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HyNet: Demonstrating an Integrated Hydrogen Economy
HyNet North West will make hydrogen for heat a reality
Type: Feature
With our energy systems going through profound change, Adam Duckett asked chemical engineers who have transitioned from oil and gas to greener pursuits for insights that could help others make the switch
Type: Feature
Andrew Perry looks at the challenges of tackling global carbon emissions, and asks when the world will start to take them on seriously
Type: Feature
Conor Crowley looks at how his team has adapted to conduct good HAZOPs amidst pandemic and lockdown
Type: Feature
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 5: A Ruptured Hose
Chapter 5 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Chemical Engineering in the Kitchen
Visiting the home of the inventor of a novel, continuous process for juicing and straining. Amanda Jasi speaks to Nevin Stewart, inventor of Juice and Strain
Type: Feature
Bayer to sell businesses and cut 12,000 jobs
BAYER, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced plans to sell businesses and cut approximately 12,000 jobs. This follows the recent US$66bn acquisition of agricultural giant Monsanto.
Type: News
LPG industry aims for 100% transition to bioLNG by 2040
Liquid Gas UK (formerly UKLPG) has launched its new vision, which sets a goal for the liquid petroleum gas (LPG) industry to transition to 100% bioLPG by 2040. The trade association’s 2040 Vision represents a landmark step for the industry.
Type: News
Unions hold on to hope as Tata Steel begins decommissioning Port Talbot blast furnace
TATA STEEL UK has begun decommissioning blast furnace 5 in Port Talbot, Wales. The closure, described as “the end of an era”, means unions have now switched their focus to safeguarding jobs and preventing a further blast furnace closure.
Type: News
Nuclear-power container shipping could be possible within the decade
NUCLEAR-POWERED container ships could be moving cargo in and out of Europe by the end of the decade, thanks to the launch of a joint study by leaders in the shipping and nuclear industries.
Type: News
ExxonMobil fined £176,000 for ‘preventable’ flaring at Mossmorran in 2019
EXXONMOBIL has been fined £176,000 (US$232m) over a “preventable and unacceptable” week-long period of continuous flaring at its Mossmorran plant in Scotland in 2019.
Type: News
Brazil dam collapse victims take TÜV SÜD to court
TWO years after the fatal collapse of a Vale dam, victims have brought landmark action against TÜV SÜD, the German technical services company that was responsible for certifying the dam’s safety, in Germany. TÜV SÜD does not believe that it is legally responsible.
Type: News
AI put to work in push for rapid battery development
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is helping slash the time it takes to develop batteries, with Umicore and a US state laboratory both making strides through separate partnerships with Microsoft.
Type: News
Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat: world’s first plant opens in Germany
THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the technology’s developer Synhelion plans to use its process to produce greener fuel for planes, ships and cars, and even low-carbon cement.
Type: News
Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant
Type: Feature
Food and Drink: Learning from Others
Contractors are borrowing techniques from the petchem, pharma and auto in-dustries to help food and drink re-establish itself in manufacturing
Type: Feature
IChemE launches updated technical strategy
Chemical Engineering Matters now in third edition
Type: News
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Type: Feature
George E Davis – Meet the Daddy
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.
Type: Feature
