Veolia’s (Paris, France; www.veolia.com) V recycling and waste recovery business in France has been awarded a nine-year contract worth €95 million to improve the Reims energy-recovery plant. Treating the 60,000 metric tons (m.t.) of final waste generated each year by…
Compact Membrane Systems (CMS; Newport, Del.; www.compactmembrane.com) announced a pilot of its new Optiperm olefins-separation technology with DowDuPont. The project will field test Optiperm membranes, with the ultimate goal of testing a demonstration-size unit with membrane area greater than 100…
As with many industries, turbomachinery is experiencing a shift toward all things digital. The two main results of the digitalization trend are that turbomachinery providers are now able to improve how their own factories operate, but also help their customers…
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.…