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My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Martin Ruhemann
Adrian Finn remembers Martin Ruhemann, a man who overcame extraordinary adversity to shape the future of chemical engineering with both brilliance and humility
Type: Feature
UK Government criticised for inconsistency on green policies
DESPITE some new announcements for funding for green industrial projects, the UK Government has been criticised for a lack of a coordinated plan on reaching net zero and for a lack of strong leadership as COP26 host.
Type: News
New design of lithium-air battery is step towards next generation of energy storage
A COMPLETE overhaul of the design of the lithium-air battery has led to the development of a prototype that can function for hundreds of charging cycles using air, as opposed to pure oxygen.
Type: News
UK carbon dioxide emissions fall to same level as 1890
AN ANALYSIS by climate science website Carbon Brief has shown that the UK's carbon dioxide emissions in 2017 were at the same level as they were in 1890, mainly due to a decline in the use of coal.
Type: News
Modelling with Excel Part 4: Batch Heating and Cooling
Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering
Type: Feature
Neste and Technip join forces for ‘copy and paste’ liquefaction for plastics recycling
IN A BID to reduce the upfront costs for the chemical recycling of plastics, Neste, Alterra and Technip have formed a partnership to sell standardised modular process plants.
Type: News
FIREBRICKS similar to those used to line kilns for over 3,000 years could provide an industrial energy storage solution to address issues of intermittent renewable power, according to researchers at MIT.
Type: News
Producing hydrogen from plastic waste
A PROCESS has been developed to convert waste plastic into hydrogen which could be used as fuel.
Type: News
MOF capture firm secures £3.4m funding for UK CCS pilot
NUADA, which is developing a MOF-based carbon capture process, has received £3.4m (US$4.3m) investment which it will use to fund a pilot plant in the UK.
Type: News
Australia expands role of renewables funding agency to support CCS, hydrogen and greener metals
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) now has a wider remit that includes funding CCS and hydrogen projects, following a contentious victory for the Federal Government.
Type: News
Courts block Trump administration from further delays of chemical safety law
A FEDERAL appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop delaying an Obama-era law that would improve safety at chemical facilities. However the EPA is still trying to roll back crucial safety measures.
Type: News
ExxonMobil introduces renewable diesel process
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing has introduced ExxonMobil Renewable Diesel (EMRD) process technology, to help meet evolving mobility needs using renewable feedstock.
Type: News
Transition to low-carbon world needs to be faster, says DNV GL report
ENERGY-RELATED CO2 emissions have peaked due to the pandemic, but the world is still on track to exhaust the remaining CO2 budget by 2028, according to DNV GL’s 2020 Energy Transition Outlook.
Type: News
IChemE to publish guide on natural hazard infrastructure threats
AN ENGINEER-focussed guide to help better understand the threats presented by UK natural hazards to energy infrastructure assets will be released in 2018.
Type: News
IChemE’s PSEP impact factor up 40%
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (PSEP) now has the highest impact factor ever held by an IChemE journal, having increased by 40% over the past year.
Type: News
Electrochemistry for greener steel
Amanda Jasi speaks to technology developers working to use electrolysis to reduce emissions from steel manufacture
Type: Feature
Saul Griffith with Sam Calisch and Laura Fraser; ISBN: N/A; Publisher: N/A; 2020; Free
Type: Feature
BP agrees to buy naphtha from Teesside circular plastics plant
BP has signed an agreement to purchase naphtha produced from a plant being built in Teesside, UK by Clean Planet Energy that will convert hard-to-recycle plastics into chemical feedstocks and fuels.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco reorganises downstream business
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it is reorganising its downstream business as part of plans to enhance the efficiency of the existing downstream assets.
Type: News
Researchers design ‘highly selective’ catalyst that turns CO2 into green fuel
AN INTERNATIONAL research team has developed a copper-based material that can turn CO2 into methanol using sunlight.
Type: News
