Activated Carbon: Fundamentals and New Applications
Activated carbon sorbents are important tools in water purification and air-pollution control. This article provides…
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2017 Nicholas Chopey Scholarship
As a provider of practical information and news for the chemical process industries (CPI) since…
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Nitric Acid in the Spotlight
Efforts continue to make nitric-acid production more efficient with lower emissions of greenhouse gases Like…
Packaging Equipment: Product Quality Improves with Innovations
More sophisticated packaging equipment helps the CPI boost product quality and machine reliability When it…
Chementator
A first commercial step towards on-site ammonia production
A new company — Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.tsubame-bhb.co.jp) — has been established…
Low-cost water treatment uses CO2 to remove particles without membranes
Researchers at Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.; www.princeton.edu) have developed a water treatment technique that injects…
Responsive coatings lead to stronger 3-D-printed parts
Additive manufacturing (3-D printing) has quickly gained popularity, due in part to its potential for…
A continuous biotreatment process that degrades phenol in wastewater
Although there are several ways to reduce the phenol concentration in industrial effluent, they each…
Finely tuned electrodes for water treatment
A new electrochemical water-treatment process developed in the laboratory of T. Alan Hatton, professor of…
Commercial debut for a process that captures CO2 directly from air
On May 31, Climeworks (Hinwill/Zurich, Switzerland; www.climeworks.com) inaugurated its — and the world’s — first…
Electrostatic spray drying protects heat-sensitive products
A spray-drying technology that applies an electrical charge to feedstock as it exits the atomizing…
Chementator Briefs
Recycling sachets Later this year, Unilever (London, U.K.; www.unilever.com) plans to open a pilot plant…
CNT membrane aids distillation of brine
Membrane distillation (MD) — a thermal desalination technique used for recovering pure water from concentrated…
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July 2017 Business News
Plant Watch Ineos announces plans to build new PDH plant, increase ethylene capacity June 12,…
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Rupture Discs: Effectively Minimize Leaks and Emissions
When installing rupture discs, there are several mechanical and operational considerations for reducing the likelihood…
Proper Sizing and Installation for Steam System Safety Valves
Successful operation of safety valves in steam systems requires careful adherence to established industry standards…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at Your Fingertips: Zeolites
The physical properties of zeolites make them extremely important in many industrial processes. This one-page…
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Technology Profile: Urea Production from Ammonia via a Self-Stripping Process
This column is based on “Prilled Urea from Ammonia via Self-Stripping Process – Cost Analysis,”…
Engineering Practice
Setting Specifications in the Modern World
Utilizing ‘Tolerance Intervals’ can help to set more realistic specification ranges, especially when only small…
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Training Today’s Workforce
Integrated console, virtual-reality simulation offers learning for maximum, measurable training efficiency Modern techniques are being…
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Focus on software for chemical process applications
Upgraded meshing capabilities improves CFD modeling output Ensuring optimal output from computational fluid dynamics…
New Products
Self-tuning transducer senses position, displacement or proximity
The new digiVIT digital variable impedance transducer for linear position, displacement and proximity sensing (photo)…
This gas monitor has a dual-sensor design
The Ultima X5000 gas monitor (photo) is a replacement for this company’s Ultima X device,…
An efficient motorized actuator for globe and diaphragm valves
The new eSyDrive motorized actuator (photo) is designed on the basis of the hollow shaft…
Rotary vane pumps for critical applications
The DuoLine two-stage high-performance rotary vane pumps (photo) cover all low- and medium-vacuum applications, achieving…
Precise measurement and control of gases
The new generation of high-precision mass flowmeters (MFM) and controllers (MFC) for gases (photo) feature…
A highly adaptable reverse osmosis system
The PROflex reverse osmosis (RO) system (photo) features a new online product configurator that allows…
New PPE garment protects against both chemicals and fire
Tychem 2000 SFR (photo) is a new protective garment designed for use in operations where…
An efficient variable-speed drive for compressors and pumps
The new Veco-Drive electric superimposing gear (photo) combines a mechanical planetary gear with frequency-controlled servo…
A fully scalable, single-use bioreactor system
This company’s next-generation Biostat STR (photo) is a fully scalable, single-use bioreactor family based on…
Save time and lost revenue with this valve matrix solution
The Mixproof Valves valve matrix (photo) is designed to increase product safety, improve cleaning conditions…
Detect the presence of steam and water in boilers and drums
The Mobrey Hydratect 2462 detection system (photo) is used in applications where the detection of…
A single-pot system for the food industry
Mixing, granulating, coating, drying and heating and cooling can be performed in this company’s “single-pot”…
This software suite integrates analytics and machine learning
Asset Performance Management (APM) is a complete software suite for site, process and equipment-performance management…
A new range of thermoplastic seals
VarioPur (photo) is a new product range that includes three high-performance materials based on thermoplastic…
These ultrafiltration membranes offer extreme hydrophilicity
The PolyCera Hydro (photo) is a new ultrafiltration membrane for drinking water applications where total…
Customized bag filling for cement, minerals and chemicals
The new fillpac bag placer (photo) enables efficient bag filling for materials from the construction,…
A reactive silencer keeps these compressors quiet
The sound waves from the discharge side of this company’s Delta Screw compressor can reach…
Control several channels with this HART multiplexer
The new HART Multiplexer System (photo) offers the possibility to drastically reduce the number of…
A new probe for measuring hydrogen peroxide vapor
The HPP272 probe for the measurement of vaporized hydrogen peroxide (photo) can measure not only…