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14th Annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference - New York City

At Chemical Week’s 14th Annual CFO Conference on June 16 at the Omni Berkshire Hotel, New York, key industry leaders joined together to discuss relevant issues facing senior financial executives in the chemical industry. Twelve sessions at the one-day event addressed the current and future landscape of the chemical industry. Areas of focus included the keynote presentation, “Survival Tips for CFOs: Strategies for Keeping the Company Viable in Tough Times,” presented by William Hernandez, Senior Vice President/Finance and FO, PPG Industries, as well as sessions that covered opportunities and challenges for CFOs in the current economic climate, M&A, financing in a frozen credit market, supply chain costs, credit default risks, and much, much more. [more]
Price: $ 395.00

15th Annual CFO Conference - May 2010

Download the 2010 15th Annual CFO Conference Presentations. "From Recession to Recovery" [more]
Price: $ 395.00

Adhesives Age 2009 Buyers' Guide and Directory

The Technical and Management Source for the Global Adhesives and Sealants Industry. [more]
Price: $ 12.00

April 2007: Reaction Engineering

A process is considered to be thermally safe only if the reactions can easily be controlled, and if the raw material, the products, the intermediates... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

April 2008: Tower Packing

A packed column is a vertical, cylindrical pressure vessel containing one or more sections of a packing material over whose surface the liquid flows downward by gravity, as a film or as droplets... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

April 2009: Energy Efficiency in Steam Systems

In today’s typical process plants, preventing steam loss and improving condensate return are key opportunities to make a process more energy efficient. To be the most effective, steam generally needs to be dry... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

April 2010: Measurement guide for replacement seals

Mechanical seals play a pivotal role in the chemical process industries (CPI). As the sealing interface between rotating process equipment and the materials contained inside... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

August 2007: Materials of Construction

One key engineering consideration is the choice of materials of construction for frigid applications. Nickel-chromium (Ni-Cr) type stainless steels are notably versatile at... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

August 2008: Valves

Gate valves are designed to operate fully open or fully closed; When fully opened, there is very little pressure drop across the valve, and when fully closed there is good sealing against... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

August 2009: Adsorption

Successful adsorber design requires information about certain adsorbent properties, including: adsorbent densities and void fractions; isotherms or [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Fluid Handling CD-ROM

Includes articles on specifying, operating and maintaining pumps, valves, and flowmeters, coping with troublesome fluids and flow problems, pipeline issues, modeling, and more (350 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Separation CD-ROM

Includes articles on distillation, adsorption, absorption, stripping, liquid-liquid extraction, membrane separation, ion exchange, crystallization, evaporation, and more. (250 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Chemical Economics Handbook: Air Separation Gases (Oct 2008)

The global need for alternative sources of energy is increasing demand for industrial gases. Large-scale gasification plants and the oxygen based gas-to-liquid, coal-to-liquid and coal-to-chemicals plants need enormous quantities of oxygen. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for oxygen, nitrogen, and argon are provided for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 4,800.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Aluminum Chemicals (April 2008)

In 2007, Asia accounted for over 540 thousand metric tons of nonmetallurgical alumina consumption. China was a major consumer, accounting for about 175 thousand metric tons of alumina and alumina trihydrate. The Republic of Korea and India were other significant consumers, accounting for 159 and 98 thousand metric tons, respectively. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Japan. Detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details are provided for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 3,800.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Biodiesel (Sept 2008)

The United States is positioned to become the single largest biodiesel market by 2012, with 19% of consumption. The industry grew 50% from 2002-2007, the highest growth in the chemical industry, and is now positioned to grow at 30% between 2007 and 2012. The Biodiesel report contains comprehensive coverage of supply and demand for North America, Central and South America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Oceania. The report includes coverage on legislation, feedstock, production technologies, and environmental and agricultural issues for over 74 individual countries. [more]
Price: $ 9,500.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Diisocyanates and Polyisocyanates (March 2009)

The slowdown in the global economy in 2008–2009 has slowed growth in TDI and MDI consumption and may lead to the continued shutdown of old and/or small production facilities around the world. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 3,800.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Fluorocarbons (June 2008)

Few chemical sectors have suffered or prospered from as much change as fluorocarbons, including the phase out of CFCs, the rise and fall of HFCs in the US, Europe and Japan, the rise of HCFC-22 and HFC-134a production in China and the rise of HFCs and refrigerant blends globally. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, China and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 3,500.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Glycerin (Dec 2008)

