Be it individual valves or entire valve islands, revolutionary flow meters or flexible platforms for networking — Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has been keeping media, processes and ideas flowing for over 70 years. How do they do that? At the company's headquarters in Ingelfingen, Germany, one is certain that the key to success is to make sure to never lose sight of the requirements of plant operators …

Mosaic Materials’ technology is capable of separating carbon dioxide from any gas mixture using moderate temperature and pressure changes. Together, Exxon Mobil and Mosaic Materials will explore the possibility of scaling the technology for large scale industrial deployment.

For the first time in a lithium extraction project, Australia leaves all process steps from ore mining and separation to refining in the country. In this context, Gea has received an order from Albemarle to supply screening and pusher centrifuges, peeler centrifuges and decanter centrifuge plants for the treatment of lithium derivatives in various process stages.

Chevron Lummus Global has used the proprietary LC-Fining and Isotreating technologies for the design of the project. With the installation of the new technologies, the refinery aims at strengthening Cepsa’s position as a major provider of marine diesel and bunker fuel oil. 

Expansion projects are a chance but also titanic work: For a German producer of derivatives from milk and whey Derichs cope with high requirements in terms of dust-free system, high hygiene, Atex, batch tracking and gentle powder processing.

 — In recent years, formulations based on pellets have been the trend. New technologies make it possible to circumvent property rights for active ingredients and are therefore very popular with pharmaceutical customers. But which technologies are the most important?

Sibur’s Blagoveshchensk site has completed reconstruction of the terephthalic acid production facility, the only one currently in Russia

Microbiologists, biochemists, and chemical engineers need to cultivate organisms in a highly controlled manner. As such, bioreactors have become integral to the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries. In order to successfully fulfill experimental requirements, suitable conditions and parameters must be provided, which include accurate temperature control, i.e., heating and cooling.

Over 100 years after the development of the air separation process, gases are an indispensable ingredient in modern processes. Are we taking full advantage of these volatile enablers? Jens Waldeck, Linde Gas European CEO, and Elisabeth Mehlan, Head of Market Development in Europe, are convinced that, in order to win customers for new avenues in gas exploitation, it is essential to understand their processes.

At least 12 people were killed in a gas plant explosion in the central Chinese province of Henan. Xinhua news agency reported that the explosion happened in the air separation unit of the Yima gas factory of Henan Coal Gas.