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IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 7: Parameters for Designing Liquid Level Controllers
Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement
Type: Feature
IN March, UK Chancellor George Osborne announced a sugar tax on fizzy drinks will be implemented in 2018.
Type: Feature
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper have abandoned construction of two nuclear reactors at VC Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, US.
Type: News
Chemical fire reported at Arkema Texas plant
ARKEMA has reported a chemical fire at its organic peroxide (OP) plant in Crosby, Texas, amid flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
Type: News
Putting human waste to good use
NUTRIENTS, energy and water will be safely recovered from the faeces and urine of up to 1,000 people a day, in a wastewater treatment trial in South Africa.
Type: News
More than US$50bn worth of deals for Saudi Arabia
SAUDI Arabia has announced more than US$50bn worth of deals in oil, gas, infrastructure and other sectors. The details were announced last week at the Future Investment Initiative held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Type: News
Warnings new UK coal mine undermines green ambitions
THE UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years has been given the go ahead by Cumbria County Council, prompting concerns it will hamper climate change efforts and the opportunity for greener steel production.
Type: News
UK government needs clear strategy to deploy CCUS
A CROSS-PARTY report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has criticised the government for its vague and ambiguous policies relating to carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) and said that the government needs to outline a clear strategy.
Type: News
BP sells Alaska business to Hilcorp for US$5.6bn
BP is selling its entire Alaska business to energy company Hilcorp for US$5.6bn, including its share of the prolific Prudhoe Bay. The sale is part of BP’s wider efforts to reconfigure its portfolio including plans to sell assets worth US$10bn.
Type: News
Novel electrocatalyst produces valuable fuels using CO2
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed an electrocatalytic reactor that could be used to produce valuable fuels using carbon dioxide (CO2).
Type: News
Research project to revolutionise liquid waste management
AN Engineer at Aarhus University (AU), Denmark has received a US$1.65m grant to develop technology that could revolutionise liquid waste management.
Type: News
Simple method improves membrane CO2 separation performance
AN international team of researchers has, for the first time, shown that the carbon dioxide (CO2) separation performance of an existing polymer can be “significantly” improved by first submerging the material in water.
Type: News
China’s Jingye to buy British Steel
CHINESE steel firm Jingye is buying British Steel’s business and assets, including its steelworks in Scunthorpe, UK. Though reactions are mixed, the sale could be an important step in securing the British company’s UK operations.
Type: News
Upcycling plastic bottles for the chemical industry
RESEARCHERS at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia have developed a way to convert plastic bottles into porous membranes that could be used for molecular filtration in the chemical industry. The method has the potential to help achieve significant energy savings and “upcycle” plastic waste.
Type: News
16 charged with homicide over fatal Brazil dam collapse
BRAZILIAN prosecutors have charged 16 people – including former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman – with homicide and environmental crimes relating to the fatal collapse of a Vale tailings dam last year, which killed at least 259 people.
Type: News
Derby exhibition showcases women in engineering
THE University of Derby, UK is currently hosting a photography exhibit entitled Women Engineers – portraits of the changing face of engineering. Located at Derby’s Markeaton Street Campus, the exhibit will be open and free to visit until 23 March.
Type: News
MSD selects London site for US$1.32bn research complex
MSD, known as Merck & Co within the US and Canada, has selected to build its future US$1.32bn state-of-the-art research centre and UK headquarters at the heart of London’s academic and life science cluster in Camden.
Type: News
Controversial Narrabri gas project gets ‘green light’ from NSW development authority
SANTOS has received “phased” and strictly conditioned approval from the independent planning commission of New South Wales (NSW) for its controversial A$3.6bn (US$2.58bn) Narrabri coal seam gas project, which could supply up to half of the state’s gas demand.
Type: News
