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Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 5: Optimisation and Control – An Industrial View

Doug White reviews the control and optimisation issues affecting typical existing distillation columns in an industrial setting

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Terry Cooper: Preventer of Major Accidents

Terry Cooper is a chemical engineer by training. This article is an adapted version of a speech he delivered at Oil & Gas UK’s Safety 30 Conference in Aberdeen on 6 June. The conference marked the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.

Type: Feature

Switching off

Why operators turn advanced controls off (and how to prevent them from doing so)

Type: Feature

Reflections on Banqiao

On the anniversary of the Banqiao Dam disaster of 1975, Fiona Macleod reflects on a visit to the area where an estimated 230,000 people drowned

Type: Feature

From Black Books to Learning

The challenge of learning from incidents: from awareness to identify, transfer, and sustain

Type: Feature

Investing for a Digital Future

Financing options available for chemical companies looking to fund their own digital revolution

Type: Feature

Trish Kerin: IChemE Safety Centre Director

A personal perspective from IChemE Safety Centre's Director

Type: Feature

Shahana Buchanan: IChemE Special Interest Group Chair

Shahana Buchanan, chair of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention Special Interest Group discusses how Piper Alpha has shaped her career overseas

Type: Feature

Chris Flint: Energy Regulator

HSE director Chris Flint discusses the need for all of us to seek to improve the approach to regulating major hazard activity effectively

Type: Feature

Industrial Data Protection

Who owns what, what risks can arise, and how to protect your business.

Type: Feature

New Nigerian spill damages claims for Shell

Ogale Community and Bille Kingdom sue in London

Type: News

Policy Perspective

Nooryesha Choudhury explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Type: Feature

UK government approves Hinkley Point C

£18bn deal to come with “significant new safeguards”

Type: News

Making a Dent in the Water Crisis

Developing a centuries-old idea to provide clean drinking water

Type: Feature

ChemEng: 100 Years at Cape Town

Jim Petrie and Jenni Case celebrate a centenary of chemical engineering

Type: Feature

The Right Approach to Digitalisation

Iwona Kandpal reports on support for SMEs as they increase their use of digital tech

Type: Feature

How to be a Good Mentee

Getting the best out of your mentor-mentee relationship

Type: Feature

Not a disaster movie?

The Chemical Engineer visits the cinema to see how Hollywood tackles the subject of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy

Type: Feature

Magnus von Braun – Rocket man

Overshadowed by his brother Wernher, Magnus von Braun still had a fateful role to play. Claudia Flavell-While recounts the story

Type: Feature

Millennials Teach Baby Boomers a Lesson

How reverse mentoring is bridging the generational skills gap while encouraging fresh thinking

Type: Feature