Effective Agitator Operation and Maintenance
Agitators play key roles in chemical processing. Their proper operation and maintenance can improve process…
Cover Story
Commentary
Impressions of Achema
I first visited Achema some years ago, while I was working in Europe as an…
In The News
Newsfronts
Achema 2018 Review
Sustainability, digitalization and flexible production approaches emerged as major themes at the recent Achema 2018…
A Closer Look at Pressure Relief
Understanding how to size and select pressure-relief devices is key to ensuring the safety of…
Chementator
Australian minerals shipped to South Korea
Battery metals producer Australian Mines (Perth, Western Australia; www.australianmines.com.au) is scheduled to export the largest…
Vacuum-aided membrane distillation results in ultra-pure water
At Achema 2018 (June 11–15; Frankfurt am Main, Germany), EvCon GmbH (Pliening-Landsham, Germany; www.evcon-water.com) showcased…
Fuel-cell solution lowers operating costs using nanostructured catalysts
The two main barriers to widespread use of fuel cells have been securing a reliable…
Advanced water electrolysis launched
Last month, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) launched industrial-scale water electrolysis systems that…
The commercial launch of 3-D-printed membranes
Last month, Nano Sun, a water technology start-up founded by a scientist from Nanyang Technological…
Chementator Briefs
TPA from PET bottles A chemical method previously developed for recovering monomers from polyester blend…
Low-cost solar thermal technology to be coupled with energy storage
Sunvapor Inc. (Livermore, Calif.; www.sunvapor.net) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy…
New LEDs offer improved properties
Flexible micro light-emitting diodes (LEDs) — a sub-100-µm light source for red, green and blue…
A push to upgrade naphthas into petrochemicals
Last month, MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary: www.mol.hu) entered into a strategic partnership with Inovacat (Amersfoort,…
Business News
Plant Watch: Business News for August 2018
Plant Watch BASF to expand global antioxidant production capacities July 10, 2018 — BASF SE…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Integrity of Aging Assets: Using Corrosion Data to Stave Off Extinction
Petroleum refineries built in the 1960s and 1970s have trouble dealing with the corrosive effects…
PVDF: A Fluoropolymer for Chemical Challenges
When it comes to selecting materials of construction, keep in mind the favorable properties of…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Maintaining heat-transfer-fluid quality
Effective and efficient process operation requires reliable temperature control. This imposes strict demands on the…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Ethylene Dichloride Production
This column is based on “Ethylene Dichloride from Ethylene and Chlorine,” a report published by…
Solids Processing
Selection of Silos for Bulk Storage
To determine what kind of storage silo is best for your site and your materials,…
Engineering Practice
Get the Most Out of an Owner-Contractor Alliance
This article provides guidance for setting up a robust alliance between plant owners and EPC…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Software
Software enables interactive analytics on collected data This company recently updated its Seeq R20 advanced-analytics…
New Products
SIL3 certification for this diagnostic controller
The partial-stroke function of the EHPC210 diagnostic controller (photo) is now certified to Safety Integrity…
Separate dry particles by size using less water
This company has introduced a line of classifier systems (photo) that collect and separate dry…
Inline measurement of liquid concentration and density
This company’s Platform 4 digital process refractometer system (photo) consists of a probe or compact…
Radar level measurement for smaller process connections
The Pulsar Model R86 non-contact radar transmitter (photo) provides level-measurement performance with a smaller-wavelength 26-GHz…
Identify chemicals anywhere with this handheld Raman analyzer
TacticID-1064 is a new handheld Raman analyzer for realtime identification of unknown substances in the…
Improved packaging efficiency through smart monitoring
The Quattro monitoring system (photo) delivers performance data, reports deviating values and makes processes and…
Combining high-shear granulation with a fluid-bed dryer
The patent-pending TwinPro system (photo) unites two previously separate processes — high-shear granulation and fluid-bed…
These belt feeders have a new hygienic redesign
This company has completely re-designed its weigh-belt feeder to be more hygienic. The belts now…
A new series of Atex-certified gas compressors
New K Series gas compressors (photo) provide a rotary-vane solution for gas treatment and processing…
Gas-insulated switchgear for applications up to 38 kV
The CBGS-0 is a gas-insulated switchgear with a solid dielectric busbar for applications up to…
IP65- and IP66-protected HMI devices for monitoring and control
This company has extended its family of all-around protected HMI (human-machine interface) devices for machine-related,…
A large rotary lobe pump for sensitive products
This company is expanding its Novalobe pump range with the large-volume Novalobe 60 (photo), which…
A new membrane for natural gas processing
Sepuran NG (photo) is a hollow-fiber membrane based on a high-performance plastic that can withstand…
New and flexible solutions for coarse grinding
The multi-purpose crusher MPC 150 (photo) offers three common grinding processes in module form that…
Graphite rupture discs provide long temperature resistance
The GRX graphite rupture disc (photo) has been developed for processes with corrosive media, low…
Digitalized pneumatics replace components with apps
The new pneumatic Motion Terminal VTEM (photo) features applications (apps) that can replace over 50…