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New Form of Contract for EPCM Services: Blue Book

John Challenger explains why IChemE has launched this completely new and unique form of contract

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A Safer Management of Ammonia

Seshu Dharmavaram discusses his research into anhydrous ammonia and how better management of it can positively affect decarbonisation goals

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Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 3: Improvements Through the Use of Novel Mass Transfer Internals

The push for fewer emissions and greater profitability are driving the development of more efficient distillation column internals. Izak Nieuwoudt, Neil Sandford, and Pat Quotson look at the opportunities for process engineers

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Modelling with Excel Part 6: Monte Carlo Simulations

Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering

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Engineering Net Zero Part 1: Communicating a Plan

David Simmonds opens a new series on net zero asking: what can engineers do to help secure public engagement and support?

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Eden Project starts up UK’s first deep geothermal plant in nearly four decades

THE UK’s first new deep geothermal project to begin operations in 37 years has come online in Cornwall, providing heat for the iconic Eden Project.

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McGagh, Sorensen and McBride-Wright honoured by the King

CHEMICAL engineers John McGagh, Eva Sorensen and Mark McBride-Wright have been recognised and celebrated for their contributions and service in the Order of Australia awards, and the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list.

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A new gallery celebrating engineers opens at the Science Museum

AN exhibition called Engineers opened today at the Science Museum in London dedicated to world-changing engineering innovations and the diverse and fascinating people behind them. I caught up with the engineers featured in the gallery and those who created it to ask what they hope it will achieve.

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Shell draws criticism as it commits to oil and gas

SHELL’S new boss, Wael Sawan, has come under fire from environmental groups after revealing that the company intends to remain “committed” to its fossil fuel business by maintaining oil output at current levels of 1.4m bbl/d until 2030, and by growing its LNG business – a path that will allow the firm to reward its shareholders “today, and well into the future,” Sawan said.

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Careers in Chemical Engineering: Safely Delivering Industrial Gases

With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Caroline Smither tells Yasmin Ali about her work helping industry make a safe shift to net zero

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INWED 2023: Marlene Kanga on the Satisfaction of Engineering a Safer Society

With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Marlene Kanga talks to Orla Douds about the satisfaction of keeping communities safe through a career in engineering

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INWED 2023: Alexandra Meldrum on Being Curious and Building a Portfolio Career

For INWED 2023, Alexandra Meldrum offers insights on building an engineering career that makes a positive difference in the world

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Fusion industry heavyweights team up to advance fusion technology

Fusion industry heavyweights are teaming up to advance fusion technology in a bid to further clean and sustainable energy. Announced on the same day, these new deals include a partnership between General Atomics (GA) and Tokamak Energy on high temperature superconducting (HTS) technology for fusion energy. Separately, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and Proxima Fusion will work on the stellarator concept for fusion power.

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Orsted and ESB to work together on Irish offshore wind portfolio

DANISH multinational energy company Orsted, and ESB, Ireland’s leading utility, have agreed to work together to jointly develop an Irish offshore wind portfolio.

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Drax faced with UK biomass sustainability investigation and US pollution notice as Selby plant CCS consultation launches

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”.

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BASF strengthens R&D capabilities with a more powerful supercomputer

BASF has started up a new supercomputer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany, which it says is the largest in the world used for industrial chemical research. The 3-petaflop supercomputer takes over for a 1.75 petaflop predecessor, offering more capacity and computing to allow increasingly complex modelling, virtual experiments, and simulations.

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Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 2: Improvements Through the Use of Dividing Wall Columns

Dividing wall columns promise significant energy and cost savings compared to multiple binary distillation columns. Robert Piszczek and colleagues from ExxonMobil look at the opportunities for process engineers

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The importance of engineers and not strangling AI

SIR PATRICK VALLANCE reflects on five years as the UK’s chief scientific advisor.

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Engineering options that can prevent sewer overflows

WITH industry forced to apologise for dumping untreated sewage into rivers, changes upstream including smarter sewers would help

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Modelling with Excel Part 5: Visualising Batch Processes with Gantt Charts

Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering

Type: Feature