Sierra Instruments (Moneterey, Calif; www.sierrainstruments.com) has released a new online animated video, entitled “Precise Gas Flow Measurement: The Sierra Way.” This short three-minute educational video explains the operating principle of Sierra’s capillary thermal technology. Said to be the first of…
Siemens Energy Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) has secured an order from Abu Dhabi for construction of the Shuweihat II combined cycle power plant with integrated seawater desalination facility. The company will build the plant as a turnkey project together with the…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar’s manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany. Under the turnkey contract, Linde will provide a complete…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announce the design and construction of a pilot plant to capture carbon dioxide from the fluegas of a coal-fired boiler at the Dow-owned facility in South Charleston, W.V.…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) has been awarded an order for the installation of Fisher control valves at the Saudi Kayan petrochemical complex in Al Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. For the project, Emerson will supply 780 Fisher digital control…
Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) is to invest 20 million euros in a new aromatic and aliphatic polyisocyanate manufacturing facility in India as part of its strategy to grow its business in the country and strengthen its position as a…
Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas (GHG) believed to be responsible for global warming. CO2 levels are rising at an accelerated rate with the increasing global demand for transportation fuels and power. Today, worldwide CO2 emissions amount to…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Ensyn Corp. (Wilmington, Del.; www.ensys.com) have launched Envergent Technologies, LLC, a joint venture (JV) to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into pyrolysis oil for power generation, heating fuel and for…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will invest around €10 million in Australia in a carbon dioxide recovery unit. The Air Liquide unit will re-use up to 69,000 metric ton (m.t.) of C02 from the BassGas natural gas plant and be…
Malvern Instruments (Malvern, U.K.; www.malvernpanalytical.com/en) has entered into a collaborative agreement with industrial process optimization specialist SDTech (Ales, France; www.sd-tech.com/homepage.php). SDTech works primarily in custom micronization and the analysis of fine and ultra-fine powders, delivering Process Expert services to a…