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Hydrogen is recognised as a high purity premium product. Andy Brown describes some of its many roles
Type: Feature
Worker dies in US chemical plant explosion
AN explosion at a chemical facility in Belle, West Virginia, US has killed one worker and injured three people.
Type: News
Royal Society releases figures showing how Brexit has harmed UK science
THE UK’s Royal Society says figures show that Brexit is harming UK science, with 35% fewer scientists coming to the UK through EU schemes.
Type: News
Collaboration to advance ship-based carbon capture
AN international collaboration has been granted €3.4m (US$3.7m) in EU funding to accelerate the uptake of ship-based carbon capture.
Type: News
BASF and Linde team up to serve natural gas processes
BASF and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division have announced a collaboration to serve natural gas processing applications. Work is expected to enable treatment of previously inaccessible gas compositions.
Type: News
Fashion cycle: BASF launches its first factory to recycle waste nylon clothing
BASF has started operating its first commercial plant to recycle waste textiles back into feedstock for new garments.
Type: News
Chevron Phillips and Qatar Petroleum to build world’s largest ethane cracker
Qatar Petrochemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical have signed agreements to jointly develop petrochemicals projects in the US and in the Middle East, which will include building the world’s largest ethane cracker in the US.
Type: News
Evonik develops novel membrane for hydrogen production
EVONIK has developed a novel anion exchange membrane (AEM) that could contribute to commercial realisation of hydrogen production via electrolysis. The development comes as part of an EU-funded project aiming to achieve cost-effective hydrogen production.
Type: News
Stanford scientists recreate pain outside the human brain
STANFORD researchers have grown one of the most important neural pain pathways outside the human body – a medical breakthrough which could advance treatments for chronic pain conditions.
Type: News
Protein-producing microbes to reduce CO2 emissions
DRAX is partnering with startup Deep Branch Biotechnology (DBB) on a new bioenergy carbon capture usage and storage (BECCUS) project which could help to reduce emissions from the agricultural sector by using microbes to produce proteins for animal feed.
Type: News
Sussex brewery to cut 90% of emissions with ‘pioneering’ heat pump
A SUSSEX-BASED brewery is set to cut its CO2 emissions by 90% using a “pioneering” steam-generating heat pump, said to be the first of its kind to be installed in the UK.
Type: News
We Are the Universal Engineers
Rosey Deverall talks about her roles in nuclear safety and decommissioning
Type: Feature
Strategy for decarbonising industry released by UK Government
THE UK Government has released its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, outlining its plans to reduce emissions from heavy-carbon industries in line with the net zero by 2050 target.
Type: News
UK plastic recycling crisis expected
THE UK’S recycling industry says it may not be able to cope with an increase in plastic waste, as a Chinese ban on imports comes into force.
Type: News
US researchers develop biodegradable material to replace microplastics
CHEMICAL engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new type of biodegradable material that could replace microplastics in beauty products and food.
Type: News
IChemE publishes position on climate change, committing to net zero
ICHEME has published its position statement on climate change, committing to collaborate in the global push to a net zero future including for its own operations by 2025.
Type: News
IChemE launches updated technical strategy
Chemical Engineering Matters now in third edition
Type: News
