Chementator: A Process for Desulfurizing Natural Gas
A process in which sulfur is extracted from natural gas in the field and converted…
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Chementator
Chementator: A Cellulosic-Ethanol Demonstration Plant Enters Startup Phase
Verenium Corp. (formerly Celunol; Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-537) is starting up a 1.4-million gal/yr demonstration-scale facility…
Chementator: These Heat Exchangers Feature Tantalum as an Alternative to Graphite
Carbone Lorraine (CL; Paris, France; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-538) is launching a new welded-plate heat exchanger, dubbed Heatex,…
Chementator: A New Concept in the Supply of Cl2
Small-scale chemical producers that use chlorine often rely on larger producers, which sell them the…
Chementator: Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing a Breakthrough for OLED Commercialization
A new roll-to-roll manufacturing process promises to overcome the major cost barriers impeding the widespread…
Chementator: Foundation for SIF Demonstrations
This month, the newly released Foundation for Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) was demonstrated at Shell…
Chementator: Printing Solar Cells
Photovoltaics manufacturer Konarka Technologies, Inc. (Lowell, Mass; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-546) has successfully performed the first use of…
Chementator: Alaskan Gas
BP (London; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-548) and ConocoPhillips (Houston, Tex.; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-549) have combined resources to start Denali —…
Chementator: Hot Potatoes
CLC bio (Aarhus, Denmark; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-550) and partners from Danish research institutions and crop-enhancing firms have…
Chementator: Aseptic Filling
GEA Procomac, a Division of GEA Niro Inc. (Hudson, Wisc.; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-551) has received a letter…
Chementator: Metal Pretreatment
Last month, Henkel KgaA (Düsseldorf, Germany; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-552) introduced a new conversion coating process called TecTalis,…
Chementator: Smart Shoes
IQTex (Hamburg; Germany; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-553) has developed a ventilation element — integrated into the soles of…
Chementator: A New Way to Make Dispersions
At last month’s CosmoProf exhibition (April 10 – 14; Bologna, Italy), VMI-Rayneri (Montaigu, France; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-531)…
Chementator: A Wastewater Treatment Plant Passes Pilot Test in China ;
The Jiashan Yao-chuang wastewater treatment plant in China’s Zhejiang Province has successfully pilot-tested a three-stage,…
Chementator: This Catalyst Helps Visible Light Split Water into H2 and O2
Normally, only the ultraviolet (higher energy) component of the solar spectrum is usable for the…
Chementator: Improving the Performance of HDS Catalysts
Researchers at Oxford Catalysts Ltd. (Oxford, U.K.; edlinks.keeponwinking.com/7372-534) have shown that the method of preparation…
Business News
Pieralisi opens offices in U.S. and Tunesia
After opening its new offices last autumn in the United States, the Pieralisi Group (Jesi,…
Swagelok acquires Coreflex
Swagelok Co. (Solon, Ohio; www.swagelok.com) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the…
Siemens to supply first 500-MW coal gasifiers to China
After a production period of only 18 months, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.powergeneration.siemens.com) is to deliver…
BASF to build plant for sodium methylate in Brazil
BASF S.E. (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to construct a production plant for sodium methylate…
Akzo Nobel relocating its chelates HQ to China
AkzoNobel Functional Chemicals (Amersfoort, Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is relocating the headquarters of its chelates business from…
Emerson to digitally automate two glass plants in China
Emerson Process Management (Bredbury, Stockport, U.K.; www.emersonprocess.eu) has been selected, by the Zhejiang Changxing Glass…
Kemira and Rockwood to form leading TiO2 JV
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) and Rockwood Holdings Inc. (Princeton, N.J.; www.rocksp.com) have agreed to…
CAC wins order for Russian membrane electrolyzer
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC; Germany; www.cac-chem.de) has been awarded a new contract for the planning…
Alstom to build large biomass-processing facility in U.K.
Drax Group plc (www.draxgroup.plc.uk), a power generation business, and Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com), a global…
Topsoe technology for large ammonia plant in Algeria
A contract for the supply of Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) process technology and…
Saudi Aramco/Total confirm Jubail Refinery Project
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Total (Paris, France;…
JGC wins major EPC contract for refinery in Kuwait
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Plant Watch New chlor-alkali plant scheduled for Kazakhstan April 23, 2008 — Uhdenora received a…
Chementator: A Less Expensive Way to Make Boron Carbide Components
Because parts made from boron carbide have a higher rigidity and lower weight compared with…
BASF starts up new nitric-acid plant
BASF S.E. (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has started operating a new plant for the production of…
Solvay launches new product for air-pollution control
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announces today that its subsidiary Solvay Chemicals, Inc. is expanding…
BASF Coatings starts paints production in Russia
BASF Coatings (Münster, Germany; www.basf-coatings.com) has started up its new production site for paints in…
Hägglunds Drives acquires Rineer Hydraulics
Hägglunds Drives AB (Mellansel, Sweden; www.hagglunds.com) has signed an agreement to acquire the operations of…
Foster Wheeler to supply CFB gasifier for BTL pilot plant
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Finnish subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energia…
Technip awarded contract for H2 plant in Romania
Technip (Paris, Framce; www.technip.com) has been awarded by Rominserv and Rompetrol Rafinare (both members of…
Solvay to power its Bernburg, Germany plant with secondary solid fuel
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today that work has begun to build a refuse-derived…
PL Propylene to build large propane-dehydrogenation plant
PL Propylene LLC, a PetroLogistics company (Houston, Tex.; www.petrologistics.com), announced today the commencement of a…
Sinclair to expand refinery in Tulsa with GEABloc
Only one month after the acquisition of GEA ViEX Inc. Canada (www.geagroup.com), the company has…
Süd-Chemie/Linde to develop production plants for second-generation biofuels
Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemic.com) and Linde Group (both Munich, Germany; www.linde.de) have agreed to co-operate on…
Wacker Dymatic opens new production plant for silicone emulsions in China
Wacker Dymatic, a joint venture of Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) and Dymatic Chemicals…
Technical & Practical
Technology Showcase: Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an area of technology that has received national…
An Integrated Approach to Industrial Security
To many, the concept of a "smart plant" involves integrating critical process subsystems and instrumentation…
Warming Up to Accurate Temperature Measurement
Accurate temperature measurement is not difficult. It does, however, require you to think about accuracy…
Engineering Practice: Designing Steam Stripping Columns for Wastewater
FIGURE 1. In a typical system for wastewater treatment, the liquid feed is introduced…
Facts at Your Fingertips: Acid Storage
Most common acids can be stored in horizontal or vertical ASME-type tanks, as shown in…
Benchmarking for Success
Effective use of capital in the ownership and management of manufacturing assets is critical…
Solids Processing: Blender Selection And Avoidance of Post-Blender Segregation
A. Alexander and F. Muzzio, Rutgers University Proper blender selection can improve the mixing of…
Environmentally Friendly Dry Vacuum Pumps Save Energy with the Lowest Cost of Ownership in Chemical and Biofuel Processes
Demands in the chemical processing industry to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint are higher…