Edwards Vacuum has introduced oil-free EDP 80 - 400 vacuum pumps for the chemical industry. Based on the non-contacting reverse claw technology, this pump ensures a uniform vacuum with high efficiency and low operating costs.

Arcelormittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered with climate tech company D-CRBN to trial a new technology which has the capability to convert captured CO2 into carbon monoxide. This can be further used in steel and chemical production.

Nextchem has bagged the technology licensing, process design package and catalyst supply from Al Baleed Petrochemical Company for a Maleic Anhydride plant in the Salalah Free Zone, Oman. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 50,000 tons per year of maleic anhydride.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Adnoc deploying AI-based process optimization technology at a unit to developing the world's largest carbon negative ultra-green hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Tecnimont has bagged a construction contract for Ta’ziz’s 1 million tons per annum low-carbon ammonia production facility in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Construction for the project is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2024, with operations scheduled to commence in 2027.

Under an agreement signed between Cepsa Química and the Persán group, Cepsa Química will use 100 % renewable diesel to transport chemical product supplies to Persán. With this move, both the companies aim to avoid the emission of around 126 tons of CO2 annually.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.

Under a MOU signed between ABB and Carbon Re, both the firms will work together to explore how ABB automation expertise can be complemented by Re’s advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence technology.

Wacker has been able to successfully test CO2 capture from the silicone production process at its production site in Holla, Norway, where quartz and carbon are combined to produce silicon for use in its silicone products.

How can precious metals be recovered safely and efficiently from ores, electronic scrap or waste products? Hecht Technologie has developed a customised containment solution.