Your problem: you have to distill. It might be 100 milliliters per day or 100 liters per hour, solvents, flavorings, acids, crude oil fractions or simply water. Distillation experts Iludest/i-Fischer tailor distillation plants precisely to the specific application. PROCESS paid a visit to the “master column builders”.

KSB received the “2008 Best Innovator” award in the “Complexity Management” category. What exactly was it that so impressed the judges from A.T. Kearney and WirtschaftsWoche business magazine? PROCESS went to find out.

How does a user know that degradation is taking place in a pump and that it will eventually lead to a major fault? Manufacturers are working hard to develop intelligent diagnostic systems. The goal is to develop simple solutions which are cost-effective even on small pumps. Suppliers are developing early fault detection strategies which are designed to enhance pump availability. PROCESS takes a look at the latest developments.

To increase the performance of its Lixhe operation the Belgian cement manufacturer CBR, a subsidiary of the Heidelberg Cement Group, has automated its raw material storage by installing a warehouse management system together with a new 9-t process crane.

Are you looking for a storage system in which you have access to flammable liquids at your workplace? A new, ventilated safety cabinet holds a 200 litre drum and enables permanent removal.

Occupying a majority share of 61.5% of the global market for flue gas desulfurisation systems in 2018, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems’ technologies enable to improve the global environment and reduce air pollutants.

Arkema is investing US$ 90 million on its Clear Lake Texas site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities.

Lyondell Basell announced PRPC Polymers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, has selected the Lyondell Basell Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” technology.

Clariant announced that it is providing total catalyst solutions for two major ammonia production plants in Indonesia, in cooperation with its licensing partner KBR.

NRG Energy and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX Nippon) have completed construction, on-budget and on-schedule, of Petra Nova, the world’s largest post-combustion carbon capture system.