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How structural digital twins can transform the maintenance and inspection of pressure vessels.
Type: Feature
Weak energy policy threatens COP21 targets
Australia, India, South Africa face difficulties
Type: News
UK funding body announces sustainable smart factory competition winners
NATIONAL funding agency UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the winners of £13.7m (US$15.4m) to back projects aimed at harnessing digital technologies to improve the sustainability and efficiency of manufacturing processes.
Type: News
Heat-triggered polymerisation method saves energy
A NEW polymer manufacturing process that uses the energy from the internal polymerisation reaction rather than high-temperature curing ovens, can save ten orders of magnitude of energy, according to researchers at the University of Illinois.
Type: News
What can chemical engineers do to boost the efficiency of palm oil milling?
Type: Feature
Food and drink companies urged to improve fertiliser use transparency in supply chains
FOOD and drink companies are not disclosing adequate information about the risks of synthetic fertiliser in their supply chains, according to a new report.
Type: News
Producing synthetic gas with a single-step process
TECHNOLOGY company Sunfire has successfully demonstrated a single-step process for producing syngas from water, carbon dioxide, and renewable energy.
Type: News
Hurricane Energy makes major UK oil discovery
Up to 1bn bbl could be in field west of Shetland
Type: News
Lowering emissions from ammonia production with electrolysis
A NEW method to produce ammonia via electrolysis can improve the process while also lowering emissions.
Type: News
With our energy systems going through profound change, Adam Duckett asked chemical engineers who have transitioned from oil and gas to greener pursuits for insights that could help others make the switch
Type: Feature
New steel manufacturing process could lower emissions in car industry
ENGINEERS have developed a new method of steel manufacturing to produce strong, lightweight steel which could help to lower CO2 emissions in car manufacturing by making the vehicles lighter.
Type: News
Liquid air could be cheapest method for long-term energy storage, researchers predict
MODELLING by chemical engineers in the US and Norway suggests that liquid air energy storage (LAES) could be a more cost-effective option than existing techniques. Researchers at MIT and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found it could be considerably cheaper than lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydropower.
Type: News
New process for creating biodegradable polyesters
RESEARCHERS have developed a new polymerisation process involving a light-activated catalyst that could be used to create biodegradable plastic.
Type: News
Vanda Jones discusses how you can cut your compressed air energy consumption
Type: Feature
Using CO2 and “green” energy to produce specialty chemicals
EVONIK and Siemens have launched the second phase of their joint research project Rheticus, in which they are developing a process that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable energy to produce specialty chemicals and could reduce CO2 emissions.
Type: News
Book Review: People, Planet, Profit: Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Businesses
Kit Oung; ISBN: 9781637421819; Business Expert Press; 2022; US$17.99
Type: Feature
Process developers awarded £44m to advance UK hydrogen economy
MEMBRANE reactors, chemical looping processes and thermochemical splitting of water by advanced nuclear reactor are among dozens of hydrogen projects that have received a share of £44m (US$55m) in development funding by the UK Government.
Type: News
