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COP26 Latest

Follow our latest news coverage during the crucial UN climate conference in Glasgow

Type: News

Forging Positive Change

Chris McDonald discusses his career in metals, and why the industry needs more chemical engineers

Type: Feature

New initiatives support global climate efforts

Today, on Science and Innovation Day at COP26, global coalitions of businesses, nations, and scientists, announced new initiatives expected to support existing climate and emissions goals and commitments.

Type: News

Simple changes for environmental and cost benefits in textiles

ONE-OFF investment in wet processors for simple, practical improvements could lower environmental impact and operating costs for textiles production, potentially saving the industry US$6.1bn/y, according to a new report.

Type: News

Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, from Kick-Off to Closeout

Gordon Lawrence discusses the need to keep scope to a manageable size and avoid excessive scope growth.

Type: Feature

Chemical Engineers Delivering Climate Change Action

In the lead-up to COP26, Amanda Lake discusses how IChemE is delivering on its climate change commitments, what to look out for, and how you can get involved

Type: Feature

The Nuclear Option

Brett Longstaffe talks about his role in engineering novel reactors

Type: Feature

Taking the Biscuit

Beverly Coulter explains how she introduces process engineering concepts to new undergrads via the Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge

Type: Feature

Handle with Care

Low temperature embrittlement is a common, but poorly understood hazard. Paul Denham looks at prevention and mitigation of its risks

Type: Feature

Microwave Processing – Beyond Food

Sam Kingman, Chris Dodds, Adam Buttress and Daniel Groszek discuss new technology that offers a high-temperature hybrid microwave reactor for large-scale industrial use

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Jet Mixing

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Are You Best in Class at Process Safety Management?

Jack Wishart discusses how benchmarking can be used to measure and drive improvements in process safety performance in the energy industry

Type: Feature

A Fair Slice of the Pie

Mo Zandi explains a proven model to manage academic workloads

Type: Feature

Clean TeQ Water wins top accolade at IChemE Awards

A WASTEWATER treatment process that uses bacteria immobilised in plastic lenses has been awarded the top prize at IChemE’s Global Awards.

Type: News

UK Government releases long-awaited net zero strategy

THE UK Government has outlined how it plans to reach net zero by 2050 in its Net Zero Strategy. The plans include the approval of two carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial clusters, however there is criticism that the strategy still falls short in many areas.

Type: News

Fight corrosion with simulation

CORROSION is an age-old problem that is now being effectively contained and prevented due to the advent of simulating the participating electrochemical reactions that occur and transport processes that affect them. The same principles can be used to simulate, design and optimise industrial electrodeposition processes.

Type: Feature

Optimising Safety for the Renewable Energy Sector

A culture of care is the foundation, says Mark Walker

Type: Feature

U-Battery unveils full-scale AMR mockup

U-BATTERY Ltd has unveiled a full-scale mockup of a first-of-a-kind advanced modular reactor (AMR), offering a tangible example of a nuclear technology.

Type: News

Power Hungry

Amrit Chandan talks about his focus on growing and scaling his company's advanced lithium battery tech

Type: Feature

UK HSE cybersecurity expert to present at Hazards 31

HAZARDS 31 will feature a talk by cybersecurity expert Sarabjit Purewal – from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive – about the challenges in this area for those managing and preventing major hazards in chemical and process industries.

Type: News