Conventional ethylene production via steam cracking generates massive carbon emissions—about one ton of CO₂ per ton of ethylene—creating a major climate burden. Researchers developed a highly ...
In this article, the use of exceptional repeatability and rapid response times of on-line FT-NIR and other analyzers for offering complete real-time data for the optimization of naphtha steam-cracking ...
AZOM: Improving the Productivity of Steam Cracking Furnaces and Improving Their Emissions Control
Improving the Productivity of Steam Cracking Furnaces and Improving Their Emissions Control
China’s Sinopec has developed a new technology to create petrochemical products while simultaneously reducing emissions. Steam cracking works by skipping the standard crude oil refining process by ...
The latest study published in Engineering has unveiled a groundbreaking approach to advancing green ethylene manufacturing, with profound implications for global sustainable chemical production.
A newly developed device could reduce the carbon footprint of ethylene production, report scientists. A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a prototype ...
Science Daily: Core-shell 'chemical looping' boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global production of light naphtha, an essential steam-cracker feedstock for the production of gasoline and numerous chemicals, is increasing and could create a global ...
Dow and Shell have started up a small unit in Amsterdam to test their electric steam cracking concept. The companies hope to generate data that will allow them to retrofit gas-fired furnaces. They aim ...
Among plastic precursors, ethylene is unrivaled in its demand. Industry produces over 140 million metric tons per year of the compound worldwide. Unfortunately, the amount of energy required to ...