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Book Review: Process Plant Design
Robin Smith; ISBN: 9781119689980; Wiley; 2023; US$72.00 (eBook); US$89.95 (print)
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
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
Working Hard. Having Fun. Making History
Fiona Ragan talks about her role in process control at Amazon
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
Careers in Chemical Engineering: David Young
Yasmin Ali speaks to David Young, a Research Engineer at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
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
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
Flixborough 50 Years On: Addressing Process Safety Competence Challenges in Smaller Organisations
Fifty years on from Flixborough, Carolyn Nicholls says key challenges in process safety competence, including multidisciplinary knowledge, clear roles, and managing pressure, remain just as critical
Type: Feature
Nereda: Redefining Effluent Treatment
There is a new player in the wastewater process sector, re-writing the rules of the game
Type: Feature
Report calls for swapping fossil fuel subsidies for renewables to boost green energy
A REPORT by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has found that just 10–30% of fossil fuel subsidies could pay for a global green energy transition.
Type: News
Fluor will engineer Itero’s chemicals recycling process
FLUOR has won the contract to engineer a chemical recycling demonstration plant for Itero in the Netherlands that will pyrolyse waste plastics into new feedstocks.
Type: News
Book Review: Process Safety Calculations Second Edition
Renato Benintendi; ISBN: 9780128235164; Elsevier; 2021; €190.75
Type: Feature
Researchers to develop carbon-negative power plant
RESEARCHERS at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US have received just over US$800,000 in funding to develop a carbon-negative power plant that produces reduced amounts of carbon emissions and captures carbon from the atmosphere during idle periods.
Type: News
How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin
Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic
Type: Feature
Ivan McCormack discusses his role in the recycling sector, developing a chemical process to close the loop on single-use plastics.
Type: Feature
Glass industry sketches process technology route for reaching net zero
THE UK’s glass industry has said it faces a challenging road ahead in meeting net zero targets, and has called on the Government to support efforts to switch to greener process technologies and fuel supplies.
Type: News
Engineers awarded QEPrize for advancing solar PV technology
IN ITS 10th year, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to four engineers whose research and development of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology underpins the growth of high-performance, low-cost solar power.
Type: News
