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BP calls time on Baglan Bay site
Added: 24 Feb 2004
BP Chemicals announced recently that it is to close the last manufacturing plant at its Bag…
Energy-saving electrolysis
Added: 19 Feb 2004
A new process for making chlorine from hydrochloric acid could cut energy usage by 30%, acc…
Performance and popularity
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Predictions of the strongest growth for several years might seem to signal easier times for the che…Constant flux reactor
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Featuring a novel approach to heat exchange and temperature control, a new design of reactor is nea…Nanoparticles turn green
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Thanks to chemists at the University of North Carolina, nanotechnology may begin to converg…
Outreach for CFD
Added: 19 Feb 2004
A new UK-based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Outreach Initiative aims to put small and medium-…Centipedes in space
Added: 19 Feb 2004
The next generation of spacecraft could be powered by materials whose structures are halfwa…
Standardising batch control
Added: 19 Feb 2004
The gold standard for worldwide batch processing control, ISA-88, has had widespread impact in the …Industry goals for chlorine
Added: 19 Feb 2004
European chlorine producers have produced what they claim is the first set of long-term sus…
Oil and gas plant spending to rise
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Spending on process equipment by the oil and gas industry is set to rise sharply in the com…
Multiphysics modelling
Added: 19 Feb 2004
Unit operations such as mixing and blending can be difficult to model mathematically because of the…Danisco in takeover talks
Added: 13 Feb 2004
Danisco has signed an agreement with France's Rhodia to negotiate exclusively for the takeover of R…Manufacturing revival?
Added: 12 Feb 2004
Manufacturers across most regions of the UK reported an increase in new orders over the pas…
Seeing inside Sellafield's reactors
Added: 9 Feb 2004
BNFL in Sellafield is using electrical resistance tomography (ERT) to monitor the operation of a un…Keeping it simple
Added: 9 Feb 2004
Siemens Automation & Drives' two-wire Sitrans LR20 pulse radar instrument is designed for …
Managing corrosion through plastics
Added: 9 Feb 2004
Post-chlorinated polyvinyl chloride pipes and fittings offer a combination of mechanical strength, …A controlling hand for batch mixing
Added: 9 Feb 2004
Bob McAlster describes how a manual batch mixing process was automated to follow the original metho…Valve controllers
Added: 9 Feb 2004
Tyco Valves & Controls has launched an integrated system of valve control accessories, all …
Westinghouse unit awarded $14 million
Added: 2 Feb 2004
The Repair, Replacement and Automation Services unit of Westinghouse has today won $14 million to p…