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Project News

CeraPhi Energy signs agreement with Halliburton from extremely compact spacecraft to large , wide-body airliners . They are critical in assisting aerospace heating and cooling and have a direct impact on aircraft fuel efficiency . Future generations of aircraft powered by sustainable fuels will require much more efficient and lightweight thermal management than what is available today . Advancements in this technology will help aircraft manufacturers deliver on sustainability commitments and meet government sustainability regulations while increasing operational efficiencies .
BASF , SABIC and Linde start construction of demonstration plant
CeraPhi Energy has entered an exclusive drilling and intervention services agreement with Halliburton in exchange for in-kind engineering and project management support to CeraPhi . CeraPhi Energy has turned to Halliburton for its global expertise in well engineering and its seven decades of geothermal experience as part of CeraPhi ’ s plan to develop a global geothermal energy development company . The initial focus of the agreement will be to support CeraPhi ’ s existing opportunities of repurposing end-of-life oil and gas wells in the UK and USA . The companies expect the first project within the
UK to commence before the end of the year . The CeraPhi team is focused on its front-end resource modelling . Halliburton will support the well engineering and development potential for CeraPhi ’ s patented technology CeraPhiWell™ , a closed loop downhole heat exchanger that draws up subsurface heat for different applications for scalable baseload energy including : Low Temperature Climatised Agriculture ; Medium Temperature Heat Networks ; Medium Temperature Heating Systems and Industrial Processes ; Desalination and Water Treatment ; Power Generation ; and Green Hydrogen through Electrolysis .
Honeywell and Reaction Engines sign thermal management deal
BASF , SABIC and Linde have started construction of the demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces . By using electricity from renewable sources instead of natural gas , the new technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions of one of the most energy-intensive production processes in the chemical industry by at least 90 % compared to technologies commonly used today . The demonstration plant will be fully integrated into one of the existing steam crackers at BASF ’ s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen , Germany . It will test two different heating concepts , processing around 4 tons of hydrocarbon per hour and consuming 6 megawatts of renewable energy . The start-up of the demonstration plant is targeted for 2023 .
BASF and SABIC are investing together into the project and the demonstration plant will be operated by BASF . Linde is the engineering , procurement , and construction partner for the project and in the future will commercialize the developed technologies . The demonstration plant aims to show that continuous olefin production is possible using electricity as a heat source . The plant is designed in a way that two heating concepts can be tested in parallel : Direct heating applies an electric current directly to the process tubes inside the reactor ; indirect heating uses radiative heat of heating elements placed around the tubes . Testing these two concepts will make it possible to react flexibly to different customer and site requirements .
New Dutch terminal boosts EU drive to cut reliance on Russian gas
Honeywell and Reaction Engines have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of thermal management technologies as a critical enabler to reduce aircraft emissions , regardless of the fuel type used in the aircraft . The two companies will adapt the microtube heat exchanger technology from Reaction Engines and apply it across a broad range of Honeywell systems for sustainable aviation thermal management solutions .
Reaction Engines develops heat exchange technology that can reduce weight by more than 30 %, which translates to less fuel consumption and a longer range or higher capacity of aircraft . The potential for this technology is wide-ranging across all segments of the aerospace industry . Heat exchangers are important components of many of the aircraft mechanical systems that Honeywell manufactures . Honeywell heat exchangers are being used on various platforms ,
The Netherlands has taken its first delivery of liquefied natural gas at a new terminal , marking a step forward in Europe ’ s efforts to develop infrastructure that helps it cut its dependence on Russian gas . As part of the bid to diversify away from Russian gas after President Vladimir Putin launched the fullscale invasion of Ukraine , European countries have been racing to secure floating storage and regasification units , or FSRUs — liquefied natural gas tankers with heat exchangers that use seawater to turn the supercooled fuel back into gas . The EU has formed plans for as many as 19 new FSRU projects at
an estimated expenditure of EUR 9.5bn , according to calculations by Ember , an energy think-tank . The terminal at Eemshaven was officially opened with the first LNG shipment arriving from the US gulf , said Dutch gas grid operator Gasunie . Until now , the Netherlands could only import LNG through Rotterdam but that has changed with two FSRUs , the Golar Igloo , and Eemshaven LNG , moored in Eemshaven . The Eemshaven project was completed in record time and the first gas will flow into the country ’ s network from mid-September , according to Gasunie .
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