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Materials: Decarbonising Cement
Kerry Hebden talks to the researchers and companies aiming for greener concrete processes
Type: Feature
Materials: Switch on/Switch off
Pablo Brito-Parada and colleagues discuss how SOSO technology could provide the paradigm shift needed to make small-scale mining viable
Type: Feature
Biobatteries: Harnessing the Power of Nature
Kerry Hebden speaks to researchers who are developing novel batteries for military and environmental applications
Type: Feature
Digi-Bridging Biochemical Engineering Education
Preparing students for the digitally-enabled workplace, Duygu Dikicioglu and Gary Lye discuss the adoption of digitalisation into the learning environment
Type: Feature
CO2 Capture: Putting the Sea into CCS
Amanda Jasi and Kerry Hebden talk to companies developing technologies to capture CO2 from the ocean
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Rules of Thumb: Bulk Material Sampling
In the latest instalment of this practical series, Eric Maynard highlights five considerations for effective bulk material sampling
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Modelling with Excel Part 9: Digitising a Chart
Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering
Type: Feature
Process Consulting and the Problem with AI-fed ‘Experts’
Grant Wellwood provides tips on how to discern between superficial knowledge and a deep understanding, as a new generation of AI tools further empower ‘the highest paid person in the room’
Type: Feature
Fresh Nanotech Solutions to a Freshwater Problem
With fresh water in limited supply, ensuring water security is a global challenge demanding urgent attention. Amanda Jasi spoke to researchers exploring novel nanotechnology to help meet that challenge
Type: Feature
New supercomputers will put the UK 'first in the queue' when it comes to R&D and managing AI risks
UK INDUSTRIAL researchers have been promised a boon on the fringes of the Bletchley AI Summit thanks to new supercomputers called Isambard-AI and Dawn being built in Bristol and Cambridge. Their proponents say the supercomputers will allow a huge step forward in AI and the simulation capabilities needed to accelerate the development of fusion power and drugs, while testing the risks of new powerful AI models.
Type: News
Why the Lessons of the Fulcrum Fiasco must not be Wasted
Fulcrum BioEnergy shut down its flagship waste-to-fuel plant in May. Alex Howard looks at the implications for the waste gasification industry, and how other first-of-a-kind developers can reassure investors moving forward.
Type: Feature
358 issues since she first helped produce The Chemical Engineer magazine, Alex Revell recounts just how much things have changed during her time working on it, behind the scenes and on the page
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Engineers from Severn Trent and AtkinsRealis explain how applying novel process engineering technologies could significantly reduce emissions of CO2, nitrous oxide, and methane, creating a blueprint for the world’s first net zero hub for wastewater treatment
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Viewpoint: Embracing New GenAI-enabled Teaching
Far from replacing teachers, Christopher Honig says GPTs could blend learning and evaluation into seamless, dynamic experiences
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Our Research Focus: Breathing Life Back into the Baltic Sea
Patricia Handmann and Anna Canning explain the BOxHy project, designed to sustainably combat coastal deoxygenation by valorising the oxygen from water electrolysis
Type: Feature
From methane reduction to water efficiency, David Pearce and Peter de Jong look at how dairy farmers and engineers are paving the way for a greener future
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The Engineering Mindset Part 4: Complex or Complicated? There are no silver bullets
Chris and Penny Hamlin say that in complex systems, the path to success is never a single solution, but instead a dynamic mix of approaches that co-evolve
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Practical Process Control Part 20: Regression Analysis
Inferential properties, or soft sensors, are key to modern process control. Myke King explains regression analysis as a precursor to their design
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Practical Process Control Part 13: Signal Conditioning
Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement
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Practical Process Control Part 12: Filters
Myke King explains filters and the benefit of moving away from the standard technique
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