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TWO of the biggest challenges to the chemical engineering profession over the next decade will be the search for truly sustainable feedstocks, and disposing of the ever-increasing quantities of domestic wastewater produced by urban societies.
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Mountains or Oceans: how Shell uses scenarios to assess the company’s strategies for the future
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Transformational technologies in oil and gas. Could we learn future direction from past innovations?
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Why we must harness the power of horizontal innovation in the formulation sector
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The Fire at Hickson & Welch, 21 September 1992
This September is the 25th anniversary of the accident at Hickson & Welch (H&W) which killed five people in a jet fire which lasted for no more than 100 seconds. This short article is a review and reminder of the key lessons that came out of the accident, hopefully to ensure they are not forgotten as time passes.
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Arthur D Little – Dedicated to industrial progress
Arthur D Little defined unit operations and, with it, a whole profession, says Claudia Flavell-While
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Waldo Semon – Rubber, PVC and... bubblegum?
Waldo Semon has a lot to answer for, finds Claudia Flavell-While
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An argument for using insulation rather than fixed firewater deluge to protect bulk LPG storage tanks against the risk of BLEVEs
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Mobilising chemical engineering resources to mitigate drought
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Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry – In Search Of An Application
Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry: the chemist and the tinkerer who created the Post-it Note
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The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for business
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As lessons emerge following the Grenfell Tower review, chemical engineers have a duty to share their process safety knowledge across other sectors
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20 years on from Australia’s infamous gas explosion, what have we learned, and what should we do to prevent another one?
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Believe it or not, the role of HAZOP scribe has much to offer up-and-coming chemical engineers
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Waste to jet fuels project set for take off
Velocys is a company that has developed technology to convert feedstocks such as household waste into aviation fuel, and plans are underway for a commercial-scale plant in Immingham, UK. I spoke to Neville Hargreaves, Vice President of Waste to Fuels at Velocys, about how the company can contribute to the decarbonisation of the aviation industry with its renewable jet fuel.
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Project puts ‘poop’ to good use, improving both sanitation and energy supply at one of the biggest refugee camps in the world
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