Chemical Processing - January 2008 - (Page 13) ALSO IN THIS SECTION: 14 Kidney-like membrane boosts desalination 14 Biodiesel catalyst nears piloting >> IN PROCESS Glycerol girds for new role IN PROCESS < 90 vol%-pure H2. for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells, the H2 will require purification, notes Dupont. laboratory-scale trials will begin in february with Dupont and her coworkers conducting an economic evaluation, including catalyst and adsorbent life and waste disposal costs, by early 2009. if the economics prove favorable, the process could be commercialized in less than 10 years, she estimates. the project, which has received a £270,000 (about $550,000) grant from the u.K.’s engineering and physical sciences research Council and started in october, will run through march 2009 and involves two industrial collaborators. Biodiesel producer D1-oils, midJanuary 2008 • 13 >> Economic Snapshot 80.0 79.0 78.0 77.0 76.0 75.0 74.0 73.0 72.0 Nov 06 Dec 06 Jan 07 Feb 07 Mar 07 Apr 07 May 07 June 07 July07 Aug07 Sept 07 Oct 07 55,000 54,500 54,000 53,500 $ Million 53,000 52,500 52,000 51,500 51,000 49,500 Shipments (NAICS S325) Capacity utilization 71.0 Shipments continued to rise but capacity utilization eased. Source: American Chemistry Council. www.chemicalprocessing.com % http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2007/099.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/industrynews/2007/020.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2007/099.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/industrynews/2007/020.html http://www.chemicalprocessing.com
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