Chemical Engineering back issues from September 2004:
Global warming's reach; and two innovations at CE.(Editor's Page)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Global warming is getting media attention again--not because of hard news nor the U.S. presidential elections, but in a more basic sense. Major articles on the topic have appeared, not only in National Geographic (September issue) but also in business-friendly Business Week (August 16) ....
Kudos and a correction.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
Sep 01, 2004; ... The short news item about our melt extraction process in your August issue, "If you can melt it, this method can make fibers from it, for catalytic filters" (p. 17), is by far the best that has appeared so far. You have captured the idea correctly. There ...
Build Your Engineering Library.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Chemical Engineering's Build Your Engineering Library Book Series. Access Intelligence, 110 William St., 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038; 12 titles (page lengths vary from 150 to 415 pages; prices vary by title and format); www.che.com Reviewed by Suzanne Shelley, Managing ...
Bookshelf.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Flow of Industrial Fluids-Theory and Equations. By Raymond Mulley. ISA, 67 Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Web: isa.org. 2004. 425 pages. $80, member; $87, non-member. Modeling and Problem Solving Techniques for Engineers. By Laszlo Horvath and Imre J. Rudas ....
The production of metallic nanopowders is scaled up.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month, QuantumSphere, Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.; edlinks, che.com/3646-531) opened a new facility to make nanometersized powders of metal, boosting the firm's production capacity tenfold to 2,500 lb/month of nanoaluminum (n-Al) and nanonickel (n-Ni). The customer demand for ...
Keep your cool with this new ice-slurry coolant.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A new high-performance coolant has been developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (Umsicht; Oberhausen, Germany; edlinks.che.com/3646-532). CryoSol is a liquid-ice suspension that can be pumped through conventional refrigeration ...
Organic radicals make a high-power battery.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEC Corp. (Tokyo; edlinks.che.com/3646-533) has developed a new rechargeable battery that uses a stable free-radical of an organic polymer in the cathode. Prototypes of the organic-radical battery (ORB) have a voltage of 3.6V, and can be charged with a power density of 10 kW/kg, compared ...
Bioprocess.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Lonza Group Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland; edlinks.che.com/3646-550) plans to employ a new process, using three enzymes, to make a key chiral intermediate for a major human therapeutic product. No ...
I&S buys USFilter.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S; Erlangen, Germany; edlinks.che.com/ 3646-552) has completed the acquisition of USFilter Corp. (Warrendale, Penn.; edlinks.che.com/3646-553) from its French parent company, Veolia ...
"Nanostandards".(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month the American National Standards Institute (ANSI; New York, N.Y.; edlinks.che com/3646-554) formed a new coordinating body to develop standards in the field of nanotechnology. The Nanotechnology Standards Panel will meet ...
Benzene-to-phenol process ready for commercialization.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... More process details have become disclosed about a one-step benzene-to-phenol process developed jointly by Solutia (previously the chemical arm of Monsanto) and the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Novosibirsk, Siberia; CE, February 1997, p. 15) and now available for license. GTC ...
A center for microreactors opens in Germany.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Clariant Pharmaceuticals (Sulzbach, Germany; edlinks.che.com/3646-536) has started operating a new unit to further develop microreactor technology for the production of pharmaceutical intermediates and active pharmaceutical intermediates. Located in Frankfurt, Germany, the Clariant ...
Recycling oil.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CEC; Germany; edlinks.che.com/3646-355), has been awarded a contract to plan and build a waste-oil processing plant for Mineralol-Raffinerie Dollbergen GmbH (MRD; Dollbergen, Germany). When the 13 million [euro] plant is started up next March, it will be ...
Reducing GHGs.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month, the California Air Resources Board (ARB; Sacramento) released its final proposal to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from passenger cars and light trucks, beginning in 2009. The proposal--the first of the kind in the U.S.--contains a technology package that would ...
Sound-based desulfurization.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month, SulphCo, Inc. (Sparks, Nev.; edlinks.che.com/3646-537) signed a cooperative agreement with ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co., a unit of ChevronTexaco Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.; edlinks. che.com/3646-538), to further develop SulphCo's ultrasound (US) technology. The technology ...
