In traditional beer brewing, the progress of the fermentation process is typically checked manually, by inserting a hydrometer (beer spindle) that measures the density, from which the extract content of the wort can be derived — a procedure that not…
Researchers at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich; Switzerland; www.ethz.ch) and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU; www.ntu.edu.sg) developed a process to utilize industrial chicken feathers for making proton-conductive membranes that can be used in fuel cells, protonic transistors and water-splitting…
A new ammonia-recovery plant has begun steady-state operation to demonstrate a patented process to upcycle the ammonia content from cattle manure into stabilized fertilizer ingredients. The Ammonia Recovery System (ARS) was developed by Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (Old Bethpage, N.Y.;…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its Purifier ammonia technology has been selected by PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang (Pusri), a subsidiary of PT Pupuk Indonesia, for its planned Pusri 3B Ammonia Plant to be built in South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. This…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Dongming Shenghai Co., Ltd. (Dongming Shenghai), will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol, Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (Hostalen ACP) and Lupotech T technologies for its new facility. The process technology will be used for a 350,000…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced a milestone in its partnership with Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (GNFC) with the successful commissioning of its second plant using KBR’s proprietary MAGNAC concentrated nitric acid (CNA) technology, in Gujarat, India. The plant,…
Lhyfe (Paris) has announced plans to develop a green hydrogen industrial production and distribution site in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique). The call for proposals for the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port, which was launched on 21 November 2022, concerned the provision of land located…
Repsol Butano entered into an agreement with ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) to upgrade its Distributed Control Systems (DCS) at 12 of the energy company’s butane factories across Spain. The 18 month-long migration project was executed in a systematic manner, with…
TechnipFMC plc (Paris) announced an agreement to sell the company’s Measurement Solutions business to One Equity Partners for $205 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments at the closing of the transaction. As part of the Surface Technologies segment, the…
Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) announced that its Acrylic Products business unit and SABIC's (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Functional Forms business unit are going to be merged to form a new firm called Polyvantis. Polyvantis will be a new global player in the…