Chemical Engineering
Chementator Briefs
Using Waste Heat To convert large amounts of waste heat into electricity as efficiently as possible, turbines with a high degree of efficiency are required that work with a special conversion process — the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). In a…
A hydrogen-fired furnace for ceramics
This month, a demonstration experiment will begin on a new firing furnace for ceramics that is being developed by NGK Insulators, Ltd. (NGK; www.ngk.co.jp). The furnace is fired with hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. H2-fired combustion…
Spinning reactor recovers metals from spent Li-ion batteries
Recycling lithium batteries (LIBs) requires extensive use of hydrometallurgy, which requires multiple steps of extraction-stripping processes, each requiring separate reactors and different parameters. Although there have been attempts to devise a single-step, one-pot solution by partitioning the reactor using membranes,…
LyondellBasell’s PP technology selected for new plant in Saudi Arabia
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Alujain National Industrial Company (Alujain) has selected polypropylene process technology from LyondellBasell for a new Spherizone process technology line. Alujain owns National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NatPet), which operates a Spheripol process technology…
LG Chem begins construction of fourth carbon nanotube plant at Daesan Complex
LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has started construction of its fourth carbon nanotube (CNT) plant at its Daesan Complex, 80 kilometers southwest of Seoul. LG Chem’s CNT 4 Plant is slated for operation in 2025 and will…
Honeywell technology selected for SAF production at five BP refineries
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that bp plc (London) selected its Ecofining technology to help support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at five facilities. Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology will be installed at bp sites across the globe including the…
PPG announces major upgrade plans for multiple powder-coating plants in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced a $44 million investment to upgrade five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America. The projects are part of PPG’s strategic efforts to expand its powder coatings offerings and increase global production to…
Air Products to acquire industrial gas complex in Uzbekistan
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it has signed an investment agreement with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Uzbekneftegaz JSC (UNG) to acquire, own and operate a natural gas-to-syngas processing facility in Qashqadaryo Province, Uzbekistan for US$1…
BASF starts up new supercomputer in Ludwigshafen
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has started up a new supercomputer at its Ludwigshafen site to replace the existing one. With 3 petaflops of computing power, the new supercomputer is considerably more powerful than its 1.75 petaflop predecessor. “Digital technologies are…
Wacker completes VAE expansion in Nanjing
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) recently marked the completion of the capacity expansion for vinyl-acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions and VAE dispersible polymer powders at Wacker’s Nanjing site in China. With a new reactor for dispersions and a new spray dryer…