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Feb 22, 2022
Sludge cake to liquid in minutes
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Feb 22, 2022
Pipelines
Shell Chemicals Europe and Pryme have announced a strategic cooperation and off-take agreement for pyrolysis oil made from recycled plastic waste.
Pryme will supply Shell from its plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Currently under construction, the plant is scheduled to become operational in 2022 and is forecast to convert 60,000 tonnes of plastic waste into... [Read More]
Product News
Feb 22, 2022
The FLT93 Series Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides a reliable early warning alert to the potential of dry running conditions, cavitation and other pump issues.
If not resolved these can lead to emergency shutdowns, service interruptions and unplanned costly maintenance.
Many industries, such as chemical, electric power generation, food/beverage,... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 21, 2022
Valves
BCCK Holding Company (BCCK) has partnered with Kaizen Clean Energy (KCE), a leading developer of hydrogen and “energy as a service” solutions, to develop pre-engineered solutions for hydrogen fuelling and power generation.
Under this agreement, BCCK, an engineering, procurement, fabrication, and field construction service firm, will design and manufacture methanol... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 21, 2022
Pipelines
The global trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) increased 6% to 380 million tonnes during 2021 as many countries rebounded from the economic impact of the Covid pandemic, according to Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook published.
Rising LNG demand, combined with supply constraints, caused gas and LNG prices to remain volatile throughout the year.
Prices reached record... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 21, 2022
Pipelines
EnerMech has secured over $100 million (€88 million) of pre-commissioning and new pipeline contract awards.
This follows a $30 million (€26 million) equipment investment programme across the Scotland-based firm’s global locations to support its continued growth in these sectors.
This targeted investment represents a significant expansion to its specialist equipment... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 18, 2022
Pumps
Yorkshire Water’s new £50 million (€59 million) recycling facility has installed a digester mixing system by Landia.
By using this mixing system, the Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility ensures that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192 normal cubic metres (Nm3) per day. Two CHP engines produce peak electrical output of 2,390 kWh and a thermal... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Feb 18, 2022
Pumps
TotalEnergies and Honeywell are to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling.
Under this agreement, Honeywell will supply TotalEnergies with recycled polymer feedstock (RPF) using Honeywell’s UpCycle process technology at Honeywell and Sacyr’s advanced recycling plant, intended to be built in Andalucía, Spain.
TotalEnergies will purchase and convert... [Read More]
Pipelines
Feb 18, 2022
A section of a £350 million (€420 million) water pipeline to protect Lincolnshire in the UK from water shortages has reached the halfway point.
Anglian Water said the 24 km link connecting Lincoln and Ancaster will be the first section built of a new network that will create hundreds of kilometres of interconnecting pipelines.
Once completed, it will run from Elsham... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Feb 17, 2022
Pipelines
Sulzer Chemtech has finalised an agreement with Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina).
The company will provide technology to recover high-purity circular aromatics from cracked oil products derived from Encina’s mixed-plastics-to-aromatics catalytic conversion platform.
Encina’s 1,000 tonnes per year waste plastics recycling facility will be located in North-east... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Feb 17, 2022
Pipelines
Linde has signed an agreement to supply high-purity industrial gases to a leading semiconductor manufacturer in Singapore.
Linde will build, own and operate a state-of-the-art SPECTRA generator to produce ultra-high-purity nitrogen and oxygen for the customer's new multi-billion-dollar semiconductor fabrication plant.
The new SPECTRA plant is expected to start up in... [Read More]
Pumps
Feb 17, 2022
SEEPEX has been approached by Thames Water for a new project concerning a sludge thickening process upgrade.
SEEPEX successfully delivered a project at the water company’s Mogden Lane wastewater treatment works in the UK incorporating digital solutions and the latest ease of maintenance technology for open hopper pumps.
Now Thames Water has approached SEEPEX with a... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Feb 16, 2022
Pipelines
Trinseo’s plans for a new chemical recycling plant in Europe are progressing rapidly.
The global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders announced last year it will work with global technology provider Synova and global engineering services company Worley on an engineering package.
Work on Trinseo’s Tessenderlo in Belgium site for recycling... [Read More]
Features
Feb 16, 2022
Increasing limitations on sludge disposal is pushing industrial companies to rethink onsite wastewater treatment processes.
This is the view of Simon Kimber, director of WPL & Atana who said this means efficient dewatering to reduce sludge volumes has never been more vital.
Tightening restrictions relating to when sludge can be spread on agricultural land in England... [Read More]
Product News
Feb 16, 2022
NewTek LVDT Position Sensors enable precise monitoring and control of valves so power plant turbines operate efficiently with minimal wasted energy.
Power plants have very precise control schemes for valve position for maximised operating efficiency.
As a typical power plant can contain hundreds of valves that control the flow of steam, gas and water in conjunction... [Read More]