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Polarised Positions Cast Shadow Over Global Plastics Treaty
Adam Duckett speaks to lobbyists about what they want from a global agreement to end plastic pollution
Type: Feature
A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation
FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.
Type: News
How to Sample Heat Transfer Fluids
A practical guide to taking a representative sample, and doing so safely.
Type: Feature
Can chemical engineering help spirits distillers close the loop between historic roots and modern modelling methods?
Type: Feature
How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
Type: Feature
It is increasingly important for companies to maximise the sustainability of their manufacturing processes, to reduce hazardous effects on the environment, and to ensure that we have sufficient natural resources for the future. Platinum group metals (PGMs) are widely used within consumer and industrial products, and include platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium. They occur naturally but are scarce and, therefore, highly valuable.
Type: Feature
Andy Brazier explains why process isolation is more complicated than you might think
Type: Feature
Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry
Type: Feature
British Sugar’s James Caws and consultant Howard Boder explain how small-scale advanced process control can work outside of refining
Type: Feature
Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 6: Safety Implications from New Technologies
Roger Stokes and Michael Moosemiller outline the safety issues associated with conventional distillation towers and consider how newer technologies might behave differently with respect to safety
Type: Feature
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
What can chemical engineers do to boost the efficiency of palm oil milling?
Type: Feature
As engineers, we need to break out of our technical bubble and ensure our message is heard
Type: Feature
The Minor Works Contract (Orange Book) has been updated to bring it in line with the UK’s Construction Act.
Type: Feature
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process facilities. It recently hired Chartered Chemical Engineer Adrian La Porta. I met with him to discuss what a chemical engineer can contribute to the construction industry and how Bryden Wood is leading change in the industry.
Type: Feature
Spontaneous Combustion of Tortilla Chip Waste: an Unknown Known?
A analysis of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion of food waste at a factory in Texas.
Type: Feature
Process Hengineering, You Say?
How a team of process engineers turned waste calcium hydroxide into valuable animal feed
Type: Feature
Micropore Technologies, a specialist engineering company, has successfully scaled up membrane technology that can create emulsions with monodisperse droplets. The membrane has applications in a wide range of industries.
Type: Feature
Redundant Asset Management Planning
The chemical industry's five biggest considerations for redundant assets
Type: Feature