TotalEnergies and Borealis start up Baystar JV polyethylene unit

TotalEnergies and Borealis celebrate the start-up of their Baystar joint venture’s new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene (PE) unit - which more than doubles the current production capacity at its site in Bayport, Texas.

The new $1.4 billion (€1.3 billion) unit completes the partners’ integrated petrochemicals venture, which includes the expanded Bayport PE facility, and the ethane cracker at the TotalEnergies Platform in Port Arthur, Texas.

The new PE unit, referred to as Bay 3, increases the site’s total production to over one million tons per year, which includes two legacy #polyethylene production units.

Bay 3 features the state-of-the-art proprietary Borstar® 3G technology #licensed in North America for the first time.

Borstar technology delivers advanced value-added polymers with enhanced sustainability by enabling light-weighting and the incorporation of greater amounts of post-consumer recycled materials in a variety of end products, serving the energy, infrastructure and consumer products industries.

After the inauguration of the ethane cracker unit in Port Arthur last year, the start-up of the new PE unit is the second milestone of this joint venture aimed at establishing Baystar as a fully integrated U.S. petrochemical player.

“The fruition of this venture also advances TotalEnergies ambition to grow in the United States,” said Bernard Pinatel, President, Refining & Chemicals, #TotalEnergies.

“The arrival of Borealis’ proprietary #Borstartechnology in #NorthAmerica by way of Baystar marks, in line with our owners’ strategies, a crucial step for us in becoming a global leader in advanced and #sustainablechemicals and material solutions,” said Borealis CEO, Thomas Gangl.

“Expanding and deepening our footprint through Baystar enables us to better serve customers and partners by offering improved access to Borstar based products produced right here in North America.”

source:fuelhandlingmag.com

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DELO Introduces Flexible Semiconductive Adhesive for Autonomous Driving

DELO has developed DELO DUALBOND BS3770, a flexible electronics adhesive that permanently seals sensor housings airtight and thus reliably protects components such as image sensors. DELO DUALBOND BS3770 meets the stringent requirements of the #semiconductor and #automotive industries and helps drive innovation in autonomous driving.

Meet Stringent Industry Demands:

The autonomous driving trend comes with ever-stricter safety requirements. Therefore, reliable components such as image sensors are installed in LiDAR and #RADAR systems. Sensor housings on PCBs must be hermetically sealed throughout their entire service life in order to maintain their function permanently without interruption.

However, previous solutions for hermetically sealing the housing and filter glass are reaching their limits due to these stricter requirements, failing to withstand the tests of the automotive industry, according to standard AEC-Q100.

DELO has developed DELO DUALBOND BS3770, a special #electronics #adhesive for semiconductor manufacturers to meet the demanding reliability and qualification tests of automotive suppliers.

Unlike adhesives previously available on the market, the newly developed adhesive is a flexible product with a #Youngsmodulus of less than 5 MPa at room temperature. Due to its flexible properties starting from a temperature as low as approximately -50°C, the adhesive can compensate for pressure changes that occur, such as those caused by temperature changes, humidity differences, or heat input in the reflow process during production. As a result, defects such as pop-ups or #delamination do not occur, and the sensor is permanently protected.

Precise Application and Rapid Curing:

DELO DUALBOND BS3770 can be precisely applied by needle dispensing while maintaining narrow and high bondlines. #Curing takes place in two consecutive steps using UV light and heat. After dispensing, the adhesive is fixed in a few seconds by means of classic light fixation. Alternatively, it can be transferred to the B-stage, which is particularly relevant for bonding filter glasses with blackprint. At this stage, it achieves an initial adhesion comparable to tape. Afterwards, the second component can be joined. Thanks to the adhesive’s initial adhesion, the component is directly fixed so that it can be entirely processed further. Final curing takes place in a convection oven at +150°C within 40 minutes.

In addition to image sensors for LiDAR and RADAR applications, DELO DUALBOND BS3770 is also used in driver monitoring and for #5G applications.

