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Zero-Carbon Electricity

Malcolm Wilkinson and members of the Sustainabilty Special Interest Group discuss the technologies available for decarbonisation

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The Right Balance: Women in Engineering

Orla Douds, Anousha Khan, Martyna Cepaite and Jessica Pidgeon share their experiences of gender balance at university and in industry

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The Role of Biofuels in Energy Transitions

Tod McGreevy and Ramin Lakani discuss the shifting dynamics of oil, gas and biofuels used for transportation, and their industries’ part to play in a greener future

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Pulse Sensors for Flow Measurement Devices and Applications

Neil Hannay explains how to understand flow meter sensor and pulse output types for efficient system operation

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Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 1

Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, kicking off with mechanical and pneumatic controls

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Modelling with Excel Part 10: Test and Validate

Stephen Hall wraps up his series on how to use Excel for project engineering. Download the interactive workbook to experiment with the entire series

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Rules of Thumb: Distillation

Henry Kister, senior Fellow and director of fractionation technology at Fluor USA, presents 13 rules invaluable for distillation troubleshooting

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Better Safe Than Sorry (Whatever Safe Is)

Trevor J Hughes on why reducing risk will only come from engineers challenging cringeworthy ‘management speak’ and improving public understanding of consequence

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What I Wish I knew as an Undergraduate

Laura Grindey, Paul Jenkinson and Sameen Barabhuiya of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee offer the benefit of hindsight

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A Tool for Learning: Classroom Use-cases for Generative AI

Christopher Honig, Shannon Rios and Eduardo Oliveira offer three exercises that teachers can use to help their students get to grips with ChatGPT

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How to Measure Powder Flow

Understanding powder testing techniques and their application

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Clean Hydrogen: Part 2

Other methods of producing hydrogen, not from natural gas

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Automatic for the People

Sean Loughney asks how safety in the offshore industry might be improved via automation

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After the spill: well incident response

Scott Powell and Scott Vickers look at how industry's emergency response measures have evolved in the years following Deepwater Horizon

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After the spill: safety standards and metrics

Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, US offshore drilling safety improvements remain elusive

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Brewing Up Energy

Constantine Tsounis, Bijil Subhash, and Khushal Polepalle chart their journey from undergrad design project to sustainable startup

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Energy Saviours: Part 5

Tom Baxter looks at the parasitic load challenge of CCS

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A Clean Bill of Health

Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant

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Happy Endings

Mine closure is not just an environmental issue, say Anna Littleboy, Guy Boggs and Glen Corder

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Engineering Anniversaries

ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery celebrates 70 years. David White discusses how its history is intertwined with that of IChemE and the University of Birmingham

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