PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building the world’s largest epichlorohydrin unit to investing 360 million dollars for establishing an API manufacturing unit, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Johnson Matthey and NextChem’s MyRechemical have plans to commercially develop the ‘waste-to-methanol’ technology across the globe. The methanol derived from the technology can be used for producing low-carbon fuels as well as be used as a raw material in the chemical and plastic industries.

The Arbaflame project, backed by EU funding, aims to produce biomass pellets which can be used as a 100 % sustainable alternative to coal in power plants to produce carbon-neutral power. Sulzer Chemtech’s separation equipment has been selected to carry out the pellet production process.

Invista Nylon Chemicals has plans to double its current nylon 6,6 polymer production at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China in order to meet the rising domestic demand. With this move, the plant’s capacity will reach 400,000 tons/year.

BASF has introduced new catalysts for producing isopropyl alcohol efficiently. Apart from this, it has also launched a new catalyst for n-butane based maleic anhydride production which increases the efficiency in the biodegradable PBAT value chain, and lastly sustainable lightweight Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts have been developed for steam crackers and refineries.

The American Chemistry Council has reported that its Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator, fell 0.5 % in August on a three-month moving average basis following gains in the months of May, June and July.

An initial market analysis on the CAFIPLA project, which is developing a new technology for obtaining biobased chemicals and products from biowaste, has revealed that there is a high potential for four customized biobased products.

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has collaborated with Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals to establish the Jiangsu Sailboat green methanol plant in China. Based on CRI’s ETL technology, the new unit is expected to recycle 150,000 metric tons of CO2 and 20,000 metric tons of H2 per year in order to produce 100,000 tons of methanol annually.

The new joint venture Shinsol Advanced Chemicals will focus on the development, production and marketing of electronic grade hydrogen peroxide. The chemical agent will be used in the production of integrated electronic circuits.

Under a MOU signed between Mitsui and CF Industries, both the companies will jointly explore the development of blue ammonia projects in the United States by conducting various feasibility studies. The companies will also study different areas including the establishment of blue ammonia supply and supply chain infrastructure, CO2 transportation and storage, etc.