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Hydrogen: Making the Case through Life Cycle Analysis
How decisions on hydrogen’s role in energy systems might be made; industry collaboration and long time-horizon life cycle analysis could be the first step.
Type: Feature
Partners to accelerate biofuels production cycle
TOTALENERGIES and Veolia have teamed up to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2, with the long-term goal of producing biofuels.
Type: News
Food & Water: Using Water Smarter
Amanda Jasi reports on a project that aims to introduce circular symbiotic arrangements between industry and service providers to help conserve water.
Type: Feature
Merry Christmas and a Happy New….CPD Cycle!
Peter Coutts asks: what’s the purpose of CPD in the later stages of your career?
Type: Feature
The Challenges of Developing a Fusion Fuel Cycle: and How Chemical Engineers are Solving Them
Elaine Loving and Tom Stroud outline the scientific and technical challenges that must be met for the potential of fusion energy to be realised
Type: Feature
Making a Dent in the Water Crisis
Developing a centuries-old idea to provide clean drinking water
Type: Feature
Water experts issue call to action on climate
AN alliance of experts from across the water sector, including from IChemE, has issued a call to action that commits water professionals to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Type: News
BASF and Solenis combine paper and water chemicals businesses
BASF has announced that it will combine its paper wet-end and water chemicals business with Solenis, and the combined company will operate under the Solenis name.
Type: News
Removing silica from power plant water
COOLING tower water could be reused and recycled ten or more times by using a new silica-removing membrane, according to US researchers.
Type: News
UK satellites track global water flows to strengthen climate modelling and industrial risk planning
TWO UK-built satellites have been launched into orbit to improve monitoring of the planet’s water cycle – data that chemical and process engineers rely on for climate-risk assessments, emissions modelling and the design of resilient infrastructure.
Type: News
How to Perform a First Pass Water System Sustainability Analysis
Stephen Hall and Sarah Kutz examine strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of water purification systems, including membrane-based water for injection generation and optimised flow rates, while exploring sustainability approaches and alternative designs
Type: Feature
In the final part of our series on fusion energy, Mirjana Damjanovic and Lewis Simmons highlight the significant challenge of decommissioning and repurposing a fusion powerplant
Type: Feature
Four killed in explosion at UK water treatment site
FOUR people have died and another has been injured in an explosion at a UK water treatment works.
Type: News
Amanda Lake talks about her work in the municipal water sector, in water and wastewater treatment.
Type: Feature
The Challenges of Eliminating Nitrous Oxide from the Water Sector
Nitrous oxide emissions from water resource recovery facilities have long been under-estimated say Amanda Lake, Aprilia Vellacott, and Liu Ye. Reducing them offers an opportunity for chemical engineers to make a real difference
Type: Feature
Food & Water: Water from Unconventional Resources
With clean water scarcity a major problem, Kerry Hebden looks at unconventional options for obtaining water that range from fog harvesting to iceberg towing.
Type: Feature
A NEW, multi-university research centre, headquartered at the US' University of Texas at Austin (UT), has been launched. Researchers at the Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems, or M-WET, are aiming to discover novel methods to increase water supplies through improved water purification methods.
Type: News
A bright future awaits chemengers in the water industry, say Richard Hill and Chris Short
Type: Feature
Water purification using sunlight and hydrogel
A WATER purification method has been developed that uses sunlight along with an inexpensive gel, rendering even high-salinity water safe to drink.
Type: News
