Trends and spotlights from the leading show for the process industries

ACHEMA 2018

DECHEMA-Prize 2017
T. Noël, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, honored for work on continuous photochemical conversion in microfluidic systems

Streamlined Biodiesel Purification
Composite nanofiltration membranes may decrease costs and environmental impact of biodiesel purification

Behind the Science: Extraction of Phosphate from Waste Materials
B. Böck, Chemie Ingenieur Technik, talked to M. Bertau, Germany, about an innovative industrial process

Mixed-Matrix Membranes for H2 Purification
Polybenzimidazole-based membranes with palladium nanoparticles show high hydrogen/carbon dioxide selectivity

Importance of Hopping for Beer Taste
Comparison of beers dry hopped in different batch sizes

Oxygen Removal from Biogas
Methods to remove trace oxygen from simulated biogas (methane-rich gas with carbon doixide and co-component)

Recycling Salt from Industrial Wastewater
Covestro leads research project to recycle salt-laden industrial process water

Functional and Novel Foods
Society is critically opposed to the industrial processing of food, but immensely large amounts of it are sold

Chemical Engineering in China
Current trends of chemical engineering in the world’s biggest chemical market