Chemical & Process Magic, jiggery pokery, whatever you want to call it, Chemical engineers can perform some truly amazing things. Keep up to speed on the latest news in this exciting area of engineering.
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Alcoa today announced it has formed a joint venture with Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, to develop a fully integrated, world-class aluminum industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The joint venture will become the world's preeminent and lowest-cost supplier of primary aluminum, alumina and aluminum products, with access to the growing markets of the Middle East and beyond. |
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Tuesday 22 December, 2009 08:28 AM |
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Hydrogen (H2) produced from water has great potential to be an environmentally friendly energy carrier of the future. However, the future application of hydrogen and other CO2-neutral sustainable fuels also requires the development of production methods that can contribute to the energy supply of tomorrow. Some unicellular green algae and cyanobacteria use light to break up water into hydrogen and oxygen. In cooperation with eight partners, KIT scientists are currently working on the development of highly efficient methods for hydrogen production from microalgae. The BMBF is funding the "HydroMicPro" project with a total of 2.1 million euros. |
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Wednesday 16 December, 2009 04:40 PM |
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Dynamic Engineering (DEI), a leading engineering firm in chemical production technologies for electronic and solar grade polysilicon, announced the successful start up of its Dichlorosilane (DCS) Redistribution Process (RDR) at GCL Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd. (“GCL Solar”). GCL Solar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (“GCL-Poly”) which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the stock code: 3800 HK. “Operating a polysilicon plant optimally is critical, which is why we chose to work with DEI to help us recover byproducts effectively. GCL Solar is committed to developing best-in-class technologies for the manufacturing of polysilicon which in turn can guarantee production efficiency and reliable product quality,” said Mr. Gong Shan Zhu, Chairman, Executive Director and CEO of GCL-Poly.
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Wednesday 16 December, 2009 12:34 PM |
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The Albany NanoTech Complex will open an Alternative Energy Test Farm and develop an educational and workforce training program to enable participants to design and operate high-tech buildings.
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture and Engineering PC of Albany have put together a $3.5 million initiative toward that end. |
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Tuesday 15 December, 2009 05:41 AM |
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After a year in drydock , the Large Hadron Collider returned to action and quickly became the world's most powerful matter-rending machine. |
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Tuesday 1 December, 2009 02:06 PM |
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Europe is a key player in nanotechnology and, about on the same level as the U.S., invests hundreds of millions of dollars, or rather euros, into nanotechnology research and development projects. Whereas the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in was established in 2001 to coordinate Federal nanotechnology research and development, the European Union's slowly grinding bureaucratic mills came up with a comparable program only three years later. In May 2004, the European Commission adopted the Communication Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology (pdf download; this strategy document is also available in presentation format). It seeks to bring the discussion on nanoscience and nanotechnology to an institutional level and proposes an integrated and responsible strategy for Europe.
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Friday 20 November, 2009 10:57 AM |
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A southeast Texas industrial plant is scrapping plans to import and incinerate 20,000 tons of hazardous materials from Mexico, the facility's general manager said Wednesday.
Veolia Environmental Services' industrial incinerator in Port Arthur — which gained national attention in 2007 for importing and burning waste from a military nerve agent — was seeking an exemption to a federal rule prohibiting the import of the chemical waste. The company has been in the application process to burn imported polychlorinated byphenyls, or PCBs, since 2006. |
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Thursday 19 November, 2009 01:16 PM |
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A company that makes steel for bearings used in heavy trucks had a big problem. The trucks travel through harsh, perilous environments such as Siberia, and an unexpected bearing failure on a remote stretch could literally put the driver's life in danger. Knowing how long the steel would hold up under those conditions was beyond their ability to predict experimentally, so they turned to specialists at MIT.
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Wednesday 28 October, 2009 10:21 PM |
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Honeywell and Heat Transfer Research (HTRI), a global heat transfer and exchanger technology developer, have combined to help manufacturers design heat exchanger equipment in their plants more easily.
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Tuesday 27 October, 2009 10:22 AM |
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According to Dotmar , plastic tanks are becoming very important in many industrial processes, with chemical resistant thermoplastic increasingly supplanting steel, stainless steel, fibreglass and similar materials.
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Tuesday 13 October, 2009 12:41 AM |
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Aluminum-lithium alloys have been developed primarily to reduce the weight of aircraft and aerospace structures. More recently, they have been investigated for use in cryogenic applications.
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Saturday 10 October, 2009 05:51 PM |
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Obama administration officials this week included C8 on a list of six chemicals targeted for expedited safety reviews as part of a new plan to reform how the nation regulates toxic chemicals.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Tuesday evening that they would ask Congress to overhaul the 33-year-old law regulating the use of toxic chemicals.
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Saturday 3 October, 2009 01:43 AM |
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BASF SE’s simulation software for testing engineering plastics — Ultrasim — has been available at its Shanghai technical center since 2007, but the company now is hoping it will catch the attention of China’s domestic automakers.
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Friday 2 October, 2009 11:36 AM |
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A new white paper on the Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Classification (GHS) is now available from Graphic Products, Inc. The white paper discusses OSHA’s impending adoption of the GHS and explains chemical hazard classifications and required GHS label elements.
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Tuesday 29 September, 2009 10:31 PM |
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Researchers have figured out how to produce a low cost shape-shifting "memory" foam, which could lead to more widespread applications in surgical positioning tools and valve mechanisms.
David Dunand, materials science professor at Northwestern University, has been collaborating with Peter Müllner, his counterpart at Boise State University, on a project focused on a nickel-manganese-gallium alloy that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field. |
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Friday 25 September, 2009 10:54 AM |
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As any home-brewer knows, making biodiesel isn’t rocket science. But when rocket science and biodiesel production commingle, new heights in automation and control are achieved. A collaborative effort between U.S. Navy environmental engineers and Biodiesel Industries Inc. was expanded a year ago to include aerospace and defense contractor Aerojet Inc. The same space-age sensing and automation technology that sent men to the moon decades ago is helping propel modular, remote biodiesel production to new heights.
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Tuesday 22 September, 2009 12:17 PM |
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The Linde Group has launched its research and development centre in Shanghai taking the lead in the development of new high technology industrial gas applications and solutions in China and the Asia Pacific region. This is the first such R&D centre in China to be owned by an industrial gases and engineering company.
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Monday 21 September, 2009 09:37 AM |
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Southern Co said on Thursday that a Chinese utility will utilize its coal-gasification technology at an existing power plant to produce low-emission electricity.
The technology, called Transport Integrated Gasification, or TRIG, has been under development for the past decade by Atlanta-based Southern Co, KBR Inc, the U.S. Department of Energy and other partners at an Alabama research facility operated by Southern.
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Friday 18 September, 2009 05:40 PM |
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Scientists have created a new type of blast-resistant glass that is thinner, lighter and less vulnerable to small-scale explosions than existing glass.
In tests, the improved glass design has been shown to withstand a hand grenade-strength bomb explosion originating close to the window panel. The blast caused the glass panel to crack, but didn’t puncture the composite layer. |
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Thursday 17 September, 2009 06:54 PM |
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On completion , Qatalum's smelter will be the largest aluminum plant ever constructed in a single phase.
The plant is located at Mesaieed in Qatar, some 40 kilometers from the capital Doha. |
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Sunday 13 September, 2009 01:03 PM |
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In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural materials and created entirely new building materials such as steel, which has a well-documented crystalline structure at the atomic scale.
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Thursday 10 September, 2009 11:39 AM |
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