The optimisation of the ethylene cracking process is fundamental to modern petrochemical production, where refining hydrocarbon feedstocks under high temperatures results in the formation of valuable ...

The cracking process in Longmaxi formation shale was experimentally studied during uniaxial compressive loading. Both the evolution of the three-dimensional fracture network and the micromechanics of ...

A time sequence showing how a star-shaped pattern of cracks grows when a sheet of PMMA is struck by a projectile. Each image is separated by 33 µs. (Courtesy: Nicolas Vandenberghe) They are the bane ...

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 ...

Last year, BASF, Sabic and Linde announced that they had signed an agreement that would see the three companies collaborate on the development and demonstration of solutions for electrically heated ...

Making ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen via the Haber-Bosch process has been critical to fertilizing the world’s crops for more than a century, but there’s been little need to run the reaction in ...

The production of energy from natural gas without generating carbon dioxide emissions could fast become a reality, thanks to a novel technology. Researchers have been researching an innovative ...

Donald L. Campbell, one of four engineers who developed a process that revolutionized the petroleum industry by turning fuels into a variety of useful products, died Saturday at a nursing home in ...