Solvay to power its Bernburg, Germany plant with secondary solid fuel 
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today that work has begun to build a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant at its site in Bernburg, Germany, which is scheduled to supply energy for the production of sodium carbonate and hydrogen...

Sinclair to expand refinery in Tulsa with GEABloc
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Chementator: Ceramic ethane-to-ethylene membrane could replace pyrolysis  
Ateam of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, Argonne, Ill.; edlinks.che.com/7370-568) has developed a membrane capable of producing olefins from alkanes, and reducing wasted energy and pollutants while...

Slash downstream processing costs for producing biologicals with this new chromatography technology
Last month at the BioProcess International Conference (Boston, Mass.; October 1–3), Novasep Process (Boothwyn, Pa.; edlinks.che.com/6901-533) launched a new technology for downstream processing of biologicals. BioSC (Biopharmaceutical Sequential...

Feature Report: The Number One Problem in a Steam System: Water Hammer
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Water hammer — a high-pressure surge or wave created by the kinetic energy of the moving liquid — is not only a system issue, but...