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F
ive innovative technologies that were commercialized in the
past two years have been selected as finalists for the 2015
Kirkpatrick Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement. The
winner will be announced on November 18 at the Chem Show
in the Jacob Javits Center in New York. Here is a brief summary of
the finalists:
AM Technology - Coflore reactor. Flow, or continuous reactors
have a number of advantages over batch reactors for certain applications,
including a reduced size. For mass-transfer-limited reactions,
however, good mixing is essential and relying on passive mixing, such
as static mixers, can be insufficient. AM Technology has developed a
flow reactor based on the same principle used to mix paint in aerosol
cans. The mixer element in the Coflore reactor is loose, and mixing
is generated by lateral vibration of the reactor body. This eliminates
the need for rotating shafts and seals, and delivers better mixing than
passively mixed systems.
CB&I - CDAlky alkylation technology. This sulfuric acid alkylation
process is for the production of motor fuel alkylate. The novelty of
the technology is the design of the reactor system, where proprietary
static internals create the contact needed between the hydrocarbon
and the acid phases at lower temperatures (below 0°C) than conventional
technologies. Rotating mixers in conventional technologies
typically cannot go lower than 7-8°C because of the acid phase's
high viscosity. The lower reaction temperatures favor the formation of
high-octane trimethylpentane and minimize unwanted side reactions.
Clariant - HGM technology for propylene dehydrogenation.
Clariant has introduced an innovation to the Catofin process, used for
producing isobutylene and propylene. The innovation is the addition of
Heat Generating Material (HGM), which is a metal oxide on a proprietary
carrier that is loaded into the catalyst bed. HGM is not a catalyst,
and is inert to the feedstock. It undergoes oxidation and reduction,
both of which generate heat inside the catalyst bed to drive the endothermic
dehydrogenation reaction. The heat generated improves the
catalyst-bed temperature profile to increase olefin selectivity and limit
byproduct formation. The lifetime of the catalyst is also increased.
DOW Performance Plastics - Intune olefin block copolymers.
Intune is a family of olefin block copolymers (OBCs) that incorporates
both crystalline polyethylene and crystalline isotactic polypropylene
- the two largest-volume thermoplastic polymers in production. Typically,
blends of these two polymers exhibit poor physical properties
because the polymers are immiscible, and multi-layer structures fail
due to poor interlayer adhesion. Intune OBCs are produced through
developments in catalyst design, the nature of the chain-shuttling
agent and reactor control. The interplay of selective catalyst and
chain-shuttling agents make the unique polymer structure possible.
Newlight Technologies - AirCarbon Process. Newlight has
developed a new biocatalyst that allows thermoplastic
polymers to be manufactured from methane
more cost effectively than from oil-based raw
materials. The new biocatalyst can produce nine
times more product for the same amount of catalyst
input as compared to earlier biocatalysts.
In the AirCarbon process, air and methane are
mixed with the biocatalyst to produce polymer at
ambient operating conditions.
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Dorothy Lozowski, Editor in Chief
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