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Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot
A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids handling and asks how can we get it right
Type: Feature
UK’s first wastewater-based system to detect infectious disease outbreaks opens in Bath
A NEW research centre in Bath, UK is aiming to develop the country’s first nationwide early-warning system for local infectious disease outbreaks based on wastewater analysis.
Type: News
The next big breakthrough in chemical process technology will only be achieved by adopting a rigorous, multi-disciplinary, holistic approach.
Type: Feature
Brazil approves dam safety bill
THE Brazilian Senate has passed a bill to tighten dam safety, reports Reuters. This follows the collapse of a Vale mine tailings dam in Brazil on 25 January. Since the collapse, 186 people have been confirmed dead whilst 122 people remain missing.
Type: News
Huai Nyin (Grace) Yow and colleagues discuss the engineering challenges specific to pharmaceutical projects
Type: Feature
Partners move closer to first-of-its-kind CO2-to-methanol plant
CIVIL engineering is now underway for a first-of-its-kind 110,000 t/y carbon dioxide (CO2)-to-methanol plant that will recycle industrial waste gases. This follows project partner Carbon Recycling International (CRI) achieving a major milestone by completing and delivering the process design package.
Type: News
Bulk Solids Flow: Know What you’re Dealing With
A look at what should go into a proper Basis of Design document for a solids handling system
Type: Feature
Solar-powered water purification wins top IChemE Award
DESOLENATOR, a company making solar-powered water purification devices, has won the overall Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2017 IChemE Global Awards.
Type: News
Our Research Focus: Converting batch production to continuous processing
Nikolay Cherkasov explains how complex compounds for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals can be produced continuously rather than batchwise
Type: Feature
Report identifies challenges towards a plastics circular economy
THE European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has released a report identifying challenges and potential solutions to meeting the EU’s plans to have all plastic packaging recycled or reused by 2030.
Type: News
RESEARCHERS in the US have discovered that applying a “non-stick” coating to electrodes used in CO2 electrolysis can significantly extend the process’s runtime.
Type: News
UK government announces £4.5bn funding among package of measures to bolster manufacturing
The UK government has announced £4.5bn (US$5.6bn) in funding for the nation’s “world-leading” clean energy, automotive, aerospace, and life sciences sectors.
Type: News
How Do Engineers Stop Giving Their Clients What They Want?
Tom Baxter on when engineers have to choose between business and principles
Type: Feature
World-first electric steam cracker demo starts operations in push to slash emissions by 90%
BASF, SABIC and Linde have started operating a demonstration plant to prove that electrically heated steam cracking can significantly cut emissions from one of the chemical sector’s most energy intensive operations.
Type: News
How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
Type: Feature
Viridor opens state-of-the-art resource recovery facility
VIRIDOR has officially opened its £317m (US$417.3m), state-of-the-art, plastics recycling and waste management centre in Avonmouth, UK, which will generate 300 GWh/y of energy and reduce UK plastics exports by 8%.
Type: News
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels is launched
CARBON Tracker and Global Energy Monitor have launched The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, a public database which tracks worldwide oil and gas reserves, production and emissions.
Type: News
Hydrogen Lessons from Huawei: Unlocking UK Growth
The journey of Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s 5G network provides lessons to be learnt for the nation’s nascent hydrogen industry.
Type: Feature
Major US pipeline restarts following cyberattack
AFTER a five-day shutdown, operator Colonial Pipeline Company (CPC) has restarted operations at its major US fuel pipeline system, after reportedly paying a US$5m ransom to cyber-attackers.
Type: News
China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060
IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President of China, informed the United Nations General Assembly that China aims to be “carbon neutral” before 2060.
Type: News