GTL for the battlefield.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month, Syntroleum Corp. (Tulsa, Okla.; edlinks.che.com/3646-539) was appropriated $4.5 million by the U.S. Congress for third-phase development of the company's Flexible JP-8 single-battlefield fuel (SBF) pilot-plant program. "Syntroleum's gas-to-liquids (GTL) barge project [CE, ...
New catalyst.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.; edlinks.che.com/3646-556) have developed a new variation of porphyrins, called ...
New citral plant.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Last month, BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; edlinks.che.com/3646-557) started up a new production plant for the fine-chemicals intermediate citral at its Ludwigshafen site ....
Pervaporation shows promise for separating benzene from aliphatics.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A new pervaporation membrane that electively removes aromatic from aliphatic compounds has undergone successful pilot trials at Aral Aromatics GmbH (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; edlinks.che.com/ 3646-540). The membrane, which was developed by PolyAn GmbH (Berlin; edlinks.che.com/3646-541), is ...
Gold catalyzes a one-step synthesis of methyl glycolate.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Nippon Shokubai Co. (Tokyo; edlinks. che.com/3646-545) has developed a gold-based catalyst that enables the methyl ester of glycolic acid to be made directly from ethylene glycol (EG) and methanol. The company claims that this is the first industrial-scale application of a gold catalyst. ...
A 'smart' window coating controls heating from the sun.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Researchers at University College London's department of chemistry (UCL; U.K.; edlinks.che.com/3646-544) have developed a window coating that blocks infrared (IR) light when the temperature rises above 29[degrees]C, but switches back to transmitting IR when the temperature falls. As a ...
This process gets the ink out of paper recycling.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Ultrasound (US) and magnetic separation are used to remove printing ink from paper fibers, in a process being developed by the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT; Espoo; edlinks.che.com/3646-349) under a research project funded by the European Commission (Brussels). Partners in the ...
Ultrapure quartz.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC; Germany; edlinks.che.com] 3646-355) has been awarded a 12 million [euro] contract to construct a plant to make ultrapure quartz (UPQ) for SUE Polar Quartz in Moscow/Chanty Mansisk. When the ...
Filters from carbon nanotubes promise more precision.(Chementator)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.; edlinks.che .com/3646-348) and Banaras Hindu University (India) have developed a way to make filters from carbon nanotubes. In the laboratory, the filters are have been shown to be able to remove the 25-nm-sized polio virus from ...
The highs and lows of pressure management: for process control, accuracy and reliability throughout the pressure range are critical.(Newsfront)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Pressure measurement and management are critical to virtually every unit operation in the chemical process industries (CPI). For manufacturing applications ranging from foods and beverages to petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, paper and wastewater, there is a panoply of pressure gages, ...
FOR CH.E. job seekers, patience is a virture: despite signs that the economy is improving, CPI companies continue to cut jobs.(Newsfront)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Are you a chemical engineer in search of employment? Be persistent, be patient and it will pay off, recruiter advise. The lingering question is when. The outlook for Ch.E.s is uncertain, reflecting that for employment overall. This uncertainty stems from the U.S. employment ...
Education for employment.
Sep 01, 2004 ... As chemical engineers find jobs outside the realm of traditional chemicals, petroleum and pharmaceuticals, and venture into the emerging sectors of the process industries, such, as nanotechnology and bioprocessing, their mettle will be tested. How prepared are today's Ch.E.s for these new ...
Online particle sizing as a route to process optimization: consider the potential advantages and design limitations to determine if a switch is right for you.(Solids Processing)
Sep 01, 2004; ... The abundance of offline systems for particle-size analysis is a testament to that method's longstanding popularity in the chemical process industries (CPI). It is also an indication, however, that far too many processes are currently performing below their potential. Given the influence ...
Ametek Specialty Metal Products.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Ametek Specialty Metal Products (Eighty Four, Pa.) names Thomas ...
Archemix Corp.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Archemix Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.) appoints ...
Bacou-Dalloz.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Henri-Dominique Petit is named chief ...
Cabot Corp.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Ian Morrison is promoted to Cabot ...
