LAR Process Analysers has further developed its proven Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer with UV persulfate oxidation – QuickTOCuv. The new QuickTOCuv II, a measuring device for continuous online determination of total carbon (TC), total organic carbon, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in pure water, now comes with improved features.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building one of the world’s lowest carbon-emitting crackers to developing a new novel methane-reducing feed additive manufacturing plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The safe and sustainable supply of high-quality water is a major challenge for municipal authorities - and all the more so in view of growing urbanization. Domo Chemicals, a leading manufacturer of polyamide-based plastics, has a range of solutions specially designed for such applications. Together with the pump supplier Wilo, added value is to be created for water processes.

Clariant’s flame retardants facility which is also its first Chinese production plant will be developed at Daya Bay, Huizhou in the Guangdong Province. The move is in line with the firm’s aim of expanding its Exolit OP range of flame retardants in the Asia region and also to meet the growing demand across the electrical and electronic equipment industries in China.

Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Envinox technology has been installed at the specialty chemicals company Arxada in Switzerland. The unique technology is expected to reduce the chemical firm’s annual emissions of laughing gas by at least 98 %, thus saving up to 600,000 tons of CO2-equivalents annually.

Clariant completed the sale of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”). As announced upon signing of the transaction, the base enterprise value of the sale amounts to CHF 805 million subject to closing accounts adjustments and before a potential earn-out payment of CHF 50 million which is subject to the business’ 2021 financial performance.

Under a Letter of Intent signed between Lummus Technology and Phigenesis, the Lummus new hope plastics pyrolysis technology will be used by Phigenesis in its new chemical recycling facility which is expected to have a capacity of 150,000 tons per annum. With the help of this technology, Phigenesis will recycle waste plastics to manufacture petrochemical feedstock materials. The project will significantly increase the current chemical recycling capacity in Europe.

Cummins and China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec Group”) announced the formation of a 50:50 joint venture – Cummins Enze (Guangdong) Hydrogen Technology Co., Ltd (“Cummins Enze”). The joint venture will accelerate the affordability and availability of green hydrogen through increased technological innovation, research and development, and manufacturing capacity.

Kemira has recently increased its annual production of ferric based water treatment chemicals by more than 100.000 tons at Goole, UK. The company had also increased its production of aluminum-based water treatment chemicals by 30.000 tons at Ellesmere Port, UK earlier this year. With this move, the firm intends to strengthen its position in the UK market.

With an expected capacity of 1 billion lbs. per year, the new C3 splitter unit will be built in Baytown, Texas, USA. The unit will help convert a refinery grade mixture of propylene and propane into a high purity propylene product.