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Chemical Industry Highlights
May 2017. Vol.30.05 –
Technical Articles:
- Refineries / Petrochemicals
- Process Integration
- Process Automation
- Valves
Infocus
- Take money off the table- Mining big data in refining reliability – Ron Beck, Sunil Patil ,APAC, AspenTech
- Advances in Polymer Characterisation -Multi-Detection GPC – Dr Michael Caves, Malvern Instruments
- Master Cost Competitiveness- Ride the next wave in commodity chemicals – Eric Kaufman,Rob Howard ApenTech
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- Environment & Sustainability
- Green Chemistry
- Water Management
Edible water balloon, the new way of drinking water
The ‘Ooho!’ is a squidgy globe filled with water that could change the way we drink water. The bubble-like spheres were first invented by a trio of engineers.
The Ooho sphere has a double gelatinous...
Supermolecule hunts and removes drug contaminating water
Researchers have found an effective, environmentally friendly molecule, calix, which monitors and remove pharmaceuticals from water. Professor Danil de Namor, University of Surrey Emeritus Professor and leader of the research, said: "Preliminary extraction data...
‘Fuzzy’ fibers can take rockets’ heat
If the composite fibres used to make next-generation rocket engines are fuzzy they can stand the heat and pressure. Therefore, The Rice University laboratory of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan, in collaboration with NASA, has...
