The US Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today the selection of ten projects aimed at developing advanced technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal combustion. The projects, valued at up to $67 million over three years, focus on…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen,Germany; www.evonik.com) and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) have entered into a license agreement regarding Evonik’s U.S. Patents Nos. 7,738,528 and 7,652,145, directed to metathesis technology excluding Evonik’s catMETium RF product portfolio. The companies also…
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO; Melbourne, Australia; www.csiro.au) is partnering with China United Coalbed Methane Corp. (CUCBM; www.chinacbm.com) on a A$10 million joint demonstration project that will store 2,000 metric tons (m.t.) of carbon dioxide underground in…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Total Petrochemicals (Brussels, Belgium; www.totalpetrochemicals.com) has successfully demonstrated UOP technology that will enable the use of feedstocks other than petroleum to produce plastics and other petrochemicals. A demonstration…
Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; wwwborouge.com), a joint-venture (JV) between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and Borealis (Vienna, Austria; www borealisgroup.com), formally signed three major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately $2.6 billion for its Borouge 3…
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.cleantechbiofuels.net), an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy and bio-based chemical production, announced an agreement with Fiberight LLC. (Catonsville, Md.; www. fiberight.com), to install its…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has won an order worth $50 million from Actelios SpA, through its subsidiary Actelios Solar SpA, in Italy to supply three photovoltaic (PV) solar-power plants in western Sicily. The plants will have fixed PV modules and…
Computational Techniques for Multi-Phase Flows. By Guan H. Yeoh and Jiyuan Tu. Butterworth-Heinemann. 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803. Web: elsevierdirect.com. 2009. 664 pages. $130.00. Reviewed by Simon Lo CD-adapco, Didcot, U.K. This guide effectively covers many complex topics associated…
IFP (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifp.fr) and Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp. (Vancouver, Canada; www.dynamotive.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the field of pyrolysis oil upgrading with the aim to produce second-generation Biofuels. Pyrolysis oils present several challenges to overcome…
Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continues to be a major issue in national and international public policy, as well as a major focus for companies in the chemical process industries (CPI). Many countries are considering systems that place a…