Occidental’s first large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Texas, USA will be using Siemens Energy compressors to capture up to 500,000 metric tons of CO2 annually. Occidental’s subsidiary 1PointFive will be developing the project.

Dustcontrol has plans to showcase its cyclone-based dust extractors and air cleaners at a soon to be held trade show for the food and drink processing, packaging and logistics industries in the UK. Live demo of a stainless-steel industrial vacuum with Hepa-13 filtration will also be exhibited at the fair.

Messer has recently started-up a new air separation unit (ASU) in Vratimov, Czech Republic which replaces the existing ASU of MG Odra Gas. With the new project, Messer aims to make its industrial gases production operations eco-friendlier and more economical.

The separation of liquid phases is the supreme discipline for centrifuges. Continuous processes and modular concepts bring more efficiency to extraction and separation and also give digitalization a boost.

Advances in sliding vane and internal gear seal-less pump technologies can make them a better choice than centrifugal pumps or more well-known positive displacement pump options.

HIF Global has chosen Johnson Matthey and Honeywell to conduct preliminary engineering for developing its first SAF facility in the USA. On completion, the facility is expected to produce 11,000 barrels per day of e-SAF.

Steriline will be exhibiting its Robotic Nest Filling Machine at the upcoming Interphex 2023 trade fair in New York, USA. The firm’s technologies cater to the cell and gene therapy market.

Fluid Components International’s SIL-2 rated FS10i Flow Switch Series offers precision thermal sensors which proves beneficial for the production of green hydrogen energy. It is also claimed to be the only product in its class to carry a SIL 2 compliance rating with a 90 % Safe Failure Fraction.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of March 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Lyondell Basell starting up the world’s largest PO, TBA facility to Indian Oil developing a mega petrochemical complex, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Today, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) facilities around the world have the capacity to capture more than 40 Mt CO2 each year, according to the International Energy Agency. This figure is set to increase as more countries form CCUS-friendly policies in order to establish these green projects with aim to decarbonize its industrial facilities.