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LyondellBasell to supply ACP PE technology to Chinese project
FOCUS Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 12-18 May 2017, 291 (19), 9 (Website: http://www.icis.com) © Reed Business Information Limited 2017.
Honeywell technology and controls selected for largest petrochemical project in China On 10 May 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co Ltd (ZPC) will use four of its Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for its new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The complex will use Honeywell Experion distributed control systems from Honeywell Process Solutions, and the PSA units will be controlled by Honeywell C300 controllers integrated with the Experion system. Zhejiang Petrochemical earlier awarded petrochemical process technology licensing, engineering design and catalysts to Honeywell UOP. When completed, the new plant will be the largest crude-to-chemicals complex in China and one of the largest in the world, manufacturing petrochemicals to make plastic resins, films and fibres, as well as fuels. Polybed PSA systems are skid-mounted, modular units complete with hardware, adsorbents, control systems and embedded process technology, enabling quick and efficient installation to reduce cost and downtime. The PSA process uses proprietary UOP adsorbents to remove impurities at high pressure from hydrogen-containing process streams, allowing hydrogen to be recovered and upgraded to more than 99.9% purity to meet refining needs. In addition to recovering and purifying hydrogen from steam reformers and refinery off-gases, the Polybed PSA system can be used to produce hydrogen from other sources such as ethylene offgas, methanol off-gas and partial-oxidation synthesis gas. Original Source: Honeywell, 10 May 2017, (Website: http://honeywell.com/) © Honeywell International Inc 2017.
Honeywell UOP signs agreement to provide technology and equipment for expansion of Jordanian refinery On 8 May 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that it has signed an agreement with the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) to facilitate a $1.6 bn expansion of its refinery in Zarqa, Jordan. This expansion will increase the capacity of the facility to 120,000 barrels/d and will allow JPRC to upgrade the quality of its product to meet Euro V emissions specifications. The expansion of the Zarqa refinery will help the company meet the rising demand for fuel, which is growing at an average of 3%/y. As part of the project, which is the fourth such expansion of the JPRC refinery, Honeywell UOP will provide managing licensor services, technology licensing, front-end engineering design consultancy services, and basic engineering design. It also will provide catalysts and process equipment, and training and start-up services. Technologies provided by Honeywell UOP will include crude and vacuum distillation units – designed by US-based Process Consulting Services Inc – for distilling crude oil into various fractions. Honeywell UOP also will provide Unicracking and hydrotreating units to create clean distillate, as well as CCR Platforming, Penex,
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MinAlk, Merox and Selectfining units for producing cleaner-burning high-octane motor fuels, and a Polybed PSA unit for purifying hydrogen. Original source: Honeywell, 8 May 2017, (Website: http://honeywell.com/) © Honeywell International Inc 2017.
LyondellBasell to supply ACP PE technology to Chinese project Hengli Petrochemical will use the Hostalen ACP polyethylene (PE) process technology of LyondellBasell for the development of a new 400,000 tonnes/y high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in east China. The new facility will be constructed at the Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP) on Changxing Island in Dalian, Liaoning Province. With LyondellBasell's Hostalen ACP process technology, its clients can manufacture high-performance multimodal HDPE products with excellent stiffness/toughness balance, high stress cracking resistance, impact resistance and processing advantages used in blow moulding, pipe and film applications. Original Source: European Plastics News, 21 Apr 2017, (Website: http://www.europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017.
Yantai Wanhua commences operation at single-train PDH facility in China Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Group, a subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical Group, has begun operations at the "largest'' operating single-train propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in China. The new PDH plant, located in Yantai, is using Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane into 750,000 tonnes/y of propylene. As China's largest Oleflex unit, this represents a significant expansion in the country's propylene capacity and a big step toward meeting local demand for propylene, according to the vice president and general manager of process technology and equipment at Honeywell UOP. Honeywell UOP also provided the engineering design, equipment, staff training, technical service and catalyst for the project. No other details were given. Original Source: PetroChemical News, 8 May 2017, 55 (18), 1 (Website: http://www.petrochemical-news.com) © William F. Bland Co. 2017.
