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Book Review: Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Modular Process Intensification
Efstratios Pistikopoulos and Yuhe Tian; ISBN: 9780323855877; Elsevier; 2022; US$190
Type: Feature
With hands-on placements and a new graduate scheme, the Environment Agency is giving chemical engineering students real-world experience – and a clearer sense of how their degrees make a difference, writes Sam Baker
Type: Feature
Biffa and Encyclis win approval for HyNet waste-to-energy CCS plant
BIFFA and waste-to-energy (WtE) firm Encyclis have secured local planning approval to build a carbon capture and storage plant next to its WtE facility at the Hynet North West Cluster in Cheshire, UK.
Type: News
UK backs Sizewell C with £700m as it targets energy sovereignty
THE UK Government has announced the “historic” £700m (US$836.9m) backing of EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear power project, as part of a landmark package intended to help secure Britain’s energy independence and prevent reliance on volatile global markets.
Type: News
Safety issues to the fore at IChemE-hosted roundtable on battery energy storage systems
SAFETY concerns surrounding lithium-ion batteries dominated a recent IChemE-hosted roundtable discussion on the state of the UK’s battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Type: News
How digital measurement is making waves in water and wastewater treatment
Type: Feature
Novel modelling technology enhances safety predictions for underground nuclear waste storage
SIMULATIVE modelling technology has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study how radioactive nuclear waste can be stored safely underground.
Type: News
The Right Approach to Digitalisation
Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech
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
Origin Energy may delay closing Eraring coal power station
ORIGIN Energy’s plans to close its Eraring coal power station seven years ahead of schedule, might now be put on hold over fears the country will run into electricity shortages. This is due to ageing coal plants closing potentially faster than new renewables and storage projects coming online
Type: News
Defending the Control Room: Layer by Layer
A look at the security threats facing control and safety systems, and the layers of protection to safeguard against them
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 12: Filters
Myke King explains filters and the benefit of moving away from the standard technique
Type: Feature
IChemE allows free access to 25 new books
ICHEME members can now access 25 additional technical textbooks through Knovel, with titles added in 2021 including new publications on digitalisation, major hazard management, and clean energy.
Type: News
MPs launch STEM diversity investigation
THE UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry, Diversity in STEM, to investigate the extent of underrepresentation within STEM and to explore what policies from Government, academia, and industry could address it.
Type: News
Tony Hasting discusses process and equipment design for food safety
Type: Feature
Christmas Past: A Historical Christmas Stocking
Martin Pitt reminisces on Christmases past, and brings with him a sackful of facts and figures
Type: Feature
CHEMICAL engineers have produced ammonia from nitrogen and water using plasma, in a process that they say could be a step towards greener, more distributed production of this key industrial chemical.
Type: News
Australia plans for natural gas drilling despite net zero commitments
THE AUSTRALIAN government has revealed plans to increase natural gas drilling and exploration, stating that gas will remain an important source of energy “through to 2050 and beyond”.
Type: News
What’s coming, and why the process industries will have to be more nimble. Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Digital Plant Europe, Accenture talks to Helen Tunnicliffe
Type: Feature
New MOF makes plastic manufacturing more energy efficient
RESEARCHERS have developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) containing iron-peroxo (Fe2(O2)) sites which could reduce the amount of energy required for extracting ethylene, the key ingredient in polyethylene plastic.
Type: News
