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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…
Keys to Designing Sustainable Production Facilities
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…
Smart inspection system for maintenance in hazardous areas
Together with its strategy partner Senseven, this company has introduced the Valve Sense mobile inspection system (photo). Industrial users can now use the software and AI-based system in conjunction with this company’s IS540.1 smartphone to monitor critical valves in international…
Lithium metal for next-generation batteries produced from Li2CO3 in pilot facility
In May, Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Ont.; www.li-metal.com) announced the production of refined lithium metal from lithium carbonate salt using a new electrolysis process at the company’s pilot facility in Ontario, Canada. The lithium metal produced at the pilot plant is…
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…
TotalEnergies partners with Petronas and Mitsui on a carbon storage hub in Malaysia
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…