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THE field of process safety is constantly evolving. This goes right from the early 1800s – when Éleuthère Irénée du Pont recognised the importance of leadership commitment and had his managers and their families live at the gunpowder factory, thus ensuring they had a focus on safety – to modern-day technological developments in the design of instrumented protective systems.
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bp to axe 4,700 jobs and 3,000 contractors
bp is making 4,700 staff redundant – more than 5% of its total workforce – and axing 3,000 contractors as it pushes to cut costs.
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CHEMICAL companies and food manufacturers are among the latest firms to receive millions in UK government funding to implement engineering projects that will reduce emissions from energy-intensive processes.
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The UK engineers working to kickstart the hydrogen economy
Engineers across the UK are researching hydrogen’s role in decarbonising industry, exploring ammonia for greener steel and repurposing offshore assets for hydrogen transport. Adam Duckett caught up with three of them to ask what they expect to achieve and the engineering challenges they will need to overcome
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Joint report calls for immediate action to remove greenhouse gases
The Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) have released a joint report outlining a plan of action which could help the UK lead the way in deploying technologies to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Type: News
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch – Feed the World
No chemical engineering feat better illustrates the double-edged nature of many inventions than the Haber-Bosch process.
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PERRY’S – the handbook known within the discipline as the bible of chemical engineering – will be published in a new 9th edition later this year. We caught up with the book’s editors to find out more.
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The conversion of rocks to metals is quintessential chemical engineering which created the technological society. Martin Pitt recalls some of the less common metals he has known
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Virtual Reality and Working Environment
In May last year, on the pages of The Chemical Engineer, I started sharing my thoughts on teaching safety, as I embarked on a new post as visiting professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the UK’s Loughborough University.
Type: Feature
New report assesses gas-to-hydrogen transition
ON 14 June, as part of a cross-professional engineering institution working group, IChemE released a report which assesses the possibility of a transition from natural gas to hydrogen. The transition would help the UK to achieve “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Type: News
Chris Best addresses the role blowdown systems play in plant design and why they are essential in order to ensure process safety
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Keith Plumb explains the importance of design of pressure relief systems for stirred tank vessels
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Wood awarded contract for petrochemicals project in Oman
WOOD has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) for a proposed onshore petrochemicals facility in Oman.
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Precise Liquid Flow Measurement to Optimise Your Batching System
Neil Hannay outlines the key considerations when specifying a suitable flow meter for the design of a batching system
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Webinar: how Tata Steel is speeding up development with data analytics
ON 25 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how Tata Steel has used experiment design to optimise the development cycle of new products.
Type: Feature
ENGINEERS make decisions in uncertain circumstances on a daily basis, but we believe that current education of chemical engineering students does not prepare graduates for this role.
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Obituary of David Wood, international statesman of the chemical engineering profession and first President of the World Chemical Engineering Council
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WOOD has been appointed GSK’s capital delivery partner for the pharmaceutical company’s Ware site in Hertfordshire, UK.
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Knovel provides a wide range of resources for chemical engineers, including books, journals, and case studies and is a key benefit of IChemE membership, writes Luke Williams
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