Listed below are all events being run by the Process Industries Division.
Date: 22 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The European demand for biofuels will more than double in the next few years as the EU moves to meet its 2020 obligations under the Renewable Energy Directive.
Our KEYNOTE speaker Mr Tim Yeo MP, Energy and Climate Change Committee Chairman will lead a discussion on how the farmers, refineries, process technology providers, automotive industry and government can work together towards the renewable transport fuel obligation.
The Uk Bioenergy Strategy set out an important framework for ensuring biomass delivers benefits to business and consumers whilst maximising the environmental benefits. Download the Government Bioenergy Strategy http://www.decc.gov.uk/’
Date: 29 May 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The regulator continues to find sites where integrity management falls short of expectations. Data has now been compiled showing the extent of the issue and the key areas for improvement.
Keynote Address – Peter Baker, Head of Chemical Industries Division, Health & Safety Executive
Companies attending include; ABB, Alstom Power Service, Air Products, Avanti Gas, BP, Centrica, Conoco Phillips, Costain, Doosan, ERA Technology, Evonik Goldschmidt UK, ExxonMobil Chemicals, Fujifilm, GSK, HSE, HSL, MOD, National Grid, Rolls Royce, SABIC, SSE, Sellafield, Shell, Total, TWI and many others
Date: 07 June 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free evening Lecture open to all.
Presented by: Richard Davies, Professor of Energy at Durham University and Director of Durham Energy Institute.
Like GM crops, could public opinion kill shale gas in the UK and beyond? The now polarised debate in the UK has largely ignored 20 years of shale gas data from the USA.
As a preview to the event, Professor Davies has been interviewed for PE magazine about his recent research which indicates that fracking for shale gas should only take place at least 600m down from aquifers used for water supplies.
Date: 14 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
The waste processing and recycling industries are a major growth area around the world. However there are special challenges involved due to the nature of the materials; variable, poorly flowing, low density, tendency to self-heat among others.
Companies attending include; Air Products and Chemicals, Aptech, Clydeport, Foster Wheeler, RWE npower, Saxlund International, Spencer Engineering, Schneck Process among others!
Date: 21 June 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Do you want to get the cost of offshore renewable energy right?
Attend to gain insight into ways of reducing the capital and operational expenditure associated with offshore wind and marine renewable energy.
Companies attending include; EoN, GL Garrad Hassan, HSBC, Houlder, Kellogg Brown & Root, Royal Haskoning, SMD and more!
Date: 27 September 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Oil prices continue to increase dramatically prompting the question: what’s the alternative? Revealing methods to improve your business's process thermal efficiency to over 80% using trigeneration speakers will profile a variety of methods to reduce your fuel expenditure.
Date: 03 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Paul Thomas, Chair of the Rail Safety and Standards Board will chair this seminar which will demonstrate ways to develop a ‘safety’ culture within your organisation to manage major accident risk more effectively. Presentations from regulators and industry will challenge and broaden your perspective to enable you to enhance process safety performance in your organisation.
The keynote presentation will be provided by the HSE.
Date: 10 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Aberdeen
Offshore integrity and safety is a key issue. This seminar is roughly timed to coincide with new European regulations.
Get an update on how managing Ageing Offshore Assets has progressed since the introduction of KP4 and how the challenges presented are being met. Review how legislation and regulation is changing in other regions. Hear directly from the HSE on their conclusions and priorities.
Date: 16 October 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Seminar will investigate why air capture may be an important weapon in our battle to mitigate CO2 emissions, the products in which CO2 can be used, competing technologies and processes, issues on safety, cost and funding.
Date: 17 October 2012 - 18 October 2012
Event Type: 2 day Seminar
Location: London
The IMechE 6th International conference will prepare companies for the imminent introduction of commercial-scale CCS technologies to meet the fast approaching energy crunch caused by retiring plant, extended decision periods, slow deployment of replacement plant and the intermittency of renewable energy.
Date: 25 October 2012
Event Type: Lecture
Location: London
Free evening Lecture open to all.
Presented by: Professor John Miles FREng. Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies, University of Cambridge
This Lecture will take a broad look at future energy supply scenarios, and explore the pro’s and con’s of different possibilities. Whilst the subject will be treated primarily from a UK viewpoint, the global situation will be sketched at the outset in order to provide a perspective for the arguments which are subsequently presented.
Date: 07 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Other
Location: London
As a mechanical engineering graduate, the world is your oyster, and you need to be able to make an informed choice. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding an informal session for students and recent graduates, allowing you to speak with longer-serving engineers and companies that can recruit and advise as you take the first step in your career.
Date: 13 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Maintain awareness of current compliance requirements within your industry. This seminar will provide guidance to help ensure plants, businesses and individuals are operating within the law.
Date: 21 November 2012
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: Aberdeen
Understand how and why weight increases through the design of an offshore structure and the key benefits of incorporating robust weight control procedures into the design process.
Presentations from key industry leaders will help attendees increase their understanding of the different aspects of weight control, including managing conflicting demands from operator, designer and installer.
IMechE Members are able to attend at the discounted rates for MHEA members! IMechE members wishing to register, please use the booking form on the back of the programme.
Gasification technology provides an attractive conversion route to fuels and chemicals from a wide range of primary energy sources. Most of the undesirable by-products created by conventional combustion processes are either eliminated, converted into saleable products, or can be captured for safe storage. Gasification 11 will take a close look at the latest developments in the field.
The Energy Institute is holding a one day seminar examining the predicted deployment of multi user storage sites and their continued importance to UK and European carbon capture offering.
The Renewable Energy Association runs these annual awards to celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals who have done most to take forward renewable energy in the UK. The Awards were inaugurated in 2006 to honour achievements in the British renewable energy sector.
These Awards have become one of the most prestigious events in the industry's calendar, recognising and celebrating the achievements of companies and individuals who have done the most to further renewable energy in the UK. Last year 350 guests from across the industry, media and government gathered together to celebrate the achievements of companies and individuals who have done the most to advance renewable energy in the UK.