Chemical Engineering
Vertex Energy announces mechanical completion of renewable-diesel facility in Alabama
Vertex Energy, Inc. (Houston) announced the successful mechanical completion of its transformational renewable-diesel unit at the company's Mobile, Ala. refining facility. Mechanical completion of the renewable diesel unit has been successfully achieved. As the project team proceeds with commissioning the…
Clariant completes divestment of North American Land Oil business
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the completion of the divestment of its North American Land Oil business to Dorf Ketal (Mumbai, India), a specialty chemicals manufacturer and service provider headquartered in India, for $14.5 million on 31 March 2023. Clariant’s…
Ineos completes acquisition of Mitsui Phenols Singapore business
Ineos (London) announced that INEOS Phenol completed its acquisition of the entire asset base of Mitsui Phenols Singapore Ltd from Mitsui Chemicals, a leading Japanese chemicals manufacturer, for a total consideration of $330 million. The business has a turnover of…
Lanxess and Advent International complete foundation of Envalior materials JV
A new joint venture — Envalior — has emerged from the combination of two industry leaders in engineering materials – DSM N.V. (Heerlen, the Netherlands) Engineering Materials (DEM) and Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) High Performance Materials (HPM) – under the…
Chevron Lummus providing process technology for lubricants plant in Brazil
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) announced a recent contract award from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a new 12,580 barrel/day (bbl/d) hydroisodewaxing (HIDW) unit at the GasLub Hub, a lubricant plant in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Chevron Lummus…
Venator completes sale of Iron Oxide business
Venator Materials PLC (Wynyard, U.K.) announced that it has completed the sale of its Iron Oxide business to Cathay Industries. The enterprise value of the transaction was $140 million and Venator expects to receive cash proceeds of approximately $130 million…
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Using a ‘green’ oxidizer to degrade Kraft lignin into vanillin
The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus used to produce the required large quantities of vanillin from petroleum, which is far less expensive than obtaining the substance from fermented…
Pneumatic Conveying Basics
Pneumatic conveying is a versatile method for transporting powders and other solid materials within chemical process plants. Success depends on understanding science and applying specific experience Undergraduate engineering programs include little instruction about powder handling. While there may be some…
A customized catalyst for solid-state reactions
Chemists at Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; www.global.hokudai.ac.jp) and the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery have developed what is said to be the first high-performance catalyst specifically designed and optimized for solid-state, mechanochemical synthesis. The new approach was…