Environment, Materials Among Influences Seen at Chem Show

Abstract

If environmental considerations don't currently top the list of factors affecting chemical process equipment design, they are very near the top, judging from the just-ended '91 Chem Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. But as illustrated by the show— formally, the 44th Chemical Process Industries Exposition—there are other factors influencing equipment as well, one of them the employment of new construction materials that significantly affect design. Environmental considerations were evident in the themes for a large number of the 20 two-hour conference program seminars presented by the Chem Show—themes ranging from the benefits of periodic wastewater audits to postuser plastics recycling. They were also evident in many of the displays on the exhibition floor. One product area feeling the hot breath of environmental regulations is that of heat-transfer fluids. There are new products drawing customer interest—a synthetic hydrocarbon heat transfer fluid introduced in the U.S. at t...