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Honeywell introduces HIVE for IT infrastructure
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) today announced the release of Experion PKS IT Highly Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE), a transformative new technology that centralizes up to 80% of IT infrastructure used in project engineering. This allows industrial manufacturers to lower…
Indorama starts up ethylene cracker in Louisiana
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com) has announced the commercial startup of its olefins gas cracker plant at Indorama Ventures Olefins LLC(IVOL) in Westlake, Louisiana. The site has an ethylene production capacity of 440,000 metric tons per…
Velocys selects Worley as engineering partner
Sustainable fuels company Velocys plc (Oxford, U.K.; www.velocys.com) announced the appointment of Worley (North Sydney, Australis; www.worley.com) to manage the delivery of its fully integrated technology package. Worley is now the partner in the development of pre-feasibility, feasibility and FEED…
Lanxess working to increase disinfectant supply for coronavirus prevention
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has announced that it is working to increase supply of its high-level disinfectant Rely+On Virkon, which is thought to be effective against the coronavirus. The product is used for hard surface and equipment disinfection. Anneliese…
A direct route to adipic acid esters
Adipate diesters are building blocks of polyamides and polyesters, and are used in plasticizers, perfumes, lubricants, solvents, various pharmaceutical active ingredients and, in terms of quantity, mainly for the production of nylon. Currently, adipate diesters are produced industrially by oxidizing…
Chementator Briefs
Ultrathin membrane Researchers led by professors Hideto Matsuyama and Tomohisa Yoshioka at Kobe University’s Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology (Japan; www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp) have developed an ultrathin, fouling-resistant membrane that separates oil from water. Described in a recent issue of…
Taking Advantage of Improvements in Level Measurement Technology
Level measurement technologies have become more versatile, robust and accurate thanks to recent developments. Differential pressure and radar level measurement provide examples Level measurement applications within the chemical and petrochemical industries can be extremely challenging. Level instruments must provide repeatable,…
Pump Monitoring Meets the IIoT
Industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies support online, continuous condition monitoring for pumps Because pumps are often critical to process operation and safety, condition monitoring for pumps has long been a respected practice in the chemical process industries (CPI). However,…
Elasticity for an Effective Cybersecurity Response
While no company wants to envision becoming the victim of a cyberattack, investing time upfront to craft an incident-response plan can provide a quicker path to recovery Cyberattacks are becoming a way of life — in both our personal, and…
Making Cybersecurity Training a Priority
All critical infrastructure segments are at risk for cyberattacks, but the unique integration of the chemical manufacturing sector into the global supply chain makes it an especially ripe target Defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), critical infrastructure…