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Method makes olefins under mild conditions
CHEMISTS in the US and South Korea have developed a technique to produce olefins, a vital chemical feedstock, under mild conditions using a base metal catalyst.
Type: News
Graphene as a carrier for fertiliser micronutrients
A GRAPHENE-BASED carrier system for delivering micronutrients to crops increases the efficiency of the fertiliser while reducing the environmental impact.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maryam Farhanah
Yasmin Ali interviews Maryam Farhanah, Senior Process Engineer at Mott MacDonald.
Type: Feature
Greener steel: Primetals successfully tests 100% hydrogen reduction process
PRIMETALS has successfully tested a pilot-scale process that promises several breakthroughs in the development of greener steel, including the reduction of iron ore using 100% hydrogen and the elimination of a key materials processing step.
Type: News
ADDING plastic bottles to concrete could lead not only to lower carbon emissions, but improve structural performance, according to a new study.
Type: News
Novel process recovers high-value products from natural gas
LINDE has developed a novel process to recover high-value products, including helium, from natural gas that successfully combines leading BASF and Linde technologies.
Type: News
Practical Process Control Part 10: Designing Level Controllers on a Distillation Column
Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement
Type: Feature
Green steel process given go ahead for testing at pilot scale
AN INDUSTRIAL consortium in Sweden will build a pilot plant to test a steel production process that emits water rather than CO2.
Type: News
Working Hard. Having Fun. Making History
Fiona Ragan talks about her role in process control at Amazon
Type: Feature
Oxford spinout develops ‘atomic scissors’ for energy efficient chemical recycling
FOOD-GRADE plastics could be made from 100% recycled content, according to Oxford spinout Repolywise, which has developed a novel “atomic scissors” process to break down plastic waste.
Type: News
Book Review: Process Plant Design
Robin Smith; ISBN: 9781119689980; Wiley; 2023; US$72.00 (eBook); US$89.95 (print)
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 7: Parameters for Designing Liquid Level Controllers
Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement
Type: Feature
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
How to Troubleshoot Tower Floods
Non-radioactive methods to diagnose, locate, and identify the root cause of flooding in distillation towers
Type: Feature
UK sets out green growth plans
THE UK government has outlined a raft of plans for low-carbon investment, setting out how £2.5bn will be spent to support green innovation through to 2021.
Type: News
Birmingham pilot plant first to trial rare earth recovery process
A PILOT plant using a new process to recover rare earth alloys from scrap magnets will be built at the UK’s University of Birmingham following a €4m (US$4.4m) grant from the EU.
Type: News
Nereda: Redefining Effluent Treatment
There is a new player in the wastewater process sector, re-writing the rules of the game
Type: Feature
Deconstructing Runaway Reactions Using Dynamic Modelling
James Close, John Barker and Georges Melhem use a case study to explain the importance of understanding inhibitor effectiveness for process safety
Type: Feature
Heinz and Hanson Cement to benefit from £52m UK clean energy plan
The UK government has awarded funding worth £52m (US$64m) to 25 companies operating in the country, including Heinz and Hanson Cement, to boost their clean energy efforts.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: David Young
Yasmin Ali speaks to David Young, a Research Engineer at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
Type: Feature
