All Chemicals
Big tanks go for advanced level sensing
Added: 4 Sep 2012
London – ?Tank-fill level can be a relatively straightforward parameter to monitor, but level senso…
Cobalt catalyst advances water splitting process
Added: 28 Aug 2012
Researchers at Cambridge University have produced hydrogen, H2, from water using a catalyst under i…
Glass could improve disposal of nuclear waste
Added: 23 Aug 2012
A method of storing nuclear waste normally used only for High Level Waste (HLW), could provide a be…
Nanosensor array detects harmful substances
Added: 22 Aug 2012
The University of California has enabled a US company to develop a novel sensor that can detect sma…
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes in biotech advance
Added: 20 Aug 2012
London – BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce ac…
Waiting for a single wireless standard
Added: 17 Aug 2012
?Imagine you have just powered up a brand new smartphone, say the popular Samsung Galaxy, only to f…
EU chemicals industry taps the brakes
Added: 13 Aug 2012
Brussels - EU chemicals production fell 2.1% in the first five months of 2012 compared with the sam…
Microbes convert energy to pure methane
Added: 10 Aug 2012
Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas have been discovered by scientists from Stanford…
ABB launches hazardous-area wireless devices
Added: 8 Aug 2012
London – ABB has launched a wireless mesh router and wireless bridge for hazardous field automation…
Major UK investments unveiled at Olympics summit
Added: 7 Aug 2012
London – Global oil & gas and petrochemicals companies are to announce plans for major investments …
Lotte Chemical advances Wilton PET project
Added: 7 Aug 2012
Wilton, UK - Lotte Chemical UK Ltd (LCUK) has progressed its project to expand PET (polyethylene te…
Wanted - 350 senior engineers
Added: 6 Aug 2012
Middlesbrough, UK – Some 350 senior engineer vacancies were up for grabs at a recruitment event sup…
Chemicals maker tracks turbo issue
Added: 3 Aug 2012
Florence, Kentucky – Torque-monitoring systems are widely used to identify gradual efficiency loss …
Legionella outbreaks spark industry response
Added: 2 Aug 2012
London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …
Huntsman automates remote tank gauge monitoring
Added: 1 Aug 2012
Mountain View, California – Huntsman Corp. has installed an expanded wireless system of tank gauge …
Bio-industries must tackle feedstock issues
Added: 31 Jul 2012
Boston, Massachusetts – The bio-based materials and chemicals sector needs to tap newer, non-food …
Chemicals maker warms to wireless
Added: 30 Jul 2012
West Bromwich, UK – Robinson Brothers is employing energy-harvesting technology to make remote wire…
Proactive maintenance key to plant safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Process operators, it seems, are starting to realise the close relationship between safety and the…
Sensing safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…
Collaboration to produce butadiene from biomass
Added: 24 Jul 2012
Versalis, Eni’s chemicals subsidiary in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica and …
