The importance of cold storage for certain chemical products, particularly organic peroxides, hit the headlines in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. When a plant outside Houston was flooded and lost power, it also lost its cold storage for the organic peroxide products produced at the site. As they warmed up, the surrounding area was evacuated in anticipation of the resulting explosions and toxic releases.

Exclusively focused on the processing of fluids, powders and gases, the biennial Chem Show returns to the Javits Center in New York City on October 22-24, 2019.

As severe weather in the Gulf of Mexico increases in frequency and intensity, chemical facilities and others need to reconsider the worst-case scenario assumptions upon which current emergency plans are based.

When construction of Shell Chemical LP’s fourth linear alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, La., is complete, the resulting 425,000-metric-ton-per-year capacity increase will make the site the largest AO producer in the world.

It is no secret the manufacturers can save money and reduce emissions if they can find ways to convert CO₂ into chemicals valuable in other process uses. A research project from Praxair and Novomer seeks to do that.

Topics include safety in process, evolving standards, evaluating solenoid valve redundancy and SIL, etc.

Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. and Genting Plantations Berhad have inked an agreement to jointly develop a new biorefinery through Genting Integrated Biorefinery Sdn Bhd (GIB), to be located in the palm oil industrial cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Why would thermoplastics —rather poor conductors, or good insulators, depending on your perspective — even be considered a feasible material for heat exchangers?