Data Analytics: Creating An Analytics-Enabled Workforce
New self-service data analytics tools allow plants to create an analytics-enabled workforce that can readily…
Cover Story
Advanced Analytics: Accelerating Insights for Engineers
The surge in data volumes within the chemical process industries has made it difficult for…
Commentary
Advances in data analytics and robots
It seems that not all that long ago, terms like “smart” sensors and wireless communication…
In The News
Newsfronts
Robots Enter the CPI
Long used for discrete manufacturing, robots are now making their way into product-development laboratories and…
Building a Better Liquid-Dosing System
Modernized pumps and advanced controls improve accuracy and repeatability of liquid-dosing systems Whether the application…
Chementator
Engineered microbes convert C1 feedstocks into longer-chain chemicals
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF; Tampa, Fla.; www.usf.edu) have developed a microbial…
Collaborative wastewater project points the way to improved phosphorus removal
Removal of phosphorus and other nutrients from wastewater is critical to preventing harmful algal blooms…
Incorporating nanoparticles into polymer melts
Because of their large surface area per unit mass, nanoparticles of additives can have a…
Products from natural gas
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-engineering.com) has developed a process to recover helium, hydrocarbons and purified…
Making solar steam and salts from brine
A low-cost “green” technology for water desalination and zero liquid discharge of industrial wastewater that…
Chementator Briefs
Carbyne transfer Marcos G. Suero and his research group at the Institute of Chemical Research…
Underground oxidation of hydrocarbons and gas separation yields hydrogen
A process for in-situ oxidation of hydrocarbons in low-quality oilfields, and subsequent gas separation, offers…
Reduction of carbon dioxide to methane
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons and oxygenates on copper involves reduction to a…
Multi-state switchable stationary phase for chiral separation
High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a chiral stationary phase (CSP) is the most effective method…
Ionic liquids enable lower-cost desalination with forward osmosis
Membrane-based forward osmosis (FO) desalination could be a lower-cost alternative to conventional reverse osmosis (RO)…
Business News
October 2019 Plant Watch
Plant Watch Total-Corbion JV inaugurates PLA bioplastics plant in Thailand September 13, 2019 — Total…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Seal Selection: Ensure Regulator Performance in Low-Temperature Applications
In low-temperature conditions, the use of compatible sealing materials is essential for leak-tight operation and…
Pump Sealing for Hazardous Chemicals
Pumping hazardous chemicals requires specific shaft-sealing technologies to ensure containment and reliability Hazardous chemicals are…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Safety Instrumented Systems and Risk
Within the chemical process industries (CPI), the need to design safety systems to prevent process…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Production of 2-propylheptanol
This column is based on “2-Propylheptanol Production Process - Cost Analysis,” a report published by…
Solids Processing
Air Movers for Dilute-Phase Pneumatic Conveying
Selecting the best air mover for a bulk-solids pneumatic-conveying application is a critical design decision.…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Maintenance Tools
Wireless condition monitoring for rotating machinery Last month, this company introduced the Sulzer Sense wireless…
New Products
This machinery protection system has SIL-2 certification
The VC-8000 Setpoint machinery-protection system (photo) has received SIL-2 certification, allowing it to be specified…
This valve sensing-and-control unit has been re-engineered
The second-generation ThinkTop V50 and V70 control units have been re-engineered to offer fast and…
A new explosion-proof motor for hazardous locations
The new EXP-MTR-1P-115.230-2HP-3.6K-56HC fractional explosion-proof motor (photo) is rated for use in Class I, Divisions…
Thermal transfer printers for industrial applications
The new generation of thermal transfer printers (photo) produce high-quality industrial identification markings quickly and…
This mixer features built-in powder-induction technology
VersaMix multi-shaft mixers (photo) incorporate a proprietary powder-induction feature for efficient charging of thickeners to…
A new, flexible safety system simplifies plant modernization
The new, flexible and scalable HIQuad X (photo) safety system fits into this company’s Smart…
Double-sided escape route luminaires for Zone 1
The new LED light fixture (luminaire) for escape-path-marker signs (photo) is suitable for Zone 1/21.…
This compact air filter is highly energy efficient
The Aircube Eco 4V ePM1 60% compact air filter (photo) is designed for the filtration…
Automated viscometer performs high-throughput analysis
The automatic VROC initium Model II viscometer (photo) is now available for viscosity characterization of…
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K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” and…