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Emissions gases for scalable R&D: real versus synthetic

Added: 31 Jan 2025

Approximately 50,000 litres of synthetic emissions gases, such as nitrogen oxides (NOX) and carbon …

Lead, don’t follow in the robotics revolution

Added: 3 Dec 2024

From the laboratory to the factory floor, it is possible for the UK to lead in the use of autonomou…

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…

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 …

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Retrofits to outdated heating, cooling and water systems enable cost savings on the road to sustain…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