Category: Innovation

Prayon’s Marc Sonveaux outlines how chemical beneficiation can transform current phosphate industry supply chains.

Metso launches Cu POX leaching process for copper extraction industry - solution maximises copper recovery while reducing environmental impact

Days 2 and 3 of the CRU’s 38th Nitrogen+Syngas 2025 Expoconference turned to the technical sessions, organised in three parallel streams covering: green ammonia technology, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate, plant operations and reliability, urea technology, digitalisation, carbon capture, emissions reduction and sustainable fertilizer production, and fertilizer finishing.

This study introduces a new platinum-promoted honeycomb catalyst for sulphur dioxide oxidation, designed to enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions in sulphuric acid production. Compared to conventional vanadium oxide based catalysts, the platinum-based catalyst demonstrates higher catalytic activity, lower ignition temperature, and significantly reduced toxicity.

The 38th Nitrogen+Syngas Expoconference will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 10-12 February 2025. Join us at this industry leading event featuring the most comprehensive agenda to date.

Toyo Engineering Corporation has developed two new digital solutions, MethaMaster™ and MethaDynamics™ , which enhance the operational efficiency of e-methanol production from variable renewable energy.

New concepts focused on the transfer and combination of existing sulphur and sulphuric acid technologies to support decarbonisation of the sulphuric acid industry are being investigated. In this article three research projects are discussed: sulphur dioxide depolarised electrolysis for green regeneration of spent acid, use of renewable heat and catalyst to the splitting process from sulphuric acid to SO2 for reduction of fossil fuel consumption, and sulphur as an energy vector.

QatarEnergy has announced the construction of a new world-scale ammonia-urea production complex at Mesaieed Industrial City in Qatar.

CRU’s 38th Nitrogen+Syngas Expoconference will be held on 10-12 February 2025 in Barcelona. The most respected technical event for the global nitrogen and syngas community offers an ideal platform for industry professionals to connect, do business and learn about the latest innovations in operations, technology, process and equipment. The annual meeting attracts a global audience of producers, licensors and materials and equipment providers representing an unparalleled opportunity for business networking and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

One challenge of a green revamp by stepwise injection of green hydrogen into existing ammonia/urea complexes is to cover the nitrogen demand for the ammonia synthesis while stepwise reducing the front-end load, usually by applying a cost-intensive air separation unit (ASU). thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH has developed an advantageous concept whereby, instead of an ASU, the nitrogen gap is closed by the introduction of pretreated reformer flue gas back into the ammonia process, with the side effect to also enhance CO2 production.