INEOS and GNFC sign a Memorandum of Understanding to build a new world scale Acetic Acid unit in India

The two companies have held a technology partnership for close to 30 years but will now establish a new joint venture.

27-Nov-2024 - INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) have signed an MOU to explore the feasibility to build a new world scale, 600kt Acetic Acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. INEOS Acetyls are a leading producer of Acetic Acid globally and GNFC is the ...

Recycling carbon dioxide into household chemicals

New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide from industrial emissions into commonly used chemicals

23-May-2024 - A low-cost, tin-based catalyst can selectively convert carbon dioxide to three widely produced chemicals — ethanol, acetic acid and formic acid. Lurking within the emissions from many industrial operations is an untapped resource — carbon dioxide (CO2). A contributor of greenhouse gas and global ...

Taste secret of sourdough bread decoded

Consistent quality of sourdoughs as a goal

31-Aug-2023 - Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in decoding the taste and smell of sourdough bread. In their measurements and analyses at the molecular level, they came across ten key flavor substances and an additional eleven key odor substances that made it possible to ...

New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide into sustainable byproduct

Researchers create acetic acid out of carbon monoxide derived from captured carbon

05-May-2023 - The need to capture CO2 and transport it for permanent storage or conversion into valued end uses is a national priority recently identified in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to move toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Now, Northwestern University researchers have worked with an ...

Steel mill gases transformed into bioplastic

Korea-Spain joint research team develops an itaconic acid mass production method using artificial enzymes

19-Oct-2022 - Food delivery makes it easy to enjoy delicious food in a snap. However, the plastic waste from food deliveries is rapidly polluting the environment and threatening our future. An alternative that has emerged is bioplastic, which is also called biodegradable plastic. Bioplastic that uses ...

Hybrid electro-biosystem upcycles carbon dioxide into energy-rich long-chain compounds

Upcycling CO₂ via electrochemical and metabolic engineering

03-May-2022 - Artificial upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products in a sustainable manner represents an opportunity to tackle environmental issues and realize a circular economy. However, compared with facilely available C1/C2 products, efficient and sustainable synthesis of energy-rich ...

Fuel from waste wood

Possibility to produce ethanol on a financially competitive and technically efficient basis

31-Mar-2022 - According to the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions is required to limit the consequences of climate change. Producing fuel from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw or renewable electricity would be one ...

Gold solution to catalysis grand challenge

Researchers demonstrate the suitability of gold as a catalyst to produce methanol and acetic acid from the methane in natural gas

10-Jan-2022 - A simple, low-cost method of directly converting natural gas into useful chemicals and fuels, using the precious metal gold as a key ingredient, has been proposed by researchers at Cardiff University in collaboration with researchers in Lehigh University, USA and the National Centre for Magnetic ...

Bacteria as climate heroes

Circular economy for CO2

18-Nov-2021 - To establish a carbon-neutral circular economy in the future, technologies are needed that use carbon dioxide as a raw material. In the form of formate, CO2 can be metabolised by certain bacteria. Acetogens are a group of bacteria that can metabolise formate. For example, they form acetic acid – ...

Recycling plastic: Vinyl polymer broken down to aspirin components

04-Jul-2019 - Before you read this, look around your room. How much of your surroundings are made of plastic? The chair that you sit on, the desk, the casing on your computer and monitor, the pen you use, the carpet, the shoes you wear, your clothes, your bag, the soda bottle you sip from, the furniture, the ...