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ITER postponed by a decade in €5bn overhaul
INTERNATIONAL fusion project ITER has been pushed back by almost ten years after leaders decided to revamp its original roadmap, in a move that could drive up costs by an additional €5bn (US$5.4bn).
Type: News
My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Martin Ruhemann
Adrian Finn remembers Martin Ruhemann, a man who overcame extraordinary adversity to shape the future of chemical engineering with both brilliance and humility
Type: Feature
Trade groups call on UK government to take urgent action in response to Trump tariffs
UK trade groups have called for the UK government to take urgent action in response to the tariffs imposed by the US, warning that domestic manufacturing is likely to decline.
Type: News
THE UK government is “confident” the supply of coke over the coming days will be sufficient for British Steel to continue operations at the Scunthorpe blast furnaces it took control of over the weekend.
Type: News
Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen
Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen
Type: Feature
Michaël Kolk explains why chemical firms should unleash the power of convergence
Type: Feature
David Smith discusses the importance of product packing and filling for formulated dry products
Type: Feature
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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Challenger: Home for Christmas
Mark Yates examines the engineering behind Apollo, and highlights the continuing importance of science and R&D teams on the ground
Type: Feature
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?
Type: Feature
Terry Cooper: Preventer of Major Accidents
Terry Cooper is a chemical engineer by training. This article is an adapted version of a speech he delivered at Oil & Gas UK’s Safety 30 Conference in Aberdeen on 6 June. The conference marked the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.
Type: Feature
Wendy Wilson, Joseph Agnew and Tom White report on the 2019 IChemE Member Engagement survey results
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Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers
David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-life cases
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BP Texas City: Lessons learned?
A look at how the process industries have changed, more than a decade on
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Mountains or Oceans: how Shell uses scenarios to assess the company’s strategies for the future
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A solution to the world’s plastic problem could be right under our feet. Toby McCartney, MacRebur CEO speaks to Neil Clark
Type: Feature
Using drones to replace traditional rope-based visual inspections on offshore platforms
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