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Covestro pilots chemicals recycling process to close loop on used mattress foam
COVESTRO has begun to pilot a chemical process to recycle the foam from used mattresses. If successful, the initiative will recover two key raw materials that will be used to produce fresh foams.
Type: News
Former US congressman Donald Rumsfeld gave this answer to a question relating to evidence linking the government of Iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups
Type: Feature
Experts gather to discuss how the discipline can contribute to the energy transition
Type: Feature
Who Will Win Your Vote in the Trustee Elections?
With voting set to close at 09:30 BST on 16 May, you are running out of time to help decide IChemE’s contested trustee elections. We asked the seven candidates to introduce themselves and their ambitions for IChemE.
Type: Feature
The work of IChemE's Forms of Contract Committee, and how you can get involved.
Type: Feature
Bringing Biomass to the Masses
A flagbearer for biotech companies looking to replace petroleum-based chemicals with plant-based alternatives, Geno is researching alternatives to traditional methods of producing nylon, personal care products, and palm oil – it even wants to get its hands on flags, too, as Adam Duckett finds out
Type: Feature
Consortium develops power to methanol demonstration project
A CONSORTIUM of seven companies is collaborating on a demonstration plant to produce sustainable methanol for use by chemical companies in Antwerp, Belgium. In this first of its kind project for Belgium, the planned demonstration plant could produce up to 8,000 t/y of methanol, saving at least 8,000 t/y of CO2 emissions.
Type: News
New coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia will use novel ethylene glycol technology
DOWNSTREAM producer Jiutai is planning a coal-to-chemistry plant in Inner Mongolia that will produce ethylene glycol from syngas, using proprietary technology developed by Johnson Matthey and Eastman Chemical Company.
Type: News
Agfa-Gevaert wins Process Intensification Award
THE 2019 Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation has been awarded by the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) to Agfa-Gevaert for a new flow process which does not require liquid bromine in the production of photoinitiators for printing plates.
Type: News
Johnson Matthey targets greener aviation demand with new reverse water gas shift technology
JOHNSON Matthey (JM) has launched a new reverse water gas shift technology called HyCOgen to produce chemical feedstocks for aviation fuel from captured CO2.
Type: News
In the run up to IChemE Advances in Process Automation and Control (APAC) conference, Chris Hamlin, Ana Gonzalez Hernandez and Jonathan Cullen review the big issues facing engineers
Type: Feature
Wind turbine pioneers Stiesdal and Garrad win 2024 QEPrize
HENRIK STIESDAL and Andrew Garrad have been awarded the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their pioneering work designing and optimising wind turbines.
Type: News
OVER 3,200 members participated in this year’s IChemE salary and member satisfaction survey. They hailed from our top 11 member countries – the UK, Malaysia, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, India, Canada, United Arab Emirates and the US.
Type: Feature
Sir David Harrison, an educationalist who co-published leading literature on fluidisation, died on 27 March, aged 92.
Type: News
New catalyst makes propylene production more efficient
A SINGLE-atom catalyst has been developed that that can lower the carbon footprint of propylene production through increased selectivity and lower temperatures.
Type: News
Pilbara Minerals raises US$62.7m in equity
AUSTRALIAN lithium mining company Pilbara Minerals has raised A$91.5m (US$62.7m) in equity. The total amount includes an agreement with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), an energy storage company, for A$55m in exchange for an 8.5% stake.
Type: News
Flow Batteries: Chemicals Operations that Promise Grid-Scale Storage
Adam Duckett speaks to flow battery innovators about the history of the technology and what’s to come
Type: Feature
Volunteer Spotlight: Clare Sheppard
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
The £300 Industrial Secret that Changed the World
Martin Pitt looks at how acquiring gunpowder know-how shaped the world as we know it
Type: Feature
The age of industry using carbon dioxide as a resource begins
COVESTRO’S Dream Production project achieved a key milestone in June as it started commercial production of plastics using ‘waste’ CO2 captured from a nearby chemical plant in Germany.
Type: Feature
