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WITH The Chemical Engineer team poised to close our laptops until the office reopens on 2 January, we thought we’d share a selection box of stories to catch up on while we’re away.
Type: News
New Form of Contract for EPCM Services: Blue Book
John Challenger explains why IChemE has launched this completely new and unique form of contract
Type: Feature
Clive Davies awarded prestigious Chemeca Medal
ICHEME Fellow Clive Davies has received the Chemeca Medal, most prestigious chemical engineering award in Australia and New Zealand. He was presented with the award by the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers (ANZFChE) at this month’s Chemeca conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
Type: News
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
Nuclear fusion is 15 years away from reality, say MIT engineers
FUSION power – the clean energy technology wryly said to always be 30 years from reality – could be demonstrated within just 15 years, thanks to new research efforts at MIT.
Type: News
Novel sponge tech collects oil in ultra-cold waters
RESEARCHERS in Canada and the UK have developed a coating for commercially-available sponges that can recover oil droplets from water as cold as 5°C, offering a sustainable and economical method for removing oil from ultracold industrial wastewater and oil spills.
Type: News
Amanda Doyle speaks to Adrian La Porta about replacing coal-fired boilers with nuclear reactors
Type: Feature
Webinar: Improving Vacuum Distillation Profitability
ON 26 November, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar on how mobile refrigeration can be used to enhance the process performance of vacuum distillation in refineries. A recording of this webinar is now available to stream at the link below.
Type: Feature
New US plant will convert household waste into fuel
FULCRUM BioEnergy has announced that it will convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel using technology developed by Johnson Matthey and BP.
Type: News
BASF and Lutianhua sign agreement to build dimethyl ether pilot plant
BASF and Lutianhua have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a pilot plant for synthesising dimethyl ether (DME) using a new energy-efficient one-step process.
Type: News
Siemens and BioNTech commit to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine scale-out, starting in Singapore
SIEMENS and BioNTech say they will build a Covid-19 vaccine facility in Singapore, as part of efforts to rapidly expand worldwide production.
Type: News
Rio Tinto studies using hydrogen to make greener alumina
RIO TINTO is investigating the technical implications of using hydrogen feedstock instead of natural gas to reduce emissions from refining alumina.
Type: News
OGA announces winners of offshore electrification competition
THE UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded three projects a share of £1m (US$1.3m) for the advancement of offshore electrification.
Type: News
Shell provides CO2 capture technology to Humber Zero
TECHNOLOGY licensor Shell Catalysts and Technologies has announced it will provide the Humber Zero project with its Cansolv CO2 capture technology to reduce emissions from the VPI Immingham 1,240 MW combined heat-and-power station.
Type: News
Carbon Collect unveils first mechanical tree
CARBON Collect has unveiled its first “mechanical tree” for direct air capture at Arizona State University.
Type: News
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in process safety that are being undertaken by chemical engineers across a range of industries.
Type: Feature
Japan to provide A$2.35bn for Australian hydrogen demonstration
AUSTRALIA will receive A$2.35bn (US$1.6bn) in funding from Japan to demonstrate a liquefied hydrogen supply chain running from Victoria in Australia to Kobe in Japan.
Type: News
BP wins approval to convert Kwinana into a biorefinery
BP has been granted approval to produce biofuels as its former Kwinana refining site in Australia.
Type: News
Birmingham steams to fourth title
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top spot again.
Type: Feature
Hunt for industry partners begins as UK seeks to build prototype nuclear fusion plant
A COMPETITION is being launched later this month to find the industry partners that will build the UK’s prototype nuclear fusion energy plant.
Type: News