Davy Process Technology.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Davy Process Technology (London, U.K.) elects ...
Eckart America L.P.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Anthony Ameo is appointed president of ...
National Starch Personal Care.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... National Starch Personal Care, a division of ICI Group ...
Single Iteration.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Cal Swanson is named senior principal systems ...
Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Frederick Young becomes president of Solvay ...
Warren Rupp, Inc.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... John Carter is elected president of ...
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.(Who's Who)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. (St. Louis, Mo.) appoints Chris Gaffney ...
ISA--the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society.(Show Preview)
Sep 01, 2004; ... After an attendance of more than 14,500 at last year's event, the ISA EXPO returns to Houston's the Reliant Center October 5-7, 2004. Over 500 companies will show-case their latest technologies, products and services alongside the ISA EXPO 2004 Technical Conference. With over ...
Flammability analyzers lower energy consumption and reduce fuel costs!(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The cost of natural gas used for heating process ovens & dryers can be substantial. The use of PrevEx Flammability Analyzers can lower oven & dryer heating costs in processes which use solvents. Benefits can range from a simple reduction of heated ventilation air to a ...
Save time and money with new industrial strength wonder gel.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Stainless Steel Pickling Gel Easy to use and store, Wonder Gel safely cleans the toughest slag, weld scale, black oxides and discoloration from stainless steel surfaces economically, without damaging sound metal surfaces. It restores the protective chromium oxide layer to resist new ...
2005/06-Cole-Parmer[R] General Catalog.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The new 2005/06 Cole-Parmer[R] General Catalog features more than 60,000 products--including 10,000 new products and 20 new product sections. Inside find 2500 pages filled with hard-to-find items as well as everyday basics, including the brand names you depend on. Innovative ...
Custom shaft seals.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Original MECO seals for rotating process machinery handling dry, abrasive powders and bulk solids. Patented, low-maintenance seals available fully-split to retrofit without removing bearings. Seals accommodate 1/4" diametric ...
Soaring metal prices boost demand for Corzan[R] CPVC pipe & fittings.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Enhanced Website Offers Easier Access To Detailed Design And Specification Information. Corzan[TM] Industrial Systems has introduced its enhanced site, adding hundreds of pages dedicated to product design, specification and installation information. The web site, located ...
Industrial wireless instrumentation makes your measurements possible.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Install the Accutech Wireless Pressure Sensor in your harshest environment and get your data without running any wires! Class I, Div I, NEMA4X Rated, the five-year battery powered Accutech Wireless Pressure Sensor delivers data every five seconds. The common base-radio handles the ...
Plant design software.(Software)
Sep 01, 2004 ... COADE offers a free demonstration CD that illustrates its plant design and analysis programs. Walkthrough demonstrations describe software for mechanical design and analysis of piping systems and pressure vessels, piping CAD, and oil storage tank design. Executable ...
Free! Mercoid Catalog--.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Pressure, Flow, Level, Temperature and Valve Products Includes over 150 pages of pressure, flow, level temperature, and valve products including FM, UL and CSA approved controls for petrochemical, utility, boiler, and other industrial applications. Many products with hermetically sealed ...
Charles Ross & Son Company.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... This mixer is designed to mix a variety of products that require low and high speed agitation. Features included are: * Vertical lift to raise mix can * Variable speed controls * Stainless steel ...
DASYLab V8--no programming required.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The latest release of this easy-to-use software package for Windows-based data acquisition continues to provide powerful data acquisition, analysis and control features without programming. DASYLab Lite, Basic, Full and Pro editions include drivers for most major data acquisition vendors ....
Corrosion resistant tanks and vessels.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... ARMOURPLASTICS[R] thermoplastic lined FRP-armoured tanks and vessels resist corrosion over a broad range of temperatures, and are suited to both severe chemical service, and high-purity applications. Lining choices include PVC, CPVC, PP, PVDF, ECTFE, FEP, PFA & TEFZEL Our ten-page brochure ...
Heat exchanger for bulk solids.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger effectively combines mass flow of bulk solids with plate heat exchanger technology. The result is a proven, cost effective solution for heating or cooling powder and bulk solids. Our new brochure was designed to be a companion to our ...
