http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:07:53 EDT A Low Parts Count Makes this CO 2 Monitor Economical Boasting an in-house design and accurate CO 2 detection between 0 – 10,000 ppm, the ZG106A-M has a uniquely low parts count, making it an economically competitive option for determining indoor air quality, safety, and other monitoring criteria. The... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/4013.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT S-Oil Corp. (Seoul, Korea; www.s-oil.com/eng) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) ParamaX Technology Suite for the No.2 Aromatics complex at the Onsan refinery in South Korea. The new 1,180,000-m.t./yr plant will add capacities of 900,000 m.t./yr paraxylene and 280,000 m.t./yr... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/korea/3920.html Thu, 5 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Normally, only the ultraviolet (higher energy) component of the solar spectrum is usable for the photo-catalytic electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen, which takes place in photochemical cells with an anode made of single-crystalline, rutile-type titanium oxide and a platinum electrode. Now, water... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3876.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 bred "energy cane") via proprietary... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3879.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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) provided by Fujifilm Dimatix... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3885.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced today that they received Award Notification by Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) to provide engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning services for the NRP Project... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3896.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT As part of a new industrial complex producing Polysilicon, Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a contract for a hydrogen-generation plant that uses methanol as... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/3843.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.fuelcellenergy.com) has announced that POSCO Power (www.poscopower.co.kr), South Korea’s leading independent power producer, has ordered 25.6 MW of FuelCell Energy power plants and fuel cell modules. The order more than doubles FuelCell Energy’s product... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/korea/3828.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength as well as the ability to withstand the highest electric-current density, making them an attractive material for electric wiring, heat dissipation, field electron emission, and other applications... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3809.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity; biodegrability; high mechanical strength; and good moldability, which makes it a promising polymer for applications such as medical devices and barrier films. But up to now, it has been difficult to make... http://www.che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3810.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT