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Chemical Engineering — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A novel technology for cooling and dehumidification is nearing commercialization through several strategic partnerships, including GE Vernova, BASF and Carrier Global. Montana Technologies�?AirJoule technology employs a metal-organic-framework (MOF) desiccant material that exhibits higher water-uptake capacity and faster atmospheric water extraction when compared to traditional desiccant systems, and with significantly reduced energy consumption.

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Chemical Engineering — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements in energy efficiency, reliability and operational boundaries reduce emissions and cut costs Due to a demand to increase margins and meet sustainability and decarbonization targets, today’s

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Chemical Engineering — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Department Editor: Scott Jenkins Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are a family of highly reactive gases that can be produced naturally, but largely result from fuel combustion (industrial combustion and automobile

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Chemical Engineering — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the SMS group GmbH have developed a new process to reduce CO2 emissions from worldwide steel production by several hundred million tons per year. It is based on modernizing blast-furnace technology with moderate investments. The process was developed by KIT’s Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), in cooperation with the SMS group and its subsidiary Paul Wurth S.A., and KIT’s startup omegadot software & consulting GmbH. The process was demonstrated and validated at a pilot plant (photo) at Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Saarland.

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Chemical Engineering — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As the chemical process industries push to decarbonize their businesses, heat pumps are emerging as a go-to alternative to fossil fuels. Efficient and cost-effective, heat pumps are a rapidly expanding solution for industrial heat demand

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Chemical Engineering — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Using concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy to supply industrial-heating requirements is a promising way to reduce the use of fossil fuels. This is the aim of Magaldi Green Energy, which developed its Solar Thermo Electric Magaldi (STEM) CST technology. STEM-CST not only converts solar radiation into thermal energy, but integrates energy storage in order to supply process steam, even in the absence of sunlight. The patented STEM-CST technology consists of a primary-mirror field (heliostats) and a secondary reflector positioned over a ground-mounted solar receiver, consisting of a fluidized bed (FB) of silica sand.

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Chemical Engineering — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Properly locating a simple 1–2-in. balance line can make all the difference in successful reboiler operation Steam reboilers are crucial to production in petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants

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Chemical Engineering — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

n recent years, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed technology to produce liquid fuels from sunlight and air. At the heart of the production process is a solar reactor that is exposed to concentrated sunlight delivered by a parabolic mirror and reaches temperatures of up to 1,500°C. Inside this reactor, which contains a porous ceramic structure made of cerium oxide, a thermochemical cycle takes place for splitting water and CO2 (captured previously from the air) to produce synthesis gas (syngas), which can be further processed into liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Until now, structures with isotropic porosity have been applied, but these have the drawback that they exponentially attenuate the incident solar radiation as it travels into the reactor.

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Chemical Engineering — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Coolbrook Oy has successfully completed the first phase of large-scale pilot testing for its RotoDynamic Technology at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, the Netherlands. During 2023, Coolbrook has been running a test program to demonstrate the RotoDynamic Heater (RDH) technology, which combines the principles of rocket science, turbomachinery and chemical engineering to electrify and decarbonize traditionally hard-to-abate industrial processes, such as processing in cement, iron and steel and chemicals. Industrial partners include Cemex, UltraTech Cement and Arcelor Mittal.

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Chemical Engineering — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Last month, Metso Corp. introduced a hydrogen-variant of its Ferroflame LowNOx burners as part of its NextGen Pelletizing plant product range. It is a first-of-its-kind burner to run on H2 and to operate on the LowNOx combustion principle. Designed especially for traveling-grate pelletizing plants, these burners are 100% H2 powered and are part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, which focuses on environmentally efficient technologies.

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