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How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
Type: Feature
Andy Brown looks at the options and challenges of moving hydrogen from A to B in bulk
Type: Feature
Kenneth Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start
2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Army was running short of munitions. The subsequent scaling up of the supply of high explosives and propellants became a major achievement of the embryonic chemical engineering profession under the leadership of Kenneth Bingham Quinan.
Type: Feature
Project turns plastic waste in the sea into vehicle fuels
Type: Feature
Cooling Down the Effects of Refrigerants
THE sense of euphoria surrounding the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol has somewhat subsided now. Last October the news broke that 170 countries had successfully negotiated an amendment to the Montreal Protocol Treaty and agreed to get rid of 90% of hydrofluorocar-bons (HFCs), and it was indeed time to celebrate. HFCs typically have a global warming potential 10,000 times higher than carbon dioxide, and with this treaty 0.5oC of future global temperature rise can be avoided. Good news for those hoping to see actions taken to stop or at least slow down the rising global temperature.
Type: Feature
Hybrid Airship: No Roads, No Problem
MORE than two-thirds of the world’s land area and more than half the world’s population have no direct access to paved roads. This lack of infrastructure presents incredible challenges for the resource extraction industries and has left many identified deposits undeveloped, including the Ambler region of Alaska, deposits in sub-Saharan Africa, and regions in the Andes.
Type: Feature
Waldo Semon – Rubber, PVC and... bubblegum?
Waldo Semon has a lot to answer for, finds Claudia Flavell-While
Type: Feature
… for Bob Gore, one giant leap for outdoor lovers. Claudia Flavell-While looks at the history of Gore-Tex
Type: Feature
Destruction of the 'Black Lagoon'
How one chemical engineer balanced contracting work with family life back in the 1980s
Type: Feature
UK nuclear faces prospect of Euratom exit
Expert warns leaving would be a “tactical own goal”
Type: News
What’s coming, and why the process industries will have to be more nimble. Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Digital Plant Europe, Accenture talks to Helen Tunnicliffe
Type: Feature
The Chemical Engineer visits the cinema to see how Hollywood tackles the subject of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy
Type: Feature
OVER 3,200 members participated in this year’s IChemE salary and member satisfaction survey. They hailed from our top 11 member countries – the UK, Malaysia, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, India, Canada, United Arab Emirates and the US.
Type: Feature
Jo Reynolds: Geophysics Graduate
Insight from a young geophysicist joining the sector, working for BP's offshore operations.
Type: Feature
Cyber threats to process safety: industry must share lessons
Type: Feature
Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
Type: Feature
