TEPCO has begun work to remove 566 highly-radioactive fuel rod assemblies from reactor building number 3 of its devastated Fukushima Daaichi nuclear power plant.

18th April 2019

Research & Development

Carbon-negative concrete wins inaugural CCUS prize

A CARBON-NEGATIVE form of concrete has won an inaugural prize that recognises the potential of using carbon dioxide as an industrial feedstock.

18th April 2019

Industry

Sunfire and Salzgitter to build world’s most powerful steam electrolysis plant

TECHNOLOGY company Sunfire, the Salzgitter Group, and their international partners are to build the world’s most powerful steam electrolysis plant for energy-efficient hydrogen production. Salzgitter will use the hydrogen for steelmaking.

18th April 2019

IChemE

Higman awarded IChemE Hebden Medal

CHRIS Higman has been awarded IChemE’s Hebden Medal for his contributions to gasification.

17th April 2019

No More Lost Light Gases

Jason Ornstein, Ray Ozdemir & Anne Boehme on adapting failed automotive capture technology for the oil and gas industry

Industry

BP agrees to disclose how its strategies align with the Paris Agreement

BP HAS agreed to a resolution from investors to disclose how its greenhouse gas reduction and future investments plans are in line with the Paris Agreement. However, concerns have been raised separately about BP’s commitment to methane reductions.

21st March 2019

Careers

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Caroline Metcalf

Yasmin Ali interviews Caroline Metcalf about her journey from aluminium smelters to railway stations

The Profession

Do the Maths!

Chemical engineers should not be afraid of developing the maths to solve problems.

Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World

People

Keith Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start

2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Army was running short of munitions. The subsequent scaling up of the supply of high explosives and propellants became a major achievement of the embryonic chemical engineering profession under the leadership of Kenneth Bingham Quinan.

People

George E Davis – Meet the Daddy

For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.