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WEB5th September 2024. Sweden’s green steel pilot project a success with commercialisation now underway. ENGINEERS have declared that their attempts to produce fossil-free steel have been successful and their industrial consortium will now press ahead with commercialising the technology. The team behind the …
News - The Chemical Engineer
WEBSep 6, 2017 · Catch up on the latest news, views and jobs from The Chemical Engineer. Below are the four latest issues. View a wider selection of the archive from within the Magazine section of this site. Issue 999. Issue 997/998.
Biffa and Encyclis win approval for HyNet waste-to-energy CCS plant
WEB1 day ago · BIFFA and waste-to-energy (WtE) firm Encyclis have secured local planning approval to build a carbon capture and storage plant next to its WtE facility at the Hynet North West Cluster in Cheshire, UK. Expected to prevent 380,000 t/y of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, the CCS plant will be located on adjoining land to …
TEPCO restarts removal of radioactive debris from Fukushima
WEB1 day ago · SMALL-SCALE removal of radioactive debris has restarted at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, accelerating the decommissioning of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters. In an operation expected to last two weeks, a robot is retrieving a sample of melted fuel debris from one of the site’s three reactors, reports AP News. More than 13 ...
Rules of Thumb: Tanks and Vessels - The Chemical Engineer
WEBOct 1, 2020 · Smaller (<60,000 L) atmospheric tanks and pressure-rated vessels are often specified by generalist process and mechanical engineers. The following “rules of thumb” may be useful: They must be designed, fabricated, and tested in accordance with applicable codes. The user is responsible for specifying loadings that are used to calculate the ...
The Future of Chemical Engineering in the Era of Generative AI
WEBSep 28, 2023 · The necessity of coding ability in chemical engineering has been established for some time, but despite this many chemical engineers have limited coding ability. 3 Generative AI can automate the creation of small functions and portions of programs by generating chunks of code. While much of the current criticism in …
Scientific committee warned ‘staggering’ deindustrialisation is …
WEB4 days ago · ENGINEERS are needed to facilitate the energy transition, but without investment in manufacturing, better policy, and a more diverse workforce, the UK risks being left behind in the race for net zero. That was the main takeaway from the first Parliamentary and Scientific Committee meeting since the ...
Dreaming Big and Changing the World Through Chemical …
WEBApr 28, 2022 · CHEMICAL engineer Robert Langer is the most cited engineer in history, and his achievements include the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, awarded for his revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and medicine. He is a co-founder of biotechnology company Moderna, one of the first companies to ...
The Design Process: From Concept to Heat and Mass Balance
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Figure 1: Design process stages. The development team will generate options that will deliver on the remit they have been given. The options might include differing feedstocks and reaction routes. Following option generation, a coarse screen is undertaken where, often based upon experience, some options will be culled.
Chemical Engineering Matters in a time of Global Challenges
WEBDec 15, 2022 · Chemical Engineering Matters provides the framework for society and stakeholders to explore that. People have told me that they value and use it for a range of purposes, such as: engaging with policy makers; informing professional career formation; guiding learning outcomes in academic curricula; …