TAIWAN A new methanol cracker for Taiwan
As part of a new industrial complex producing Polysilicon, Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany; www.caloric.com) has been awarded a contract for a hydrogen-generation plant that uses methanol as... GTC Technology wins 20th GT-BTX contract
Pinti Wang, President and CEO of GTC Technology (Houston, Tex.; www.gtchouston.com) today announced that GTC has been awarded its 20th license for its state-of-the-art GT-BTX extractive-distillation technology. This technology will be used by Chinese... AchemAsia 2007 preview
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information With about 500 exhibitors from 25 countries expected, and attracting around 20,000 visitors, Achemasia 2007 - the 7th International... KOREA POSCO Power orders 25.6 MW of fuel-cell power
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.fuelcellenergy.com) has announced that POSCO Power (www.poscopower.co.kr), South Korea’s leading independent power producer, has ordered 25.6 MW of FuelCell Energy power plants and fuel cell modules. The order... Newsfront: Fuel Cells Move into the CPI Plant
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Fuel cells and hydrogen economy are inevitably used in the same breath when talking about clean power and ways to wean us from our addiction to... PSE Korea officially open
PSE Korea, the Korean subsidiary of Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com), providers of the leading gPROMS advanced-process modeling (APM) software and related services, was officially declared open on 5 March 2008 at the PSE... Evonik JV brings additional H2O2 capacity onstream in Korea
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Headwaters, Inc. (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com) have substantially increased production capacity for hydrogen peroxide at the facility operated by their joint venture (JV) EvonikHeadwaters in... Chementator: This Membrane Mimics Mother Nature to Separate CO2
A plastic membrane that allows CO2 and other small molecules to move through its pores while largely preventing the movement of larger molecules like CH4, has been developed by a team of researchers from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the Water... More Stories » JAPAN Chementator: This Catalyst Helps Visible Light Split Water into H2 and O2
Normally, only the ultraviolet (higher energy) component of the solar spectrum is usable for the photo-catalytic electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen, which takes place in photochemical cells with an anode made of single-crystalline, rutile-type... Chementator: A Cellulosic-Ethanol Demonstration Plant Enters Startup Phase
Verenium Corp. (formerly Celunol; Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.che.com/7372-537) is starting up a 1.4-million gal/yr demonstration-scale facility at Jennings, La., which will produce ethanol from regional feedstocks (including sugarcane bagasse and specially... Chementator: Printing Solar Cells
Photovoltaics manufacturer Konarka Technologies, Inc. (Lowell, Mass; edlinks.che.com/7372-546) has successfully performed the first use of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for the fabrication of organic solar cells. Using a Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP)... JGC wins major EPC contract for refinery in Kuwait
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced today that they received Award Notification by Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) to provide engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and... Chementator: This composite combines the unique properties of two new forms of carbon
Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength as well as the ability to withstand the highest electric-current density, making them an attractive material for electric wiring, heat dissipation... More Stories » OTHER Chementator: A new polymer set for a commercial launch
Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity; biodegrability; high mechanical strength; and good moldability, which makes it a promising polymer for applications such as medical devices and barrier... Chementator: A platinum-free catalytic converter
Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd. (NSM; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7371-538) has developed a new catalyst for combustion engines that contains 70% less precious metals than conventional catalytic converters. The catalyst is expected to not only lead to... Chementator: Novel solar electrode
Unidym, Inc., (Menlo Park, Calif.; edlinks.che.com/7371-549) has entered into a joint development agreement with Nippon Kayaku (Tokyo, Japan... Nikkiso/KSB to establish JV for canned motor pumps
Subject to approval of the German cartel office, KSB AG (Frankenthal Germany; www.ksb.com), and the Japanese company Nikkiso Co., Ltd., (Tokyo), will establish a joint-venture (JV) company based in Altenstadt near Frankfurt on 1 July 2008. The partners will... Chementator: A new Mg2Si-production process promises to advance thermoelectric devices
The Seebeck effect — the direct conversion of a temperature difference to electricity — is responsible for the operation of thermocouples. But taking advantage of this phenomenon to make electricity from waste heat in so-called thermoelectric (TE)... More Stories »
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