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ACC comments on impact of the port strike on chemical manufacturing
American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) president and CEO Chris Jahn issued the following statement regarding the impact of the strike at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports: “The chemical industry is one of the country’s largest shippers across…
Next Wave and Lummus Technology produce world’s first renewable alkylate
Lummus Technology (Houston; www.lummustechnology.com) and Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Houston; www.nextwaveenergy.com) announced the production of the world's first renewable alkylate. This renewable alkylate, derived from ethanol and produced through a series of Lummus' technologies, is a bio-based, low carbon…
Advancing battery technologies
Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE, www.energy.gov) announced that two Energy Innovation Hub teams would receive a total of $125 million ($62.5 million to each team) in funding over five years to “seed and accelerate next-generation technologies beyond…
Chementator Briefs
Tire recycling The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG; Tokyo, Japan; www.mcgc.com) has demonstrated chemical recycling of end-of-life tires (ELTs) using the coke ovens at its Kagawa Plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture). The company is able to feed crushed ELTs as raw…
A low-cost coating system designed to optimize water electrolysis
Seemingly small component changes can make a large impact on the productivity of electrochemistry systems, such as electrolyzers used for producing “green” hydrogen. For example, a new coating technology developed by Oxford nanoSystems Ltd. (OnS; Abingdon, U.K.; www.oxfordnanosystems.com), when applied…
Process for continuous production of MOFs plans scaleup
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great potential for a number of applications, including as carbon-capture materials, but their use commercially has been limited by production methods, which are generally expensive batch processes. With the development of a continuous process for…
Recyclable wind turbine blades
As wind energy takes a prominent role in the energy transition, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL: www.nrel.gov) have focused on manufacturing sustainable turbine blades that can be made from bio-derivable resources and then…
Scaleup underway for super-efficient silver refining
A significant contributor to the cost, energy consumption and carbon footprint of silver production is in the refining steps to remove, recover and recycle zinc from Parkes Crust silver-zinc intermetallic compounds. A fundamental redesign of the silver process to improve…
Plant Watch: October 2024
Plant Watch SK Energy to start commercial production of SAF September 16, 2024 — SK Energy, a subsidiary of SK Innovation Co. (Seoul, South Korea; www.skinnovation.com), announced the completion of South Korea’s first dedicated production line for sustainable aviation fuel…
Pad-Reinforced Nozzles in Pressure Vessels
This article examines the application of reinforcing pads for strengthening nozzles in pressure vessels and the impact of the geometric gap that exists between the pad and the vessel shell Many common forms of nozzle connections in technological applications are…