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Aker Carbon Capture and SLB to combine CCUS assets into new joint business

Aker Carbon Capture ASA () today announced an agreement with SLB to combine their respective carbon capture businesses to support accelerated industrial decarbonization at scale. Bringing together complementary technology portfolios, leading process design expertise and an established project delivery platform,…

BASF breaks ground on methyl glycols plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new facility is designed with an annual capacity of 46,000 metric tons and aims to meet the rapidly growing…

Dow and Procter & Gamble to develop a new plastic recycling technology

Dow (Midland, Mich.) and the Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio) announced a joint development agreement (JDA) to create a new recycling technology. The vision is to enable efficient conversion of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled polyethylene with near-virgin quality…

A level sensor with IO Link technology

This company’s KA1590 capacitive sensor (from the 26 Series) now has IO Link Technology. This IO Link sensor (photo) can detect products with a low 1.1 dielectric. The sensor comes with normally open contact and normally closed contact. ON and…

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Production and Demand Challenges for ‘Green’ Hydrogen

Burgeoning demand for hydrogen to support decarbonization goals is straining existing supply chains for industrial gases and prompting companies to adapt quickly to the emerging net-zero-carbon economy The increasing use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier is causing a…

This temperature transmitter has Ethernet-APL

The new iTEMP TMT86 two-channel temperature head transmitter (photo) has Profinet communication over Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer (APL). The two-channel temperature head transmitter is suitable for use with resistance thermometers and thermocouples and provides fast and accurate measurement of temperature.…

Effectively Discharging Solid Materials from Storage Bins and Silos

When considering the use of a silo discharge system to help convey materials, it is crucial to assess the specific requirements of the materials being stored, the operational goals and the overall system compatibility Storing and handling dry bulk powders…

Show Preview: Interphex 2024

Interphex 2024 (www.interphex.com) — a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology event — will be held April 16–18 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. The event will feature more than 450 exhibitors, as well as a dual-track conference…

Democratize operational data for faster digital transformation

The DeltaV Edge Environment (photo) is said to be a first-of-its-kind integrated software solution that expands the capabilities of the evolving DeltaV automation platform to provide an operational technology (OT) sandbox for data manipulation, analysis, organization and more. Teams can…

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Modern Fermentation and Fermenter Design

With the growth of ‘white biotechnology,’ industrial fermentation processes and large-scale fermenters will play a key role. Presented here are some design considerations In fermentation, microorganisms, animal and plant cells are used to produce chemical compounds. Enzymes, pharmaceutical ingredients, amino…