www.chemengonline.com December 2016 Cover Story 38 Part 1 Considerations for Estimating the Costs of Pilot-Scale Facilities The differences between industrial-scale facilities and pilot plants go beyond size, and these intricacies must be understood when estimating the costs associated with pilot-scale facilities 47 Part 2 Evaluating Preliminary Investment Feasibility Before any engineering or design work can take place, a project's feasibility must be considered. Reasonably accurate costs can be obtained using the preliminary estimate methodologies presented here In the News 7 Chementator This mine is the first to target scandium; Converting sewage into fuels; Bringing the Internet of Things to glass-furnace burners; Low-cost carbon-fiber production plant poised to break ground; Additives retain starch in cardboard recycling; A milestone in 'power-to-liquids'; and more 14 Business News GTC to provide aromatics extraction technology to JG Summit's Batangas site; Amec Foster Wheeler wins contract for steam reformer heater in Egypt; PPG completes silica capacity expansion in the Netherlands; Maire Tecnimont announces EPCC contract award for Petronas HDPE unit; and more 16 Newsfront CPI Employment Landscape: Snapshot 2016 Insights about complex CPI workforce issues come from a variety of sources, including survey data on corporate attitudes, salary and diversity 20 Newsfront Air Emissions: Overcoming Monitoring and Control Challenges Modern technology tackles CPI airemissions concerns Technical and Practical 36 Facts at your Fingertips Solid-Liquid Separation: Classification, Design and Testing This one-page reference provides an overview of solid-liquid separation methods, design considerations and laboratory testing 37 Technology Profile MTBE production from C4 Raffinate-1 This process description outlines a pathway for manufacturing methyl tertiary-butyl ether using C4 raffinate-1 from naphtha steam cracking units as starting material 55 Feature Report Part 1 Pressure Measurement: Handling Difficult Process Applications A better understanding of what pressure instruments do and how they work can help improve measurement performance, especially in troublesome applications 16 47 38 Volume 123 | no. 12 55 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WWW.CHEMENGONLINE.COM DECEMBER 2016 1http://www.chemengonline.com http://WWW.CHEMENGONLINE.COM