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Pulse Sensors for Flow Measurement Devices and Applications

Neil Hannay explains how to understand flow meter sensor and pulse output types for efficient system operation

Type: Feature

Singapore pharma innovation programme launched

A MEMORANDUM of understanding between three industry giants and Singapore’s public sector was signed today, which aims to develop the country’s pharmaceutical manufacturing centre.

Type: News

PFAS Monitoring: Novel Approaches for Air and Water Detection

As the extent of PFAS contamination becomes clearer, Sarit Kaserzon looks at the application of new technologies in revolutionising how we monitor these persistent chemicals

Type: Feature

Space Odyssey: From Rocket Engines to Hair Dryers and Back Again

Lolan Naicker explains his unconventional career path to Adam Duckett, from daydreaming in lectures to a £150k win for a lunar water system

Type: Feature

Brownfield and Beyond

Innovation is needed to develop systems to identify problems before they occur

Type: Feature

Engineers tell government how PPE could be reused in the UK

SERIOUS consideration should be given to decontaminating and reusing PPE to alleviate shortages and improve sustainability, according to a briefing paper that the UK Government requested from engineers.

Type: News

Next-generation Predictive Tools for Multiphase Systems

Omar Matar explains how researchers are combining machine learning and physics-driven approaches in multiphase systems to develop open-source toolkits for the wider community

Type: Feature

Clever Denitrification Bugs; or How Poor Communication Nearly Derailed a Major Development

How poor communication nearly derailed a major development

Type: Feature

Ithaca Energy acquires North Sea oil and gas fields

OIL and gas company Ithaca Energy is to acquire ten of Chevron’s UK North Sea producing fields for US$2bn. The acquisition will make Ithaca the second largest oil and gas producer in the region.

Type: News

Novel electrocatalyst produces valuable fuels using CO2

RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed an electrocatalytic reactor that could be used to produce valuable fuels using carbon dioxide (CO2).

Type: News

Thinking Outside the Block

Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?

Type: Feature

US researchers find new route for tyres that have reached the end of the road

USED tyres could one day be recycled to produce epoxy resins according to researchers exploring chemical processes that aim to extract greater value from end-of-life tyres.

Type: News

Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy

ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure to meet its net zero targets and has warned it must adopt a “whole system” approach to manage the risks and interdependencies that stand in the way of success.

Type: News

UK workers set to benefit from ‘energy skills passport’ backed by oil, gas, and wind industries

EMPLOYERS in the oil, gas, and wind sectors have partnered with energy initiatives to develop a skills passport to help UK workers through the energy transition.

Type: News

Renewables developer Amp Energy selected to lead South Australian hydrogen precinct

AMP Energy has signed an agreement to develop and build a 5 GW green hydrogen production facility in South Australia’s Cape Hardy, where Iron Road is working to develop a green hydrogen and industrial port precinct with multi-commodity capability.

Type: News

Novel smart drying technology

RESEARCHERS at Monash University in Australia, along with academic collaborators in China, France, and the US, and industrial collaborators, have developed a smart drying technology that could be used to improve the quality, and extend the shelf-life of dairy powders, an important Australian export.

Type: News

Not All Plastics Are Made Equally Recyclable

Aniqah Majid looks at the multiple plastics clogging up the waste management system and whether the UK has the infrastructure to get them back into the circular economy

Type: Feature

Atkins wins Shell technical safety contract

ATKINS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical safety and human factors services to Shell.

Type: News

Rise of incinerators risks circular economy

A SURGE in the construction of facilities that burn residual waste is a direct threat to the UK achieving more environmentally-friendly recycling processes needed to reach a circular economy.

Type: News

Industry 4.0 in R&D

BASF has described how digitalisation is affecting all areas of its business, from product development to safety.

Type: News