Hydrogen - a colourless, odourless gas is increasingly gaining attention as a future source of energy free from environmental pollution. Its new use has been found in the automobile and power generation sector. But the storage of hydrogen has always been a problem due to its small molecular size – now solid state hydrogen storage technology could bring a breakthrough...

The world of rotary lobe blowers on the one side and the world of screw compressors on the other side, both strictly separated from each other: that’s past history now! The compressed air specialists from Aerzener Maschinenfabrik have been successful in building a bridge beetween both worlds.

A new Hart Loop Converter converts up to three digital Hart variables that could include the 4…20mA transmitter current signal and makes them available to the host control system. These three variables enable not only the actual measured result but also process-related parameters such as reaction-time and temperature to be determined and used selectively to control the process — using the same cable and incurring no extra cost.

In February 2019, BASF has founded the new company BASF Digital Solutions located in Madrid, Spain to drive forward the digital transformation of the group and develop innovative IT solutions. The company plans to grow the center to more than 300 digital specialists within the next years.

Bulkflow Technologies is a world leader in the indirect heating and cooling of powder and bulk solids in many industries worldwide (chemicals, polymers, fertilizers, detergents, minerals, oilseeds, grains, food products, sugar and biosolids). In the last few years, Bulkflow has introduced this technology to the sugar industry, where it has been established as a proven and effective method of cooling sugar crystals before storage and packaging. The Bulkflow system can be installed as either a primary or a secondary cooler, and is readily adaptable to plant retrofits.

Tomorrow's automation technology starts today. From field device daily routine through the chances of modularization up to data mining. Suspense and excitement continued on the second day of the Namur Annual General Meeting. Here, it was clearly palpable: The modernization tempo that users and operators in the process automation have jointly unleashed has increased significantly.

Bayer Technology Services wants to stay on the growth curve. For that to happen, the company has to find the right balance between its internal and external customer base. Dr. Dirk Van Meirvenne, who took over as CEO on June 1st, answered a series of questions from PROCESS Editor-in-Chief Gerd Kielburger.

This year decanter specialist Flottweg celebrates its 75th anniversary. The decanters are used for continuous separation of suspended solids from liquids, clarification of liquids, and classification of fine particles. But, it all began with a motor...

Under the contract, Axens and Exxon Mobil will market and deliver all technologies associated within a refinery alkylation block. Together, the companies will also offer technologies to produce high octane gasoline.

BASF commissioned Rockwell Automation to modernize an automation system in a loading bay used for polymer dispersions at the company’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany. With only eight months to plan the new system and just three days for commissioning, the project required an extraordinarily structured approach and an intensive test phase. The result is a system with high levels of flexibility and availability as well as easier maintenance.