Chemical Engineering
Reducing CO2 to formic acid
A research team led by Kenneth C. Neyerlin at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Golden, Colo.; www.nrel.gov), with members from Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, Ill; www.anl.gov) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tenn.; www.ornl.gov) has developed a membrane electrode assembly…
Innovative Membranes Empower Processes
New membranes enable traditional water treatment and emerging energy transition applications While membranes and filters have provided a reliable and cost-effective solution for water desalination, purification and treatment as well as specialty process separations, innovative membrane and filtration technologies are…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Hydrogen Production Methods and End-use Markets
Current hydrogen demand is dominated by petroleum refining and fertilizer production, and is supplied largely by fossil-fuel-based steam-methane reforming (SMR). Increasingly, however, demand for hydrogen will come from the energy transition, and will be supplied by a more diverse range…
Which Air-Pollution Control Equipment Is Best for Your Needs?
Selecting the proper air-pollution control equipment for your process means focusing on the removal of specific pollutants while also ensuring that production goals are met Air-pollution control (APC) equipment is used to prevent pollutants from being released into the atmosphere…
Regenerative H2S-Removal Technologies for Biogas Upgrading
Advances in H2S-removal technologies for biogas upgrading are essential for mitigating environmental issues like air pollution and corrosion Biogas, a renewable energy source derived from organic waste and typically comprised mainly of methane, holds great promise for sustainable energy production.…
CP Kelco and Tate & Lyle to merge
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) announced its intent to combine its business with London-headquartered global food and beverage solutions business Tate & Lyle (London) through the sale of CP Kelco by J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber). The proposed combination will create a…
Wacker breaks ground for construction of silicone specialties plant in the Czech Republic
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) strengthens its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. Wacker, together with project partners and officials representing the city and the region, broke ground symbolically in Karlovy Vary,…
Technip Energies awarded contract for IOCL’s naphtha cracking unit at Paradip, India
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a significant contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL; Mumbai) for the license, basic engineering design package, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply and related services for the 1,500,000-ton/yr Paradip naphtha cracker unit (PDNCU) block…
Solvay and Cyclic Materials sign supply agreement for recycled mixed rare-earth oxide
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Cyclic Materials, an advanced metals recycling company building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical metals, announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of recycled mixed rare earth oxide…
ALPLA acquires packaging specialist in Germany
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is further expanding its pharma division ALPLApharma with its acquisition of Heinlein Plastik-Technik GmbH. The German packaging specialist Heinlein is one of the world’s best-known groups for the development and manufacture of closure systems, dosing systems…