18.12.2009
- Real-time Technology - In the production of acetic acid BP Chemicals is world renowned and responsible for a significant proportion of world capacity. Its proprietary methanol...
17.12.2009
- In times of high and continually rising energy demand and decreasing oil resources a supply of alternative resources is gaining in importance. Besides the increasing number of...
15.12.2009
- Avoid Interruptions - The automation of technical processes in the natural gas and oil processing industry is already well advanced and the operation of unmanned conveying...
15.12.2009
- Power - The world's largest IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) power plant has now been generating electric power from a coal/petcoke mixture for more than 11 years...
11.12.2009
- When in 1991 carbon nanotubes (CNT) were first observed by Prof. Iijima, no one would ever have thought that this new form of carbon would become one of the most exciting...
11.12.2009
- Solar radiation is an unlimited source of renewable energy. The direct conversion of solar radiation into electricity by photovoltaic modules is acknowledged as the most...
11.12.2009
- By putting a second nitrous oxide reduction plant (LARA) into operation at the Chempark Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany, specialty chemicals group Lanxess has moved a big step...
11.12.2009
- Both feedstock and energy efficiency are decisive factors in achieving economic viability and competitiveness in chemical production. At the same time they determine the...
11.12.2009
- New Possibilities - Two topics of paramount importance to producers of mineral powders and other inorganic materials are the economical production of high quality products and the...
11.12.2009
- Engineering Know-how - Environmental protection and growth are impossible without modern plants and technologies. The German mechanical and plant engineering industry acknowledges...
