Crystallization for Ultra-Pure Chemicals
Optimized crystallization units can help address the challenges posed by product-purity requirements in the battery…
Cover Story
Smarter Chemical Recovery in Pulping Facilities
Evaporation and crystallization technologies have the ability to create advantages for pulping facilities by improving…
Commentary
A vision for chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is a discipline with far-reaching and diverse applications. The list of industries that…
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Newsfronts
Corrosion Under Insulation Gets Attention at CPI sites
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) remains a persistent challenge at chemical process industries facilities, but the…
Chementator
This heat battery is a decarbonized, 'drop-in' replacement for industrial boilers
As the cost of renewable energy decreases, many organizations are looking to electrify their operations…
Chementator Briefs
2D polymer Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge; www.mit.edu) have synthesized…
Solar clinker produced for the first time
Last month, Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Cemex; Monterrey, Mexico; www.cemex.com) and Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland;…
A new catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane
Converting propane to propylene by oxidative dehydrogenation with CO2 is an alternative route to conventional…
PFAS destruction using supercritical water
The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater and groundwater has garnered increased…
Ultra-rapid production of battery materials using plasma technology
A new ultra-rapid plasma-based process could significantly expand the availability of premium materials for battery…
A sulfur-tolerant catalyst for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides
The transformation of sulfur-containing molecules is an important reaction in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry. However,…
Rubber electrolytes could stretch the capabilities of solid-state batteries
A new class of electrolyte aims to bridge the performance gaps between the electrolytes used…
Quantum-inspired computing technology drastically accelerates materials design
Semiconductor materials contain numerous ingredients in various mixing ratios, and high-performance materials are obtained by…
Business News
Business News: March 2022
Plant Watch Lummus and Synthos double planned capacity of bio-butadiene plant February 10, 2022 —…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Centrifugal Pumps:When to Repair, WordStr or Modify?
When a pump operates inefficiently, or fails all together, the challenge is to make the…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts At Your Fingertips: Respiratory Protection Equipment Types
Chemical process industries (CPI) facilities often present a number of potential respiratory hazards, including airborne…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production of L-Lysine
Lysine (Figure 1) is an α-amino acid used in the biosynthesis of proteins. The compound…
Engineering Practice
An Overview of Synthetic Filter Media
Many factors impact the performance of synthetic filtration media, from thread and weave styles to…
Equipment & Services
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Flow Measurement & Control
Thermal flowmeter supports compressed-air systems FS10i Series compressed-air flowmeters (photo) helps users improve productivity by…
New Products
Introducing a large mill-discharge slurry pump
The MDM900 mill-discharge slurry pump (photo) is the latest addition to this company’s flagship Mill…
Modular plug connectors for use in hazardous areas
This company has launched a new generation of plug connectors with the Ex e and…
Ultra-high shear mixer for sanitary applications
The Model HSM-409XSHD-125 (photo) is a clean-in-place (CIP)-capable sanitary mixer featuring a type 316 stainless-steel…
Fire-rated buildings for storing chemicals
The new Rack Fire Protect (RFP) buildings (photo) are fire-rated for 2 h at 2,192°F…
Container mixer sets new standards in safety, productivity
The CMQ container mixer (photo) supplies a product that meets the requirements for mixing quality,…
A new product enables remote machine monitoring in real time
Smart Connected Product (photo) is a new, IIoT (industrial internet of things) solution that connects…
An extractor for valorization of functional nutrients
The Turbex extractor (photo) helps to produce high-quality extracts from botanicals and natural products and…
Swing check valves for fluegas desulfurization
The maintenance-free RSK swing check valves (photo) offer a high functional reliability because a tight…
This silencer helps protect workers from gas process noise
The Fisher WhisperTube Modal Attenuator (photo) was introduced recently for noisy gas or vapor applications.…
This heat exchanger provides 330°F air for drying process
The custom designed three-stage heat exchanger (photo) will be used to increase temperature of a…
These bolt washers are also tension sensors
This company has introduced a range of ultra-low profile bolt-load washers that is ideal for…
Condition monitoring for optimizing drive systems
Condition monitoring for predictive maintenance (photo) is a drive solution that focuses on status-oriented maintenance…
A pair of evaporators for well plates
The TurboVap 96 Dual (photo) is a second-generation well plate evaporator system with two separate,…
A compact controller with integrated I/Os
The Compact Controller 100 (photo) is a small controller with integrated input/outputs (I/Os) that is…