The new desalination plant will improve water supply at Chennai (Picture: VA Tech Wabag)
Automation/Desalination

Fresh Water from the Sea – Automating a World–Scale Desalination Plant

Water, water, everywhere - Nor any drop to drink: The Nemmeli sea water desalination plant in Tamilnadu uses reverse osmosis membranes to process sea water into drinkable water. It is also the first desalination plant to use electric actuators in redundant line topology for the automation of valves. Here’s a look at how highend technology was combined to build India’s largest seawater desalination plant...

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Senior management from Clariant and Sinopec met in Bejing, China to sign the agreements.  (Clariant)
China: Post Desulfurization of FCC Gasoline

Clariant and Sinopec Sign Agreement on Fuel Upgrading Catalyst Technology

Clariant has signed two key agreements with Sinopec in Beijing. In the first agreement, Sinopec licenses its FCAS series of S-Zorb sorbent to Clariant. The second agreement is the FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) Agency Agreement between Sinopec Catalyst Company (SCC) and Clariant Qatar W.L.L. stating that Clariant Qatar W.L.L. will be the representative for Sinopec’s FCC catalysts to oil refineries in Qatar.

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