http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2008 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 3:02:11 EDT This summer, Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (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 plant for... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3956.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 acid (UFA)... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3959.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 olefins... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3740.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT  ... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3687.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST  ... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3689.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 forces to... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3691.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 reduces the... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3575.html Sat, 15 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST 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 test-plant for a... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3576.html Sat, 15 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST 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 also... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/process_chemicals/3581.html Sat, 15 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST