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New polysilicon granule-drying system boosts processing yields and purity
A novel cold-dry process makes possible the utilization of fine form-factor silicon, such as granules and sand-like fines, in the production of high-purity polysilicon for solar photovoltaic cells and semiconductors, where such fine-grained material would normally have to be sent…
The Sensitive Side of Chemical Processing
As in almost all other aspects of producing chemicals, processors are looking for cost-effective sensing solutions. And they won’t be disappointed by the newest offering of sensors for the chemical process industries (CPI). Gas and pH sensors, as well as…
Lignin recovery process could improve profits for papermakers
Recovery boilers, in which pulp and paper companies burn spent black liquor from the kraft pulping process to recover and recycle sodium and sulfur, are a bottleneck in many paper mills. The reason is that they operate at their upper…
A new catalyst enables room-temperature interconversion of CO2 and formic acid
A new catalyst that converts H2 and CO2 into formic acid under mild conditions has been developed by researchers at the Solar Light Energy Conversion Group of Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST;…
Foster Wheeler awarded PMC contract for aromatics complex in Abu Dhabi
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company (ChemaWEyaat) for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) services for an…
Outotec provides flotation technology for Kennecott Utah Copper concentrator
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Kennecott Utah Copper to supply 30 TankCell e300 flotation cells, with an option for an additional ten cells for retrofit of the company's Copperton Concentrator. The contract was booked in Outotec's…
BASF acquires Novolyte Technologies
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), Arsenal Capital Partners (New York, N.Y.; www.arsenalcapital.com) and Foosung Co. (www.foosung.com) today announced BASF’s acquisition of Novolyte Technologies (Cleveland, Ohio). Novolyte is a manufacturer of electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries, as well as specialty chemicals…
UOP to provide technology for propylene production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected to provide key technology to produce propylene in China. Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. (Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, China) will use UOP’s C3 Oleflex process technology to convert…
UOP technology selected for petrochemical production in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its UOP C3 and C4 Oleflex" processes have been selected by Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co. (Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China) to produce key petrochemicals. The plant will be the…
Chemrec and TCC cooperation on advanced biofuel plants
Chemrec AB (Stockholn, Sweden; www.chemrec.se) has signed a cooperation agreement with China Tianchen Engineering Corp. (TCC; Tianjin; www.china-tcc.com), to provide an integrated offering of Chemrec plants on a global lump-sum turn-key basis and co-market the Chemrec black liquor gasification technology…