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Internet of Things: A New Era for Biomanufacturing?
Duygu Dikicioglu and Lidia Borgosz explore the opportunities and challenges that will determine the future of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in bioprocessing
Type: Feature
Why we are Wrong to Overlook the Cinderella of Hazard Studies
Britest’s Rob Peeling argues that despite its reputation as a dowdy workhorse, Hazard Study One is a risk assessment tool fit for a prince
Type: Feature
How to Reduce the Risk of a Dust Explosion
Unwrapping the explosion pentagon to reduce risk
Type: Feature
IChemE Fellows elected at RAEng's 40th AGM
Ghadiri and Lye honoured with 48 other engineers
Type: News
Book Review: Databook of Green Solvents 2nd Edition
Anna Wypych and George Wypych ; ISBN: 978-1-927885-43-7; ChemTec Publishing; 2019; US$285
Type: Feature
Rise of incinerators risks circular economy
A SURGE in the construction of facilities that burn residual waste is a direct threat to the UK achieving more environmentally-friendly recycling processes needed to reach a circular economy.
Type: News
Unilever joins forces with Ioniqa to scale up breakthrough plastic waste recycling process
UNILEVER has formed a partnership with processing pioneer Ioniqa and Indorama, the world’s largest producer of PET resin, to scale up a technology that converts plastic waste back into virgin feedstock.
Type: News
ENGINEERS at Rice University, US, in conjunction with Shell Global Solutions, have developed magnetic nanoparticles capable of removing the last drops of crude oil from produced water.
Type: News
New carbon capture technology granted funding for further development
THE Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Carbon CCS-US, the US subsidiary of Carbon Clean Solutions Limited (CCSL), have received US$2.9m in funding to test a prototype that could make carbon capture more cost-effective.
Type: News
Novel water treatment pilot plant
RESEARCHERS in Singapore are to build a pilot membrane filtration plant to treat industrial wastewater. The new plant will allow a semiconductor company to reduce liquid waste by more than 90% and allow it to recover precious metals from treated water which could then be sold and reused.
Type: News
UK’s first industrial-scale carbon capture plant
THE UK Government has announced funding for nine carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects, including the UK’s first industrial-scale CCU plant which will be built by Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) at its site in Northwich, Cheshire.
Type: News
UK Government pledges £390m to develop hydrogen technology
THE UK Government has announced a £390m (US$468m) hydrogen technology fund focussed on supporting low carbon production and clean steel.
Type: News
Suppliers commit to achieving 100% renewable Apple production
AS technology company Apple seeks to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, 71 of its suppliers have committed to using 100% renewable energy for the company’s products.
Type: News
Chevron ordered to inspect Gorgon for cracks
ON 7 August, Chevron was ordered to inspect critical equipment at its Gorgon LNG project in Australia, amid concerns about worker safety, with reports stating that this could result in a shutdown. This follows news that repairs are underway to resolve welding issues discovered during routine maintenance.
Type: News
Four proposed UK plastic recycling facilities receive funding
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has invested £20m (US$26m) in four proposed plastic recycling plants.
Type: News
LyondellBasell sets ambitious plastics sustainability target
LYONDELLBASELL has released its 2020 Sustainability Report in which it sets the target of producing and marketing 2m t/y of recycled and renewable-based polymer by 2030, one of the most ambitious goals of the industry, the company claims.
Type: News
UKAEA’s £55m device successfully takes a step closer to fusion power
TAKING a step to achieving a fusion power plant, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) £55m (US$72.2m) Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade device has achieved “first plasma”, after a seven-year build.
Type: News
INEOS donates £100m to antimicrobial research
CHEMICAL company INEOS has donated £100m (US$136.8m) to the University of Oxford, UK for a new, state-of-the-art institute that will conduct antimicrobial research to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial drug resistance.
Type: News
Partners to develop waste-to-fuel plant by 2025
WASTE-to-fuel company Fulcrum BioEnergy, along with Essar Oil UK and its subsidiary Stanlow Terminals, have partnered to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the North West of England. Expected by 2025, the project is to receive a £600m (US$837m) investment.
Type: News
