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Practical Process Control Part 21: Validating Inferentials
In the previous article we covered the application of regression analysis to the development of inferential properties. Here we focus on their validation, prior to commissioning
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 9A: The Role of Balancing in our Energy System
David Simmonds extends his Engineering Net Zero series by visualising the workings of a renewables-based UK power system
Type: Feature
UK launches 25-year plastic waste plan
THE UK government has launched a 25-year plan to protect the environment and reduce “avoidable” plastic waste specifically.
Type: News
House of Lords calls on government to take urgent action to clarify chemical regulations
THE House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published a report expressing concern over the government’s current plans for regulating chemicals after Brexit.
Type: News
Drax starts commissioning Europe’s first BECCS pilot plant
DRAX, the energy company, has started commissioning of its innovative bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot plant. It is the first project of its kind in Europe. Commissioning started today, on the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act.
Type: News
Nuclear industry releases cost cutting framework
THE Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), a UK trade association for civil nuclear industry, has released framework which could enable industry to cut the costs of constructing new nuclear stations in the UK.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Time to Drain a Tank
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
CSB identifies six key safety issues that led to 2018 Superior refinery explosion
FAILURE to learn from a similar incident investigation released less than a year prior is among six key safety issues that contributed to the 2018 explosion at the Superior refinery in Wisconsin, US, says the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
Type: News
Government announces new £370m Science and Technology Framework to boost UK innovation
THE UK government has announced a raft of measures to ‘cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower’ including the launch of a new Science and Technology Framework backed by £370m (US$443.7m) in investments, and an extension to the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme to the end of June.
Type: News
INWED 2023: Marlene Kanga on the Satisfaction of Engineering a Safer Society
With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Marlene Kanga talks to Orla Douds about the satisfaction of keeping communities safe through a career in engineering
Type: Feature
HIGHVIEW POWER has received £300m (US$379m) in funding to build the UK’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant (LAES), designed to balance peaks and troughs in power demand as more renewable energy sources are brought online.
Type: News
Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant
Type: Feature
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focuses on the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 9C: Strategy Options for our Future Energy System
David Simmonds continues his mini-series by looking at some of the unintentional consequences of strategy decisions, and recommends hybrids as a long-duration DSR measure.
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters – November 2023
Nigel Hirst on the merits of mentoring; Allyson Woodford previews Chemeca 2023 and readers respond to UK climate policy shift
Type: News
Towards a Circular Chemical Economy: Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Bing Xu, Umit Bititci, Melissa Marques, Mengfei Jiang, and Jin Xuan discuss challenges and motivations
Type: Feature
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of the Sustainabilty Special Interest Group discuss the technologies available for decarbonisation
Type: Feature
Martin Pitt considers the chemical engineering history of common salt
Type: Feature
UK considers how to use small reactor opportunity
Balance between delivery speed and IP discussed
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Christina Phang
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
