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CPI Outlook for 2025

The industrial sector consumes more than 80% of basic and specialty chemicals. Worldwide, industrial activity saw a modest recovery in 2024. Global industrial production is expected to have increased by 1.3% by the end of 2024, with predictions of about…

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Chementator Briefs

Powerful permanent magnets Permanent magnets — materials that create their own persistent magnetic field — are frequently used in most types of electronics, turbines, engines and motors. Currently, nearly all powerful permanent magnets require rare-earth elements (REEs), such as neodymium…

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Entrainment Flooding and Weeping Velocities

Weeping and flooding phenomena set the vapor velocity in industrial distillation columns. Presented here are procedures for calculating flooding and weeping velocities in a four-pass sieve-tray column In industrial distillation, the term “weeping” is primarily used when the liquid in…

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Troubleshooting a Trayed Distillation Column

Presented here is the progress and resolution of a troubleshooting case involving a distillation column with a capacity reduction problem Troubleshooting distillation columns during operation is often the key to stable production at industrial facilities. The collection of troubleshooting references…

Toray to build gigawatt-class mass-production system for water electrolyzer materials

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has selected the company’s project to build a gigawatt-class mass production system for electrolyte membranes used in water electrolyzer for the Green Transformation Supply Chain Development Support…

Mitsubishi Power Americas and Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association formalize partnership to advance hydrogen hub projects

Mitsubishi Power Americas, through its subsidiary MHI Hydrogen Infrastructure (MHI H2I), announces the recent signing of a subrecipient agreement between the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) and MHI H2I’s Boardman Hydrogen Hub project. The PNWH2 Hub, one of the country’s…

New sustainable aluminum-powder facility using recycled materials to be built in India

Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has announced that its group company, Eckart, has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with India-based sustainable manufacturing firm Runaya. The joint venture is establishing a new facility in Orissa (India), to produce sustainable spherical…

University of California Riverside awarded $1.4-million grant to spur water recycling technology

The University of California (UC) system has awarded a $1.4 million grant to UC Riverside chemical and environmental engineering professor Haizhou Liu and a collaborative team from several UC campuses to combat water scarcity by developing strategies to clean and…

Merck KGaA investing €70 million in new Advanced Materials Development Center in Japan

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany announced that it will invest over €70 million to construct a new Advanced Materials Development Center (AMDC) at its Shizuoka site in Japan. This latest investment brings the company's total investment in the Shizuoka site to…

BP makes final investment decision for green hydrogen project at Lingen refinery

Bp plc (London) has made the final investment decision (FID) for the “Lingen Green Hydrogen” project. The company wants to achieve a significant milestone on the path to the development of green hydrogen on an industrial scale in Germany. Supported…