universities and BASF established the California Research Alliance (CARA) in 2014. This multidisciplinary collaboration headed by the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) conducts research on new inorganic and other advanced materials, biosciences and their applications. To mark three years of CARA researchers working alongside BASF counterparts, members of these universities, guest professors, students and BASF convened an Anniversary Symposium on 24-25 Apr 2017 at UC Berkeley to address recent research advancements. During the event, leaders from UC Berkeley and BASF announced a five-year extension of the CARA collaboration at a signing ceremony. A CARA research team, working in the area of catalysis, achieved a recent breakthrough. The researchers developed a means to synthesize binary intermetallic nanoparticles from a combination of noble and base metals. This has the potential to be used in catalysis applications. Following successful tests at UC Berkeley, the synthesis of the nanoparticles and their potential application in catalysis are being further evaluated in BASF laboratories in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Original Source: BASF, 2017, Found on SpecialChem Adhesives and Sealants Formulation, 2 May 2017, (Website: http://www.specialchem4adhesives.com).
Ajinomoto Co Inc, UMI, and Tokyo Institute of Technology professors establish new company to implement the world’s first on-site production of ammonia Ajinomoto Co Inc and the No 1 UMI Limited Partnership managed and operated by Universal Materials Incubator Co Ltd Professor, Director of Materials Research Center for Element Strategy at Tokyo Institute of Technology, have established Tsubame BHB Co Ltd, which strives to achieve practical applications for the world's first on-site ammonia synthesis systems, with the support of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and applying catalysts developed by the professor's research group. The new company began operations on 25 Apr 2017. The company intends to produce a low-cost, stable supply of amino acids and other fermentation materials, as well as agricultural fertilizers. Original Source: Ajinomoto, 27 Apr 2017, (Ajinomoto, website: http://www.ajinomoto.com/) © Ajinomoto Co Inc 2017.
Technip Zimmer: cooperation with METabolic Explorer
NEW TECHNOLOGY UC Berkeley and BASF announce five-year extension of CARA collaboration Many scientific discoveries and patent applications have resulted from more than 25 research projects underway since West Coast
Under a partnership, Technip Zimmer GmbH and METabolic Explorer SA will combine their respective 1, 3-propanediol (PDO) and polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) technologies into a bundled package. The PDO process involves the fermentation of vegetable or recycled oils to form crude glycerins. An engineering feasibility assessment will be conducted at the former's centre in Lyon, France. Original Source: Chemical Fibers International, Dec 2016, 66 (12), 172 (Website: http://www. chemical-fibers.com/) © Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH 2016.
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Honeywell technology and controls selected for largest petrochemical project in China On 10 May 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co Ltd (ZPC) will use four of its Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen for its new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The complex will use Honeywell Experion distributed control systems from Honeywell Process Solutions, and the PSA units will be controlled by Honeywell C300 controllers integrated with the Experion system. Zhejiang Petrochemical earlier awarded petrochemical process technology licensing, engineering design and catalysts to Honeywell UOP. When completed, the new plant will be the largest crude-to-chemicals complex in China and one of the largest in the world, manufacturing petrochemicals to make plastic resins, films and fibres, as well as fuels. Polybed PSA systems are skid-mounted, modular units complete with hardware, adsorbents, control systems and embedded process technology, enabling quick and efficient installation to reduce cost and downtime. The PSA process uses proprietary UOP adsorbents to remove impurities at high pressure from hydrogen-containing process streams, allowing hydrogen to be recovered and upgraded to more than 99.9% purity to meet refining needs. In addition to recovering and purifying hydrogen from steam reformers and refinery off-gases, the Polybed PSA system can be used to produce hydrogen from other sources such as ethylene offgas, methanol off-gas and partial-oxidation synthesis gas. Original Source: Honeywell, 10 May 2017, (Website: http://honeywell.com/) © Honeywell International Inc 2017.
Honeywell UOP signs agreement to provide technology and equipment for expansion of Jordanian refinery On 8 May 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that it has signed an agreement with the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) to facilitate a $1.6 bn expansion of its refinery in Zarqa, Jordan. This expansion will increase the capacity of the facility to 120,000 barrels/d and will allow JPRC to upgrade the quality of its product to meet Euro V emissions specifications. The expansion of the Zarqa refinery will help the company meet the rising demand for fuel, which is growing at an average of 3%/y. As part of the project, which is the fourth such expansion of the JPRC refinery, Honeywell UOP will provide managing licensor services, technology licensing, front-end engineering design consultancy services, and basic engineering design. It also will provide catalysts and process equipment, and training and start-up services. Technologies provided by Honeywell UOP will include crude and vacuum distillation units – designed by US-based Process Consulting Services Inc – for distilling crude oil into various fractions. Honeywell UOP also will provide Unicracking and hydrotreating units to create clean distillate, as well as CCR Platforming, Penex,
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MinAlk, Merox and Selectfining units for producing cleaner-burning high-octane motor fuels, and a Polybed PSA unit for purifying hydrogen. Original source: Honeywell, 8 May 2017, (Website: http://honeywell.com/) © Honeywell International Inc 2017.
