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An alternative CO2 capture process
SCIENTISTS at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), US have developed a simple, alternative process that could be used to remove CO2 from coal-burning power plant emissions. The process requires 24% less energy than industrial benchmark techniques.
Type: News
Transforming Asset Maintenance
Digitisation is helping to improve predictive intelligence and transform asset management, says Matthew Hurst
Type: Feature
Ali Mokhber, Christopher Ross, and Pablo Garcia-Trinanes describe how layers of protection analysis might be applied to the coronavirus
Type: Feature
The chemical sector and its digital journey
THERE has been a lot of media attention regarding the term Industry 4.0, what it means, and how it will revolutionise manufacturing in terms of flexibility, productivity, efficiency and customer interaction.
Type: Feature
Optimising Safety for the Renewable Energy Sector
A culture of care is the foundation, says Mark Walker
Type: Feature
Partners push digitalisation for processes
IMPERIAL College London and China’s Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) are working together to improve intelligent process manufacturing by using digitalisation to modernise and decarbonise industry.
Type: News
Australian hydrogen energy storage project receives US$2.4m investment
RESEARCHERS in Australia have received a A$3.5m (US$2.4m) investment to develop a system that stores renewable energy as hydrogen. The technology could allow for cheaper and safer storage for renewable energy.
Type: News
Analysis finds cause of major LNG exporter facility fire
A FIRE which resulted in the shutdown of major US LNG export facilities in June has been found to be due to isolation of cryogenic liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a piping segment without proper overpressure protection.
Type: News
Accelerating novel vaccine inactivation method
SEEKING to accelerate a novel method for producing inactivated vaccines to market and ensure competitivity, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation has partnered with a specialist machinery manufacturer and an information analysis company. The novel method could make vaccine production faster, safer, and cheaper.
Type: News
Safer and more efficient alkylation process now at commercial scale
CHEVRON and Honeywell have started commercial operation of a new alkylation process using an ionic liquid catalyst that is safer and more efficient than traditional methods.
Type: News
Energy and medical research experts to share Covid-19 safety lessons at IChemE Hazards conference
ICHEME has announced that process safety experts from the energy and medical research sectors will discuss the challenges faced dealing with Covid-19, at the Institution’s coming Hazards Australasia conference.
Type: News
Pore Performance: One 3D-printing firm's ambition to re-engineer membranes
Adam Duckett interviews Tom Pugh and Andrew Walker about Evove’s push to improve separations
Type: Feature
Aker Solutions to provide carbon capture technology to waste-to-energy plant
AKER Solutions has signed an agreement with Twence to supply modular carbon capture technology to Twence’s waste-to-energy plant in Hengelo in the Netherlands.
Type: News
Steel coalition calls for emissions standard that ignores production process
A COALITION of steelmakers has called for a global process-agnostic emissions standard, warning that planned proposals could see higher-emission steel erroneously labelled as “green”.
Type: News
Australian coal-plant closures spark energy security concerns
AUSTRALIAN energy providers AGL and Origin Energy have announced the early closures of coal-fired power stations, including the nation’s largest power station, as focus on clean generation increases and economic pressure mounts.
Type: News
Manchester Uni students win IChemE prize for designing greener process
A TEAM of students from University of Manchester, UK, has won IChemE’s Macnab-Lacey Prize for their design of a more sustainable process to produce dimethyl carbonate.
Type: News
Dual-polymer hydrogel can respond dynamically to its environment
A HYDROGEL has been developed that can bend, twist, or stick together when exposed to certain solutions, and could be used to create LEGO-style hydrogel blocks for microfluidics.
Type: News
Practical Process Control Part 5: The I-PD Algorithm
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
Phil Eames: Process Safety Trainer
Phil Eames recounts ICI’s response to the Piper Alpha tragedy and offers up a video that all young engineers and managers should watch
Type: Feature
