The new DB series of side-channel blowers are suitable for rough industrial processes, such as drying, pneumatic conveying or suction processes, where high flowrates are required. In the blowers, vacuum is created by the kinetic energy of the rotating impeller.…
Using the food-and-beverage industry as an example, these considerations can help engineers design new facilities with sustainability built in Rapid population growth and geopolitical tensions continue to keep food security a top priority for nations all over the world. These…
Developments in mixing technologies permit efficient use of energy and resources and manage challenging applications Mixing equipment hadn’t changed much in the past 50 years until recently when chemical processors began demanding more efficiency from their mixing operations due to…
Earlier this year, Salinity Solutions Ltd. (Coventry, U.K.; www.salinitysolutions.co.uk) signed an agreement with Te-Tech Process Solutions (Totton, Southampton, U.K.; www.te-tech.co.uk) to manufacture commercial water-purification systems based on batch reverse-osmosis (RO). This technology, originally characterized and developed at the University of…
Euro Manganese Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic to Wood Australia Pty Ltd. The Company has selected Wood as its EPCM partner following…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has agreed to partner with SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand). Under this partnership, Avantium and SCGC agreed to further develop CO2-based polymers and to scale-up to a pilot plant with an indicative capacity of…
Air Liquide SA (Paris) has sold its 19% stake in the fuel cell and hydrogen production technologies provider Hydrogenics Corporation to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) , who owns the remaining 81% of the company. With a large portfolio of technologies,…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that it will lead the FrontFuel project, pioneering highly efficient Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production from CO2, water, and renewable electricity Topsoe will receive a 26.9 million DKK grant from the EUDP to fund the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA; Oslo, Norway) are collaborating on a joint study to develop and construct a world-scale low-carbon blue ammonia production facility with carbon capture in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The companies are…
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) announces the signature of an agreement with Petronas and Mitsui to develop a carbon storage project in Southeast Asia. The partners will evaluate several CO2 storage sites in the Malay Basin, including both saline aquifers and depleted…