Chementator: This packing material keeps produce moist, while preventing water contact
A patented moisture-control technology (MCT) developed by CSIRO Plant Industry (edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-534), with cooperation from Stellar…
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Chementator: Slash water and energy requirements with this dyeing process
The conventional way to dye textiles is by the so-called dip process, whereby cloth is…
Chementator: A ‘litmus’ test for heavy metals
Toshishige M. Suzuki and his colleagues at the Tohoku Center of National Institute of Advanced…
Chementator: New software should speed up reaction engineering
Simulations of chemical processes that involve many reactants with continually changing compositions can be set…
Chementator: Selective flotation
The presence of arsenic minerals, such as enargite and tennantite, in some copper-bearing ore bodies,…
Chementator: A dosimeter monitors long-term exposure to phosgene
Phosgene is widely used for making fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, and polymers such as isocyanates,…
Chementator: A new spin on making emulsions
Kokusan Co. (Tokyo; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-531) has developed a new type of emulsifier that uses centrifugal force…
Chementator: Removing boron from drinking water
Next month, Mekorot, Israel National Water Company Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) will start up what…
Chementator: New chiral compounds
BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-546) has developed a new process for producing chiral intermediates for…
Chementator: H2 separation
Researchers at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-547) have developed…
Chementator: An improved PC resin
PolymersNet Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-548) and Cyclics Corp. (Schenectady, N.Y.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-549) announced the…
Chementator: Heterogeneous catalyst
A heterogeneous catalyst for producing the solvent methyl isobutyl ketone has been developed by graduate…
Chementator: Mobile water plant
Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (Erlangen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-551) has built, commissioned and deployed the…
Business News
Chementator: A more-direct route to epichlorohydrin makes its commercial debut
Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-536) is planning to build a new plant for producing epichlorohydrin at…
Chementator: A bioprocess to make natural plastic makes its commercial debut
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Decatur, Ill.; edlinks.com/5827-542) plans to build the world’s first commercial plant…
Chementator: Hydrogen power
BP (London; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-544) and Edison Mission Group, a subsidiary of Edison International (Rosemead, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5827-545),…
Technical & Practical
A Modern Approach to Solvent Selection
Solvents have been used for centuries and in all type of industries for…
Process Water Treatment – Challenges and Solutions
Depending on their location and on other factors, chemical-process-industries (CPI) plants obtain their…
Consider Alternate Fuels To Cut Costs
Fuel costs rose sharply in 2005 because of hurricane damage to U.S. interests…
Short-Cut Piping Costs
Engineers often need to predict the cost of piping and pipefitting associated with…
Minimize Trapped Components in Distillation Columns
Minor components trapped in distillation columns can react to form solids that cause major problems.…