Substitute natural gas déjà vu
Considering that a large fraction of the synthesis gas (syngas) produced today is made by steam reforming of natural gas, it might seem curious that in some parts of the world, syngas is being converted into substitute natural gas (SNG). Nevertheless, such role reversal is common...

Pressure relief: Oh What a Relief It Is!
In any given chemical processing facility, there may be literally hundreds of operational environments that require protection from excessive pressure. Both rupture disks and pressure relief valves, or the two used in combination, help protect against damage to equipment and injury to personnel. While the basic technology for either type of mechanism has not changed much in recent years,...

Technical Resources

Engineering How-To

• Fine-tuning Pump Vibration Diagnostics
• pH Measurement And Control
• Foolproofing Regulatory Document Generation
• Successful revamps

Facts At Your Fingertips

• Heat Transfer Fluids: System Filtration
• Conservation economics: Carbon pricing impacts
• Distillation Tray Design
• Burner Operating Characteristics

Products & Innovation

Chementator

• This new process promises substantial savings for aluminum production
• High-temperature process cuts the cost of syngas cleanup
• Membrane bioreactor technology improves treatment of high-organic-content water
• A new production route to high-purity magnetite

New Products & Services

• Focus on Feeding & Conveying
• Get improved precision in batching-and-filling applications...
• July New Products (International)
• June New Products

Events & Announcements

connecting the with the future of the global chemical process industries

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A winning formula for innovation
Innovation is the key to economic growth, and research and development (R&D) is key to innovation. While industry recognizes that R&D is vital to longterm success, it focuses, of course, on marketable results from research — after all, R&D is expensive, and cost without any foreseeable return is not good business. From my R&D background in the chemical process industries (CPI), I’m familiar with the struggle around keeping R&D efforts — particularly longterm programs — aligned with the scalable and profitable results sought by industry, while allowing the bright, scientific minds attracted to R&D the freedom that they need to explore and discover. Various strategies have been developed and implemented to help bridge the gap,......