Global consumption of refined glycerin will reach approximately 2.15 million metric tons in 2012, up from 1.34 million metric tons in 2007. Personal and oral care products are the leading markets for refined glycerin, accounting for nearly 38% of the world consumption in 2007. Food and beverage and pharmaceuticals are the next largest markets, accounting for 14% and 9% respectively. Double-digit growth in some regions is largely due to increased demand in new applications such as epichlorohydrin, syngas and propylene glycol. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 3,500.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Hydrogen (Oct 2007)

Concern for the environment and expanding environmental regulations are the primary drivers for the growing usage of hydrogen. Environmental regulations being implemented in most industrialized countries will result in increased hydrogen requirements at refineries for gasoline and diesel desulfurization beause of higher demand for cleaner fuels and tighter engine manufacturer specifications. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, Japan and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2006 with projections to 2011. [more]
Price: $ 4,300.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Phenolic Resins (Sept 2008)

Since the major portion of phenolic resins is used in the wood products industry, the market for phenolic resins in most countries closely tracks GDP growth and housing market growth. Global phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin consumption grew slowly during 2004–2007, and the slump in the U.S. housing market that began in 2006 and continues today has had a large negative impact on total PF resin consumption. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details, for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 3,300.00

Chemical Economics Handbook: Plastics Recycling (Feb 2009)

The global collection of recycled plastics is positioned to grow at 15% over the next 3 years. Post-consumer PET and HDPE account for 99% of the global recycling capacity. Japan is the leader in PET recycling at over 69%, followed by Brazil, Europe, Argentina, the United States, Australia and Mexico. This report profiles the industry in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Japan. The report includes detailed information on manufacturing processes, producers (reclaimers) and their producing locations, supply and demand by region, price and trade details for 2007 with projections to 2012. [more]
Price: $ 4,000.00

Chemical Engineering 100 years Centennial Issue

August 2002 - This edition of Chemical Engineering features an in-depth report on their first century of service to the chemical process industries. [more]
Price: $ 9.97

Chemical Engineering 2009 Buyers' Guide issue

The Chemical Engineering Buyers' Guide is your definitive source for products and services across the chemical process industries. [more]
Price: $ 75.00

Chemical Week 2010 Buyers' Guide

The 2010 Chemical Week Buyers' Guide is the most comprehensive publication of its kind serving the chemical industry. [more]
Price: $ 25.00

December 2007: Sealing Systems

Seals are assemblies of elements that prevent the passage of a solid, liquid, gas or vapor from one system to another. When a seal allows leakage of material... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

December 2008: Fluid Flow

For steady flow in a pipe (whether laminar or turbulent), a momentum balance on the fluid gives the shear stress at any distance from the pipe... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

December 2009: Creating Installed Gain Graphs for Control Valves

Installed gain graphs can help improve the selection of control valves for chemical processing. The graphs are plotted to analyze together control-valve flow characteristics and... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Directory of Chemical Producers 2010 - China

* 3250 chemical manufacturing companies * 3285 chemical manufacturing sites * 4365 individual chemical products, extensively cross-referenced * Plant-by-plant capacity for 92 products, including petrochemicals, organic intermediates, inorganic chemicals, polymers and fibers [more]
Price: $ 1,970.00

Directory of Chemical Producers 2010 - Europe

• 2440 chemical manufacturing companies • 3450 chemical manufacturing sites • 7015 individual chemical products, extensively cross-referenced Plant-by-plant capacity data for 190 products, including petrochemicals, organic intermediates, inorganic chemicals, polymers and fibers [more]
Price: $ 2,790.00

Directory of Chemical Producers 2010 - United States

* 1245 chemical manufacturing companies * 3225 chemical manufacturing sites * 7450 individual chemical products, extensively cross-referenced * Plant-by-plant capacity for 238 products, including petrochemicals, organic intermediates, inorganic chemicals, polymers and fibers [more]
Price: $ 2,050.00

Environmental Management: Air-Pollution Control

Includes articles on technologies for managing gaseous emissions, NOx, SOx, particulate matter, and other airborne industrial pollutants, design tips for thermal and catalytic oxidation systems, emissions monitoring, relevant data and calculation methods, and more (300 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Environmental Management: Wastewater and Groundwater Treatment

Includes articles on chemical, biological and physical treatment systems, and emissions-monitoring techniques, for industrial wastewater and groundwater; technologies include membrane systems, reverse osmosis, filtration, carbon-based adsorption, evaporation, aerobic and anaerobic digestion, and more (360 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

February 2008: Pressure Relief

The failure of a device or of a group of components can lead to overpressurization and subsequent adverse events, such as fire, explosion, spill or release. The most common causes of overpressurization are... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

