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Fimpec expands into minerals and battery chemicals by acquiring Chemitec Consulting Oy’s business Fimpec acquired, on 2 December 2022, the business of Espoo-based engineering company Chemitec Consulting Oy. The acquisition strengthens Fimpec’s internationalisation and expands the company’s expertise to minerals processing and battery chemicals. Founded in 1986, Chemitec Consulting Oy is an engineering firm that…
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As electric vehicles and portable battery powered equipment continue to replace traditionally fuelled power sources the need, how to guarantee safe use and foresee the signs of wear of batteries. Chemitec updated its skills in the field of battery technology by participating in a COMSOL training on batteries, fuel cells and electrolysers. The training provided…
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Battery manufacturing  By Helena Laavi Electric cars and Lithium-ion batteries are rushing to the market, but what is needed to manufacture batteries in Finland?  To manufacture batteries, or more precisely to manufacture the most desired Lithium-ion batteries in Finland, the basic conditions for the manufacturing industry must be met. First, raw materials i.e. valuable minerals such as nickel, cobalt, and lithium, must be sufficiently…
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AEROBIC MICROBIAL TREATMENT By Hilkka Pastinen-Kurula The Ecolution bioreactor is an alternative to traditional methods of treating organic waste. The method is based on the activity of aerobic microbes, as a result of which the mass to be treated is converted into a nutrient-rich material produced by the microbes. The produced microbial biomass is suitable…
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Biogas production, composting or something else? Handling organic waste material is challenging. The traditional methods cover both anaerobic and aerobic process types which both have their pros and cons. Alongside these methods, treatment in Ecolution aerobic bioreactor has been developed to give a cost-efficient alternative, that is an easy and quick way to reduce the…
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From Waste-to-Energy (WTE) to waste to hydrogen production is an interesting and attractive development taking place in the field of waste to value. Hydrogen is high energy content (33.3 kWh/kg) fuel producing no carbon emissions on incineration. The production and use of hydrogen as fuel support the carbon neutral energy strategies. Non-recyclable Municipal Solid Waste…
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Ever since I started working in Chemitec Consulting one year ago, I’ve been exposed to different projects in the chemicals, energy and minerals processing industry. In general, the development approach of each project is fairly similar. In most projects, engineering works will begin with a test work phase, in which you look to understand the…
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Chemitec Consulting Oy is looking forward to get its Waste to Value services introduced in Middle East and North Africa regions. For this purpose, recently an agreement took place between Chemitec Consulting Oy and Airo Ventures Oy under which Airo Ventures will represent and market Chemitec’s Waste to Value services in the countries from Middle…
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In the years 2020 and 2021 so far, Chemitec’s team has successfully prepared and delivered pre-feasibility study, techno-economic evaluation and conceptual study based assignments for the projects in Waste to Value to the customers in different countries of the world. The range of projects’ scale was varying from 5 to 100 MWe Waste to Energy…
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Chemitec Consulting Oy has developed an online Biogas Calculator tool. The biogas calculator is related to anaerobic digestion of waste and specifically designed to calculate the biogas production related parameters for small to large scale processes. The development of the biogas calculator tool was financially supported through a Research and Development related project by Business…
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