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Engineering Net Zero Part 8: Electricity plus Hydrogen, not Electricity or Hydrogen
David Simmonds concludes his online series with a call for greater systems analysis to develop a credible hybrid plan for net zero energy
Type: Feature
Tom Baxter examines the challenges and opportunities of electrifying process heating
Type: Feature
In the run up to IChemE Advances in Process Automation and Control (APAC) conference, Chris Hamlin, Ana Gonzalez Hernandez and Jonathan Cullen review the big issues facing engineers
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Nuclear-power container shipping could be possible within the decade
NUCLEAR-POWERED container ships could be moving cargo in and out of Europe by the end of the decade, thanks to the launch of a joint study by leaders in the shipping and nuclear industries.
Type: News
UK’s Manchester Prize focuses on clean energy innovation in second round
ROUND TWO of the UK government’s Manchester Prize has been launched, with this year’s focus on AI solutions that will “accelerate” the net zero energy transition.
Type: News
ExxonMobil to contribute US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre partnership
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will be contributing US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre. The announcement was made on 31 October at Singapore International Energy Week 2018.
Type: News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE could one day help us clean up microplastics after researchers at Monash University showed AI can help with rapid identification. The system could eventually sweep the oceans and carry out real-time wastewater analysis.
Type: News
The Economic Case for Hydrogen in Domestic Heating
Despite its thermodynamic disadvantages, global energy technology specialist Thomas Brewer believes hydrogen has an economic and efficient role in domestic heating. It forced him to deviate from his usual mantra of ‘efficiency above all else’ to get there, though
Type: Feature
NUS, NTU and ExxonMobil set up Singapore Energy Centre
THE National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have signed a memorandum of understanding with ExxonMobil to set up the Singapore Energy Centre.
Type: News
New lithium extraction process could revolutionise energy storage
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has developed a scalable lithium extraction process using metal organic framework (MOF) membranes to extract lithium from brines, which is a faster, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly method than conventional processes.
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Practical Process Control Part 4: Tuning a PID Controller
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
New MOF membrane cuts energy use for petrochemical industry
AN ENERGY efficient separation method for propylene and propane has been developed using metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes, which could significantly reduce the energy requirements of the petrochemical industry.
Type: News
Practical Process Control Part 16: Feedforward Control – Part 2
In the second of a two-parter, Myke King shows how to apply feedforward control
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IN 1976, George Box opined: “All models are wrong, some are useful.” How do we assure that a model is not sufficiently wrong that it is useful? A useful model is one that adequately predicts the results under the conditions and scale required for design or a process simulation. Most models of course are not derived at design scale. We are inevitably working outside the envelope of model derivation. So how do we build confidence that the extrapolation is adequately correct that the results may be trusted?
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Study investigates energy efficiencies to reduce emissions at Ineos Grangemouth
INEOS, co-funded by the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF), will conduct a feasibility study to look at improving energy efficiencies and reducing emissions at its primary manufacturing asset at its Grangemouth site in Scotland – the KG ethylene plant.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 9: Strategies for Clean Energy
David Simmonds builds on his ENZ series, visualising the UK power system, and explores the unintended consequences of current strategies for 2050
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 17: Fired Heaters - Part 1
In the first of a two-parter on fired heaters, Myke King shows how to implement duty controls
Type: Feature
High temperature nuclear reactors could make uranium extraction energy neutral
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a report discussing how to make uranium production energy neutral by using high temperature nuclear powered reactors for unconventional uranium extraction.
Type: News
Why process industry economics should be taught in undergrad chemical engineering
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