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What Have Chemical Engineers Been Earning in 2018?

IChemE members were asked to reveal the salaries and benefits they received in 2018, to develop the Institution’s understanding of the key trends in chemical engineers’ earnings. Data was gathered from countries with the highest concentration of IChemE members. More than 2,200 members took part in the survey in Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK.

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Wanted: More Efficient Heat Exchange

Imagine if heat exchange of process fluids in an industrial setting was as simple as boiling a jug of water. We all know the process is not as simple as that, and companies can experience a raft of different issues and challenges that require new and innovative technical solutions. That’s what keeps chemical engineers in business.

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Capturing CO2 with C-Capture

C-Capture started as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK in 2009 and is now working on the carbon capture project at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire. I spoke to Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture, about the company’s environmentally friendly solvent technology, the project at Drax, and plans for the future.

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On the Road to Digital

Chemicals businesses must not delay on digitalisation if they want to transform their operations, says Paige Marie Morse

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Solid States

You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says Grant Wellwood

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Cross-industry Learning from High Hazard Sectors

How we choose to learn can determine whether we will repeat similar situations, says Gabor Posta

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Hydrogen: Making the Case through Life Cycle Analysis

How decisions on hydrogen’s role in energy systems might be made; industry collaboration and long time-horizon life cycle analysis could be the first step.

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H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society

The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia

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Malaysia Versus Waste

Malaysia has much to do, say Kok Siew Ng and Eleni Iacovidou

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Success for Recipes

Tony Hasting discusses process and equipment design for food safety

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A Clean Bill of Health

Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant

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Moving the Dial to Decarbonise

David Wong and colleagues discuss how the world’s aluminium smelters could enable the rapid uptake of renewables in global power systems

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Gainful Employment, by Design

Zainuddin Manan describes routes to increasing graduates’ employability

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Climate Change, Equity and Mitigation

How unpopular but necessary technological solutions and shifts can be deployed to meet head-on the growing challenge of climate change mitigation and equity

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Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering

Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production

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UK nuclear faces prospect of Euratom exit

Expert warns leaving would be a “tactical own goal”

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A Low-Temperature Heat Highway to Zero Carbon

In the first in a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Mike Haines shares a study he has carried out for his local council on the promise of greener heating

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Making (Anti)sense of Oligonucleotide Manufacturing

Anna Watson discusses the chemical engineering challenges of new modality medicines

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Achieving a Just Transition

Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries

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A Life in Lithium

The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, Laurent Petithuguenin, and James Sweeney

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