Project Development: The Importance of Cost Estimating
Following a standardized project-development process, in combination with a robust cost-estimate classification system, can help…
Cover Story
Commentary
Announcing the Kirkpatrick finalists
Five innovative technologies have been selected as finalists for the 2021 Kirkpatrick Award for Chemical…
In The News
Newsfronts
Temperature Measurement Gets Smarter and Safer
New innovations in temperature sensors, calibration and associated equipment are helping to keep plants operating…
Chementator
Chementator Briefs
Extracting Li Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, Ltd. (Changwon, South Korea; www.doosanheavy.com) has developed technology…
New AI tool allows predictive maintenance on heat transfer fluids
A new predictive analytics tool for heat-transfer-fluid (HTF) life expectancy uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms…
Extraction of plant products with supercritical glycerin
Construction is underway of a prototype system designed to extract natural bioactive product compounds from…
Embedding active enzymes into plastics
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP; Potsdam-Golm, Germany; www.iap.fraunhofer.de) have developed…
Scaling up a recycling process for blended textile fibers
In order to handle the growing volume of waste textile materials, recycling processes must begin…
Combine three steps in one unit with this wastewater-treatment process
A cyclic activated-sludge (AS) process, trademarked te-cyc, combines biological treatment and solids settlement in a…
This carbon-fiber composite material is good at dissipating heat
A technology that increases the heat-dissipating properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) to that of metals…
Polyolefin deconstruction process could provide new use for post-consumer plastic waste
A catalytic process to selectively break carbon-carbon bonds within the polymer chains of polyethylene and…
Harvesting lithium from seawater electrochemically
Although the oceans contain about 5,000 times more lithium than what is found on land,…
Business News
Business News: July 2021
Plant Watch Huntsman to increase ethylene carbonate production capacity June 14, 2021 — The Performance…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Explosion Protection: Considerations for Combustible Dusts
Managing the risk from combustible dust explosions involves a number of strategies for preventing explosions,…
Can You Trust the Joukowsky Equation for Waterhammer?
The Joukowsky equation is often relied upon to determine the maximum possible fluid pressure inside…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Adsorption bonding
Physical adsorption phenomena play a critical role in many separation and purification processes, including separations…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production of Caprolactam from Benzene
Caprolactam (Figure 1) is a cyclic amide widely used as a chemical intermediate. The main…
Engineering Practice
Landfill Gas Processing: Plant-Design Considerations
There are several technologies used in the disposal of landfill gas (LFG). Here are some…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Pipes, Tubes & Fittings
Reduce costs for purging large-diameter pipes Care is necessary when welding large-diameter pipework in stainless,…
New Products
Optimized measuring devices for the pharmaceutical industry
The Pascal CV4 pressure transmitter (photo) has a high-resolution graphic display with backlighting. The device…
This new industrial evaporator has many features
The Rotavapor R-250 Pro industrial evaporation unit (photo) now includes the capacity of a 50-L…
This new bag emptier has a body that tilts
The tiltable Dima bag emptier (photo) can improve product intake processes, since less time is…
Barcode scanner for use in hazardous areas
The IS-TH1 (photo) is said to be the first handheld barcode scanner for use in…
Measure density and concentration with this system
The InlineSENS (photo) density measuring system combines both a radiation source and scintillation detector in…
Use this flowmeter to monitor seal leakage in gas compressors
The ST75 mass flowmeter (photo) provides precision measurement in small lines for the detection of…
This servo motor has ProfiNet with PROFIdrive integrated
This company’s fully integrated ProfiNet motor solution has been officially certified by the Profibus user…
This touchscreen monitor is suitable for outdoor usage
The SRMHETRWP-15C (photo) is a rugged, industrial-grade 15-in. sunlight-readable touchscreen. This new model provides many…
Software optimizes usage of full-containment storage tanks
This company has enhanced its Rosemount TankMaster inventory-management software package (photo) to help optimize tank…
Improve performance with these filtration inspection packages
This company recently launched three filtration inspection packages (photo) centered around offering improved filter availability,…
This safety instrumented system has cybersecurity protection
The ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system (SIS; photo), a product in the OpreX family, recently obtained…
Separate metal particles from powders and granulates
This company recently launched a rotating Cleanflow magnetic separator (photo) suitable for installation in free-fall…