The German research institute Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung has been selected for the international project – Ambh2er which aims to deliver a greener synthesis of ammonia. With 16 partners from science and industry, the project is scheduled to run for four years and intends to contribute towards the European Green Deal.

Claimed to be the world’s largest reservation of electrolyzer capacity, Topsoe and First Ammonia have entered into a deal to begin the global market for green ammonia. Under this deal, Topsoe will provide an initial 500 MW of solid oxide electrolyzer cell units, which is scalable to 5 GW, to First Ammonia’s green ammonia plants across the globe.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the world’s first demo plant for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces taking off to Dow and Mura developing Europe’s largest advanced recycling plant in Germany, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Petrofac has been selected as Owner’s Engineer for Transitional Energy Group’s Gente Grande Green Ammonia Project in Chile. The project is expected to produce more than 1.3 million tonnes of green ammonia every year.

Fluid Components International’s ST80L Series thermal mass flow meter is used for the vegetable oil hydrogenation process. The flow meter provides accurate H2 gas mass flow measurement which helps the food and beverage sector to deliver tasty products.

BASF has recently introduced two new hydrogenation catalysts to its E 15x series – the sulfur-resistant E 15x S catalyst and the novel low-density E 15x L catalyst family. The E 15x S family optimizes the processing of contaminated feedstocks while the E 15x L catalyst family minimizes precious metal loading.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Wood securing a 100 million dollar+ contract for a unique olefin complex in Europe to Eurotecnica winning a contract for the world’s largest melamine plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Gevo has broken ground for the development of its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in South Dakota, USA. The project - Net-Zero 1 will produce low-carbon SAF and construction is expected to begin in 2023.

Green ammonia is gradually becoming popular within the industry due to its outstanding benefits such as the production of zero-carbon fertilizers and fuel. It is also an excellent energy storage medium and carrier of hydrogen which makes it more attractive to industry players. Many big-ticket projects with a dedicated focus on producing green ammonia have been announced worldwide in recent years and with time it’s only going to increase as more and more industrial firms join the net-zero objective.

A team of researchers at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100 % of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.