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The Right Approach to Digitalisation
Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech
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A look at how a wastewater treatment plant in Denmark has become energy self-sufficient
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Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions than CCS.
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Supporting the chemical engineers of the future
The Salters' Institute is offering awards of £2,500 to recognise and support outstanding young chemists and chemical engineers, and to encourage them to join in its mission to promote science education in schools.
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Steve Rae: Piper Alpha Survivor
A personal perspective from Steve Rae, a survivor of Piper Alpha who has made it his duty to ensure that the legacy of the disaster continues to be re-visited
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IChemE members on location, explaining chemical engineering to a unicorn, trainee Jedi knights and a caveman’s little helper
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Digitalisation and automation are great for control loop optimisation - but we still need humans, says Kevin Starr
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Food & Water: Water from Unconventional Resources
With clean water scarcity a major problem, Kerry Hebden looks at unconventional options for obtaining water that range from fog harvesting to iceberg towing.
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Pore Performance: One 3D-printing firm's ambition to re-engineer membranes
Adam Duckett interviews Tom Pugh and Andrew Walker about Evove’s push to improve separations
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COP28 deal: a starting gun fired for the end of fossil fuels?
COUNTRIES have agreed at the COP28 climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels and triple renewable energy capacity. However, there are concerns about loopholes in the text, and a lack of finance for the massive scale-up of technology and adaptation required.
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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.
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Practical Process Control Part 1: Introduction
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
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Phosphate Rocks Chapter 1: Demolition
Chapter 1 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
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The Chemical Engineer visits the cinema to see how Hollywood tackles the subject of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy
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Has Carbon Utilisation Captured its Audience?
A look into public awareness and acceptance of carbon capture and utilisation
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Lord Cullen: Piper Alpha Investigator
Lord Cullen of Whitekirk gave this speech at the opening of Oil & Gas UK’s Safety 30 Conference in Aberdeen on 5 June. The conference marked the anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which Lord Cullen investigated on behalf of the government. The 106 recommendations made in his landmark 1990 report reshaped offshore safety culture
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Process simulation software has become almost universal in the chemical engineering sector, and many students have access to at least one commercial process modelling software package at university. Industry professionals are increasingly using software to model their processes. However, dynamic modelling (that accounts for time-dependent changes in the state of a system) is still, for many, an unknown quantity within the chemical engineering sector, and is more expensive than steady-state modelling.
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Integrating Capital Projects into a Turnaround Event
Early, timely input and support is key, says Gordon Lawrence
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Industrial placements offer huge opportunities for both students and employers. Student George Watson and the chemeng team leaders at TÜV Rheinland Industrial Services share their tips on how to get the most out of the experience
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Mountains or Oceans: how Shell uses scenarios to assess the company’s strategies for the future
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