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(AKCC; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7373-532) plans to begin construction on a plant for producing 200,000 m.t./yr of acrylonitrile (AN) and a... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3956.html June 15, 2008 Making vegetable plants to produce useful fatty scids Scientists from CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.che.com/7373-536) have succeeded in engineering the model plant Arabidopsis to produce 30 wt.% of vernolic acid, an unusual fatty... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3959.html May 15, 2008 Chementator: Hot Potatoes CLC bio (Aarhus, Denmark; edlinks.che.com/7372-550) and partners from Danish research institutions and crop-enhancing firms have started a project to develop... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3887.html March 15, 2008 Chementator: Ceramic ethane-to-ethylene membrane could replace pyrolysis Ateam of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, Argonne, Ill.; edlinks.che.com/7370-568) has developed a membrane capable of producing... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3740.html February 15, 2008 Chementator: Maintain pH, even at cyrogenic temperatures, with this buffer Biotechnology samples, such as proteins, nucleic acids, biological specimens and pharmaceuticals, are typically stored frozen to extend their shelf life. However, a problem that has... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3687.html February 15, 2008 Chementator: Super-oleophobic materials promise revolutionary membranes A team of researchers from MIT’s (Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.che.com/7369-540) chemical and mechanical engineering departments, in association with the U.S. Air Force Research... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3689.html February 15, 2008 Chementator: Bio-based succinic acid Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; edlinks.che.com/7369-542) and the French starch and starch-derivatives company Roquette (Lestrem, France; edlinks.che.com/7369-543) have joined... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3691.html December 15, 2007 Chementator: Membrane Cuts the Cost of Ethanol Dehydration Ethanol production is an energy-intensive process in which about 50% of the cost is for distillation and dehydration of the ethanol. A membrane system that does the same job, but... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3575.html December 15, 2007 Chementator: A New GTL Process Takes a Step Closer to Commercialization Japan Oil, Gas, & Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC; Kawasaki; edlinks.che.com/6902-534) and six private companies have established a research consortium to build a confirmation... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3576.html December 15, 2007 Chementator: New Zeolite Catalyst Süd-Chemie Zeolites GmbH, a subsidiary of Süd-Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; edlinks.che.com/6902-539) has begun to expand its production plant for new specialty zeolites, and... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3581.html November 15, 2007 Liquid Density Of the Elements Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Liquid density is important to engineers throughout the chemical process... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3497.html November 15, 2007 This catalyst may open the door to ‘green’ copolymer of CO2 Technology to copolymerize carbon dioxide and propylene oxide (PO) was first discovered in 1960s, but has not been commercialized due to the formation of cyclic propylene carbonate... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3500.html November 15, 2007 A second major plant for a new PO process Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co., a 50:50 joint venture of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, both Saudi Arabia) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3511.html November 12, 2007 Dow to exit hydroxyalkyl acrylates market The Dow Chemical Co. (www.dow.com) announced today its intent to stop producing and marketing hydroxyalkyl acrylates (HAA) by the end of 2007. The HAA product line includes... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3481.html October 25, 2007 What to See at the Chem Show (part 1) Dual-disc check valves cut fugitive emissions The dual-disc wafer check-valve product line (photo) offers units in sizes of 2 to 72 in., classes 125 to 2500, and a wide range of... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3430.html September 1, 2007 Eastman plans a dramatic increase in chemicals production from syngas Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; edlinks.che.com/6899-534), which has been producing chemicals via coal gasification (flowsheet) since 1983, will build a $l.6-billion plant in... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3347.html September 1, 2007 Outlets for glycerin Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Glycerin has over 1,500 known end uses, including applications in... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3365.html April 1, 2007 A sustainable route to succinic acid A demonstration plant that will produce 5,000 m.t./yr of succinic acid from biomass will be built in Pomacle, France, by BioAmber, a joint venture of Diversified Natural Products (DNP... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3233.html March 1, 2007 EU Chemicals legislation extends its REACH Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information After nearly a decade of preparation and debate, the European Commission's... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3320.html February 1, 2007 Green chelating agent Akzo Nobel (Amsterdam; edlinks.che.com/6892-546) has commercialized a biodegradable chelating agent, Dissolvine GL, as a cost-effective, green alternative to the two most frequently... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3210.html Pages: [1] 2 3 Next »	FAQ RSS FREE TRIAL
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