Buying equipment on the Net
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The online purchase of chemical process equipment, when it becomes available to the chemical process industries, is expected to impact on plant operations as well as the function of engineering personnel. E- procurement promises a future where equipment can be ordered, customized for a particular application, replaced and serviced via the Internet. The use of videostreaming and conferencing software will permit vendors and suppliers to work together without leaving their offices.
Publication Name: Chemical Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0009-2460
Year: 2000
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Membranes push the performance envelope
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New uses of membrane filtration are being realized as they become more durable, more chemical and heat resistant. New inorganic and improved polymeric crossflow filtration membranes, which use such techniques as nonpowder processing, chemical vapor deposition, or sol-gel processing, lead the industry in terms of durability. Bradford Milnes, process development manager for Koch Membrane Systems Inc, predicts that crossflow membrane technology will soon be used in sugar manufacturing.
Publication Name: Chemical Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0009-2460
Year: 1999
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Speeding catalyst development
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Catalyst producers are considering combinatorial chemistry as well as new screening and testing technologies to make more chemical process industries' catalysts at lower costs and faster time. For instance, Mobil Technology Co, Fina Research SA, Kellogg Brown & Root and Akzo Nobel, which comprise the MAKFining Alliance, commercialized new hydrodearomatization, hydrotreating, dewaxing, and hydrocracking technologies called Premium Distillates Technologies using the catalysts they developed.
Publication Name: Chemical Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0009-2460
Year: 1999
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