Workshop to cover emission control technologies
Different oxidizer technologies are used on various applications in the chemical process industries (CPI) for the destruction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and...
View ArticleMaking a clear case for glass reactors
Unlike reactors made from glass-lined metals or those made entirely from stainless steel or more exotic metals, such as Monel or tantalum, the transparency of glass reactors “lets users see what’s...
View ArticleBringing the corrosion resistance of tantalum to off-the-shelf,...
Tantaline (Lyngby, Demnark; http://www.tantaline.com; Booth 645) has developed a process that creates a surface alloy of tantalum on a metal substrate (typically stainless steel). As a result, the...
View ArticleThis mechanical cleaning process reduces fouling in MBRs without chemicals
For wastewater treatment, membrane bioreactors (MBRs) provide superior effluent quality in a small footprint compared to alternative activated-sludge treatment methods. However, MBRs are prone to...
View ArticleChemical plant security
Security at many U.S. chemical facilities is regulated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS; Washington, D.C.; http://www.dhs.gov) under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard...
View ArticleBiomass Combustion Offers 3-to-1 Fuel Cost Reduction
Among the most pressing concerns for the chemical process industries (CPI) are weathering the global economic recession and dealing with anticipated carbon emissions regulations. Switching from oil and...
View ArticleSlash energy consumption with this new crossflow filtration process
Crossflow (CF) filtration is widely used for separating substances with poor filtration properties. As the method’s name implies, a crossflow of the feed continuously flows across the filter membrane...
View ArticleA primer on imaging particle analysis
In the world of chemical processing there are times when standard particle analysis equipment, which provides information about the number of particles and their spherical diameter, just isn’t enough....
View ArticleThese heat exchangers feature tantalum as an alternative to graphite
Carbone Lorraine (CL; Paris, France; Booth 450) recently launched a new welded-plate heat exchanger, dubbed Heatex, which features plates made of tantalum CL-Clad. The patented CL-Clad technology...
View Article40th Kirkpatrick Award Announced
At a receptionTuesday evening, Chemical Engineering announced this year’s finalists and the winner of the 2009 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award, a biennial prize that the magazine has...
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