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Nicolas Leblanc – Revolutionary discoveries
One of the first chemicals to be produced at industrial scale, a product that laid the foundation for much of the modern chemicals industry, is sodium carbonate, commonly known as soda ash or, simply, soda.
Type: Feature
Safety: Digitalising Process Safety
Helen Kilbride and Krisshala Sinanan discuss the benefits and challenges
Type: Feature
Honeywell agrees US$1.8bn acquisition of Air Products’ LNG technology and equipment business
HONEYWELL has agreed to acquire Air Products’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business in an all-cash deal worth US$1.8bn. The acquisition will allow Honeywell to provide its customers with end-to-end LNG solutions.
Type: News
Consultants & Contractors Guide 2023: A Tricky Client called Planet Earth
Tracey Shelley says engineering contractors need stability to execute climate change solutions
Type: Feature
Engineers call for smaller electric car batteries and ban on vapes
USING smaller electric car batteries and stripping materials out of old wind turbines for use in the car industry could reduce the UK’s reliance on critical minerals and bolster its push for net zero, engineers have advised.
Type: News
Practical Process Control Part 17: Fired Heaters - Part 1
In the first of a two-parter on fired heaters, Myke King shows how to implement duty controls
Type: Feature
BioSNG: Fuelling the Future with Trash
Massimiliano Materazzi and Richard Taylor discuss the promise of a bio-substitute for natural gas
Type: Feature
Industry calls for support to develop net zero Humber region
INDUSTRY majors are lobbying government to support the development of a net-zero carbon cluster that would pioneer development of CCS and hydrogen in the UK’s Humber region.
Type: News
ECHA launches "plain English" toxicity guide
Online guide covers 120,000 everyday substances
Type: News
What is causing AstraZeneca’s vaccine production woes?
WITH Covid-19 vaccine manufacture making headlines for all the wrong reasons, I spoke with experts from the pharmaceutical engineering sector to try and shed some light on the production challenges facing AstraZeneca.
Type: News
Engineering X outlines strategy for the profession to lead on safety in complex systems
FACED with an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) wants to cement the engineering profession as recognised leaders on safety in complex systems, which can support other professions and help shape the global agenda.
Type: News
Arthur D Little – Dedicated to industrial progress
Arthur D Little defined unit operations and, with it, a whole profession, says Claudia Flavell-While
Type: Feature
Scientists win Nobel prize for developing Li-ion batteries
THE 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino, who each made essential contributions to the development of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
Type: News
UK Government aims to increase production of rapid Covid-19 tests
THE UK Government has commissioned PA Consulting to develop plans to scale up manufacturing of lateral flow device (LFD) Covid-19 tests.
Type: News
Ineos chairman says UK chemicals sector headed for ‘extinction’ following Grangemouth plant closure
BILLIONAIRE chairman of Ineos Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said the UK’s chemicals industry faces “extinction”, following the company’s closure of its ethanol plant in Grangemouth last week.
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