Controlling Suspension Rheology
The physical characteristics of dispersed particles have a large impact on overall rheological properties Many…
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The Kirkpatrick Award: Deadline Extended - Nominations Due March 23
As this new year opens, we at Chemical Engineering are looking forward to the wide…
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Tunable Enzymes and the Leaner, Greener CPI
Enzymes, nature’s catalysts, have been used in industrial processes for centuries. Now, they are coming…
Moving to Modular
If the word “modular” brings to mind a trailer office parked on site, it’s time…
Chementator
LED sight-glass light
Illumination is required for visual inspection of a process through a sight glass in a…
Phase-change slurry
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (Umsicht; Sulzbach-Rosenberg; www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de) and…
Onsite CN generation
Gold mines using traditional cyanide-leaching extraction processes will benefit with the launch of a new…
‘High-entropy’ alloy
Researchers from North Carolina State University (Raleigh; www.ncsu.edu) and Qatar University (Doha; www.qu.edu.qa) have developed…
New enzyme
Last month, Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) launched a new enzyme, dubbed Eversa, which is said…
Biodegradable drilling lubricant garners positive field results
An encapsulated, biodegradable drilling-fluid additive designed to reduce friction on drill bits and piping inside…
A one-step, phosgene-free route to urethane
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologys (AIST) Interdisciplinary Research Center…
Generating power from kerosene and ammonia
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; Tsukuba City, Japan; www.aist.go.jp), in…
CO2-capture project is largest to use calcium-looping technology
A cement plant in Taiwan has been retrofitted with the largest CO2-capture plant to use…
This new material repels oil and water
Meanwhile, a new class of highly fluorinated polymers is being developed at the Institute of…
Solar-electric hybrid furnace could enable improved magnesium processing
A new high-temperature reactor that can draw power from conventional electricity as well as from…
Modular hydrogen-production technology uses modified SMR process
A modular, skid-mounted hydrogen-production plant developed by Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) uses a modified…
Polymer produced from CO2 waste gas makes commercial debut
For the first time, polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyol, a versatile polymer made from CO2, is…
This ‘superomniphobic’ texture repels all liquids
Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA; www.ucla.edu) Henry Samueli School of…
Direct fermentation to produce propylene
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) says that last month it developed a proprietary strain of…
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Bayer MaterialScience inaugurates TDI plant in Dormagen; and more latest news
PLANT WATCH Bayer MaterialScience inaugurates TDI plant in Dormagen December 9, 2014 — At its…
Who's Who
Greene’s Energy Group LLC (Houston), a provider of testing services, equipment rentals and specialty services…
Recently Published Books January 2015
Voids in Materials: From Unavoidable Defects to Designed Cellular Materials. By Gary M. Gladysz and…
Technical & Practical
Temperature Effects for High-velocity Gas Flow
Guidelines are presented to better understand the temperature profiles of high-velocity gases In high-velocity gas…
Feature Report
Methane Reforming: A Guide
A wide range of factors must be taken into account before selecting the most appropriate…
Facts at Your Fingertips
The Impact of Off-BEP Pump Operation
Best-efficiency point (BEP), the flowrate at which a pump operates at its highest or optimum…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Sugar Inversion
The substance known colloquially as table sugar is actually sucrose, a disaccharide composed of fructose…
Engineering Practice
Plot Plan Design: Process Requirements
It is important to conceptualize plant layout in terms of both ideal location and optimal…
Equipment & Services
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Focus on Pressure Measurement & Control
A small-diameter, submersible pressure transmitter The Sitrans LH100 series pressure transmitter converts level-proportional hydrostatic pressure…
New Products
This separator has advantages for beer production
To make the brewing process more cost-effective while still taking the quality requirements for beer…
Monitor sensor condition with these mobile meters
HandyLab 7 portable meters are used for sensor calibration, diagnostics, predictive maintenance and data logging.…
An all-in-one vapor delivery solution
The Vapor Delivery Modules (VDM) are compact sub-systems incorporating a liquid flow controller (thermal or…
A valve for processing abrasive or corrosive substances
The new SKW (slurry knife wafer) valve was developed for applications where abrasive or corrosive…
Simultaneous horizontal and vertical shaft alignment
The RS5 sensor is used for shaft alignment, with a measurement range that covers spans…
A biocide designed for protecting industrial cooling-water systems
Spectrus TD1100E is a new biocide for industrial cooling-water systems that is designed to reduce…
This system optimizes firetubes for reduced consumption
The Automatic Secondary Air Control (ASAC) system reduces fuel consumption and emissions in a wide…
This magnetic level instrument provides realtime indication
1100 Series Magnetic Level Indicator (MLI) provides visual indication of liquid level within a larger,…
Expanded Scada software for recipe-based production
This company has added the WinCC/SES (sequence execution system) option to its Simatic WinCC Scada…
Larger capacity now available for these double-wall tanks
The introduction of the new IMT 8850 model expands this company’s line of double-wall storage…
Leak testing for gas and water lines
The ESS3 (electronic memory writer) system is used to measure gas and water pressure in…
This adaptor allows wired devices to run wirelessly
The newly developed multi-func- tion wireless adaptor enables wired devices that transmit or receive digital…
This series of monitors sends machinery-health data sitewide
Allen-Bradley Dynamix 1444 condition-monitoring devices are primarily used as machinery-protection systems for rotating and reciprocating…
New simulation software version with App builder
This company’s newly released Multiphysics software version 5.0 features extensive product updates, three new add-on…
Surface-mount accelerometers for vibration measurement
The Model 5150 Series of surface-mount, variable-capacitive accelerometers offers general-purpose vibration measurements for a variety…
Long- and close-coupled thermoplastic pumps
ARBO thermoplastic, mechanically sealed centrifugal pumps are available in polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride and polytetrafluoroethylene,…
Remotely control and monitor inaccessible actuators
Designed for use with this company’s IQ3 actuators, the Remote Hand Station enables local monitoring…
Comprehensive motor and drive protection with this dV/dt filter
The new dV Sentry motor-protection dV/dt filter offers comprehensive protection of variable-frequency drives (VFDs) and…
A HART loop converter with autodetect function
The HART loop converter (HLC) records up to four digital signals and converts them into…
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ISA call for LDAR presenters
The Program Committee of the International Society of Automation’s (ISA) 15th Annual Leak Detection and…
AIChE names new officers for 2015
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced that Cheryl Teich, reaction engineering expertise…