Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) have signed an agreement for post-combustion carbon capture. It is a General License Agreement enabling Saipem to deploy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ advanced post-combustion CO2 capture technologies in…
Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) has awarded Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) the contract for the detailed engineering of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe, which Cepsa will start up together with Bio-Oils, with an investment of up…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) and Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. launched a joint demonstration project with the objective of commercializing a chemical recycling process for polyamide 66 (PA66, also called nylon 66) using microwave technology. The process utilizes microwaves to depolymerize…
Suncor Energy Inc. (Calgary, Alta. Canada) has agreed to acquire the entirety of the shares of TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd for a consideration including a C$5.5 billion cash payment at closing (about US$4.1 billion) and additional payments that could reach…
Fortum Battery Recycling (Espoo, Finland) has started commercial operations at its state-of-the-art hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The newly established facility is the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of recycling capacity, and it is also…
AnoxKaldnes, a subsidiary of Veolia focused on moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) based solutions, will supply its space-saving and capacity-increasing solution to support the upgrade of Käppalaverket (Käppala wastewater treatment plant) in Lidingö in Sweden, owned by Käppalaförbundet (Käppala Association). The…
On this episode of the CE Podcast, we talk about the history of chemistry and chemical engineering with our guest David Cole, the president and CEO of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. Listen using the link below: https://soundcloud.com/user-971947772-589408099/davidcole-shi?si=7c3b719339f04a70bc1832719c52fc0e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
The following is a list of recently published books that may be relevant for various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI): Fire Protection Handbook, 21st edition. By the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA, 2023, two-volume set, $749. Contract Strategies…
The new, electronic automatic pellet-mill control system, EAPR (photo), enables this company’s machines to operate optimally with low manpower requirements and long service lives. EAPR enables optimum automatic operation of all flat-die pellet mills. It consists of a local control…
The first polymeric ultrafiltration (UF) membrane with a completely new geometry since the seven-capillary Multibore debuted over two decades ago, Multibore PRO (photo) combines 19 bores within a single fiber to enable users to realize both performance and sustainability benefits…