Machuca, M.
Michael Machuca is the chemical industry Marketing Director for the measurement instrumentation portfolio at Emerson. He has been with Emerson for more than 18 yr in various product management and marketing roles, supporting industrial process measurement applications in the oil and gas and chemical industries. Machuca earned a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston.
Improving ammonia production sustainability
Ammonia
/ Automation
/ Biofuels
/ Carbon Capture
/ Carbon Management
/ Diesel
/ Digital Technologies
/ Distributed Control System
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Greenhouse Gases
/ Information Systems
/ Instrumentation
/ Loss Prevention
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Control
/ Process Optimization
/ Products
/ Refining
/ Sensors
/ Corrosion
While approximately 70% of ammonia production is used to make fertilizers, it is also identified as the largest carbon dioxide (CO2)-emitting chemical industry process. This article examines several novel technologies to improve the sustainability of the ammonia production process.
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction