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Recently Published Books for the CPI: September 2021

Here are recently published books with relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI). September 2021.  Engineering of Power Plant and Industrial Cooling Water Systems. By Charles F. Bowman and Seth N. Bowman, CRC Press, 2021, 174 pages, $71.96. 2021 Guide…

PureCycle announces partnership with Mitsui to develop ultra-pure recycled polypropylene plant in Japan

 PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Inc. (Tokyo) as a first step to developing and operating a recycling facility in Japan to transform polypropylene (PP) waste into Ultra-Pure Recycled Polypropylene (UPRP).…

LG Chem teams up with TK Chemical to produce biodegradable plastics

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) related to the production of Eco-friendly Biodegradable Materials and business cooperation with TK Chemical, a subsidiary of the Samla Midas (SM) Group. The MOU specifically…

Petronas and Eneos sign MoU to develop Malaysia-Japan hydrogen supply chain

PETRONAS (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), through its subsidiary PETRONAS Gas & New Energy Sdn Bhd (PGNESB), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) to jointly develop a competitive, clean hydrogen supply chain between Malaysia and Japan,…

SABIC and IOCL collaborate to reduce emissions from diesel systems

SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia), in collaboration Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), will provide Technical Grade Urea (TGU) to manufacture AUS-32 (Aqueous Urea Solution) used in diesel vehicular systems to reduce NO2 emission by over 70% to meet the stringent…

Borealis begins first test runs using waste-based renewable feedstocks in cracker unit

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden, is carrying out its first test run of a feedstock derived solely from vegetable-based waste streams. The test, which will be carried out throughout the month of September,…

Linde to increase capacity of air-separation plant in Florida

Linde plc (Guidlford, U.K.) announced plans to increase production capacity at its air separation plant in Mims, Florida, to meet rapidly growing demand for industrial gases. Through its investment, Linde will increase capacity at Mims by almost 50% to supply…

Chevron and Gevo to collaborate on production of sustainable aviation fuel

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.), announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or more new facilities that would process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),…

Braskem and SCG Chemicals jointly studying bio-ethanol dehydration plant in Thailand

Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand) to perform studies to jointly invest in a new bio-ethanol dehydration plant in Thailand to produce bio-ethylene and I'm green bio-based Polyethylene. If implemented, this…

Shell and BlueAlp to build two pyrolysis-based recycled-feedstock plants in the Netherlands

Shell Ventures BV and BlueAlp Holding BV today announced a strategic partnership to develop, scale and deploy BlueAlp’s plastic waste to chemical feedstock technology. The technology transforms plastic waste, which is tough to recycle, into a recycled feedstock (i.e. pyrolysis…