Chemical Technology March 2016

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REGULAR FEATURES 3 Comment by Brian Wallheimer

CONTROL & INSTRUMENTATION 10 LNG vaporisers selection based on site ambient conditions – Part 2 Part 1 of this article appeared in the August 2015 issue of ‘ Chemical Technology ’. Today’s LNG landscape is changing. Many of the newer LNG import terminals are smaller in size and are mainly located in South East Asia and South America. These new terminals place a strong emphasis on energy efficiency, environmental impacts and emissions.

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Transparency You Can See Average circulation (Q4 Oct – Dec 2015) 3704

by John Mak, Senior Fellow and Technical Director , Nick Amott, Curt Graham, Dhirav Patel, Fluor, USA

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32 Sudoku No 112 and solution to No 111 / Et cetera

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Chemical Technology is endorsed by The South African Institution of Chemical Engineers

CARBON TAX 20 What is the Draft Carbon Tax Bill all about? Part 2 - Allowances and offsets On Monday November 2, 2015, the South African National Treasury published for comment the Draft Carbon Tax Bill with a cutoff date for comments of December 15, 2015. To enable engineers to feel their way around the Bill, the contents have been edited for brevity and examples included to introduce the reader to the structure of the Bill as a com mentary. This is the second of a three part series.

COVER STORY 4 Mather + Platt’s three major brands service the chemical industry Earlier this month, ChemTech visited Dave Johnson, Marketing and Business Development Manager, Mather + Platt SA, at his Wadeville-based office in Johannesburg. He told us about the history of the company both in the UK and in South Africa and explained the range of products, in particular the three major categories of pumps used in the chemical industry. NANOTECHNOLOGY 6 The blackest paint that sucks all light by Gavin Chait Sir Anish Kapoor said when discussing his plans for VantaBlack, “Imagine a space that’s so dark that as you walk in you lose all sense of where you are, what you are, and especially all sense of time.”

and the Southern African Association of Energy Efficiency

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DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this journal are not neces- sarily those of the editor or the publisher. Generic images courtesy of www.shutterstock.com

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