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Ineos proposes closure of Grangemouth ethanol plant
INEOS is looking to close its ethanol plant at the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex in the UK and says all 44 employees involved will be offered alternative roles.
Type: News
Could a skilled worker shortage hinder the path to net zero? Not if we act now, says David Nash
Type: Feature
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
As Climeworks starts up the world’s largest direct air capture plant, Adam Duckett looks at the engineering challenges involved
Type: Feature
Andrea Hosey and Mark Sutton examine the needs and experiences of IChemE’s bank of volunteers
Type: Feature
Making the Palm Oil Industry Greener
Environmental concerns regarding the palm oil industry are well documented. However, IOIEO’s Sustainability Team says there is a way to make palm oil production more aligned with the quest for net zero
Type: Feature
Breaking Down Barriers: Innovations in PFAS Destruction
A ‘silver bullet’ technology remains elusive, but Jens Blotevogel and Pradeep Shukla say the development of diverse technologies like electrochemical treatment, thermal and non-thermal plasma destruction, and supercritical water oxidation provides a powerful arsenal for tackling these persistent pollutants
Type: Feature
Demystifying Engineering Projects Part 1: Don’t Skip the Phases
TÜV Rheinland has seen an increase in engineering capital projects which aim to move quickly through, or even skip, project stages. Steven King warns that this risks delays, cost implications and, ultimately, companies not hitting their net zero targets
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
Adam Duckett on Elon Musk and the bet he can solve an energy crisis
Type: Feature
HyNet developers share FEED lessons from first hydrogen plant
ESSAR Oil UK and Progressive Energy joint-venture Vertex Hydrogen has unveiled a report detailing the development of the UK’s first large-scale low carbon hydrogen production plant, to share lessons learned.
Type: News
Tom Baxter explains why he does not see a future for hydrogen fuel cells in passenger cars
Type: Feature
Re-engineering Food Engineering
In the UK alone, the food sector accounts for 19% of total manufacturing turnover and generates a gross value addition of £28bn (US$35bn) to the UK economy, which – according to a recent report published by the Institute of Physics1 – is bigger than the automotive and aerospace industries put together! You might wonder how can the food industry, which is such a key industrial sector within our economy, does without properly trained and qualified food engineers?
Type: Feature
UK-Japan venture seeks to build small nuclear reactor in North East England
THE UK’s Penultimate Power has agreed to form a joint venture with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to build a novel small modular reactor in the UK to provide power and process heat for heavy industry.
Type: News
Fresh Nanotech Solutions to a Freshwater Problem
With fresh water in limited supply, ensuring water security is a global challenge demanding urgent attention. Amanda Jasi spoke to researchers exploring novel nanotechnology to help meet that challenge
Type: Feature
Spontaneous Combustion of Tortilla Chip Waste: an Unknown Known?
A analysis of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion of food waste at a factory in Texas.
Type: Feature
Removing pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater
NOURYON and Van Remmen UV Technology have teamed up to combine their technologies to remove pharmaceutical pollution from wastewater. The novel process is expected to remove more than 90% of pharmaceutical residues.
Type: News
LyondellBasell starts up pilot plant to recycle plastics
LYONDELLBASELL has started operation of a new pilot plant for a pyrolysis process that it is developing to convert plastics waste into new plastics feedstock.
Type: News
Integrated power-to-liquid test facility produces first fuel
A container-based test facility has successfully produced synthetic fuel from renewable energy and captured carbon dioxide.
Type: News
Novel water treatment pilot plant
RESEARCHERS in Singapore are to build a pilot membrane filtration plant to treat industrial wastewater. The new plant will allow a semiconductor company to reduce liquid waste by more than 90% and allow it to recover precious metals from treated water which could then be sold and reused.
Type: News
