Rennovia has commissioned, and is operating, all core pilot plant operations for its sugars to 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDO) process. The completion of key piloting activities and the development of a 1,6-HDO commercial design package are anticipated by the end of this year.

Sandwich belt high angle conveyor technology provides an economic solution for high volume steep and vertical conveying. A comparison of four alternate conveying paths shows of different heights shows the advantages of the system in terms of cost as well as land area and spatial volume.

Haltermann Carless, HCS Group brand and provider of specialty hydrocarbons has commissioned Neste Jacobs to plan an upgrade and expansion of their production site in Speyer, Germany.

Some industries are heavily reliant on a consistent, highly accurate bulk solids mixing process. Errors simply cannot be tolerated in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food processing industries. Fully automated mixing systems reduce the risk.

The Chemical Process Industry is making a concerted effort to find an alternative to oil. Natural gas, coal and biomass are all potential sources of basic chemicals, and syngas production can make a bigger contribution than it has so far.

Belgian specialty chemicals firm Solvay plans to expand its plant in Panoli, Gujarat state in India. Additional 25 % production capacities for polymer resins shall help to cater a strong demand regional demand for high performance polymers, the company states.

Flowability, dustlessness and easy dosing — these are some of the plus points of granulates produced by fluidized or spouted bed technology. The product design can be specifically influenced by process engineering.

The DMS process is a special flotation process in diamond ore processing. Dust and dirt are, among other things, the major factors that adversely affect level measurement in the flotation tank. Read the exciting example of diamond ore processing and find out what advantages one operator was able to gain by switching to radar level measurement at 80 GHz.

BASF announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Bleaching Clay and Mineral Adsorbents businesses to EP Minerals.

The ever increasing cost of electricity and scarcity of water in most countries are forcing the utility operators to optimise their plants with the aid of modern technology. Industrial electronic devices, intended for control and monitoring – such as starters and electronic variable speed drives, can lead to 25 to 30 percent of energy saving in terms of electricity consumption. High time to take plant sophistication to water treatment and management systems...