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IChemE member wins Malaysian award
A PRESTIGIOUS award that honours outstanding young Malaysians has been won by IChemE Member Denny Ng.
Type: News
BP buys US biogas firm for US$4.1bn in push to go net zero
BP is buying US biogas producer Archaea Energy for US$4.1bn as part of its plans to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel production.
Type: News
The UK engineers working to kickstart the hydrogen economy
Engineers across the UK are researching hydrogen’s role in decarbonising industry, exploring ammonia for greener steel and repurposing offshore assets for hydrogen transport. Adam Duckett caught up with three of them to ask what they expect to achieve and the engineering challenges they will need to overcome
Type: News
Integrating Cybersecurity into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
With cybersecurity now a core subject for many higher education institutions, the National University of Singapore shares details of their process safety digitalisation course to inspire other institutions struggling with already packed curriculums
Type: Feature
BASF and ExxonMobil form gas-treating alliance
BASF and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing will work together to develop new gas-treating solvents and process technologies for use in natural gas processing and refining.
Type: News
CO2 Capture: Putting the Sea into CCS
Amanda Jasi and Kerry Hebden talk to companies developing technologies to capture CO2 from the ocean
Type: Feature
Trump administration scraps methane emission laws
THE Trump administration has rolled back two Obama-era laws on reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas industry.
Type: News
Green electricity and electric vehicles: Martin Pitt FIChemE thinks we might have been here before
Type: Feature
Malaysia’s Sabah to set up first oleochemical plant
THE Malaysian state of Sabah is to set up its first oleochemical plant, which will process industrial grade palm oil (IGPO) into stearic acid and soap noodles, according to The Star.
Type: News
UK HFCA calls for action on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
Following a push by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to accelerate cleaner hydrogen production using nuclear energy, the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UK HFCA), is now calling on the government to embrace the benefits of nuclear-enabled Hydrogen (NEH) with legislation, financial backing and more nuclear sites to help combat CO2 emissions.
Type: News
Australian universities join forces to commercialise clean tech
AUSTRALIA’S University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW) and University of Newcastle have received more than A$200m to help industry rapidly commercialise technologies for clean energy and recycling.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Bulk Material Sampling
In the latest instalment of this practical series, Eric Maynard highlights five considerations for effective bulk material sampling
Type: Feature
A CERAMIC pump capable of transferring molten tin at temperatures of more than 1,400°C could lead to new types of chemical reactors, according to researchers.
Type: News
Our Research Focus: Breathing Life Back into the Baltic Sea
Patricia Handmann and Anna Canning explain the BOxHy project, designed to sustainably combat coastal deoxygenation by valorising the oxygen from water electrolysis
Type: Feature
Book Review: A Guide to Hazard Identification Methods, Second Edition
Frank Crawley; ISBN: 9780128195437 (paperback); Elsevier; 2020; £117.30
Type: Feature
The problem of methane emissions at Malaysia's palm oil mils can be turned on its head - if the industry buys in to biogas
Type: Feature
The Benefits of a PhD: An Academic's Perspective
In the second part of this series, members of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee talk to Vassilis Charitopoulos about his post-PhD career
Type: Feature
Engineers will suck CO2 from the ocean
CHEMICAL engineers at Brunel University London are developing a pilot plant to strip CO2 from seawater that will then suck emissions out of the atmosphere.
Type: News
Dow to build new MDI facility in Texas
DOW has announced that it will build a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) facility in Texas, US.
Type: News
