Tag: butadiene

PNNL and Bridgestone team up to focus on more sustainable tires

PNNL and Bridgestone team up to focus on more sustainable tires

December 27, 2024 |

In Washington, the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said it is teaming up with Bridgestone to scale up a chemical process that converts ethanol into butadiene—synthetic rubber’s most important ingredient.  At the center of the collaboration sits a catalyst developed by PNNL researchers that cuts out the need for heat and reduces the […]

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Chinese researchers develop catalist to activate ethanol into butadiene

Chinese researchers develop catalist to activate ethanol into butadiene

March 18, 2024 |

In China, butadiene, one of the most important light olefins in the petrochemical industry with a global production capacity of 18 million metric tons per year, is currently produced through the extractive distillation of C4 fractions from naphtha steam cracking processes or dehydrogenation of C4 hydrocarbons, both of which involve extensive energy consumption and significant […]

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