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CARBON-CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY PLANT ENGINEERING

Tuticorin Alkali begins commercial production Va Tech WABAG bags water treatment project

of ‘green’ soda ash in Tunisia

Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Ferti- plant. “The R&D efforts have borne Va Tech WABAG has bagged a which has two decades of association Head of Marketing – Africa, Va Tech
lisers Ltd. (TFL), has announced the fruit, whereby TFL is able to capture consortium Design, Build and Operate with WABAG. The order, bagged WABAG.
commencement of commercial produc- CO from fl ue gases of bio-mass boiler (DBO) order worth about €63-mn for a amidst international competition,
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tion of ‘green’ soda ash at its plant in and reuse it to deliver a near-zero car- 345-mld (million litres per day) drink- consolidates WABAG’s market position The project is to be executed with
Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. bon effect, a move towards a circular ing water treatment plant at Bejaoua, in the North Africa, according to a WABAG as leader of the consortium
economy,” he commented. Tunisia, from the Societe Nationale company statement. and Entreprise Gloulou Mohamed et
The company, a part of Singa- D’exploitation Et De Distribution Des Salem (EGMS), the consortium partner,
pore-based AM International, said the TFL is the sole producer of soda ash Eaux (SONEDE). “WABAG, with this large water in charge of civil works. The scope of
breakthrough was achieved by lever- in South India. The company has already treatment project, continues its contri- WABAG’s work will be engineering and
aging carbon-capture technology to steam production. Further, TFL uses tied up with one of the world’s largest The project, funded by French bution to water security in the African procurement, and operation and mainte-
establish carbon-neutrality in the manu- green ammonia, imported from Egypt, MNCs for the supply of green soda ash Development Agency (AFD) and the continent. This plant, which is one of nance (O&M), which is worth about
facture of soda ash, adding that it is the to produce its near-zero soda ash. in the manufacture of detergents, and is European Investment Bank (BEI), will the largest drinking water treatment half of the consortium order value, and
“fi rst company in the world” to manu- optimistic about forging further partner- be executed over a period of 30 months, plants in WABAG’s profi le, when com- includes design, engineering and supply of
facture carbon-neutral soda ash. To pro- Mr. Ashwin Muthiah, Founder ships. Also known as sodium carbonate, followed by the operation and mainte- pleted will be an important reference electromechanical equipment including
duce ‘green’ soda ash, TFL set up a CO Chairman, AM International, cere- soda ash is a key ingredient in a wide nance of the plant for 12 months. project for us and will further modern and compact lamella clarifi ers,
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recovery plant to capture carbon from monially launched the inaugural pro- array of products including laundry enhance water security in the capital of and installation and commissioning of
the biomass used as fuel in its boiler for duction batch of green soda ash at the detergents and rechargeable batteries. This is a repeat order from SONEDE, Tunisia,” said Mr. Guhan Kandasamy, the plant, followed by one-year O&M.

POLYMER ADDITIVES
CARBON CAPTURE
Platinum Industries breaks ground for PVC additives
New technology for converting CO to CO holds
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plant in Egypt potential energy saving in steel making
Mumbai-based Platinum Industries
Ltd., a leading producer of additives A new energy-effi cient technology Dr. Arnab Dutta and Dr. Vikram Vishal, The newly developed process by
for the processing of polyvinyl chloride that converts carbon dioxide (CO ) to has been granted a patent for the tech- the NCoE-CCU requires only minimal
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(PVC) and chlorinated polyvinyl chlo- carbon monoxide (CO) using electro- nology. A paper on the subject has also energy as it can proceed under ambient
ride (CPVC) laid the foundation stone catalysis under ambient temperatures been accepted for publication in the temperatures (25-40°C) in the presence
for a $6-mn million PVC and CPVC in the presence of water has been deve- international journal, Nature Commu- of water. If the energy required for
stabilisers plant at Orascom Industrial loped with potential for application in nications. CO is widely used, especially this electrocatalysis reaction is from a
Park’s Sokhna Complex within the the steel sector. in the form of syn gas. In the steel renewable source (solar or wind), it can
Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) industry, CO is an essential ingredi- result in a carbon-neutral CO to CO
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in Egypt. In efforts to support India’s goal ent for converting iron ore to metallic conversion.
for net-zero emissions by 2070, the iron in blast furnaces. Currently, this
The event was witnessed by Mr. Department of Science & Technology CO is generated by partial oxidation This technology holds promise
Waleid Gamal El Dien, Chairman, (DST)-supported National Centre of of coke/coal, which leads to a signi- for various industrial applications
SCZONE and Mr. Ajit Gupte, India’s Mr. Waleid Gamal El Dien, Chairman, SCZONE, and Mr. Ajit Gupte, India’s Ambassador Excellence in Carbon Capture and ficant production of CO as well. If and is being scaled up through a
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Ambassador to Egypt. The factory, to Egypt at the ground-breaking ceremony for Platinum Industries’ plant in Sokhna Utilisation (NCoE-CCU) at IIT-Bombay this emitted CO can be captured and recently incubated start-up, UrjanovaC
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spread over an area of 10,000-m , will Ambassador Gupte pointed out Mr. Krishna Rana, Chairman, is working towards developing novel, converted into CO, it can reduce the Pvt. Ltd., for potential application
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have a production capacity of 30,000-tpa, that investments by Indian companies Platinum Industries, said the project scalable and affordable pathways for carbon footprint and associated costs. in the steel sector. In addition,
SCZONE said in a statement. “The manu- in Egypt’s manufacturing sector has in Egypt is the company’s first foray capturing CO from various emission The conventional process for CO to another technology involving aque-
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facturing of PVC/CPVC additives and touched $3.3-bn. “There are great op- overseas, and is the first step in the sources, and converting it into usable CO conversion occurs at elevated ous-based CO capture and conver-
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stabilisers is one of the industries that portunities for more economic coope- company’s 2030 growth strategy to chemicals or permanent storage. temperatures (400-750°C), and involves sion to calcium carbonate from the
SCZONE aims to localise to cover domestic ration between the two countries, espe- expand and grow in multiple mar- reaction with hydrogen, making it NCoE-CCU has also been licensed
market needs,” Mr. Gamal El-Dien said. cially in SCZONE,” he added. kets. A team of investigators led by an energy-intensive process. to UrjanovaC.
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