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Consortium investigates Australian P2X industry
A RESEARCH consortium led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia is investigating the potential to grow a new power-to-X (P2X) industry to benefit a range of New South Wales (NSW) infrastructure. The industry could contribute to accelerating a hydrogen economy.
Type: News
Chemical engineers develop ‘smart bandages’
RESEARCHERS at the University of Rhode Island (URI), US have embedded nanosensors into microfibres to create “smart bandages”, which offer the chance to detect and monitor wound infections in a continuous, non-invasive manner.
Type: News
Sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate net-zero
LED by the University of Bath, UK, a major new collaboration between academia and industry seeks to use sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
Type: News
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Type: Feature
Using a sponge made of pollen to soak up oil from contaminated water
A POLLEN-BASED sponge has been developed as a more environmentally friendly way of soaking up oil and other organic solvents from contaminated water.
Type: News
Mine closure is not just an environmental issue, say Anna Littleboy, Guy Boggs and Glen Corder
Type: Feature
Documenting Your Turnaround Estimate
Gordon Lawrence discusses the value of a basis of estimate document for a maintenance turnaround team
Type: Feature
New £20m facility to strengthen South Wales steel and metals industry
A NEW £20m (US$27.6m) facility has been launched in South Wales, which is expected to set the region up to build on its strength and expertise in steel and metals and help industry achieve a low carbon future.
Type: News
Darren Broom discusses the need for new developments to address the challenges around multicomponent gas mixture instruments
Type: Feature
IChemE launches Sustainability Hub
ICHEME has launched its new Sustainability Hub, giving chemical engineers access to a suite of new, on-demand training courses and knowledge resources.
Type: News
UK’s shale gas wells to be plugged
THE Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered that the UK’s only shale gas wells must now be sealed.
Type: News
UK’s state-backed vaccine manufacturing centre sold
THE UK’s emergency vaccine manufacturing innovation centre (VMIC) has been sold to US manufacturer Catalent, sparking concerns about lost opportunities for innovation, training and pandemic preparedness.
Type: News
Robin Turney speaks to Paul Feltoe about his role in process safety consulting
Type: Feature
FLSmidth leads work to electrify calcination in bid to cut cement emissions
ENGINEERS are building a pilot plant to electrify production of a clinker replacement that would reduce emissions from cement production.
Type: News
Fukushima bosses ordered to pay billions for failing to prevent nuclear disaster
FOUR former bosses of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been ordered by a Tokyo court to pay ¥13trn yen (US$94bn) in damages for failing to prevent disaster at the site in 2011.
Type: News
Round and round: Newcastle University and Wastefront team up to improve tyre recycling
NEWCASTLE University and rubber recycling firm Wastefront, will use a new UK tyre recycling plant to improve the recovery of carbon black to help produce new tyres from old ones
Type: News
Safety Moments: What to Expect from Hazards 32
IChemE Past President Ken Rivers on what to expect from the coming Hazards event
Type: Feature
Electrification of steam cracking: BASF demo set to operate in 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde have begun electrifying a steam cracker at the huge Ludwigshafen chemicals complex in Germany, as they seek to show that the sector can eliminate 90% of emissions from the heart of chemicals processing.
Type: News
