Chemical Engineering
Protecting Steam Systems from Corrosion
Steam and condensate-return systems can be susceptible to unique forms of corrosion. This overview explains how to prevent or minimize such issues Steam is utilized for process heating and other applications at thousands of industrial plants in the chemical process…
Extracting zinc from flyash
In Sweden, incineration of household waste in waste-to-energy (WtE) plants is common, and generates around 250,000 metric tons (m.t.) of flyash every year. The rest of Europe accounts for around ten times that amount. Most of this waste is landfilled,…
Area Electrical Classification in Research Applications: Is It the Only Mitigative Choice?
Area electrical classification is a powerful tool for process safety. It is not, however, the only viable approach to a safe process Electrically classifying an area is a long-standing safety measure in the petrochemical and related industries. It is also…
Printing sensors onto stickers
Advanced sensors are crucial to any predictive maintenance strategy, and often these sensors must be quickly installed into difficult-to-reach spaces. A novel nanomaterial technology enables predictive sensors that can be “printed” onto flexible stickers. These stickers can be easily attached…
Hydrogen-fuel business OneH2 receives investment from Sumitomo
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA; New York, N.Y.), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp., announced its investment in OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company headquartered in Longview, North Carolina. SCOA's investment will help the company deploy full turnkey hydrogen solutions, creating…
Repsol joins international consortium to develop renewable hydrogen technology
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has joined an international consortium to develop cutting-edge renewable hydrogen technology. The H24All project, led by a consortium of fifteen partners, has presented an application for European Green Deal funding to develop Europe’s first 100 megawatt…
KBR awarded study to support hydrogen-based energy supply for data center development
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a study by Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres) to assess scenarios for alternative hydrogen-based energy sources to supply new data center investment and deployment in Singapore. Through…
Shin-Etsu to expand production capacity in Plaquemine, La.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo) announced plans to further bolster the production capacity of Shintech Inc., its subsidiary in the U.S. In July 2018, Shintech broke ground in a greenfield site in Plaquemine, Louisiana for a new integrated plant, which is…
Air Liquide completes construction of world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in Canada
Air Liquide (Paris) has completed the construction of the world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to 8.2 metric tons per day (m.t./d) of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec. With…
LyondellBasell and Sinopec finalize JV to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer in China
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the largest integrated energy companies in China, announced the signing of an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture (JV) which will produce propylene…