Electromagnetic separation technology applied to aquaculture
Technology originally developed for harvesting oil from algae has now been applied to sanitize water…
Commentary
The greening of China
The AchemAsia exhibition and conferences (www.achemasia.de) are a pretty good guide to trends in the…
‘Evil’ chemicals
I was at the local Panera Bread. I almost screamed. I would have, except there…
In The News
Chementator
Linde to help commercialize an oil-from-algae process
Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.sapphireenergy.com) and The Linde Group (Munich; www.linde.com) have signed…
A solid way to eliminate contaminants from wastewater
CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship (Perth, Western Australia; www.csiro.au/MDU) has developed a method that uses…
Desalination sans membranes
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin (www.utexas.edu) and the University of Marburg (Germany;…
Commercialization is set for a biomass-to-gasoline process
A process that is expected to produce high-octane gasoline from non-food biomass for an average…
Thin-film deposition
Last month, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org) was awarded $1.5 million by…
Ethylene in FCC off-gas is upgraded to motor fuels
A typical fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) generates about 200 tons/d of dry gas —…
August Chementator Briefs
Anti-hydrolysis agent Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) has developed a new carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agent…
This FCC process shown to enhance olefins production
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (JX_NOE; Tokyo, Japan; www.noe.jx-group.co.jp) has demonstrated enhanced propylene and…
Reduce air consumption from AODD pumps with this technology
New technology developed for air-operated, double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps can reduce consumption of compressed air by…
Modified PU foam shows promise as sponge for soaking up oil spills
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing; www.cas.ac.cn) have found a way to transform…
Inorganic membranes show promise to halve energy consumption in distillation
Japanese researchers from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO; Kawasaki City; www.nedo.go.jp),…
Business News
Outotec to supply technology for upgrading Cu smelter in Utah
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply the latest flash-smelting technology improvements to the upgrade…
JGC joins power-and-steam supply business in Saudi Arabia
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with Marubeni Corp. and Aljomaih Holding…
Costello and Zeton sign MoU for modular construction
R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (Redondo Beach, Calif.; www.rccostello.com) and Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ontario, Canada;…
Jacobs receives contract from CMPC for chlorine-dioxide plant in Brazil
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded a contract by CMPC Group’s Celulose…
Outotec wins orders from ETI Alüminyum in Turkey
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received orders from ETI Alüminyum A.S. a division of…
Azomures selects Stamicarbon technology for urea-plant revamp
Stamicarbon B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com), the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.…
Clariant and Lummus Novolen Technology to develop, commercialize new polypropylene catalysts
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that its Business Unit Catalysts has signed long-term cooperation…
Linde to build world’s largest CO2 purification and liquefaction plant
The technology company —The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a contract to…
Technip and Sasol form alliance for GTL facilities
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) and Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) announce that they have established…
JGC receives contract for lube-oil blending facility in Indonesia
JGC Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp), has received a contract…
Outotec to modernize Pasar copper smelter in the Philippines
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Philippine Associated Smelting and…
Praxair to expand Kirtland nitrogen facility
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced today that it has started up a second nitrogen…
Black & Veatch and Kiewit complete first stage of Jordan Cove LNG facility
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) and Kiewit (Omaha, Neb.; www.kiewit.com) have completed the front-end…
Technip awarded contract by NCRA for a H2 plant in Kansas
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com), in consortium with its construction partner Performance Contractors Inc., was awarded…
Siemens delivers wet-air-oxidation system to treat wastewater in Indonesia
Siemens Energy (www.siemens.com) has received a contract from Indonesia to deliver a Zimpro wet-air-oxidation system.…
GranBio and Rhodia sign partnership deal in renewable chemicals
GranBio (São Paulo; www.granbio.com.br), a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium;…
Clariant and Tasnee establish masterbatches JV in Saudi Arabia
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tasnee (www.tasnee.com), one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Saudi…
Edwards to acquire Gamma Vacuum
Edwards Group Ltd. (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com), a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products and abatement…
ItN Nanovation receives two big orders from Saudi Arabia
Nanostart AG’s ItN Nanovation AG (Saarbrücken, Germany; www.itn-nanovation.de) has bindingly received via its local agent…
Altana acquires specialty coatings business from Henkel
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the specialty coatings business of…
One of the world’s largest ammonia plants to be built in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will be utilizing ammonia technology from ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH…
Endress+Hauser expands flowmeter production in China
Endress+Hauser (Reinach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, China, with…
SNC-Lavalin awarded contract for MEG Energy’s Christina Lake project
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by MEG Energy to…
Jacobs receives contract from Nexen Energy
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a three-year contract from Nexen Energy…
Dow and Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies License LP Oxo Technology to PetroChina
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies (JM Davy; London, U.K. www.davyprotech.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland,…
Rive Technology raises $20 million in Series D Financing ;
Rive Technology (Princeton, N.J.; www.rivetechnology.com), a provider of innovative materials-based solutions for catalytic and separations…
Messer continues to grow in China
Messer (Bad Soden/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com), the largest owner-managed industrial gas specialist worldwide, continues to drive…
Bio-Based Chemicals Gain Market Acceptance
As an industry sector, bio-based chemicals have seen significant expansion over the past year, with…
CNOOC selects Ineos Technologies process, and more business news
Plant Watch Sasol awards integrated complex contract to WorleyParsons July 11, 2013 — WorleyParsons Ltd.…
Technical & Practical
Methanol-to-Propylene Technology
Propylene has been established as an important part of the global olefins business, trailing only…
Ten Things You May Not Know About Liquid Mixing Scaleup
The scaleup of liquid mixing systems does not have to be a mystery. The principles…
Absorber Optimization: Employing Process Simulation Software
Raw materials and energy represent two of the largest expenses in the chemical process industries…
Pinch Analysis for Production Planning in Manufacturing Industries
Manufacturers face seasonal supply-and-demand variations in their production cycle due to fluctuations in both market…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Detection and Prevention of DP:DPO Fluid Leaks
The management of process plants requires understanding and applying the fundamental tenets of safe design,…