Measure color ... measure quality.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The UltraScan[R] PRO spectrophotometer measures reflected and transmitted color and meets CIE, ASTM and USP guidelines for accurate color measurement. Its 5nm optical resolution enables the precise measurement of samples having sharp cutoff characteristics. It quantifies color, APHA, ...
Avantes.(Fiber Optic Spectroscopy)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The Avantes 2004/05 catalog is here! Dozens of new instruments as well as Application Icons have been introduced to help guide you to solutions to your spectroscopy applications. Whether it's spectrometers, light sources, fiber optic assemblies or accessories, Avantes' goal is to help our ...
Cleveland wire cloth.(Wire Cloth)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Specializes in high temperature, corrosion resistant, and specialty metals and alloys for process functions, as well as OEM components. Wire cloth is woven to precise, customer requirements. Catalog includes application data, design guidelines, technical specifications, ...
Drying equipment catalog.(Equipment)
Sep 01, 2004 ... The catalog describes desiccants and related drying equipment for drying solids, liquids, and gases for protecting equipment and materials from the effects of moisture. Included are gas dryers, gas purifiers, balance ...
"CC-01" condensed catalog.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Penn Separator Corp. a certified ASME Code welding shop has been manufacturing boiler auxiliaries and pressure vessels since 1956. Penn is a leading supplier of Blowdown and Flash Separators. Other items include Blowoff Tanks, Exhaust Heads and Silencers, ...
Baghouse leak detector.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Baghouse leak detector exceeds EPA MACT standards for dust collectors with detection levels down to 0.1mg/m3. The device also features a state-of-the-art induction sensing principle for high reliability and is said to be more reliable than opacity and triboelectric technology. The detector ...
Dynatrol[R] G-Series Level Switches.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Designed for the measurement challenges of extremely light powder products and bulk solids that pack easily, Dynatrol[R] G-Series Level Detector Switches provide a reliable high, mid or low point level detection solution. Solidly constructed with no moving parts, ...
300 Series process Oxygen Analyzers.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... Learn about Delta F's 300 Series Oxygen Analyzers. The DF-310 is a general purpose analyzer. The DF-320 meets Class 1, Div. II requirements. The DF-33g uses a solid-state coulometric sensor technology. With ranges up to 100%, it can operate in applications with elevated temperatures ...
Pulsair Systems, Inc.(Equipment)
Sep 01, 2004 ... This brochure describes Pulsair's mixing systems that release sequential pulses of air or gas to mix tank contents. Systems are adaptable from a single 55-gallon drum to multiple 1,000,000 gallon tanks and can be managed from a central control unit. Pulsair ...
DataChart[R] compact data loggers catalog.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... A complete line of data logging solutions. Temperature, pressure, humidity, voltage, current, pulse, shock, level and more. Single or multi-channel. The most powerful Windows-based software available with special features like Mean Kinetic Temperature calculations, real-time trending, ...
NexGen expands recycler line.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... NexGen Enviro Systems, known for the outstanding reliability of its family of RESOLV-/R2[R] Air Cooled Solvent Recyclers, is proud to add the RESOLV-R2[R] ECO series solvent recyclers. Available in 37, 53 and 105 gallon sizes, they are built to meet Class 1 Division 1 Group D Explosion ...
2004/05 Cole-Parmer Industrial catalog.(Chemical Engineering's literature review: featuring brochures and catalogs of products and services for the CPI)
Sep 01, 2004 ... We've compiled everything you need for your fluid handling and test, measurement, and control and maintenance needs in this 448-page catalog. Inside you'll find all the leading engineering and maintenance products. Plus we've added hundreds of new ...
Distillation: revisiting some rules of thumb: heuristics regarding optimal reflux ratio and number of stages, as well as the selection of the feed stage, get some reassessment here, consistent with changes in the relative costs of equipment and energy.(Cover Story)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Distillation is the most common unit operation for separating liquid mixtures into valuable and/or high purity products. It is also one of the most energy-intensive operations. Hence, optimization of distillation-column design and operation should get high priority. Numerous ...