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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
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CYBER security is increasingly a central factor in modern risk management in industry.
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Chemical synthesis of a retina, and how it can ‘see’ the world around it
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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.
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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.
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BioSNG: Fuelling the Future with Trash
Massimiliano Materazzi and Richard Taylor discuss the promise of a bio-substitute for natural gas
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Andy Brazier explains why process isolation is more complicated than you might think
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Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry
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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
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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
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Ethics Series - For the People: By the People
Mark Miodownik discusses ethical research goals and the power of citizen science
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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
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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
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How to Perform a First Pass Water System Sustainability Analysis
Stephen Hall and Sarah Kutz examine strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of water purification systems, including membrane-based water for injection generation and optimised flow rates, while exploring sustainability approaches and alternative designs
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Chemical Engineers: RedR Needs You
What RedR is doing to help in disaster zones, and how you can help
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THE paramount importance of good safety performance is a message we need to continue to hammer home to our chemical engineering students, and since my last article (The Chemical Engineer 899), I have been involved in a number of discussions on how we teach safety at Loughborough University.
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What can chemical engineers do to boost the efficiency of palm oil milling?
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As engineers, we need to break out of our technical bubble and ensure our message is heard
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The ‘Watermelon’ Effect: Does a green dashboard mean a healthy facility?
Introducing the ‘watermelon’ effect, where process safety performance metrics appear ‘green’ suggesting that everything is under control, and yet digging below the surface reveals signs of ‘red’ indicating ill-health in the arrangements to prevent major accidents.
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