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Modular system for hygienic processes
Added: 16 Jul 2013
The Bürkert ELEMENT range has been expanded to include process valves with orifice diameters up to …

Improving heat transfer in industrial plants
Added: 16 Jul 2013
MIT researchers have undertaken the first systematic study of the factors that control boiling heat…

Biomass charcoal promises soil cleaning solution
Added: 16 Jul 2013
Former industrial land polluted with chemicals and heavy metals could be cleaned up for reuse by ch…

Cuadrilla expands UK shale gas exploration
Added: 10 Jul 2013
Cuadrilla is set to increase its exploration programme for shale gas in northeast England.

BATTERY+STORAGE international trade fair
Added: 9 Jul 2013
All sub-sectors in the development of modern battery and energy storage systems are exhibited at th…

No 'one-size-fits-all' approach to CCS
Added: 9 Jul 2013
Better appraisals are needed on geomechanical deformation at CCS sites, according to a study by Bri…

Is sustainable intensification the answer?
Added: 9 Jul 2013
Sustainable intensification could help meet the challenges of increasing demands for food, argues a…
Electricity generated from tree fungus
Added: 8 Jul 2013
The University of Freiburg has found a way to make a species of tree fungus useful for the producti…

Protecting water networks from contamination
Added: 5 Jul 2013
An international project is developing technology to rapidly identify and deal with contaminated dr…

Platinum-free catalyst could cut cost of hydrogen
Added: 5 Jul 2013
Researchers have developed a catalyst that creates hydrogen fuel without the use of expensive plati…
Paying the price of nuclear rewards
Added: 3 Jul 2013
Professor Stuart Haszeldine argues that a nuclear future in the UK will come at a price.

Are we learning the lessons?
Added: 3 Jul 2013
The process sectors need to take on-board the lessons learned from recent disasters. Patrick Raleig…

Gasification technology enables cheap production of biomass
Added: 3 Jul 2013
A new gasification method claims to turn forest residues into biofuel for less than a euro per litr…
€9.2m project to develop sustainable syngas
Added: 2 Jul 2013
Process for industrial-scale reaction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen claims to reduce CO2 emission…

Badger Meter control valves
Added: 2 Jul 2013
Pump Engineering has unveiled its extensive range of control valves designed for liquid handling.
Eisele unveils INOXLine range
Added: 2 Jul 2013
The line includes stainless steel dead zone-free connections for media circuits within no-residue p…

Protecting against chemicals
Added: 2 Jul 2013
Ian Samson, training specialist for DuPont, offers his insight into protective equipment for those …

Membrane-free desalination
Added: 2 Jul 2013
University led experts have developed a technique that electrically removes salt from seawater.

Does hydrofracking contaminate water?
Added: 1 Jul 2013
A study led by experts at Duke University has found that those living near shale gas wells are at r…

Fully automated molecular farming
Added: 28 Jun 2013
A team of researchers from Fraunhofer have constructed a GMP compliant plant factory for bio-vaccin…