Building a Sustainable Coatings Infrastructure
Recent advancements in coatings technologies are driving the industry toward more sustainable performance Globally, there…
Cover Story
Corrosion Protection with Direct-to-Metal Coatings
Understanding the mechanisms driving corrosion-prevention technologies will help engineers to select the best coating materials…
Commentary
The 2020 Chopey Scholarship winner
Chemical Engineering has been a long-time leading source for practical technology information and news for…
In The News
Newsfronts
Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker Safety
The COVID-19 threat has increased the urgency for implementing contagion-prevention strategies and controls for workers…
Chementator
Making CO-rich syngas while avoiding carbon formation
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has developed a new technology, called ReShift, that can…
A step toward supercritical-carbon-dioxide power generation
Construction is complete on a new building to house a fully integrated electricity-generating power plant…
New method makes nanocellulose composites industrially viable
Cellulose nanoparticles are of great interest as constituents of polymer composite materials because they can…
Chementator Briefs-Aug 2020
Curing with less Pt Silicone-release coatings generally use a platinum-based curing catalyst. Aiming to reduce…
Italian industry-academic collaboration yields prototype machine for making new masks
The Marchesini Group S.p.A. (Pianoro Bologna, Italy; www.marchesini.com) and a multidisciplinary research group at Bologna…
Commercial plant will recover salts from incinerator flyash
Ragn-Sells AB (Sollentuna, Sweden; www.ragnsells.com) has partnered Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (Zürich, Switzerland; www.hz-inova.com) for…
Stainless-steel alloy for additive manufacturing
QuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, Ill.; www.questek.com) has introduced a stainless-steel powder designed for additive manufacturing…
Turning plastic waste into high-quality winter diesel fuel
Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) Hydex E next-generation hydro-dewaxing catalyst, VUCHT…
Significantly reduce cyanide consumption in refractory gold-ore treatment
Traditionally, cyanide consumption with conventional bio-oxidation residues is higher than with residues produced through other…
Business News
CPI Business News - August 2020
Nouryon to build TBHP/TBA plant in Ningbo July 8, 2020 — Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands;…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Pressure Instruments: Avoiding the Harmful Effects of Hydrogen
Under the right conditions, the smallest atom can attack and disable sophisticated instrumentation. Understanding how…
Mechanical Pressure Gages in the CPI
In today’s digital age, there is still a need for mechanical pressure measuring instruments for…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Heat-Transfer-System Maintenance During Slow Periods
Periods of reduced heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) system operation offer opportunities for mechanical integrity engineers to perform…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Cumene Production from Benzene
This column is based on “Cumene from Benzene and RG Propylene (Zeolite Catalyst) – Cost…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Solids Handling
This bulk-bag conditioner has a rotary lift platform The new hydraulic bulk-bag conditioner with rotary…
New Products
A device for smart time-control applications
The new multifunctional MACX-TR timer relays (photo) make simple time-control applications smart. The combination of…
The next evolutionary level of explosion protection
Similar to a process control system, the iQ Safety Cockpit offers an overview of all…
A laboratory mixer for high-containment applications
This company has built the smallest machine in its company history in order to meet…
Diesel-tank level transmitters for oil-and-gas applications
The Model 575 intrinsically safe level transmitter (photo, p. 24) and the Model DDMC meter/controller…
Non-intrusive measurement of very low liquid flows
The Fluxus F721 XLF (photo) is a non-intrusive ultrasonic flowmeter designed to provide precise measurement…
New PLC with explosion-proof options
The HI-TBS programmable logic controller (PLC; photo) combines ultra-bright LED technology with 0.1% accuracy to…
Quantitative/qualitative analysis of gases at ambient pressure
OmniStar (photo) and ThermoStar GSD 350 are compact, portable benchtop instruments for analyzing gases at…
New technologies enhance metallic filter elements
This company has launched a range of surface-modification technologies that can be applied to metallic…
Modular cleaning system for tanks of all sizes
The OC200 orbital cleaner (photo) rotates around the horizontal and vertical axis, providing a modular…
Custom-designed pre-filter vessel
This company recently fabricated a pre-filter vessel constructed of 304L stainless steel, capable of 200…
Ethernet safety I/O modules with IP67 protection
The TBIP and TBPN full safety block input/output (I/O) modules (photo) control safety applications directly…
A space-saving innovation for control boxes and cabinets
With this company’s new cover-installation concept for Ex control boxes and cabinets, users can install…
Remote, IoT-enabled monitoring of AODD pumps
SafeGuard (photo) is an IoT-enabled (internet of things) pump-monitoring system that remotely tracks, records and…