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Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 6: Safety Implications from New Technologies

Roger Stokes and Michael Moosemiller outline the safety issues associated with conventional distillation towers and consider how newer technologies might behave differently with respect to safety

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Book Review: A Guide to Hazard Identification Methods, Second Edition

Frank Crawley; ISBN: 9780128195437 (paperback); Elsevier; 2020; £117.30

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Pump and System Curves

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Seven Soft Skills to Help with Tough Engineering Jobs

How to increase your chances of doing well in leadership positions

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Process Control Valves

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Crossing the Line?

The difficulties in separating diligence from negligence

Type: Feature

Condemnation as Trump Quits Climate Pact

Fears move could harm industry, investment & jobs

Type: News

Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 4: Hybrid Schemes and Analysis

Izak Nieuwoudt reviews the hybrid schemes that can help process engineers reduce the energy use of their distillation processes

Type: Feature

UK Government releases long-awaited net zero strategy

THE UK Government has outlined how it plans to reach net zero by 2050 in its Net Zero Strategy. The plans include the approval of two carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial clusters, however there is criticism that the strategy still falls short in many areas.

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The Power of Assertiveness

How might we use the power of assertive behaviour to good effect?

Type: Feature

A Virtual Meeting at 10 Downing Street

Tom White, IChemE Trustee and CEO of C-Capture, presses Boris Johnson for support on scaleup

Type: Feature

The Art of Facilitation

It's not about you and your ideas: how to be effective at facilitation

Type: Feature

Global Status of CCS report warns ‘more to be done’

THE Global CCS Institute says that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to meeting the Paris climate change targets, but while significant advances have been made in the past year, there is a long way to go.

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Solar reactor uses storage to produce fuel day and night

A SOLAR reactor has been developed that can store thermal energy to produce fuel around the clock. The reactor could potentially be used to produce hydrogen for fuel cells, without any carbon emissions.

Type: News

Top ten bio-based chemicals for UK economic growth

A REPORT from the Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network (LBNet) has identified ten biochemicals where the UK is primed to go from demonstration to industrial-level production.

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New lithium extraction process could revolutionise energy storage

ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has developed a scalable lithium extraction process using metal organic framework (MOF) membranes to extract lithium from brines, which is a faster, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly method than conventional processes.

Type: News

Ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut kills at least 135 people

AN explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in Beirut, Lebanon, has killed at least 135 people and injured at least 5,000.

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Closure of Altona refinery fuels concerns about Australian manufacturing

EXXONMOBIL is closing its Altona refinery in Victoria, Australia. The decision comes hot on the heels of BP’s plans to shut the Kwinana refinery and has elevated concerns about fuel security and the future of downstream manufacturing in Australia.

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Altilium Metals to accelerate development of the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant

PLANS for Teesside to host the UK’s largest EV battery recycling plant are underway following the completion of a six-month feasibility study by the facility’s owners, Altilium Metals, which will allow the company to accelerate permitting and grant requests as well as alternative financing

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Hazards 33: Helping Turn Good Practice into Common Practice

Eamon Chandler, chair of the Hazards 33 conference technical committee, previews the key themes that safety experts will be discussing this year

Type: Feature