Chemical Engineering
Phelan Green selects Honeywell technology for eSAF facility in South Africa
Phelan Green (Capre Town, South Africa), through its clean fuels subsidiary Phelan eFuels, announced it has selected Honeywell’s renewable fuel process technology for its planned electro‑sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) facility in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Phelan eFuels will…
INOX Air Products commissions high-purity liquid oxygen plant in Tamil Nadu
INOX Air Products (INOXAP), one of India’s leading manufacturers of industrial and medical gases, has successfully commissioned an Ultra-High Purity (UHP) Liquid Oxygen plant at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The commissioning marks a significant milestone in strengthening India’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem,…
Linde Engineering selected for NH3 Clean Energy ammonia project
NH3 Clean Energy Ltd. (West Perth, Australia) has selected Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) to deliver Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for its planned WAH2 clean ammonia project and explore with NH3 Clean Energy potential future models for the execution…
Bookshelf for April 2026
The following is a list of recently published, first-edition books that may be relevant to professionals working in the chemical process industries (CPI). Fluidization Processes: Design and Operation. By Jia Wei Chew and Ray Cocco, Wiley-VCH Publishing, March 2026, 688…
Outokumpu details circular economy model for mining sidestreams
Steel manufacturer Outokumpu (Helsinki, Finland) announced that its Kemi mine, together with the EU-funded Lapland Mining Hub project and Digipolis in Kemi, is launching a data-driven circular economy ecosystem that aims to transform the mine's side streams from waste into…
Gevo reveals expansion plans for low-carbon ethanol facility in North Dakota
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it is developing plans for a potential expansion at the site of its Gevo North Dakota facility (GND) in Richardton, North Dakota by adding a second ethanol production facility with targeted production capacity of…
Waste-to-Feedstock Scaling and Integration Challenges
Utilizing waste plastics as feedstocks in circular processes requires a systems-based approach. Presented here are the challenges that must be overcome to make circular hydrocarbons investable, scalable and repeatable For more than a decade, the chemical process industries (CPI) has…
Nanostructured sorbent and electro-resistive heating lower costs for DAC system
Minimizing cost is the key parameter for the viability of direct-air-capture (DAC) systems that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The startup company Sustaera Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.sustaera.com) has built a prototype DAC system that it says can…
Induction-activated catalysis electrifies the production of olefins from plastic waste
A new approach to advanced recycling combines heterogeneous catalysis with electromagnetic induction, enabling the conversion of polyolefin-rich waste streams into versatile materials. Developed by bobine (Strasbourg, France; www.bobine-chemistry.com), this fully electric technology can help decarbonize the production of olefins like…
A hydrogen plant in Iceland will couple geothermal energy and solid-oxide electrolysis
A new demonstration facility in northern Iceland will integrate geothermal energy with a solid-oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) to produce green hydrogen, representing a key step toward lower-cost sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This Thermal Hybrid Production System, developed by Syntholene Energy…