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IChemE Matters – April 2024

Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for our circular economy webinar series and readers voice Natech concerns

Type: News

A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation

FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.

Type: News

Phosphate Rocks References

References for the TCE serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry

Type: Feature

How to Sample Heat Transfer Fluids

A practical guide to taking a representative sample, and doing so safely.

Type: Feature

The Spirit World

Can chemical engineering help spirits distillers close the loop between historic roots and modern modelling methods?

Type: Feature

The Challenge of Brownfield Projects

Factors to consider in getting to the right solution.

Type: Feature

How to Limit Amine Systems Failures

A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production

Type: Feature

Industry X.0 – The Next Stage

What’s coming, and why the process industries will have to be more nimble. Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Digital Plant Europe, Accenture talks to Helen Tunnicliffe

Type: Feature

Cyber Security: Be Prepared

CYBER security is increasingly a central factor in modern risk management in industry.

Type: Feature

How to Build a Retina

Chemical synthesis of a retina, and how it can ‘see’ the world around it

Type: Feature

Worth its Weight

It is increasingly important for companies to maximise the sustainability of their manufacturing processes, to reduce hazardous effects on the environment, and to ensure that we have sufficient natural resources for the future. Platinum group metals (PGMs) are widely used within consumer and industrial products, and include platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium. They occur naturally but are scarce and, therefore, highly valuable.

Type: Feature

Quick Thinking

Why is it that the introduction of innovative process technologies appears to be so slow in the process industries? For example, the benefits of implementing flow chemistry at smaller commercial scales have been discussed for over a decade, and yet the reality is that new products continue to be realised through batch processes. Economies of scale and the two-thirds rule dominate the approach to large-volume, commodity chemicals, leading to highly centralised production, reliance on long-established process routes, and incremental improvements.

Type: Feature

BioSNG: Fuelling the Future with Trash

Massimiliano Materazzi and Richard Taylor discuss the promise of a bio-substitute for natural gas

Type: Feature

Degrees of Separation

Andy Brazier explains why process isolation is more complicated than you might think

Type: Feature

Go With the Flow

Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry

Type: Feature

Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot

A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids handling and asks how can we get it right

Type: Feature

The Nature of Nurture

Grant Campbell and Jamie Cleaver report on a workshop that addressed the challenges of leading chemical engineering university departments and highlighted a style of leadership that can be helpful for academic and industrial leaders alike

Type: Feature

Ethics Series - For the People: By the People

Mark Miodownik discusses ethical research goals and the power of citizen science

Type: Feature

Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 6: Safety Implications from New Technologies

Roger Stokes and Michael Moosemiller outline the safety issues associated with conventional distillation towers and consider how newer technologies might behave differently with respect to safety

Type: Feature

How to Assess Hazards

Former US congressman Donald Rumsfeld gave this answer to a question relating to evidence linking the government of Iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups

Type: Feature