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Thomas Midgley – A troubled legacy
From fuel hero to climate zero: Claudia Flavell-While on the turbulent life of Thomas Midgley
Type: Feature
C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK in 2009 and is now working on the carbon capture project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire. I spoke to Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture, about the company’s environmentally friendly solvent technology, the project at Drax, and plans for the future.
Type: Feature
The Chemical Engineer visits the cinema to see how Hollywood tackles the subject of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy
Type: Feature
A look at mathematical modelling of how we get our message across.
Type: Feature
Hazard Identification: Planning for Success
A look at the hazard and operability study (HAZOP).
Type: Feature
Common Working Practices Risk Home Office Enforcement Action
While hiring engineers from overseas is helping to ease skills shortages in the UK, employers need to check they are not falling foul of their compliance duties.
Type: Feature
What we need from a UK Industrial Strategy
Process industry cluster calls for systems thinking
Type: News
Ban the Steam Engine and Build Ten Hinkleys
As products improve and prices fall, the take-up of petrol-electric hybrids and 'pure' electric vehicles (EVs) might come much sooner. Today’s ‘conventionals’ will become obsolete long before they’re banned.
Type: Feature
What makes a good awards entry?
Top tips on how to make your Awards entry work for you
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers are ideally placed to turn the words in the Paris Agreement into actions on climate change
Type: Feature
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions than CCS.
Type: Feature
Richard Jansen-Parkes looks at the life of Lewis Urry, inventor of the alkaline battery and father to the Energizer Bunny
Type: Feature
Funding Available for Sellafield Cleanup Innovators
Sellafield Ltd is seeking game-changing solutions from chemical and process engineers to address the challenges of post operational clean out of nuclear plants.
Type: Feature
Clean Hydrogen. Part 1: Hydrogen from Natural Gas Through Cost Effective CO2 Capture
Producing hydrogen with carbon capture via the Low Carbon Hydrogen (LCH) process
Type: Feature