Optimization of a Steam Network
Petroleum refineries generate power from a number of sources, including cogeneration plants and steam networks.…
Commentary
Capital cost calculations, Postscripts, corrections
Capital cost calculations I recently read the article “Capital Costs Quickly Calculated” [ Chem. Eng.,…
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Chementator
New process for monoethylene glycol completes pilot stage
A new process for producing monoethylene glycol (MEG) from synthesis-gas-based feedstocks is nearing completion of…
Improving extraction yields of Ni and Co from laterite
Low-grade nickel (less than 1.5 wt.%) laterite ores represent about 70% of global reserves but…
First commercial process for K2SO4 from polyhalite completes pilot
Pilot plant operation has been completed for a process that produces the fertilizer potassium sulfate…
An efficient way to make fermentable sugars from fibrous waste
The National Food Research Institute (NFRI) of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO;…
This gasification process turns waste into syngas
Construction of a large-scale waste-to-energy plant will start in the middle of next year in…
A new gas-engine cogeneration system
Last month, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi.co.jp) and Tokyo Gas Co. (both Tokyo, Japan;…
December Chementator Briefs
Acetic acid from syngas A new process for the production of acetic acid claims…
Making biogas from waste with a low organic content
The effluent discharged by domestic industries in Japan amounts to approximately 11.1 billion ton/yr. Most…
Metabolic engineering makes plants produce more oils
A research team from the University of Western Australia (Perth; www.uwa.edu.au), led by professor Dongke…
Business News
Outotec wins orders in Turkey
Outotec (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will deliver technology and services worth over €100 million to Cengiz…
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for hydrogen reformers in Vietnam
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and…
KBR ammonia technology selected for new fertilizer facility in Indiana
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that its leading ammonia process technology has been selected by…
Technip wins new ethylene contract in China
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Company Ltd. a contract…
Air Products and SIRE sign liquid CO2 agreement for Iowa facility
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a long-term agreement for the production of…
BASF and Renmatix agree on a joint development for the production of industrial sugars from biomass
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Renmatix Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com) will jointly scale up…
Topsøe builds catalyst plant in China
Haldor Topsøe A/S’ (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) board of directors today approved the capital investment needed…
Bechtel to design and build complex water system for copper mine in Chile
Bechtel (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) has been selected by BHP Billiton to provide engineering, project…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer completes PET MTR plant for Octal Petrochemicals in Oman
The plant engineering and construction company Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Octal Petrochemicals, the…
Pörner awarded turnkey contract for wax plate plant in Egypt
S.C. Poerner Romania S.r.l. (Bucharest), the Romanian subsidiary of the Pörner Group (Vienna, Austia; www.poerner.at),…
Clariant expands its ethoxylation site in Texas
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced the second expansion of its ethoxylation site at Clear…
Exterran and Black & Veatch to market natural-gas-processing technology in North America
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. (Exterran) are joining…
CB&I wins contract for U.S. ethylene plant
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1 billion…
Foster Wheeler awarded contract for molybdenum refinery in Chile
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and…
Bartec acquires Pixavi
Bartec GmbH (Bad Mergentheim, Germany; www.bartec.de) has acquired Pixavi (Stavanger, Norway), a world leading supplier…
Mitsui Chemicals expands polypropylene capacity in North America, and more business news
Plant Watch Chandra Asri and Michelin partner on synthetic-rubber manufacturing plant November 11, 2013 —…
Innovations in Gasification
There is increasing interest in meeting the growing demand for generating power, fuels and chemicals…
Feeling the ‘brunt of prosperity’ on CPI Workforce issues
While staffing issues continue to be a tremendous challenge for companies in the chemical process…
Technical & Practical
Corrosion: the silent killer
CUI — that acronym should be enough to capture your attention. All chemical process industries…
Gear Units In CPI Plants
Gear units play a critical role in a diverse array of chemical process industries (CPI)…
Plant Revamps and Turnarounds: Some Lessons Learned
A plant turnaround is always challenging in the chemical process industries (CPI). But with proper…
Butene via Ethylene Dimerization
Olefin dimerization is a reaction where two molecules of a monomer combine to form a…
The Globally Harmonized System
When the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised the U.S. Hazard Communication Law,…
Calculations in Process Engineering
The topic of carrying out process engineering calculations in the most effective manner can be…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Filtration Testing and Slurry Conditioning
Testing in filtration processes is critical for determining the properties of solids being filtered and…