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Hydrogen Transport

Andy Brown looks at the options and challenges of moving hydrogen from A to B in bulk

Type: Feature

Testing Times

A review of the merits of the equivalent reactor network approach

Type: Feature

Degrees of Separation

Andy Brazier explains why process isolation is more complicated than you might think

Type: Feature

Scottish trial tests hydrogen in gas pipelines

A TRIAL is underway at Ineos’s Grangemouth site to help determine how existing natural gas networks can be repurposed for hydrogen. The trial is expected to bring hydrogen networks a step closer to reality in the UK.

Type: News

Let it Rain

Research is underway to enhance cloud seeding - in a bid to boost freshwater supplies

Type: Feature

Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen

Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen

Type: Feature

Lewis Urry – A Powerful Man

Richard Jansen-Parkes looks at the life of Lewis Urry, inventor of the alkaline battery and father to the Energizer Bunny

Type: Feature

Thinking Outside the Block

Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?

Type: Feature

Food and Drink: Learning from Others

Contractors are borrowing techniques from the petchem, pharma and auto in-dustries to help food and drink re-establish itself in manufacturing

Type: Feature

Spiralling into Affordable Healthcare

New reactor promises continuous processing of biotherapeutics

Type: Feature

Nathaniel Wyeth – Got a lot of bottle

Richard Jansen-Parkes looks into the life and times of Nathaniel Wyeth, inventor of the PET bottle

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

Saving Time and Energy with Process-focused AI Simulations

Aniqah Majid spoke to University of Birmingham spinout Evophase about its location-specific wind turbines and how AI could change the way engineers design process equipment

Type: Feature

EPA limiting evaluation of chemical risks

THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised how it determines risks associated with chemicals and will now only consider the risks of direct exposure, and not any potential exposure due to a substance being in the air, ground, or water.

Type: News

Protecting future energy infrastructure from natural hazards

ICHEME has supported the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) in publishing research identifying how natural hazards can be characterised to help improve energy system infrastructure design and inform investment decisions.

Type: News

Sizewell C looks at capturing CO2 from the atmosphere using nuclear heat

SIZEWELL C, in the UK, is developing plans to demonstrate how heat from a nuclear plant could be used to power direct air capture (DAC) technology to suck CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.

Type: News

Flixborough 50 Years On: Reader Feedback

To finish the series of articles we’ve published this year for the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, we asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel for their insights on how well safety is being managed, and what fresh fears they face

Type: Feature

The Engineering Mindset Part 2: Complex or Complicated? What Defines A Complex System?

Using the petrochemicals industry, Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how a complexity-based approach provides a critically different perspective and insight that can be applied to pretty much any sector, market, or organisation

Type: Feature

Crossing the Line?

The difficulties in separating diligence from negligence

Type: Feature

Break it Down

Adam Duckett on responding to calls for a new biodegradable wrapper

Type: Feature