February 2009: Pipe Sizing

Fluid flowing through pipes experiences resistance due to viscosity, turbulence and roughness of the pipe surface. The Darcy- Weisbach Equation (1) is commonly used for... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

February 2010: Positive Displacement Pumps

Pumps are essential equipment in the chemical process industries (CPI). Given the imperatives to reduce production costs and maximize energy efficiency, pump selection... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Fluid Handling

Includes articles on specifying, operating and maintaining pumps, valves, and flowmeters, coping with troublesome fluids and flow problems, pipeline issues, modeling, and more (350 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

FREE WEBCAST: The Plant of the Future

The chemical process industries (CPI) face unprecedented opportunities from emerging global growth initiatives. Growth and globalization bring with them challenges, however, led by difficulties in securing people and knowledge resources, and in dealing effectively with increasing technology, project execution, and asset management complexity. Effective uptake and use of technology enables more robust plant design, higher productivity and workflow automation, and targeted improvement of plant performance over the asset lifecycle. [more]
Price: $ 0.00

Gas-Solid and Liquid-Solid Separation

Includes articles on particle separation using filters, cyclones, hydrocyclones, centrifuges, baghouses and electrostatic precipitators, drying systems and more (220 pages) [more]
Price: $ 299.97

January 2008: Centrifuging

Centrifugation is the method of choice in the chemical process industries (CPI) for separating solids from liquids. It relies on the G-forces generated by... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

January 2009: Column Internals

Here, we present criteria needed for the intelligent, effective specification of trays for a distillation or stripping column. Among the key parameters and accessories during specification are... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

January 2010: Low-Pressure Measurement for Control Valves

Because of the behavior of materials under vacuum, including lowered boiling points, low-pressure operations are useful tools in chemical processing, as well as in research and development and manufacturing. Areas where a vacuum system is necessary or useful include... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Jul 2009: Flowmeter Selection

When a flowmeter is needed, the selection process should include studying the characteristics of respective measurement technologies and analyzing the... advantages/disadvantages for different... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

July 2007: Fuel Selection

The selection and application of fuels to various combustors are complex. Most existing units have limited flexibility in their ability to fire alternative fuels. New units must... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

July 2008: Vacuum Processing

Vacuum is any system of reduced pressure, relative to local (typically atmospheric) pressure. Achieved with a pump, vacuum systems are commonly used... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

July 2010: Conservation economics: Carbon pricing impacts

Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continues to be a major issue in national and international public policy, as well as a major focus for companies in the chemical process industries (CPI). [more]
Price: $ 20.00

June 2007 (1): Solvent Selection

Organic solvents have been used in many industries for centuries, but the methods and tools to select optimal solvents while minimizing their adverse environmental, health, safety and operational concerns are still evolving. The appropriate selection of solvents depends... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

June 2007 (2): Controlling Crystal Growth

The appropriate selection of solvents depends to a large extent on the application — more specifically on what needs to be dissolved, and under what conditions. This article presents a four-step approach to solvent selection based upon Ref. 1*, where the reader will find a list of additional resources on this topic. [more]
Price: $ 20.00

June 2008: Humidity Control

Dehumidification by cooling or dessication has a variety of applications, including... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

June 2009: Specialty Metals

One of the most important factors to consider when evaluating a specialty metal for use in valves, fittings and instrumentation is its corrosion resistance or corrosion rate of the metal in the... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

June 2010: Distillation Tray Design

In a distillation column tray, vapor passes upward through liquid that is flowing across a horizontal perforated plate. Vapor passing through the... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Separation

Includes articles on distillation, adsorption, absorption, stripping, liquid-liquid extraction, membrane separation, ion exchange, crystallization, evaporation, and more. (250 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Managing Bulk Solids

Includes articles on storage, weighing and feeding of bulk solids, particle characterization, separation and classification, pneumatic conveying, drying, managing dust emissions and electrostatic hazards, and more (285 pages) [more]
Price: $ 299.97

March 2008: Membranes

Separation by a membrane is achieved by creating a boundary between different bulk gas or liquid mixtures. As different solvents and solutes flow... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

March 2009: Membrane Configurations

Membrane polymers are packaged into a configuration, commonly called a device or an element. The most-common element configurations (figure) are tubular, capillary fiber, spiral wound, and plate and frame... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

March 2010: Steam Tracer Lines and Traps

Steam tracer lines are designed to maintain the fluid in a primary pipe at a designated uniform temperature. In most cases, these tracer lines are used outdoors, which makes ambient weather conditions a critical consideration... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

