Online monitoring of steam and water chemistry in a steam system is important for safe and reliable operation of steam generators High-pressure, high-temperature steam is a critical commodity at power plants and at many chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. Examples…
Understanding what technology is available is a first step towards selecting the right pump for metering applications Reciprocating metering pumps are problem solvers for difficult fluid-handling tasks and applications. Their main function is the metering of a precise fluid volume…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has commissioned a new production plant for air gases in Dung Quất, a coastal city in the center of Vietnam. The air separation plant is located on the site of the new steelwork…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com), Ebara Environmental Plant Co., Ltd., Ube Industries, Ltd. and Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) announced that they started a study of collaboration for an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business for plastic waste gasification facilities utilizing…
Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced an agreement with the Fuenix Ecogy Group, based in Weert, The Netherlands, for the supply of pyrolysis oil feedstock, which is made from recycled plastic waste. The feedstock will be used to produce new polymers…
Haldor Topsoe A/S Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan; www.mhiengineering.com) and GTM ONE have signed a license agreement for the design, construction, and operation of a 3,000-ton/d methanol plant based on Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol technology. The…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and the fine chemical company DIC Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.dic-global.com) have reached an agreement on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business. The purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis is €1.15 billion. The…
GE Steam Power (www.ge.com/power/steam) has been selected by Polish petroleum refiner PKN Orlen (www.orlen.pl) to deliver a full lifecycle power-generation package for its Plock refinery plant, which includes a new steam turbine generator set, Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) software…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) and Mosaic Materials said that they have entered into an agreement to explore the advancement of breakthrough technology that can remove carbon dioxide from emissions sources. Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a unique process…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com) is expanding its gellan gum production capabilities in the U.S. In response to continued global demand for the product, CP Kelco is making a significant investment to increase capacity at its Okmulgee, Oklahoma, biogums production…