When are granules really dry? A new, robust online sensor for fluidised beds answers this question directly and saves the user the trek to the sample laboratory.

The gigantic complex is expected to supply 75,000 metric tonnes per day to Saudi Aramco's refinery and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle currently being built in Jazan. Under a joint venture in April 2015, Air Products was awarded the project to build, own and operate the world's largest industrial gas complex.

BASF has launched the commercial production of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) cathode materials in Weimar, Germany. The chemicals giant is operating a 3,000 metric ton (MT) per year plant in Weimar, leveraging LFP precursors produced at the BASF headquarters site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Clear View is a complete connected plant service that leverages the power of continuous upload of data to offer plant owners improved asset utilisation, energy savings, and less unplanned downtime. The first Clear View service has been developed to optimise ammonia production in fertiliser plants.

Mitsui Chemicals have announced the completion of construction of its electrolyte solution production facilities, which have been built at Nagoya Works to accommodate growing domestic demand for lithium-ion battery-use electrolyte solution.

Colloidal silica enhances and improves key functionalities of various products and manufacturing processes. The 4.48-million dollar expansion at the Bohus site is one of the most recent investments by the firm to better serve its customers in the paints and coatings market.

Under the agreement, Aker Solutions has been appointed by Preem to perform tests and studies of its carbon capture technology at Scandinavia’s biggest oil refinery in Lysekil on the Swedish west coast.

The new company is expected to produce zero-calorie, sweet-tasting molecules through fermentation, thus, offering food and beverage manufacturers an even more scalable, sustainable and low cost-in-use solution.

The company will build, own and operate the steam methane reformer which is expected to start up in 2021. The plant is also expected to have a capacity in excess of 170 million standard cubic feet per day of high-purity hydrogen.

Herding Filtertechnik is known for its safe and innovative solutions in industrial filtration technology. For instance, the Herding Sinter-Plate Filter is proven in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. However, the requirements of interfaces for the operating personnel are becoming more complex.