINESS NEWS
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KBR: License and BED for Egyptian ammonia plant
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) was awarded a contract by Tecnimont S.p.A.… MHI delivers large-capacity energy storage system
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) has delivered… SNC-Lavalin awarded SAGD oil-sands project in Alberta
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract… KBR to revamp North Fertilizer Plant in Iraq
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by First… Topsøe signs contract with Russian JSC Acron
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed a contract… Jacobs awarded contract by Aurubis Bulgaria
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says its Chemetics… Jacobs receives contract from Honeywell for Baton Rouge manufacturing plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded… Evonik to build a new methionine production complex in Singapore
With the largest of its chemical investments to date, Evonik… World’s largest onsite high-purity ammonia plant comes onstream in China
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it has brought… Air Products: Largest single onsite ASU order ever
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a long-term… Technip awarded a GTL contract in Uzbekistan
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Uzbekistan GTL LLC… Topsøe to supply grassroots diesel hydrotreater for Rosneft
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has won the contract… BASF investing $20 million in Vidalia, La., plant improvements
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) will be investing $20 million… Jacobs awarded contract from Honeywell and Sinochem
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a… Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in China
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is… Qatar Petroleum and Shell to develop a world-scale petrochemicals complex in Qatar
Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of… Toyo-Canada awarded EDS work of oil sands refinery project
Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd. (Toyo-Canada)*, a Canadian subsidiary of Toyo… Lanxess and BioAmber partner to produce phthalate-free plasticizers and more business news Plant Watch Oxea to build its first production plant in… Georg Fischer acquires Harvel Plastics
Georg Fischer AG (Shaffhausen, Switzerland; www.georgfischer.com) announced today that it… Outotec to acquire all interests in Energy Products of Idaho
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) strengthens its portfolio of energy… TECHNICAL & PRACTICAL Preventing Tank Corrosion The interior surfaces of your storage tanks are constantly at… Solubility of Water in Benzenes As a Function of Temperature The solubility of water in hydrocarbons contained in crude oil… Turnarounds: Shorter, Safer, Simpler Today’s plant turnarounds bear little resemblance to those of the… Thermal Fluid Systems: Design Considerations Single-fluid heat-transfer systems that both heat and cool a process… FEATURE REPORT Troubleshooting Heat Transfer Fluid Systems Articles about thermal fluid systems often start with a variation… FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Using Rupture Disks with Pressure Relief Valves Protecting process systems from overpressurization is a critical task in…
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