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Mammoth undertaking: Climeworks starts up world’s largest direct air capture plant

THE world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) plant – Mammoth – has started operations in Iceland where it is working to draw 36,000 t/y of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Type: News

Mammoth Undertaking

As Climeworks starts up the world’s largest direct air capture plant, Adam Duckett looks at the engineering challenges involved

Type: Feature

How to Size and Rate Horizontal Three-Phase Separators

Separation is used in almost every oil and gas process. But how do you size or rate a separator and what fundamental principles should be applied?

Type: Feature

How to Model Accidents

Consequence analysis is extremely useful for informing designers and operators of hazardous facilities – if understood and used appropriately

Type: Feature

Solving the Right Problems

Process modelling has come (and will continue to go) a long way

Type: Feature

Deal or No Deal?

No deal is now the base case – are you ready for Brexit?

Type: Feature

Producing Graphene at Scale

The challenge for chemical engineers of producing graphene at scale

Type: Feature

Solids Flow: Piece by Piece

Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray

Type: Feature

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Then and Now

Geoff Gill reviews how the accident played out, and the huge engineering challenges involved in making the site safe

Type: Feature

A matter of cost

The fatal Brazil dam collapse highlights failings in the mining industry. Amanda Jasi speaks to experts about what must be done to improve safety and prevent repeats

Type: News

An Integrated Approach to Process Design and Plant Automation

Oil refining, chemical, and petrochemical companies are continuously seeking new ways to optimise, de-risk, and accelerate capital projects.

Type: Feature

Better by Design

Quality by design must be viewed as an opportunity, not as a regulatory burden

Type: Feature

How to Build a Self-Healing Plant

A future where plants will monitor, diagnose potential issues, and even schedule a fix is not far off – if we develop it correctly

Type: Feature

Enhanced Cybersecurity Improves Plant Productivity?

It is crucial that organisations do not allow cybersecurity and operational digitisation projects to happen in silos

Type: Feature

New narrative needed for CCS

Obtaining wider support for CCS by emphasising its importance in decarbonising numerous industries – not just oil and gas – was a key conclusion at CCUS 2019: Capturing the clean growth opportunities, held in London earlier this month.

Type: Feature

Delta HAZOP: Revalidation and Focus on Major Accident Hazards

Paul Kenny shares insights on a new HAZOP technique trialled at ExxonMobil’s Fawley site in the UK, which won IChemE’s 2019 Global Award for Process Safety

Type: Feature

Pure and Simple

Miguel Johansson Finguerut describes his work on community water projects in central Mexico

Type: Feature

Climate Crisis Explainer

Amanda Doyle discusses COP26 and why it is important

Type: Feature

Energy Saviours: Part 5

Tom Baxter looks at the parasitic load challenge of CCS

Type: Feature

Experiences Work

John Wilson explains why undergraduate placements are so important

Type: Feature