May 2007: Hazardous Area Classification

Over the years, hazardous area classification requirements for the U.S. have evolved around a single area-classification system known as the Class/ Division system. Today, the system addresses establishment of boundaries of hazardous areas and... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

May 2008: Acid Handling

Most common acids can be stored in horizontal or vertical ASME-type tanks, as shown in the figures to the right, or vertical API-type tanks... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

May 2009: Choosing a Control System

New systems should manage process knowledge through a combination of advanced technologies, industrial domain expertise, and Six Sigma methodologies. Choose an open... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

May 2010: Burner Operating Characteristics

Burners are critical for the successful operation of industrial furnaces. Presented here is a set of equations that can be used to calculate characteristics of burner operation, including flame length, flame diameter, ignitability and... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Mixers and Mixing

Includes articles on specifying impeller, rotor-stator and static mixers, troubleshooting mixer systems, coping with problem fluids, modeling using computational fluid dynamics and simulation, blending solids, and more (220 pages) [more]
Price: $ 299.97

November 2007: Pump Selection and Specification

In choosing a pump, it is important to match a pump’s capabilities with system requirements and the characteristics of the liquid being processed. These factors include the inlet conditions, required flowrate, differential pressure and... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

November 2008: Alternative Fuels

Biodiesel can be produced from vegetable oils by three types of reactions: base catalyzed transesterification of the oil; direct acid-catalyzed transesterification of the oil; and conversion of the oil to its fatty acids, and then to... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

November 2009: Aboveground and underground storage tanks

The ultimate objective of storing liquid, fluid and gaseous products, which may be corrosive, flammable or unstable, is to store material in an environmentally safe and economically viable manner. Storage tanks in the chemical process industries (CPI) can be most broadly divided into those buried underground, and... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

October 2007: Pristine Processing

Processes in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and semiconductor industries must meet a high set of standards to ensure high product purity. Equipment criteria specific to high-purity processes are established to minimize contamination and maintain... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

October 2008: Heat Transfer

Pump manufacturers usually specify that above 450°F (230°C), a cooled, jacketed stuffing box or a cooled mechanical seal should be used. Secondary sealing with vent and drain glands is... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

October 2009: Chemical Resistance of Thermoplastics

Corrosion is estimated to account for a significant portion — 8–10% — of total annual-plant-capital expenditures for the chemical process industries. To avoid it, engineers can consider corrosion-resistant plastics... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

Plant and Personnel Safety

Includes articles on safe handling and storage of hazardous substances, avoiding dust explosions, spill response, managing overpressure and thermal runaways, fire protection, process safety management, safety instrumentation, worker training, and more (385 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Plant Operation and Maintenance - Part 1: Chemical Process Equipment

Includes articles on operating and maintaining high-temperature equipment (boilers, heaters, heat exchangers, incinerators, heaters and more), rotating equipment (compressors, turbines and motors), pumps and valves, baghouses and electrostatic precipitators; coping with pressure buildup; avoiding leakage (gaskets, couplings and leak detection) and more (360 pages) [more]
Price: $ 349.97

Process Economics Program - Plant Cost Indices

Updated semi-annually, the index monitors the changes in the cost of chemical plant construction and presents comparable plant-cost escalation for three years. The index details the cost increases by category in each region and provides location factors for Europe and Japan relative to the United States. The PEP Cost Index is very useful for adjusting older capital cost estimates to reflect current levels, and to estimate the cost of locating a facility in any of the three regions covered. [more]
Price: $ 500.00

September 2007: Heat Transfer

Fluid testing helps detect system malfunction, fluid contamination, moisture, thermal degradation, as well as other factors that impact system performance (see Table). For systems operating near the fluid’s maximum... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

September 2008: Crystallization

Crystallization is a method of solidfluid separation in which pure chemical crystals are formed. Crystallization kinetics consists of three major phenomena: nucleation (the birth of a crystal), transfer... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

September 2009: Heat Transfer: System Design II

Usually, the expansion tank is installed at the highest point in the system and is connected to the suction side of the pumps. It should serve as the main venting point of the system, as well as provide for system fluid expansion, which can be 25% or... [more]
Price: $ 20.00

VENTYX: PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS Enterprise Operations Management (EOM) in the Chemical, Oil & Gas Industry

The Chemical, Oil & Gas industry has often ridden a boom-and-bust cycle, realizing profits when times are good and suffering declining margins when times are bad. In the past few months, it has become unmistakably clear that the COG industry is not just facing another cyclical downturn. [more]
Price: $ 0.00







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