Norm Gilsdorf, president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), has been named a Distinguished Engineering Alumni (DEA) Award winner from his alma mater, Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Gilsdorf was selected for his outstanding technical and business achievements and his dedication to Purdue University.
After graduating from Purdue in 1977 with a degree in chemical engineering, [...]
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Honeywell Process Solutions President Receives Engineering Honors from Purdue University
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010
Biomass-to-Oil Process From Honeywell’s Envergent Technologies Selected by Italian Company for Renewable Power Production
Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione has selected the Envergent RTP (rapid thermal processing) technology for the development of a facility to convert biomass into pyrolysis oil for renewable power generation.
Industria e Innovazione and Envergent have signed an agreement to pursue development of an RTP facility [...]
Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Honeywell’s UOP Announces Start-Up of Para-xylene Production Unit at Sinopec Facility in Shanghai
Honeywell’s UOP announced that Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has successfully started up a new para-xylene complex using UOP process technology at the Sinopec facility in Shanghai.
The aromatics project was completed in just 30 months from initial kick-off through commissioning, with UOP providing the technology license, basic engineering, equipment packages, and key products.
Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009
Honeywell’s UOP and Rentech Expand Alliance to Support Clean Fuels Production from Synthesis Gas
Honeywell’s UOP has expanded its alliance with Rentech, Inc. to support clean fuels production, adding UOP gas processing technology for the treatment of synthesis gas, or syngas, from sources such as biomass, natural gas and coal.
The addition of the technology, which is used to cleanse and purify synthesis gas and other gas streams, allows Rentech [...]
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009
Honeywell’s Spectra® Fiber Strengthens Rope Used by U.S. Military in Demanding Insertion Operations
Honeywell announced that rope using it’s super-strength, lightweight Spectra® fiber is being used by the U.S. military in fast rope insertion operations.
Spectra fiber is a key component of Novabraid™ Fast Rope, a high-performance rope made by Canada-based Novatec Braids Ltd. and currently being used on the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Military personnel use the rope [...]
Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009
Honeywell’s UOP and Ensyn Launch Envergent Technologies to Offer Second-Generation Biomass Technology
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has launched Envergent Technologies, LLC, a joint venture with Ensyn Corp., to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into pyrolysis oil for power generation, heating fuel and for conversion into transportation fuels.
The new company will offer Ensyn’s commercially proven Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP™) technology to convert second-generation biomass like [...]
Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
