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Sarralle completes green hydrogen project at ArcelorMittal’s Olaberria plant

SARRALLE (Azpeitia, Spain; www.sarralle.com) has achieved a major milestone in the path toward industrial decarbonization with the successful completion of a pioneering green hydrogen combustion system at ArcelorMittal’s Olaberria plant, one of Europe’s most advanced steel production facilities. The project…

How leading manufacturers are rethinking expansion with pre-owned process facilities

This white paper from International Process Plants (IPP) reveals how chemical and petrochemical executives are reducing capital costs, greatly accelerating time-to-market, and minimizing risk by acquiring quality secondhand facilities with verified operating histories. Using IPP’s Southeast Asia petrochemical complex as…

Center of excellence focused on water and artificial intelligence launched

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.; www.wef.org), Amazon.com, Inc. (www.amazon.com), The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania (WCP; Philadelphia, Pa.; watercenter.sas.upenn.edu), and The Leading Utilities of the World (Leading Utilities) jointly announced today the creation of the Water-AI NexusTM Center of…

Peroxidos do Brasil to supply hydrogen peroxide to pulp mill in Brazil

Peróxidos do Brasil (www.peroxidos.com.br) announced the construction of a new myH₂O₂ satellite hydrogen peroxide plant in Inocência, Brazil, to supply Arauco’s Sucuriú project — a transformative pulp mill development and the company’s largest global investment to date. Hydrogen peroxide is…

TotalEnergies and Veolia sign MoU for circular economy and energy transition

Long-standing partners TotalEnergies (Paris, France; www.totalenergies.com) and Veolia (Aubervilliers, France; www.veolia.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding for further cooperation in several key areas of energy transition and the circular economy, in line with their respective approaches to reduce their…

Facts At Your Fingertips: Hydrogen Safety Risks and Fire Protection

Hydrogen requires careful handling. It is colorless, odorless and highly flammable across a broad range of concentrations. As the lightest gas, it rises quickly and can accumulate in hard-to-detect areas. Without proper precautions, even a small leak can lead to…

Nozzle Penetrations in Pressure Vessels: Two Methods for Reinforcement Design

Pressure vessels are weakened when nozzles must be introduced, and reinforcement is required to compensate. Presented here are two methods for calculating the necessary reinforcement When pressure vessels are penetrated for introducing nozzles, the vessel is weakened and must be…

CSB issues final report on 2024 ammonia release in Virginia

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) today released its final report on the July 31, 2024, release of hazardous anhydrous ammonia at the Cuisine Solutions, Inc. food processing facility in Sterling, Virginia. The incident led…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieve purity target for ethanol at membrane dehydration pilot plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the…

Sphera and Evonik launch automated lifecycle-assessment (LCA) process for chemical industry

Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com), a leading provider of sustainability and operational risk management software, has partnered with Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), one of the world’s leading chemicals companies, to launch the first TÜV-certified (www.tuvsud.com) process for automated life cycle assessments…