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How to Design a Biological Wastewater Treatment Process
Davide Dionisi’s worked example demonstrates how sustainable wastewater treatment design can balance environmental protection, energy efficiency, and operating costs
Type: Feature
Viewpoint: Take the Guesswork out of Chemical Engineering
Tim Duignan looks at how AI accelerated simulation will transform chemical engineering, freeing chemical engineers up to tackle more complex challenges
Type: Feature
Drax to expand US business with deal to supply wood pellets to Texas SAF startup
BRITISH-based power generator Drax has agreed the terms of a deal to supply wood pellets to a US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup.
Type: News
EU prepares ban on PFAS in consumer products as industry seeks exemptions
THE EUROPEAN Union will push ahead with proposals to ban PFAS in consumer products, the EU’s environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told Reuters this week.
Type: News
Aviation emissions predicted to rise until 2040s, despite increasing sustainable fuel alternatives
EMISSIONS from the aviation industry are projected to continue rising despite increased uptake of sustainable fuel alternatives, a new report has found.
Type: News
EPA considers reclassifying vinyl chloride as a high priority substance
THE US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a formal review of how it classifies five toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride.
Type: News
UK chemical plants warned against ‘complacent’ safety standards as cold weather approaches
PLANTS handling hazardous chemicals should not be “complacent” to the risks associated with extreme cold weather, a safety expert has warned.
Type: News
Rio Tinto agrees deal to build Western Australia copper mine with Japanese partner
MINING giant Rio Tinto has reached an agreement with Japanese company Sumitomo to build a copper and gold mine in northern Western Australia.
Type: News
Glass In all its Glory: Part 2
Martin Pitt looks at the Industrial Age, which saw the mechanisation of glass manufacture, but also featured major chemical engineering developments
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett on why the COP failure is an opportunity for engineers
Type: Feature
A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation
FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.
Type: News
Hundreds of schoolchildren visit IChemE to be inspired by chemical engineers
ICHEME has hosted more than 300 schoolchildren at its UK headquarters where they met with real-life engineers and took on engineering challenges, to inspire them about the prospects of a career in chemical engineering.
Type: News
Site Inductions: Giving Visitors What They Need
Fed up with being bombarded with irrelevant information, Harvey Dearden says site inductions should be approached from the perspective of the visitor rather than as a company disclaimer “get out of jail free” card
Type: Feature
Youth – and the Benefit of not Knowing what’s Possible
IChemE past-president Nigel Hirst says we need to harness the fearlessness of young engineers in order to tackle global challenges
Type: Feature
Investigation launched into fatal hydrogen sulfide leak that killed two US workers
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into a hydrogen sulfide leak at a Texas refinery that killed two workers and injured more than a dozen others.
Type: News
Adnoc to acquire German chemicals giant Covestro for €15.9bn
THE Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is set for a €15.9bn (US$18bn) takeover of German chemicals company Covestro.
Type: News
Engineers from Severn Trent and AtkinsRealis explain how applying novel process engineering technologies could significantly reduce emissions of CO2, nitrous oxide, and methane, creating a blueprint for the world’s first net zero hub for wastewater treatment
Type: Feature
Martin Pitt looks back on the history of drinking water and chemical engineers’ contribution to it
Type: Feature
TEPCO restarts removal of radioactive debris from Fukushima
SMALL-SCALE removal of radioactive debris has restarted at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, accelerating the decommissioning of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.
Type: News
Lego building for a greener future as it increases sustainable feedstocks
THOSE LEGO bricks you buy for your children (or sometimes yourself) are on their way to becoming more sustainable with the toymaker announcing that 22% of all its plastics are now made from sustainable materials. Though like the upturned unseen Lego in your carpet, the journey towards making billions of bricks sustainable has not come without some painful steps along the way.
Type: News
