Sustainability Snapshot: Making Practical Progress
In their own words, sustainability leaders from the chemical process industries provide insight about their…
Cover Story
Commentary
Champions of transformation
While new and exciting technologies become available to us at a rapid pace, realizing their…
In The News
Newsfronts
Pressure Relief Technologies: Under Pressure to Perform Better
Developments in pressure relief technologies respond to chemical processors’ need for improved reliability and safety…
Chementator
Chementator Briefs
Caprolactam Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) recently announced the production of the world’s first renewably…
Bio-inspired textiles recover oil from water
A technology that removes oil from the surface of water without pumps or chemicals has…
Converting solid waste to ketones
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, Calif.; www.lbl.gov) recently reported a process for converting…
Simultaneously treat many mixed-waste streams
A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI; Worcester, Mass.; www.wpi.edu) are investigating hydrothermal…
Validating hydrogen embrittlement models for steel tanks
Hydrogen is transported in steel tanks and pipelines. However, H2 causes embrittlement of steels by…
Centralized control system infrastructure
At the ARC Industry Forum in February, Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS; Houston; www.honeywellprocess.com) released the…
Self-healing, recyclable solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries
Energy-storage researchers have been in search of safer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, because of persistent…
Commercializing vacuum-microwave drying for pharmaceuticals
Vacuum-microwave drying for pharmaceuticals is much faster than other techniques, such as freeze drying or…
Metabolic engineering allows robust, standardized fermentation that is predictive at scale
Production of bio-based chemicals has important environmental, cost and functional benefits, but historical approaches have…
Business News
Plant Watch - March 2020
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to build hydrogen peroxide plant in Taiwan February 13, 2020 — Mitsubishi…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Updating Legacy Rotating Equipment
A brief look at the benefits of installing modern materials and design upgrades through retrofit…
Determining Overall Pump Lifecycle Costs
Beyond the purchase price, there are other optimizable costs that will help moderate pump-related expenses,…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Distillation Trays and Packing
Industrial distillation columns use either trays or packing to promote vapor-liquid contact in separating the…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Polyoxymethylene Production
This column is based on “Polyoxymethylene from Methanol and Acetic Anhydride – Cost Analysis,” a…
Solids Processing
Batch Drying: Maximizing Product Yields
Use the strategies discussed here to maximize the yields of solid products from batch drying…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Corrosion Protection
Simplified access to corrosion-monitoring data In January, this company introduced the Plantweb Insight Inline Corrosion…
New Products
A cloud-based platform to optimize efficiency and minimize production interruptions
The InFocus Online Platform uses secure, near-realtime data to optimize plant performance and efficiency, helping…
A new release of this incompressible-flow analysis software
A new version of this company's hydraulic-flow analysis software, Fathom 11, has been released. Designed…
Streamline bag-filling tasks with this new system
The Material Master Powerfill Pro bulk-bag filler system (photo) features an exclusive rotating and traversing…
A standardized environment to aggregate, visualize and analyze data
Proficy Operations Hub 1.5 is designed to provide users with a centralized environment that enables…
Interpret clamp load within bolts, and monitor remotely
Knowing the tension of critical joints is essential to safety, performance and maximizing uptime. SPC4…
Two new point-level instruments recently introduced
The Liquiphant FTL51B and FTL41 vibrating-fork (vibronic) level instruments (photo) were recently launched. The FTL51B…
These luminaires havea DALI interface
This company has expanded its product range, adding modern explosion-protected lighting systems equipped with Digital…
New transfer tubing for biopharmaceutical applications
BioPure silicone transfer tubing provides a safe, reliable and value-based solution for a wide range…
Programmable pressure switch with IO-Link and display
The new model PSD-4-ECO programmable pressure switch (photo) enables pressure monitoring in machines. With IO-Link…
These liquid-ring pumps feature two drives
The ELRi range of liquid ring pumps (photo) is designed for use in applications that…
Conductivity sensors designed for ultra-pure water
The CS700 stainless-steel conductivity sensor (photo) covers a wide variety of applications, but is particularly…
Rugged ball valves for all types of water-treatment processes
The Ener•G ball valve (photo) is designed for municipal and industrial water and wastewater applications.…
A comprehensive digital platform for chemical data discovery
Chemtiva is a new digital platform that is designed to help users make informed decisions…
New level switches to optimize operations in solids applications
The new range of Rosemount solids level switches (photo) was designed to increase safety and…
New device delivers UV/IR sensing for hydrogen detection
The FL500-H2 (photo) is an ultraviolet/infrared (UV/IR) flame detector designed specifically to detect hydrogen fires.…
Hose adapters designed for maximum product safety
This company’s Break-Away adapter (photo) is a break-away coupler designed with an engineered break-point to…
Ultra-compact weighing electronics for precision
The Siwarex WP351 (photo) is one of the smallest electronic weighing units available, measuring just…
Dependable shutoff in severe service
Clampseal throttling valves (photo) are appropriate for use in severe-service applications that require precise repeatable…