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LyondellBasell to sell former Houston refinery site to Valero for $320.5 million
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its former Houston Refinery site and related assets to Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. (San Antonio, Tex,). The…
AdvanSix selected for USDA grant to expand ammonia capacity in Virginia
AdvanSix Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.) announced it has been selected to receive $47.4 million in proposed funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) program. This funding will support Project…
Transition Industries signs EPC agreement for Pacifico Mexinol electrolyzer facility
Transition Industries LLC (Houston, Texas) announced that it has signed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) and Techint Engineering & Construction (Techint E&C; Buenos Aires, Argentina) for the approximately 210-MW electrolyzer facility…
Advanced titration analyzer automates alkalinity measurement in water
The CA900 Titration Analyzer automates routine alkalinity measurement with a more cost-effective approach. Water quality depends on maintaining the proper balance of pH and alkalinity levels, which is essential in everything from drinking water production to wastewater processes, as well…
New technique for recycling composite materials breaks down thermoset to recover fibers
Poly(dicyclopentadiene), or pDCPD, is a thermoset plastic often used with fiberglass or carbon fibers to make high-strength, lightweight composite materials. Such composites are difficult to recycle practically, leaving environmentally harmful incineration as the most common end-of-life scenario. Now, a team…
Applying ionic liquids to alum sludge presents a less-toxic route to sludge conditioning
Aluminum sulfate is used in drinking-water treatment as a coagulant to remove suspended particles, but this process leaves behind large volumes of watery residue known as alum sludge. Alum sludge is exceedingly difficult to dewater, making disposal a massive challenge,…
A sulfur-based substitute for bitumen as a binder in road asphalt
Demand for bitumen as a binding agent for road asphalt is growing, but supplies are not expected to keep pace. Startup company Uberbinder (Liverpool, U.K.; www.uberbinder.com) has developed a manufacturing platform to tackle this challenge with an alternative solution: a…
Upcycled steel byproduct sequesters phosphorus and sulfur in wastewater digesters
To inhibit fouling and H2S formation, chemicals like ferric chloride, ferric sulfate and aluminum sulfate are often used to reduce the concentration of phosphorus and sulfur in digesters at wastewater treatment facilities. While effective at isolating sulfides and phosphates, these…
Show Preview: Clean Americas
CLEAN Americas Week (Dallas, Tex.; Nov. 9–11) is the culmination of the decades of experience and community built by three legacy events — CLEAN Gulf, CLEAN Waterways and CLEAN Pacific. The three events have now been combined for the first…
Functionalized mixed-metal oxide is ‘anti-aging’ antidote for battery cathodes
A new metal-oxide additive technology is taking a different approach to extend battery performance and lifecycle. Developed by Ten-Nine Technologies (Tulsa, Okla.; www.ten-ninetech.com), the TENIX nanoscale additive formulation features specialized surface chemistry that selectively intervenes in key battery-degradation pathways that…