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Volunteer Spotlight: Roberto Moreno-Atanasio
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Roadtrip fuelled on whisky waste
PROCESS developers are celebrating a roadtrip fuelled by whisky waste.
Type: News
New Zealand offshore mining approved
NEW Zealand’s first offshore mining project has been approved despite environmental concerns, and will extract up to 50 m t/y of iron ore over 35 years.
Type: News
Solar Impulse wants 1,000 climate change solutions
THE Solar Impulse Foundation has established a new alliance, which plans to find 1,000 profitable solutions to tackle climate change.
Type: News
First kerosene made from solar syngas
SYNGAS made from solar energy has been processed into kerosene for the first time, which researchers say could be used as jet fuel.
Type: News
New safety video from CSB highlights tank fill dangers
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video about a 2016 incident in Kansas in which a chemical delivery driver connected his truck to the wrong fill line, resulting in a large release of toxic chlorine gas.
Type: News
Easter eggsperts: chemical engineers have chocolate eco-ratings licked
AS we peel the foil off our Easter eggs this Sunday, chemical engineers are urging us to consider the environmental impact of chocolate and how it can be made more planet-friendly.
Type: News
Norway outlines funding for full-chain CCS demonstration project
NORWAY’S efforts to develop a full-chain CCS demonstration project have been boosted by government plans to invest 80m NOK (US$9.8m) in FEED studies for capture projects.
Type: News
New carbon capture technology granted funding for further development
THE Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Carbon CCS-US, the US subsidiary of Carbon Clean Solutions Limited (CCSL), have received US$2.9m in funding to test a prototype that could make carbon capture more cost-effective.
Type: News
Novel water treatment pilot plant
RESEARCHERS in Singapore are to build a pilot membrane filtration plant to treat industrial wastewater. The new plant will allow a semiconductor company to reduce liquid waste by more than 90% and allow it to recover precious metals from treated water which could then be sold and reused.
Type: News
US CSB calls for review to improve HF safety
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), has released a letter calling on the US Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to review and update its 1993 study of hydrofluoric acid (HF) to improve safety.
Type: News
Reducing the energy required to produce greener chemicals
PRODUCING useful chemicals from carbon dioxide via electrolysis typically has a high energy consumption, but a new process has halved the energy required by using glycerol.
Type: News
European consortium launches CO2 capture demonstration project
A EUROPEAN consortium of 11 research and industry stakeholders has launched a project to demonstrate an innovative, and potentially energy- and cost-saving CO2 capture process.
Type: News
UK’s first industrial-scale carbon capture plant
THE UK Government has announced funding for nine carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects, including the UK’s first industrial-scale CCU plant which will be built by Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) at its site in Northwich, Cheshire.
Type: News
QEPrize launches podcast to explore engineering and its impact
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has launched a new podcast series, Create the Future, which explores the “skill, creativity, and innovation that comprises engineering”, and highlights how engineers impact everyday lives.
Type: News
UK students to tackle engineering challenges
FIVE UK student teams are to compete against counterparts from the US and China as part of a special Collaboration Lab competition in London, on 12–16 September. The competition will take place ahead of the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 (GGCS2019).
Type: News
CSB releases final report on explosions at Midland Resource Recovery facility
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found that a lack of hazard identification processes contributed to the tank explosions that killed three people at the Midland Resource Recovery (MRR) facility in West Virginia in 2017.
Type: News
New chemical engineering department at Brunel University London
BRUNEL University London’s new Department of Chemical Engineering was officially launched on 29 January 2020.
Type: News
UK confirms £800m for carbon capture clusters
THE UK has confirmed in its budget today that it will invest £800m (US$1bn) in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure fund as it seeks to establish CCS clusters in two sites by 2030.
Type: News
