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Improving chemical production processes with IIoT and AI technologies
Efficient filtration is an essential process step in the chemical industry if you want to guarantee consistently high product quality. The filter press has long been established as one of the most common products for filtration, but extensive changes over…
Godavari Biorefineries inaugurates ZLD facility in Sakarwadi, India
Godavari Biorefineries Limited (GBL; Mumbai, India; https://somaiya.com) inaugurated its upgraded state of the art set-up “Zero Liquid Discharge” (ZLD) facility at its plant in Sakarwadi, Maharashtra. To attain ZLD, effluents are subjected to biological treatment, ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis (RO), multiple…
Axchem USA and Novel Industrial Solutions combine for pulp-and-paper chemicals
Axchem USA, Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.; www.axchemgroup.com) and Novel Industrial Solutions LLC (New Albany, Ohio; www.novelindustrial.com) today announced the combination of business operations, assets, people and customer contracts under the Axchem USA brand to offer chemicals and solutions to the pulp-and-paper…
Altivia completes acquisition of Dow’s acetone-derivatives business
Altivia Ketones & Additives, LLC (Houston, Tex.; www.altivia.com) an affiliate of Altivia Petrochemicals, today announced that it acquired Dow's Acetone Derivatives Business and associated chemical manufacturing assets at Institute, W.Va., as well as the Institute Industrial Park. Altivia successfully assumed…
ÅF Pöyry selected as St1’s engineering partner in a new renewable fuel production unit in Sweden
St1 Oy (Helsinki, Finland; www.st1.eu) has awarded ÅF Pöyry ÅF Pöyry (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) with engineering assignment for a new renewable fuel production unit investment project. The new plant will be built in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is the largest single…
Eriez announces major expansion of its Wager Road Plant in Erie
Eriez (Erie, Pa.: www.eriez.com) has announced a major expansion to its Wager Road facility, located 15 miles from the company’s world headquarters in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company says the expansion will support strategic growth initiatives for repair, testing and global…
Books for the CPI: November 2019
The following is a list of selected titles that have been recently published and may have relevance for chemical process industries (CPI) professionals: Data Analytics: Effective Methods for Presenting Results. Edited by Subhashish Samaddar and Satish Nargundkar, Auerbach Publications, 2019,…
This new ribbon mixer improves plant hygiene
The model HD-3.5-9-SS ribbon blender features an integral bag-dump station that collects dust generated during manual dumping activities, improving worker safety and plant hygiene. Dust is drawn onto the cartridge filters of the dust collector, as nozzles within each filter…
This monitoring platform has built-in cybersecurity
The Orbit 60 Series (photo) is a next-generation condition-monitoring and protection platform that collects and processes data to evaluate machine health. It is said to be the first intrinsically cyber-secure machinery-monitoring platform with a built-in data diode, which enables secure…
ASTM Standards For Heat Transfer Fluids
This practical overview of ASTM standards can serve as a roadmap when selecting and evaluating heat transfer fluids Heat-transfer-fluid systems are often used for process heating to 500°F or higher. To accomplish heating above 500°F, steam pressure must be above…