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Conor Crowley looks at how his team has adapted to conduct good HAZOPs amidst pandemic and lockdown
Type: Feature
It is increasingly important for companies to maximise the sustainability of their manufacturing processes, to reduce hazardous effects on the environment, and to ensure that we have sufficient natural resources for the future. Platinum group metals (PGMs) are widely used within consumer and industrial products, and include platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium. They occur naturally but are scarce and, therefore, highly valuable.
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OFGEM, the UK’s energy regulator has launched a formal investigation into power company Drax to determine if the wood pellets burnt to generate electricity at its Selby plant breach sustainability rules. The regulator said however that the opening of this investigation does not imply that it has previously made “any findings about possible non-compliance”.
Type: News
US-based SAF producer becomes latest company to announce plans to open plant in Teesside
AMERICAN sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer LanzaJet has become the latest multinational company to select Teesside, northeast England, as the location for a manufacturing plant.
Type: News
Wizz and poo: airline signs US$1bn deal to buy jet fuel made from human waste
YOUR flight abroad could one day be powered by human waste after a UK company announced plans to build a world-first facility that turns sewage sludge into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
Covestro to expand CO2-using processes
CEO: targets to use more CO2, and in more products
Type: News
Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering
Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production
Type: Feature
Liza Forbes, Kym Runge, Mike Mankosa, Jaisen Kohmuench and Luke Vollert discuss a froth-free flotation technology that can halve the energy use in the grinding step of mining operations
Type: Feature
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Estefania Lopez-Quiroga and colleagues look at the potential upsides of scaled-down, decentralised food production
Type: Feature
Safety expert Wassim Naddi on Lebanon’s disregard for safety and the need for change.
Type: Feature
Novel ‘organ-on-a-chip’ device
RESEARCHERS led by the University of Cambridge, UK have developed a three-dimensional (3D) ‘organ-on-a-chip’ which enables real-time continuous monitoring of cells. The device could allow scientists to develop new treatments for disease and reduce the use of animal models.
Type: News
International group publishes safety guidelines for mining waste storage
AN international group of 142 scientists, community groups and NGOs from 24 countries has published guidelines to improve the safety of mining waste storage to protect communities, workers, and the environment from the risks posed by storage facilities.
Type: News
Volunteers publish guide to help public understand fill and finish and drug product release
Members of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering UK Affiliate (ISPE UK) and IChemE’s Pharmaceutical Special Interest Group have published the following guide aimed at explaining to the public the process of fill and finish, and drug product release.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Vent condenser with Non-condensables
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
How advanced level measurement technology increases plant efficiency and safety
Type: Feature
Forms of Contract: Amend at Your Peril
The risks of modifying general conditions of IChemE's model Forms of Contract.
Type: Feature
A periodic exhibition: RSC celebrates 150 years of Mendeleev’s periodic table
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) opened a special exhibition, curated by the University of Cambridge’s Peter Wothers, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev’s first periodic table of the elements.
Type: Feature
