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Jun 27, 2022
Evoqua expands operations with new acquisition
Oil and Gas News
Jun 27, 2022
Pipelines
Leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services Howden has signed a contract to supply hydrogen reciprocating compressors to India.
This is for the MSB Unit at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP).
NREP is expanding its refining capacity from its current three million to nine million metric tons per annum... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 27, 2022
Other
Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology - solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. Alterra Energy is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of hard-to-recycle plastic.
The company is already running an industrial-scale facility in Akron, Ohio,... [Read More]
Pumps
Jun 24, 2022
KSB and Leistritz Pumpen are embarking on a joint service future with the aim of becoming even more efficient and networked, providing an extended range of screw pump services.
Following a successful test phase in France, the service alliance will be rolled out step by step to other countries.
Frankenthal-based KSB is a leading supplier of pumps, valves and services.... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 24, 2022
Pipelines
Tata Chemicals Europe has opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant signalling a key milestone in the race to meet the UK’s net zero targets.
The £20 million (€23 million) investment has been completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe.
The plant captures 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year - the equivalent to taking over... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 24, 2022
Pipelines
Topsoe will build the world’s most advanced industrial scale electrolyser production facility to speed up commercial-size Power-to-X in the light of the EU’s green hydrogen goals.
This has increased the demand for electrolysers with the recent REPowerEU strategy.
The production facility in Denmark will be able to support the GW-size green hydrogen projects that... [Read More]
Product News
Jun 23, 2022
Valves that control process and auxiliary media reliably and precisely are an important component in the digitisation of process plants.
Schubert & Salzer Control Systems are now offering the latest generation of their tried-and-tested 8049 digital positioner for pneumatic control valves with IO-Link.
Important diagnostic data from controller and valve are thus available... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 23, 2022
Pumps
A new furnace capable of running on hydrogen has arrived at Liverpool Port.
The furnace, which is part of a multimillion-pound investment by Essar Oil UK (EOUK), is heading for Stanlow in Ellesmere Port and will become the first hydrogen-powered furnace of its kind in the UK.
It is a vital piece of kit to support the decarbonisation of Essar Stanlow’s operations.
The... [Read More]
Product News
Jun 23, 2022
Wanner International is demonstrating two fully-operational Hydra-Cell® high efficiency seal-less and packing-free chemical processing pumps at ACHEMA.
Visitors to the stand will see the extremely low pulse MT08 dosing pump in action, producing a smooth flow for consistent processes.
Visitors will view the internal components of the pump head, including the triplex... [Read More]
Jun 22, 2022
LG Chem announced its plan to produce hydrogen as a key component of its long-term 2050 net-zero corporate sustainability goal.
South Korea’s largest chemical company said it will establish a plant in Daesan, Korea, with the capacity to produce 50,000 tons of hydrogen annually by the second quarter in 2024.
This plant will be the first LG Chem site to produce pure... [Read More]
Flowmeters
Jun 22, 2022
Research into the fabrication of a new hydrogen gas leak detection sensor has won £30,000 (€35,000) pump priming funding to support the safe expansion of clean hydrogen energy into daily life.
The study is part of an integrated energy research programme undertaken at the National Subsea Centre (NSC), created in partnership between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Jun 22, 2022
Pipelines
Energy company Equinor has submitted a co-funded bid worth over £16 million (€18.5 million) into Government for a second major low carbon hydrogen production facility in the Humber.
The Hydrogen to Humber (H2H) Production 2 project could be operational by 2028 and will produce 1.2 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen which can be used across multiple sectors in the region.... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Jun 21, 2022
Pumps
Neste, Covestro and South Korean petrochemical company SK geo centric are cooperating to enable the production of a major polyurethane raw material.
The cooperation will see Neste provide SK geo centric with renewable Neste RE™, an ISCC certified feedstock for polymers and chemicals made from 100% renewable raw materials such as waste and residue oil and fats.
SK... [Read More]
Pumps
Jun 21, 2022
ACWA Power has signed an agreement to restructure the Shuaibah 3 Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP).
The Saudi firm is a developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen plants worldwide, Shuaibah Water Electricity Company (SWEC), and Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the off-taker of Shuaibah 3 IWPP.
The agreement... [Read More]
Features
Jun 21, 2022
What are the biggest issues driving the need for change in water?
We have been thinking about this topic a lot at Evoqua, and we see three big macrotrends - climate and water risk, health and safety and connectivity. Water and climate risk are at the top of the list.
Water is the primary medium through which we will see the effects of climate change, via less predictable... [Read More]
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