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An olive branch for a circular economy
RESEARCHERS have piloted a process to turn a waste stream from olive oil manufacture into biofuel, bio-fertiliser and safe water for use in crop irrigation.
Type: News
Lund team turns chicken feathers into food
MILLIONS of tons of chicken feathers are wasted every year, but researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a way to turn them into proteins for food use.
Type: News
AN ICHEME student member is representing the profession on the BBC’s University Challenge – and has emerged victorious from the first round of the quiz show.
Type: News
How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
Type: Feature
Neil Clark ventures inside University of Nottingham’s new green chemicals hub
Type: Feature
Joan Cordiner, Technical and Change Manager, Syngenta Houston speaks to Helen Tunnicliffe
Type: Feature
Who is Running Your Plant at 3 AM?
Safety experts John Bresland and Ian Travers review the recruitment and training of process staff from around the world.
Type: Feature
The ‘Watermelon’ Effect: Does a green dashboard mean a healthy facility?
Introducing the ‘watermelon’ effect, where process safety performance metrics appear ‘green’ suggesting that everything is under control, and yet digging below the surface reveals signs of ‘red’ indicating ill-health in the arrangements to prevent major accidents.
Type: Feature
UK offers £5m funding for North Sea exploration
NORTH Sea oil and gas exploration will receive £5m (US$6.7m) in funding from the UK government in 2018/2019 to find potential new deposits.
Type: News
AN ENGINEERING approach towards designing and managing complex systems could transform health and social care, according to a multi-disciplinary report.
Type: News
The Fire at Hickson & Welch, 21 September 1992
This September is the 25th anniversary of the accident at Hickson & Welch (H&W) which killed five people in a jet fire which lasted for no more than 100 seconds. This short article is a review and reminder of the key lessons that came out of the accident, hopefully to ensure they are not forgotten as time passes.
Type: Feature
STUNNING 3D images that show the effect of electric fields on ionic winds flowing from a flame could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution, according to researchers.
Type: News
Shott: UK chemical industry should focus on strengths
FORMER IChemE president Ian Shott says that the huge UK chemical industry must focus on its strengths – including biotechnology and process intensification if it is to grow.
Type: News
Analytic Excellence: An Example from Synthetic Biology
Ahead of our coming webinar on developing a culture of analytic excellence, Adam Duckett catches up with David McClymont of The London DNA Foundry to discuss the impetus for the organisation’s application of data analytics to synthetic biology and the benefits that have been reaped
Type: Feature
£1m project to field-test graphene water filters
UK-BASED G2O Water Technologies is to scale up production and field-test its patented graphene oxide water filters, after being awarded a £1m (US$1.3m) grant by government research funding arm Innovate UK.
Type: News
