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Hydrogen is recognised as a high purity premium product. Andy Brown describes some of its many roles
Type: Feature
Perstorp investigates sustainable methanol production
LEADING specialty chemicals company Perstorp is investigating the potential production of recycled methanol using carbon dioxide (CO2) and residual streams at its facility in Stenungsund, Sweden. The project aims to help reduce process-related CO2 emissions.
Type: News
IChemE Members recognised with RAEng Major Project Award 2019
TWO IChemE members, as part of an engineering team, have been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Major Project Award for their collaboration to deliver Shah Deniz 2, a “complex major offshore, onshore and pipeline gas development project”. The award was presented at the Academy Awards Dinner, hosted in London on 11 July.
Type: Feature
BASF develops climate-friendly methanol production process
BASF has developed a climate-friendly process for methanol production, which if implemented could eliminate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the entire process – from syngas production to pure methanol.
Type: News
BASF and Lutianhua sign agreement to build dimethyl ether pilot plant
BASF and Lutianhua have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a pilot plant for synthesising dimethyl ether (DME) using a new energy-efficient one-step process.
Type: News
Wood awarded contract for petrochemicals project in Oman
WOOD has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) for a proposed onshore petrochemicals facility in Oman.
Type: News
Engineering celebrated at North West award ceremony
THE annual North West Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner, jointly hosted by IChemE and IMechE, was held in Manchester on 29 March.
Type: News
Nouryon and Gasunie to supply ‘green’ hydrogen for methanol production
NOURYON and Gasunie have agreed to supply ‘green’ hydrogen to BioMCN for renewable methanol production. The companies say that this marks a step in the sustainability of processes in the industry.
Type: News
Shell joins W2C Rotterdam project
SHELL has partnered with world-leading companies to build Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals (W2C) facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The project represents an important step towards a more sustainable chemical industry and a circular economy.
Type: News
Clean Hydrogen. Part 1: Hydrogen from Natural Gas Through Cost Effective CO2 Capture
Producing hydrogen with carbon capture via the Low Carbon Hydrogen (LCH) process
Type: Feature
Mobile plant produces fuel from waste wood
TWELVE research groups from seven countries have developed a sustainable method for producing biofuel from wood waste. The process takes place in a mobile unit which has the potential to decentralise fuel production.
Type: News
Recycling carbon dioxide in steel production
A EUROPEAN project is researching how to use the carbon dioxide produced during steelmaking to make methane and methanol.
Type: News
New coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia will use novel ethylene glycol technology
DOWNSTREAM producer Jiutai is planning a coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia that will produce ethylene glycol from syngas, using proprietary technology developed by Johnson Matthey and Eastman Chemical Company.
Type: News
Air Products to build a coal-to-syngas facility for Jiutai New Material
AIR Products, a world-leading industrial gases company, headquartered in Pennsylvania, US, has been awarded a contract by Jiutai New Material to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas plant.
Type: News
Thyssenkrupp develops new industrial-scale water electrolysis units to produce green hydrogen
THYSSENKRUPP has launched industrial-scale water electrolysis technology to make hydrogen production economically feasible for large projects using renewable energy.
Type: News
Turning wood waste into adhesives
A substance in trees that is usually discarded by paper manufacturers has been used to create adhesives which perform as well as commercially-available products.
Type: News
19 killed in blast at Chinese chemicals plant
AN explosion at a Chinese chemicals plant has killed 19 people and injured 12 others.
Type: News
Epilepsy drug created from greener catalytic process
A NEW method has been developed for drug production that avoids the use of expensive precious metals as catalysts.
Type: News
Queen honours Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe
THE QUEEN has awarded birthday honours to four members of IChemE: Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe.
Type: News
Finalists announced for carbon capture XPRIZE
TEN finalists have been announced in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE which is incentivising companies to develop new solutions for capturing CO2 emissions and transforming them to useful products.
Type: News
