Managing load-sharing controls for compressors was one of several topics explored by a group during several group discussions that took place on December 13 at the Turbomachinery Symposium in Houston. While the discussion was prompted by a participant’s question…
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycles—which are inching closer to commercial applications for waste heat recovery, concentrating solar power, nuclear, and fossil energy—offer higher thermal efficiencies and power density than conventional steam Rankine and Air Brayton cycles in use today for…
Following an introduction from outgoing Turbomachinery Lab director Dara Childs, Jody Elliott, president of domestic oil and gas at Oxy Oil & Gas kicked off the 2017 Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia (TPS) on Tuesday with a welcome address focused on…
Dow Industrial Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com), announced plans to expand its propionic acid facility in Texas City, Texas to meet rising global demand.The propionic acid market continues to grow as a result…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) announced that it will continue production in Tarragona (Spain) beyond 2020. The company will invest around EUR 200 million to increase the cost competitiveness at the site by implementing various measures. As a first step,…
Hanwha Total Petrochemical (Seoul, South Korea), a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha Corp. (Seoul; www.hanwha.com) and Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), will invest more than $300 million to expand its integrated petroleum-refining and petrochemicals platform located in Daesan, South Korea…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Canada; www.novachem.com) announced two significant growth projects for its Ontario operations involving a capital investment expected to exceed Cdn $2 billion. This brings industry-leading manufacturing technology to Ontario, with improved product performance and increased energy efficiency.…
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg; www.orioncarbons.com) announced that it has completed construction of a new Carbon Black production line at its plant in Yeosu, South Korea, to produce specialty products. The line started production on November 23rd and has begun…
Veolia North America (Boston, Mass.; www.veolianorthamerica.com) has announced a significant investment for a new “debottlenecking” project at its Burnside, La., sulfur regeneration facility, which provides merchant sulfuric acid regeneration services to refineries and produces various sulfur-based products. The project investment…
The U.S. chemical industry is riding a global wave of growth as the world’s major economies experience an upswing for the first time in a decade. Increased output and accelerating growth rates that surpass the previous twenty-year average will help…