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David Gemmell discusses the evolution of continuous and intensified bioprocessing
Type: Feature
When it comes to human factors, there are lessons the process industries can lean from incidents in other sectors.
Type: Feature
ULC-ENERGY has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce and Topsoe to collaborate on nuclear-powered hydrogen production.
Type: News
Zheng congratulated by IChemE for insights into Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
ICHEME has congratulated Qingyuan Zheng for publishing a paper in Nature Catalysis based on research he completed during his IChemE Andrew Fellowship.
Type: News
BASF will publish carbon footprints for 45,000 products
BASF will release data on the carbon footprints of its entire portfolio of approximately 45,000 products by the end of 2021 as it seeks to help customers measure and reduce emissions through the supply chain.
Type: News
FRENCH energy firm TotalEnergies and Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a Belgian energy start-up, are joining forces to build a US$2bn plant in the US to produce e-natural gas (e-NG), a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2.
Type: News
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
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).
Type: News
Young engineers call for more industry support at the 2025 YEAIS
From hydrogen production to vaccine cooling systems, attendees of the YEAIS explored cutting-edge solutions to global challenges and celebrated the power of fresh thinking in engineering.
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.
Type: News
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).
Type: News
New catalysts make H2O2 in one-step process
Could be manufactured on demand in remote areas
Type: News
Without an effective UK carbon tax, decision-makers cannot make the business case for carbon capture and storage
Type: Feature
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.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
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.
Type: Feature
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.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
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.
Type: News
