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Book Review: Petroleum Refining Design and Applications Handbook Volume 2
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 978111947641; Wiley-Scrivener; 2021; US$295
Type: Feature
Nigel Hirst on launching initiatives; Tracey Donaldson calls for book ideas and Dianne Watson introduces IChemE Connect
Type: News
Evonik forms pioneering digital subsidiary
Multidisciplinary team will test and implement ideas
Type: News
Profiles of an Electrochemical Engineer
Megan Jobson finds out from six electrochemical engineers and IChemE members what drew them to the field, the challenges they’re tackling today, and how their chemical engineering skills have helped them thrive in electrochemistry
Type: Feature
Chemical engineer briefs UK politicians on chemical weapons
CHEMICAL engineering postgraduate Jeni Spragg has produced a report to help UK parliamentarians make evidence-based decisions on chemical weapons policy.
Type: News
Our Research Focus: 3D-printed Catalysts for Rocket Fuel
Could HTP thrusters finally take off? The New Zealand research partnership looking at an alternative to the dangers posed by hydrazine
Type: Feature
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
LYONDELLBASELL, Technip Energies, and Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to design, construct, and operate a demonstration unit using Technip’s electric steam cracking furnace technology (e-Furnace by T.EN). The partners say this is an essential step in the development of e-furnace technology, and towards construction of a full-scale unit.
Type: News
Australia to become critical minerals powerhouse by 2030
THE Australian Government has announced an updated strategy which it expects will make the nation a critical minerals powerhouse by 2030. The plan is part of measures to unlock the sector’s significant potential, which also include a A$200m (US$148.1m) grant programme and A$50m to support research and development.
Type: News
Engineers Showcase Skills in Solar Hackathon
Exciting ideas emergy in a new competition to boost solar power
Type: Feature
Tom Baxter argues against using blue hydrogen to produce electricity
Type: Feature
IChemE 2023 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened nominations for its 2023 medals and prizes programme, which aims to recognise the most outstanding work in the chemical engineering profession.
Type: News
Rules of Thumb: Tanks and Vessels
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
Alfonso Rodriguez and Charlie Espinosa explain innovations to map and remove mercury contamination in Colombia
Type: Feature
Rigs-to-Reef: Policy Waters Muddied
UK Government needs to take a lead on forming evidence-based policy on rigs-to-reef decommissioning of oil rigs
Type: Feature
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Xueqi Wang
Xueqi Wang talks to Yasmin Ali about her career in refining precious metals across the globe
Type: Feature
Several factors led to fatal Brazil dam collapse, reports expert panel
AN expert panel commissioned by Brazilian mining giant Vale has concluded that a number of factors, including a steep slope design and high water level, combined to create the conditions for failure that led to the fatal collapse of a Vale tailings dam last year.
Type: News
A new gallery celebrating engineers opens at the Science Museum
AN exhibition called Engineers opened today at the Science Museum in London dedicated to world-changing engineering innovations and the diverse and fascinating people behind them. I caught up with the engineers featured in the gallery and those who created it to ask what they hope it will achieve.
Type: News
Flixborough 50 Years On: Remembering Flixborough by Someone Who Wasn’t Alive in 1974
In the engineering industry, it is often asked if major incidents could ever happen again. Early-career engineer Martin Wardrope says it is important we still think they can
Type: Feature
Grangemouth set to cease refining operations as ‘major questions’ asked
GRANGEMOUTH refinery in Scotland could cease operations in 2025 and become a fuel import terminal or biorefinery, its owner Petroineos has announced, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
Type: News
