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Agitator Impeller Hydraulic Force in Mixing Vessels
Understanding the forces acting on agitator impeller blades during turbulent flow in a mixing vessel is essential for successful and efficient operation. Presented here is information on the hydraulic force, its source, and how to calculate it Mechanically agitated vessels…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Solids Drying Mechanisms and Material Properties
Drying can be defined as the vaporization and removal of liquids from a solution, suspension or other solid-liquid mixture to form a dry solid. Drying occurs as a result of the vaporization of liquid by supplying heat to wet solid…
Business News: November 2025
Plant Watch World-scale black pellet plant begins commercial operation in Vietnam October 14, 2025 — Idemitsu Kosan Co. (Tokyo; www.idemitsu.com) has commenced commercial operation of its newly constructed plant in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, to produce black pellets (BP), a…
Focus On: Industrial Housekeeping
A hazardous-materials storage system with climate control The WHS hazardous-material storage system (photo) features intelligent air conditioning to combat extreme weather, and to allow storage of substances that must be stored under precise temperature conditions. The integrated heating and cooling…
Recycling automotive shredder residue and bio-waste into high-value feedstock
A new research study by ETH Zurich (www.ethz.ch), in collaboration with BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), has investigated an alternative route for mixed plastic waste streams from end-of-life vehicles: to recycle it alongside biomass. The results show: the recycling of one…
Plug Power partners with Edgewood Renewables to build renewable fuels facility in Nevada
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced a strategic partnership with Edgewood Renewables to support the development and construction of its advanced renewable fuel facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The project is designed to process waste biomass feedstocks to produce…
Outokumpu to construct enriched ferrochrome pilot plant in New Hampshire
Outokumpu (Helsinki, Finland) is investing approximately $45 million in a new pilot plant in New Hampshire, planned to be operational in H1 of 2027. The unique pilot plant will represent a significant step forward in Outokumpu's strategy to scale up…
Siemens and Capgemini expand collaboration to develop AI technologies for engineering and manufacturing
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) and Capgemini SE (Paris, France) are expanding their strategic partnership to co-develop AI-native digital solutions for product engineering, manufacturing and operations. Such solutions fundamentally embed artificial intelligence at their core from inception, rather than merely adding…
Syensqo to divest Oil & Gas business to SNF Group
Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest its Oil & Gas Business Unit to SNF Group (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France), a specialty chemical company headquartered in France and a global leader in polyacrylamide production, for…
BASF will construct electronic-grade ammonium hydroxide plant to support semiconductor manufacturing
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announces the construction of a state-of-the-art electronic-grade ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH EG) plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in support of wafer cleaning, etching and other precision processes in semiconductor manufacturing. This critical ultra-pure chemical will support the…