Researchers are suggesting seven energy-intensive separation processes they believe should be the top targets for research into low-energy purification technologies. Beyond cutting energy use, ...

Rare earth elements are essential for modern technology, but their similar chemistry makes separation difficult and expensive ...

Process Engineering encompasses the analysis, modeling, simulation, optimization, design, control and operation of process systems, from micro-sized systems to huge industrial facilities. Many ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Agenda for Transforming Separation Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies ...

The unique properties of metamaterials have been used to cloak objects from light, and to hide them from vibration, pressure waves and heat. Now, a researcher wants to add another use for ...

Whether we know it or not, we rely on a host of analytical techniques in many aspects of our lives, from developing medications to keeping our food safe to enforcing the law. Many of the compounds ...

Thermally-based industrial chemical separation processes such as distillation now account for 10 to 15 percent of the world's annual energy use. Slaking the global thirst for energy could therefore ...