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Destroying PFAS… and environmental anxiety
Luke Henderson talks to Adam Duckett about his work scaling up a plasma torch system to destroy PFAS
Type: Feature
Green ammonia project set for launch in UK today
SIEMENS will launch a demonstration project in the UK today to showcase the potential of using ‘green ammonia’ for energy storage.
Type: News
Adam Duckett says we need targeted support for chemicals old and new
Type: Feature
Darrell Patterson awarded Bath’s first ever posthumous professorship
DARRELL PATTERSON is the first person to be awarded a posthumous professorship by the UK’s University of Bath.
Type: News
The Design Process: Front End Engineering Design
In the second in a series of articles aimed at giving new graduates a better understanding of the current design process, Tom Baxter takes a look at FEED
Type: Feature
Stephen Richardson on IChemE and the effect of the coronavirus
Type: Feature
Wessex Water and Bath trial algae treatment
WESSEX WATER and the University of Bath, UK, are trialling the use of algae farms to reduce the nutrient loading of treated wastewater discharged into water courses.
Type: News
Obituary of IChemE Fellow David York who played a key role in the invention of the unit dose form marketed worldwide as “laundry pods” and made many notable contributions to industrial and academic research.
Type: News
Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?
Type: Feature
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
Type: Feature
Liquid Metal: a Catalyst for Change?
Requiring temperatures into the hundreds of degrees to work, solid catalysts prove incredibly energy intensive. Kerry Hebden spoke to researchers at the University of Sydney who have developed a liquid metal alternative that could make the chemical industry greener
Type: Feature
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus
Type: Feature
IChemE: Streamlining Chartered Membership
A new stage towards Chartered Membership for 2021: the Initial Professional Development process
Type: Feature
A US$30m centre for sustainable protein has been launched at Imperial College London as engineers work to develop the processes and new foods needed to reduce the harmful impacts of food production.
Type: News
Flixborough 50 Years On: Application of Inherent Safety Principles to Plant Design
Steven Murphy and Graham Ackroyd look at how applying Trevor Kletz’s concept of inherent safety avoids rather than controls hazards
Type: Feature
Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray
Type: Feature
Robin Turney speaks to Paul Feltoe about his role in process safety consulting
Type: Feature
New alliance combatting environmental plastic waste
NEARLY 30 companies from across the plastic value-chain, including BASF, Dow Chemical, Shell, and ExxonMobil, have formed an alliance to combat plastic waste. Announced yesterday in London, UK the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) aims to reduce plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.
Type: News
Neste studies plastic waste processing facility
AS IT works to commercialise chemical recycling of plastic waste, Neste is conducting a feasibility study as it considers investing in liquefied waste plastic processing capacity at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.
Type: News
Siempelkamp develops new process for nuclear decontamination
A PROCESS for the chemical decontamination of nuclear reactor cooling systems has been developed by Germany’s Siempelkamp NIS Ingenieurgesellschaft, which improves safety for workers and allows for metals to be recycled.
Type: News
