U.S.

Newsfront: A Surge in U.S. Refining Capacity  
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information     U.S. petroleum companies are investing in new domestic refining capacity on a scale not seen in decades. Over the next five years the...

Focus on Pumps
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information A Pump Intended for Non-API Processes The Sunflo P-2500 high-pressure centrifugal pump features distinctions from previous models in the P-2000...

Chementator: A Wastewater Treatment Plant Passes Pilot Test in China  
The Jiashan Yao-chuang wastewater treatment plant in China’s Zhejiang Province has successfully pilot-tested a three-stage, biologically active reactor system that reduces effluent levels to within the nation’s Class 1A standards. (The standards...

Chementator: A Process for Desulfurizing Natural Gas  
A process in which sulfur is extracted from natural gas in the field and converted to sulfur dioxide, which is then injected into the gas reservoir and reacts with hydrogen sulfide in situ to produce elemental sulfur, has been developed by Black & Veatch...

Chementator: A Cellulosic-Ethanol Demonstration Plant Enters Startup Phase    
Verenium Corp. (formerly Celunol; Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.che.com/7372-537) is starting up a 1.4-million gal/yr demonstration-scale facility at Jennings, La., which will produce ethanol from regional feedstocks (including sugarcane bagasse and specially...

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CANADA

Chementator: Alaskan Gas  
BP (London; edlinks.che.com/7372-548) and ConocoPhillips (Houston, Tex.; edlinks.che.com/7372-549) have combined resources to start Denali — the Alaska Gas Pipeline. The pipeline will move approximately 4 billion ft 3 /d of natural gas to...

Sinclair to expand refinery in Tulsa with GEABloc
Only one month after the acquisition of GEA ViEX Inc. Canada (www.geagroup.com), the company has received a significant order for GEABloc custom-designed fully welded heat...

GEA takes over Canadian company ViEX  
GEA PHE Systems, Inc. (York, Pa.; www.geaphena.com) a leading international supplier of plate heat exchangers (PHE), has acquired the assets of Canadian PHE specialist ViEX, based in Newmarket near Toronto. Hence, GEA continues their successful growth path...

Chementator: Algae-based biodiesel    
Valencent Products, Inc. (El Paso, Tex.; edlinks.che.com/7369-544) and Global Green Solutions, Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada; edlinks.che.com/7369-545) are in the final stages of commercializing their patented Vertigro process, which includes the growing and...

Photons to electrons, & vice versa
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Technical innovations in light emitting diodes (LEDs) and photovoltaics have consistently reflected the similarities between the two technologies. In...

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OTHER

May: New Products domestic
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Hand-Truck Design is Available for Cold-Water Pressure Washers This firm, the largest manufacturer of pressure washers, has introduced a commercial...

Chementator: Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing a Breakthrough for OLED Commercialization    
A new roll-to-roll manufacturing process promises to overcome the major cost barriers impeding the widespread adoption of high-performance organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for lighting, e-paper and display applications. The culmination of a four-year...

Chementator: Foundation for SIF Demonstrations    
This month, the newly released Foundation for Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) was demonstrated at Shell Global Solutions (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — one of several demonstrations planned by the Fieldbus Foundation (FF; Austin, Tex....

Chementator: Printing Solar Cells    
Photovoltaics manufacturer Konarka Technologies, Inc. (Lowell, Mass; edlinks.che.com/7372-546) has successfully performed the first use of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for the fabrication of organic solar cells. Using a Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP)...

Chementator: Aseptic Filling  
GEA Procomac, a Division of GEA Niro Inc. (Hudson, Wisc.; edlinks.che.com/7372-551) has received a letter of non-objection from the U.S...

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