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Axens: Chemical recycling of polymers

Posted June 30, 202200:27:29

In this episode of The Main Column, Sumedha Sharma, Technical Editor of Hydrocarbon Processing gets into conversation with David, Schwalje, Emerging...

History of the HPI: The 1970s: Crises, clean air, plastic bottles and the DCS

Posted June 23, 2022

In this continuation of Hydrocarbon Processing's History of the HPI series, major events and technologies of the 1970s are detailed. These include global...

SaaS solutions for flexibility and sustainability

Posted June 2, 202200:21:32

In this episode of The Main Column, we speak with Hans Claussen, Digital Lead, North Europe at ABB, and talk about IT/OT convergence in the form of...

CO2 compressor technology for a decarbonized energy economy

Posted May 26, 2022

To help decarbonize industrial plants, CO2 emissions can be captured and stored. However, challenges exist in moving CO2 from the plant to storage....

Innovative recycling, driving circularity while decarbonizing the petrochemical industry

Posted May 25, 2022

In this episode, Axens details some of the challenges in chemically recycling plastics, along with new technologies that can be solutions.