Chemical Engineering
Extending the Life of Legacy Rotary Dryers
Rotary dryers are often in operation for many decades after their initial commissioning. This article provides a decision framework to consider whether to upgrade, repair or replace an aging rotary dryer Rotary dryers are fundamental to ensuring product quality and…
SLB to acquire thermal management firm Kelvion for around $3.4 billion
SLB N.V. (Houston, Tex.) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Kelvion Holding GmbH (Herne, Germany), a global provider of thermal management and heat exchange technologies. The acquisition strengthens SLB's Data Center Solutions business with critical thermal management technologies…
Air Products expands hydrogenation capabilities at Allentown chemicals and refinery process lab
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pa.), the world's largest supplier of hydrogen, today announced that it has expanded the hydrogenation capabilities of its state-of-the-art Chemicals and Refinery Process Lab located at its Global Corporate Headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania. "The…
Germany’s first CO2 export terminal takes a step closer to commercial development
Ambrian Energy GmbH (Bremen, Germany) and Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Bad Soden, Germany) announce that the planned joint venture "CarbonBridge" has successfully received antitrust approval from the European Commission. This milestone paves the way for the development of the…
Ammobia and Lummus Technology partner on modular ammonia-production technology
Ammobia Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.), a developer of breakthrough low-cost, modular ammonia production technology, announced an agreement with Lummus Technology LLC (Houston, Texas) to license and deploy Ammobia's ammonia production system. Through this partnership, Ammobia's production technology is to be…
OMV Petrom expands green hydrogen production capacity at Petrobrazi refinery
OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) announced the delivery of all seven modules for its second green hydrogen electrolyzer, with a capacity of 35 MW, at the Petrobrazi refinery. Together with the previously announced 20-MW unit, the total installed green hydrogen…
Advancing Electrical-System Reliability in the Chemical Process Industries
From Reactive to Resilient Electrical infrastructure has quietly become one of the highest-stakes reliability challenges facing chemical process industries today — and the consequences of getting it wrong extend well beyond equipment downtime. This white paper examines how aging assets,…
Rethinking Electrical-Distribution- System Reliability in the CPI Facilities
The Electrical System Problem CPI Facilities Can No Longer Ignore Electrical distribution systems underpin every pump, compressor, safety instrumented system, and emergency shutdown function in a chemical process facility — yet they remain one of the most under-monitored and under-digitized…
Emvolon and Freepoint Commodities announce partnership to scale biomethanol production from waste gases globally
Emvolon, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts), an MIT spinout commercializing technology that converts methane-rich waste gases into high-value liquid fuels, and Freepoint Commodities LLC (Stamford, Connecticut), a leading global physical commodity merchant, have announced the execution of two definitive commercial agreements. The…
Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions mutually terminate merger agreement
Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. (Morris Plains, N.J.), a global leader in high-performance specialty materials, and Element Solutions Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) have entered into an agreement to terminate their previously announced agreement for Solstice to acquire Element in a cash-and-stock…