Silicon anodes are an attractive alternative to graphite anodes currently in use in lithium-ion batteries, because they can deliver up to five times higher capacities. However, silicon anodes have a limited charge-discharge cycle number. Their volume expands during each cycle,…
Soil bacteria that oxidize methane (methanotrophs) are important in capturing methane before it enters the atmosphere. Now an international team has isolated and characterized methanotrophic bacteria — obtained from a New Zealand volcanic field — that can grow on CH4…
Plant Watch Inovyn starts up KOH plant in Belgium October 13, 2017 — Inovyn (London, U.K.; www.inovyn.com) announced the completion of its new potassium hydroxide (KOH) production facility at its Antwerp/Lillo site in Belgium. The new plant uses membrane technology…
Albert Lee, Business Development Manager with Emerson Process Management shows their new product, DeltaV Distributed CHARMs Station at the Chem Show (Booth 305) http://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation-solutions
Opportunities for improving processes abounded during the first day of the 2017 Chem Show, which opened yesterday at the Javits Center in New York. With a mix of best practice seminars, product presentations and exhibitor booths, the event’s first day…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced the approval by the Board of Directors to invest in a new full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using its sunliquid technology. The new plant, with an annual…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced that ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. (www.abb.com/turbocharging) has signed an agreement to acquire Tekomar Group Ltd., which is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland with subsidiaries in Scandinavia, Germany, and South Korea. ABB will further develop Tekomar’s digital…
The city of Bucharest, Romania has selected a consortium composed of SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr), FCC - Aqualia to modernize a wastewater treatment plant and to build a treatment and sludge-to-energy plant in Glina, located southeast of the capital. This…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) jointly announced that they have mutually terminated their proposed merger of equals. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of Clariant and Huntsman. In a joint…
At the Chem Show's Equipment & Technology Showcase, this company rolled out the newest iteration of its onsite hydrogen-generation solutions — PHG 830 — a larger-capacity version aimed specifically at the chemical process industries (CPI). Tim Lebrecht, industry manager for…