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Ineos Styrolution, Tomra and EGN announce plans to scale up polystyrene recycling

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, Tomra, the world leader in waste transformation and EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein, a leading recycling company, have announced a ground-breaking project to convert post-consumer polystyrene (PS) waste into recycled polystyrene for food packaging applications.…

Topsoe HydroFlex technology selected for three HF Sinclair renewable fuels sites

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) was selected by HF Sinclair as a technology provider for their production of renewable fuels at three facilities: Sinclair and Cheyenne, Wyoming and Artesia, New Mexico. All three facilities have now successfully been put into operation…

Bulk Solids Handling Seminar — July 13

Jenike & Johanson, the world’s leading powder and bulk solids handling company, has announced its Bulk Solids Handling Seminar, a full-day, interactive seminar aiming to prepare you to improve the bulk solids handling processes at your facility immediately. After the…

New offshore green-hydrogen demonstration project planned for the Canary Islands

Stargate Hydrogen Solutions OÜ (Tallinn, Estonia) has signed a grant agreement with the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to delivering sustainable energy solutions. The project, coordinated by the Oceanic Platform…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde Oleochemicals Thailand wins contract for alkoxylation reactor unit

Thyssenkrupp Uhde Thailand has been awarded a contract by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) for engineering services and proprietary equipment supply for its new non-ionic surfactant (NIS) plant at its Zhanjiang Verbund Site Project, Guangdong Province, China. The plant will employ…

Protecting the air we breathe

It has long been known, from advanced monitoring and modeling, that pollutants can linger in the air and travel long distances from their sources. Local air quality can therefore be affected by disturbances that happen in far-away parts of the…

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Facts At Your Fingertips: Standard Masses for Calibration of Weighing Instruments

 Accurately and efficiently weighing raw materials and reagents is a key part of many chemical processes, research projects and laboratory analysis. Poor weighing accuracy can contribute to lost revenue, increased labor costs and lower product quality. Calibration of weighing instruments…

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Optimization of Inventory Management with Process Integration Using Spreadsheet

A recently developed optimization technique called the automated targeting model is demonstrated for its application on inventory management Supply chain management that involves raw material sourcing, product manufacturing and delivery has often been viewed as one of the critical factors…

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Real-Time Particle-Size Analysis Technologies: Overview and Case Study

Monitoring particle sizes in real time can improve product quality and reduce costs in chemical processes. Presented here is an overview of available technologies for particle-size analysis and an example involving suspension polymerization Effective measurement, in real time, of particle…

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Changes to Calculation Inputs for CEPCI Due to Discontinued Data Series

Discontinued series IDs associated with producer prices for storage tanks requires a modification to the CEPCI The Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) is a widely used tool for comparing plant construction costs in the chemical process industries (CPI) between…