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Amogy, LOTTE Fine Chemical sign MOU to advance ammonia-to-hydrogen solutions
Amogy Inc. (Brooklyn, New York), a provider of mature, scalable, and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, and LOTTE Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea), which operates Asia's largest ammonia import, storage, and distribution networks, today announced the signing of a Memorandum…
Integrated process simulation combines AI with engineering physics to optimize energy systems
Petro-SIM® 7.7 is an advanced process simulation, optimization, and digital twin platform for engineers and safety specialists working across the refining, petrochemical, chemical, and process industries. Built on nearly 50 years of refinery and process engineering expertise, Petro-SIM 7.7 integrates…
R3 Lithium starts operations to produce lithium carbonate from recycled battery materials
R3 Lithium (Covington, Ga.; www.r3lithium.com) today announced initiation of operations to produce lithium carbonate from 100% recycled battery materials at North America’s first proven commercial-scale lithium carbonate recovery facility in Covington, Georgia. The company, which also announced that it has…
RTI International opens $14 million expansion of Pilot Xcelerator facility in N.C.
Moving a breakthrough technology from the laboratory to commercial deployment remains one of the biggest challenges facing energy and industrial innovators. To help close that gap, RTI International (Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.rti.org), an independent scientific research institute, today opened a…
Sasol enters agreement to sell Nitrates business
Sasol, Ltd. (Sandton, South Africa) has entered into a sale agreement with Enaex Africa (Dunkeld, South Africa) for the sale of its Nitrates business, which includes the primary ammonia conversion plants in Secunda and Sasolburg that convert ammonia into feedstock…
D-CRBN selects Worley to engineer renewable syngas plant in Antwerp
D-CRBN (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected Worley, Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) to provide engineering services for its new renewable syngas demonstration plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The project is designed to demonstrate a lower-carbon pathway for producing feedstock used in…
Lonza to build large-scale spray-drying facility in Oregon
Lonza, Group AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to further strengthen its significant U.S. presence by constructing a large-scale commercial spray-drying facility in Bend, Oregon. The investment will establish Lonza as the leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) provider of…
Moeve and ArcelorMittal form joint platform to develop decarbonization projects
Moeve, S.A. (Madrid, Spain) and ArcelorMittal, S.A. (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg) will combine their expertise in innovation, energy solutions, and industrial capabilities to create a new platform for developing projects that have a direct impact on the competitiveness and sustainability of…
Fieldbus-connected valve terminal improves hazardous-area automation
In Class I, Division 2 hazardous locations, pneumatic actuators have traditionally been controlled from control cabinets in distant, safe locations. Long wiring runs increase installation and commissioning time, complicate maintenance and troubleshooting, and make future system expansion difficult. The new…
Physics-Rooted, Non-Invasive Industrial Temperature Sensors Drive Accuracy While Providing Flexibility
Enhanced thermal coupling and physical pipe conditioning techniques combine the accuracy of traditional thermowell-inserted thermometers with the application flexibility of non-invasive temperature measurement methods. Temperature is one of the most critical process variables in these environments, and its accurate measurement…