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Boldly inspiring: National Engineering Day 2024

Added: 13 Nov 2024

The Pirbright Institute is renowned for its role as the UK’s leading centre for the study of viral …

Shining light on the vital global role performed by pumps

Added: 13 Nov 2024

In the drive to ensure energy efficiency and sustainability in industry and beyond, says Luboš Mich…

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How to Boost Natural Gas Vapour Recovery

Added: 22 Oct 2024

Oil-free reciprocating gas compressors help facilitate compliance with product recovery and emissio…

Spatial awareness

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Productivity increases depend upon innovation, runs the mantra. A new report suggests that requires…

Revising for the regulators

Added: 22 May 2024

Air quality rules are getting tougher and so is budgeting for equipment upgrades, says Finning’s Ke…

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Managing process safety in the round

Added: 1 May 2024

High hazard process safety needs a holistic approach that acknowledges competencies degrade over ti…

CHEMUK 2024: A focus on the process

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Process engineering has always been a strong element of the annual show but this year, for the firs…

Retrofitting ageing pump systems offers energy savings and compliance

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Retrofits to outdated heating, cooling and water systems enable cost savings on the road to sustain…

Geothermal: our ultimate energy source

Added: 16 Nov 2023

While we cast around for alternatives to fossil fuels that satisfy ethical principles and industria…

A perception gap

Added: 13 Sep 2023

Our chemicals industry has an image problem when it comes to recruitment. Why, when it’s key to ach…

Case study: Aeration investment in wastewater treatment reaps cereal returns

Added: 24 Aug 2023

Investment in new wastewater treatment equipment has enabled a leading producer of cereals and cere…

Case study: Waste contractor brings in the Beast to transform Cornwall’s provision

Added: 27 Jul 2023

Proving that investment in innovation pays off, a Cornish liquid waste disposal company has increas…

Industry can solve a major health problem by not taking a stand

Added: 12 Jan 2023

Is it time to revisit the laws on time being spent on our feet during active work hours, wonders Wi…

Vigilant monitors ensure continuous power

Added: 23 Nov 2022

Deteriorating transformers can undermine power output. To prevent this, one biomass plant found a s…

A guide to optimising pump efficiency

Added: 8 Nov 2022

The global rise in energy costs means this is the time to review and assess the efficiency of your …

Climate change is shifting process safety parameters

Added: 12 Oct 2022

It is becoming increasingly difficult for sceptics to argue against not only the existence of clima…

Replacement mixer yields productivity benefits

Added: 28 Sep 2022

With Landia input, a state of the art energy-from-food waste operation has upped its yields by near…

Optimising equipment to extract the best AD performance

Added: 1 Jun 2022

Anaerobic digestion plant performance depends on reliability and getting the most out of the feedst…

Sludge treatment upgrade provides winning recipe

Added: 17 Mar 2022

Veolia’s project to convert a sludge treatment facility for anaerobic digestion necessitated some S…

Aerators boost treatment plant's year-round effectiveness

Added: 28 Dec 2021

Landia aerators played an important role in the upgrade by Phoenix Engineering of Yorwaste’s Harewo…