Posts by Svend Ravn

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Successful start-up of world’s largest wet gas sulfuric acid (WSA) plant

The WSA plant treats 131,000 tons of acid gas per year from a neighboring world-scale refinery in Huizhou, China. The patented WSA process converts more than 99.9% of the sulfur in the off-gases into commercial grade sulfuric acid. Since 2000, Topsoe has sold 68 WSA plants in China, of which 54 are...

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Haldor Topsoe and JITRI found joint R&D company to accelerate development of innovative technologies for Chinese market

Joint company will focus on applied research and fast commercialization of new technologies. First development project aims to develop more cost-effective NCA batteries for electric cars. The company will also function as a test facility for Topsoe’s Chinese customers within hydroprocessing and...

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全球最大甲醇生产商与托普索公司签订技术使用许可合同 (Clone)

近日，IGP甲醇公司与托普索公司签订一项年产180万吨甲醇技术使用许可合同，此合同为一甲醇总产能720万吨/年的综合项目的一部分。托普索SynCOR甲醇技术将成为整个项目的核心。 IGP公司计划建设4个相同的SynCOR甲醇生产装置，作为其墨西哥湾甲醇生产基地的重要组成部分；该基地位于美国路易斯安那州普拉克明斯郡，现已规划成为世界上最大、效率最高，且最环保的甲醇生产基地。...

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Topsoe chosen as technology licensor of the world’s largest methanol facility

IGP Methanol LLC has awarded Haldor Topsoe a contract for engineering of a methanol plant that will produce 1.8 million tons per year, which is part of a planned complex with a total production capacity of 7.2 million tons per year. Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol™ technology will be at the core of the...

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Curiosity-driven research for the future

What Denmark is spending on publicly funded research at the moment is definitely too little, says Haldor Topsoe’s CEO, Bjerne S. Clausen. Haldor Topsoe devotes 10% of its turnover to research. Presently, Denmark uses around 1% of its GDP on publicly funded research. Should this number be higher or...