Chemingineering – Heat Pumps
This month’s column throws light on the record increase in sales of heat pumps and the surge of interest in this more than century...
Chemingineering – Delta Hazop
Delta Hazop is an effective tool for identifying and assessing significant risk in operating plants. It focuses on the subtle and creeping changes that...
Chemingineering – A Novel Batch Reactor
Batch reactor, the workhorse of the specialty chemicals industry, has remained the same in the last two centuries. But a major disruptor has recently...
Chemingineering – Sense out of Sensors
Sensors are the eyes and ears of a chemical plant. They are traditionally used for process control and optimisation. But in recent years, sensors...
Chemingineering – MOF – Material Of The Future?
Metal-Organic Frameworks are an exciting class of materials with unparalleled properties that can be customised to suit a variety of applications. The ease with...
ChemIngineering – 3D-Printed Catalysts
3D-printing which has found applications in a wide variety of fields has also been recently used to manufacture catalysts with novel architectures. These morphologies...
ChemIngineering – R&D Redefined
The Stage-Gate process has evolved into a rigorous and robust tool for product development across industries. The Agile Manifesto borrowed from the software industry...
ChemIngineering – War and Sustainability
The continuing war in Ukraine is having catastrophic consequences on the world energy markets. It is threatening to derail our ambitious journey towards Net...
ChemIngineering – A Direct Approach
Sucking out carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere for sequestration (DAC) is gaining recognition as an important weapon in our battle against climate change....
Chemingineering – Low Hanging Fruit
Only in recent years has methane received adequate recognition of its role in global warming. Reducing methane emissions is a cost-effective strategy to mitigate...