As part of the voluntary commitments for the French government’s Circular Economy Roadmap and in line with French and European Union objectives in the area of plastic recycling, Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France; www.saint-gobain.com), Citeo and…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is continuing to expand its silica production capacity in response to high demand within the tire industry. Precipitated silica materials are an essential ingredient in tires with reduced rolling resistance and, as part of…
The following is a list of recently published books that may be relevant to different parts of the chemical process industries (CPI). Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments: An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency. Edited by Eddy Y. Zeng, Elsevier…
Protect plant assets from cybersecurity threats The fully integrated Claroty Platform (photo) incorporates realtime vulnerability monitoring and network “hygiene” insights with attack-vector analysis capabilities, allowing industrial asset owners to better protect industrial control systems from cyberattacks. The system includes a…
Series 7000/8000 Venturi scrubbers are now available in a fully integrated package (photo) that includes a recirculation pump, piping networks, instrumentation and automated controls. Units that are designed for outdoor installation are available with a freeze-protection package for operation in…
An automatic calibration-reminder system has been added to the XP2i pressure gage (photo). The new system greatly reduces the possibility of using gages after their calibration dates and potentially incurring regulatory fines. Manual record-keeping and notifications are replaced by customizable…
The new KB220 pump (photo) operates at flowrates up to 810 gal/min in sand and slurry dewatering applications. The 30-h.p. addition to the KB Series is available in 460- or 575-V versions and offers a maximum head of up to…
This company’s dual-keyed rigid couplings (photo) feature axial and annular keyways to provide additional security for high torque and axial-load applications. The couplings are suitable for heavy, suspended loads on shafts used in mixers, pumps, fans and related drive systems.…
This column is based on “Acrylonitrile Production from Propylene,” a report published by Intratec. It can be found at: www.intratec.us/analysis/acrylonitrile-e11a. The highly reactive compound acrylonitrile (AN) contains a carbon-carbon double bond conjugated with a nitrile group. The chemical became important…
Learning what can degrade heat-transfer-fluid quality can help minimize potentially negative effects Organic heat transfer fluids (HTFs) are robust workhorses that are quite stable both thermally and chemically. However, they can yield to attacks from powerful or sometimes even subtle…