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Three chemical engineers recognised in New Year’s Honours
THREE Fellows of IChemE have been awarded in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list. Lynn Gladden has been recognised with a Damehood, and Mark Apsey and Adisa Azapagic have been awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
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Foo granted Fellowship by Academy of Sciences Malaysia
ICHEME Fellow Dominic Foo has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
Type: News
CCC responds to proposed assessment of new North Sea oil and gas
THE Climate Change Committee (CCC) has responded to the UK Government’s consultation on the proposed “climate compatibility checkpoint” for future oil and gas licensing in the North Sea, saying that while it welcomes the proposal it also encourages stringent tests on future licensing and later development stages.
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Book Review: Human Error in Process Plant Design and Operations: A Practitioner's Guide
This book will guide you through the process of how to develop a comprehensive risk assessment that includes human error. It repre-sents a practical collection of examples and statistics, with many examples of the practical application of methods, based on the well-known skills-rules-knowledge model of human error.
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Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving targeted support from Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation. The novel concrete-recycling process allows old concrete to be entirely reused while also locking in a significant amount of carbon dioxide. According to Sika, the climate protection programme is guaranteeing the purchase of CO2 certificates for an initial amount of CHF10m (US£11.2m).
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Without an effective UK carbon tax, decision-makers cannot make the business case for carbon capture and storage
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Energy partners to develop claimed world-first decarbonisation projects
ENERGY companies Equinor and SSE Thermal have unveiled plans to jointly develop two projects including what they claim will be one of the UK’s first power stations with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and the world’s first major 100% hydrogen-fuelled power station.
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Call for UK industry to pioneer hydrogen use
INDUSTRY in the Northwest of England should pioneer the use of hydrogen fuel, according to an ambitious proposal put forward to transform UK energy and decarbonise heat.
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UK's first industrial scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant to open
UK-based mining company Technology Minerals has said that its battery recycling business, Recyclus, has received final clearance and “approved battery treatment operator status” from the Environment Agency (EA) allowing it to open the UK's first industrial scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
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Recycling Technologies signs agreement for first European site
SPECIALIST plastic recycling technology provider Recycling Technologies has signed an agreement with Brightlands Chemelot Campus, the Netherlands, to build its first European site within the campus. This will position the plant at one of the largest research and industrial sites in Europe.
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IEA report finds the world is at risk of a steep decline in nuclear power
THE International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that the world is at risk of a steep decline in nuclear power, and that a fall in advanced economies threatens climate goals and energy security.
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Using open-source tech and ChatGPT to create virtual analysers of chemical dosage
A new online dashboard of chemical concentrations for an offshore oil production facility used open-source technology stack and ChatGPT to achieve the holy grail in digital: better, faster, and cheaper – built for less than a tenth of the cost of installing new instrumentation offshore
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Recycling mixed plastics together
RESEARCHERS in the UK have undertaken a project which aims to develop new technologies for dealing with mixed plastic waste. The project involves scientists and engineers from the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) and the University of Manchester.
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Chemical fire expected at flooded Texas plant
A CHEMICAL fire or explosion is expected within days at Arkema’s organic peroxide plant in Crosby, Texas, as refrigeration systems have lost power amid flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
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The chemical sector and its digital journey
Looking at the technology focus behind Industry 4.0
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New Hydrogen Taskforce calls for £1bn commitment from the UK Government
IN A report to mark its launch, the Hydrogen Taskforce – which involves energy majors Shell and BP – has called on the UK Government to commit to funding of £1bn (US$1.27bn). Launched yesterday, in Parliament, the Taskforce aims to promote the large-scale deployment of hydrogen.
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Stemming the flow of plastic waste
EUROPE has proposed a law banning or restricting single-use plastics, the UN has released a policy roadmap on how to restrict the use of plastic, and there have been a wave of pledges from people and companies worldwide to phase out the plastic that is causing extreme damage to the environment.
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PERRY’S – the handbook known within the discipline as the bible of chemical engineering – will be published in a new 9th edition later this year. We caught up with the book’s editors to find out more.
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