A new electrochemical system that uses biomass-derived lignin to produce hydrogen has been developed by a team from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Ulsan, South Korea; www.unist.ac.kr), led by…
Water electrolysis is widely used for hydrogen production, but there are still high costs associated with manufacturing advanced electrolysis catalysts, which may involve high temperatures and pressures or chemical vapor deposition. Extending research conducted at the University of Kansas’ Bioscience…
Plant Watch Repsol plans new synthetic fuels, pyrolysis plants in decarbonization push June 16, 2020 — Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.repsol.com) announced two decarbonization projects to be located in the Port of Bilbao, Spain. The first project, in which €60…
Presented here are a few recent developments in filtration, including new cartridge design, automated self-cleaning systems and more Used for everything from purifying a liquid product, or recovering a solid product from a gas or liquid solvent, to environmental applications…
The world’s first temperature transmitter with Bluetooth Last November, this company launched its iTEMP TMT71 and TMT72 single-channel transmitters (photo) with user-a friendly operation concept and wireless communication via Bluetooth in conjunction with highly accurate and reliable measurements. The technology…
AERprogress is a suite of customized digital services for compressors and blowers from this company’s Delta series. With AERprogress, the extensive recording and evaluation of energy-related process data enables efficient control of the assemblies in combination, which can considerably reduce…
New GS2026 bench-mounted box furnaces (photo) include a spring-assist vertical-lift door that allows for effortless loading and unloading even at high temperatures. The furnaces are controlled by an industrial control system that includes a Eurotherm temperature control, overtemperature protection and…
This company’s Continuous Processors (photo) feature a proprietary design that ensures the fast-reacting materials used to process rigid polymeric foams are mixed, gelled and reacted entirely within the sealed reactor barrel before they begin to cure. Allowing foam formation and…
With a rugged NEMA 4X/IP68 industrial housing, the new VWB2000 signal-wire replacement system (photo) is a point-to-point wireless signal bridge that takes analog, discrete, or Modbus signals at one location and reproduces them at a second location. The system consists…
The RTK Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve (photo) provides a suitable solution for all industrial processes that incorporate pumps, such as condensate pumps, boiler feedwater pumps or low-pressure centrifugal pumps. The RTK control valve works as two valves in…