LyondellBasell to supply ACP PE technology to Chinese project Hengli Petrochemical will use the Hostalen ACP polyethylene (PE) process technology of LyondellBasell for the development of a new 400,000 tonnes/y high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in east China. The new facility will be constructed at the Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP) on Changxing Island in Dalian, Liaoning Province. With LyondellBasell's Hostalen ACP process technology, its clients can manufacture high-performance multimodal HDPE products with excellent stiffness/toughness balance, high stress cracking resistance, impact resistance and processing advantages used in blow moulding, pipe and film applications. Original Source: European Plastics News, 21 Apr 2017, (Website: http://www.europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017.
Yantai Wanhua commences operation at single-train PDH facility in China Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Group, a subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical Group, has begun operations at the "largest'' operating single-train propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in China. The new PDH plant, located in Yantai, is using Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane into 750,000 tonnes/y of propylene. As China's largest Oleflex unit, this represents a significant expansion in the country's propylene capacity and a big step toward meeting local demand for propylene, according to the vice president and general manager of process technology and equipment at Honeywell UOP. Honeywell UOP also provided the engineering design, equipment, staff training, technical service and catalyst for the project. No other details were given. Original Source: PetroChemical News, 8 May 2017, 55 (18), 1 (Website: http://www.petrochemical-news.com) © William F. Bland Co. 2017.
universities and BASF established the California Research Alliance (CARA) in 2014. This multidisciplinary collaboration headed by the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) conducts research on new inorganic and other advanced materials, biosciences and their applications. To mark three years of CARA researchers working alongside BASF counterparts, members of these universities, guest professors, students and BASF convened an Anniversary Symposium on 24-25 Apr 2017 at UC Berkeley to address recent research advancements. During the event, leaders from UC Berkeley and BASF announced a five-year extension of the CARA collaboration at a signing ceremony. A CARA research team, working in the area of catalysis, achieved a recent breakthrough. The researchers developed a means to synthesize binary intermetallic nanoparticles from a combination of noble and base metals. This has the potential to be used in catalysis applications. Following successful tests at UC Berkeley, the synthesis of the nanoparticles and their potential application in catalysis are being further evaluated in BASF laboratories in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Original Source: BASF, 2017, Found on SpecialChem Adhesives and Sealants Formulation, 2 May 2017, (Website: http://www.specialchem4adhesives.com).
Ajinomoto Co Inc, UMI, and Tokyo Institute of Technology professors establish new company to implement the world’s first on-site production of ammonia Ajinomoto Co Inc and the No 1 UMI Limited Partnership managed and operated by Universal Materials Incubator Co Ltd Professor, Director of Materials Research Center for Element Strategy at Tokyo Institute of Technology, have established Tsubame BHB Co Ltd, which strives to achieve practical applications for the world's first on-site ammonia synthesis systems, with the support of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and applying catalysts developed by the professor's research group. The new company began operations on 25 Apr 2017. The company intends to produce a low-cost, stable supply of amino acids and other fermentation materials, as well as agricultural fertilizers. Original Source: Ajinomoto, 27 Apr 2017, (Ajinomoto, website: http://www.ajinomoto.com/) © Ajinomoto Co Inc 2017.
Technip Zimmer: cooperation with METabolic Explorer
NEW TECHNOLOGY UC Berkeley and BASF announce five-year extension of CARA collaboration Many scientific discoveries and patent applications have resulted from more than 25 research projects underway since West Coast
Under a partnership, Technip Zimmer GmbH and METabolic Explorer SA will combine their respective 1, 3-propanediol (PDO) and polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) technologies into a bundled package. The PDO process involves the fermentation of vegetable or recycled oils to form crude glycerins. An engineering feasibility assessment will be conducted at the former's centre in Lyon, France. Original Source: Chemical Fibers International, Dec 2016, 66 (12), 172 (Website: http://www. chemical-fibers.com/) © Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH 2016.
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