This new adhesive and other high-tech solutions for the semiconductor industry will be presented by DELO at SEMICON Europe, which will be held in Munich on Nov. 14-17, 2023.

Source: DELO/specialchem

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Today's KNOWLEDGE Share : The temperature and pressure in RTM?

 Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

What temperature and pressure is typical in RTM?

As a reference, out-of-autoclave prepregs are cured at 100-150C and 1-3 bar. 

Again, the resin system is decisive. With epoxy ones, the most common ones, the curing temperature will be at 70, 80, or 90 degrees. 

The good thing is you can play with the activity of the resin. 

A very reactive resin means that it actually creates an exothermic reaction. So even if you have the tool at 70 degrees, it probably means that the system is at 100 degrees.

It's curing quicker and at a higher temperature. Still, you don't need to heat up your tool to that temperature because the composite is doing the work. 

About pressure: When looking at Light RTM, we are looking at a couple of bars, but when we are looking at the High-Pressure RTM, we can be looking at 5, 6, 7, or 8 bars of pressure. 

Source:The Native Lab

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Nonwoven Market:Forecasting,capacity,demand,supply,oversupply

Nonwoven Market:

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Pyrum Innovations AG to Build Pyrolysis Plant in Czech Republic

Pyrum Innovations AG ("Pyrum", the "Company") plans to build a pyrum pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic together with a Czech energy company.

A corresponding consulting contract was signed with a subsidiary of the group of companies in order to prepare the permit for the construction of the tire recycling plant and to submit the building application.

To be Integrated into the Partner's Existing Plant:

The new plant, with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes of #scraptires per year, is being built in the Czech border region with Germany and is scheduled to start operation in 2025. The Czech partner, which is active in the field of energy and recycling management, already operates a power plant on the property and therefore has a gas turbine that will co-convert the #pyrolysis gas into electricity in the future.

Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG, "We are looking forward to this groundbreaking project. Using the existing infrastructure to operate the new tire recycling facility is an approach that fits perfectly with Pyrum's commitment to #sustainability. The plans also underline the ongoing internationalization of our company. Together with our partner, we will contribute to the circular economy and provide a sustainable solution for end-of-life tire recycling in the Czech Republic."

A special purpose vehicle (SPV) joint venture is to be established for the construction and operation of the new plant, in which #Pyrum is expected to hold a 30% stake. As part of the consulting contract, Pyrum will carry out the basic engineering as well as prepare parts of the approval documents for the new plant.

The property also offers sufficient space for future capacity expansions. For this reason, the size of the plant is already being designed in such a way that recycling capacities can be doubled in 2027. In addition to Pyrum's main plant in Dillingen/Saar, the joint venture REVALIT GmbH and the already announced plans for the construction of pyrolysis plants together with SUEZ #recycling and recovery UK Ltd in Great Britain and Thermo Lysi SA in Greece.

Source: Pyrum Innovations AG/omnexus-specialchem

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Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:Why to avoid branched polymers in Injection Molding

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

Why should we avoid branched polymers in Injection Molding and always keep thickness constant when possible ?

In a transition from thick to thin, the polymer undergoes substantial extensional flow. This aspect of flow is challenging to measure in a lab and difficult to implement correctly in Flow Analysis. When polymers are non-linear in their chain structure a strong "strain-hardening" will appear, resulting in unexpectedly high pressure drop at these thickness transitions. Runner to gate transitions may present significant pressure drop due to this elongational viscosity effect (possibly hundreds of bar, thousands of psi).

We have of course many other good reasons to keep thickness as uniform as possible, first of which, the attempt to have uniform freezing rates everywhere, get uniform packing and minimize differential shrinkage.

source:Vito Leo

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Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:Hydrogen Transport a century ago

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

Impressive Large-Scale #Hydrogen Transport by Rail in #Germany Over a Century Ago!

Did you know that more than a century ago, Germany was already pioneering massive high-pressure hydrogen transport by rail? This demonstrates our historical commitment to innovation and hydrogen transportation solutions, which continues to inspire us in our present efforts to advance clean energy and mobility.

Source:Prof. Dr.Lars Rontzsch

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