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IChemE Member Mandy Lester wins 2019 Karen Burt Award
MANDY LESTER, Chartered Member of IChemE, has won the 2019 Karen Burt Award for her commitment to engineering, addressing sustainability in the water industry, and inspiring current and future engineers.
Type: News
Khor Bee Chin discusses plans to reclaim precious resources from the wastewater that goes down the drains in Malaysia
Type: Feature
Durapipe celebrates 70 years of bringing innovative products to market
Fluid management solutions provider Durapipe has been providing the water and chemical industry with durable, reliable, quality piping products since 1954.
Type: Feature
Floating cellulose gel cleans up oil spills
A NEW type of cellulose composite material which can turn spilled oil into a rigid floating gel that can be scooped out of the water has been developed by chemists in India.
Type: News
Circular hydraulic jump not caused by gravity
A FLUID mechanics phenomenon commonly seen when tap water hits a sink, and first observed by Leonardo da Vinci, has finally been explained as being caused by surface tension and viscosity, and not gravity as previously thought.
Type: News
Birmingham students win Davidson Inventors Challenge for ‘forever chemical’ removal process
TEAM Breaking Bonds, a group of Year 11 students from King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, has won this year’s Davidson Inventors Challenge for developing a process to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water.
Type: News
Several factors led to fatal Brazil dam collapse, reports expert panel
AN expert panel commissioned by Brazilian mining giant Vale has concluded that a number of factors, including a steep slope design and high water level, combined to create the conditions for failure that led to the fatal collapse of a Vale tailings dam last year.
Type: News
Engineers urge UK action on sewage to guard against sickness outbreaks
IMMEDIATE action to bolster maintenance of the sewage system and sensors to allow real-time monitoring of water quality are among engineering experts’ recommendations to reduce the risk of harmful organisms polluting UK’s waterways and making people sick.
Type: News
US environmentalists call for ‘total ban’ on PFAS usage in response to new standard
THE LONG-AWAITED US standard for PFAS in drinking water has been met with a lukewarm response from experts and environmental bodies, who say there is still a “fundamental problem” with the industry legislation.
Type: News
A Low-Temperature Heat Highway to Zero Carbon
In the first in a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Mike Haines shares a study he has carried out for his local council on the promise of greener heating
Type: Feature
ICHEME member Omar Matar has won a scientific research photography competition for his image of a dancing jet of water.
Type: Feature
UK project starts sucking CO2 from the sea
A PILOT plant that sucks CO2 from the sea has started operating at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, UK.
Type: News
Report makes recommendations on how to utilise nuclear in UK net zero strategy
A SENIOR leadership team at The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute has released a position paper outlining key actions needed if nuclear power is to play a part in the UK’s ambition of being net zero by 2050.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Matt Longley
From working in water treatment to paving the way for film productions including Harry Potter
Type: Feature
A catalyst for ‘greener’ hydrogen production
A RESEARCHER at the University of Delaware (UD), US has patented a process that could enable greener production of hydrogen. The process uses electricity and a copper-titanium (Cu-Ti) catalyst to make hydrogen from water.
Type: News
CO2 Capture: Putting the Sea into CCS
Amanda Jasi and Kerry Hebden talk to companies developing technologies to capture CO2 from the ocean
Type: Feature
Kemper clean coal opts for gas instead
IN a blow to clean coal development, the Kemper County power plant in the US has been forced to abandon lignite gasification and burn gas instead.
Type: News
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
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
Food, fuel and drug supplies at no-deal Brexit risk, Government warns
THE UK Government has warned in a document it has been forced to disclose that a no-deal Brexit could result in disruptions to food, fuel and drug supplies; though water companies are well prepared.
Type: News
