News from the Show

40th 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 bestowed continuously since the early 1930s. The award recognizes the most noteworthy chemical engineering technology commercialized anywhere in the world during 2007 or 2008....

These 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...

A 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...

Slash 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...

Biomass 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...

Chemical 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...

This 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...

Bringing the corrosion resistance of tantalum to off-the-shelf, stainless-steel parts
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...

Making 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...

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...

Focus on details for CPI bottom line
The 2009 Chem Show aims to help professionals and companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) “pay attention to the details” that impact their bottom lines, says Clay Stevens, president and COO of International Exposition Co., the firm responsible for putting on the Chem Show....

Two workshops focus on pressure relief and explosion protection
While the explosion risk of certain hazardous or toxic materials may seem readily apparent, the potential explosivity of otherwise benign materials — flour, cocoa, starch...

Devising a funding strategy
Nearly every company in the chemical processing industries (CPI) has a sustainability initiative, but the current economy has capital and operating budgets clamped tight. Jamie Bohan...

Laboratory analytics — right at the production line
In a workshop entitled “Bringing the Lab to the Process Floor,” to be presented Tuesday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m. in Theater B, Jerry Rossman, product manager —...

Baghouses: Get your PM2.5 upgrades to pay for themselves
When it comes to particulate matter, the finest particles of lead, arsenic, chromium and other regulated substances are believed to produce the largest environmental and...

Track residual elements in alloys using handheld XRF
The integrity of pipelines, valves, vessels and other components made from carbon steel and other metal alloys depends on the material composition being exactly the same as specified...

The latest in fire suppression
An introduction to the Victaulic Vortex 1000 fire suppression system will be presented on Tuesday from 3 to 3:30 p.m. in Theater A. The system is the world’s first hybrid...

Optimizing piping systems boosts the bottom line
Piping systems are designed for operation under specific conditions. However, over the lifetime of a plant, changes to the intended processes are likely to occur, which may have an...

The 53rd ChemShow exhibition will be held November 17–19 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York.
ChemShow 2009 will feature a technology conference and symposium on nanoscale materials and “green” technology. Organizers say the focal point of the symposium will be...

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