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Protect tanks against overpressure or excess vacuum

12F-TWW-0 pressure/vacuum relief valves (PVRV; photo) are designed to increase protection against damage to tank equipment caused by overpressure or excessive vacuum. These new devices are said to achieve superior sealing performance and industry-leading flowrates within a smaller valve footprint…

Minimize the carbon footprint of pipeline operations

The Zero Emission Electro-Hydraulic actuator (photo) provides a comprehensive solution to lower emissions without requiring pipeline gas as the actuator’s primary power supply. Pipeline actuators have previously relied on using the gas from the pipeline as a power source, which…

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Optimization of Inventory Management with Process Integration Using Spreadsheet

A recently developed optimization technique called the automated targeting model is demonstrated for its application on inventory management Supply chain management that involves raw material sourcing, product manufacturing and delivery has often been viewed as one of the critical factors…

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Changes to Calculation Inputs for CEPCI Due to Discontinued Data Series

Discontinued series IDs associated with producer prices for storage tanks requires a modification to the CEPCI The Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) is a widely used tool for comparing plant construction costs in the chemical process industries (CPI) between…

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Real-Time Particle-Size Analysis Technologies: Overview and Case Study

Monitoring particle sizes in real time can improve product quality and reduce costs in chemical processes. Presented here is an overview of available technologies for particle-size analysis and an example involving suspension polymerization Effective measurement, in real time, of particle…

Euro Manganese awards EPCM contract to Wood Australia

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 and SCG Chemicals collaborating on CO2-based polymers pilot project

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 sells Hydrogenics stake to Cummins

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 to lead Front Fuels sustainable aviation fuels project in Denmark

 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 and Yara to evaluate low-carbon blue ammonia project on U.S. Gulf Coast

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…