Avoid costly materials mistakes
Common oversights keep plants from getting the most reliable and suitable vessels.

Make the most of automation upgrades
Avoid common mistakes that undermine projects.

The economic sky turns cloudy
Experts forecast modest economic growth at best. The global economy is slowing, led by a pronounced weakness in the United States resulting from the housing downturn and the credit crunch. And this, of course, will significantly impact the chemical industry.

Researchers burst a bubble
The mechanism of homogeneous nucleation accepted for generations is wrong.

Bubbles can buoy level measurement
Tough services don’t necessarily demand expensive devices.

Get the lead out
EPA rethinks air quality standards, seeks comments.

Improve your supply chain
A study of global chemical industry best practices provides insights on how.

It really isn’t your problem
A manager shouldn’t try to be a Mr. Fix-it.

Just call it alchemical engineering
Technology really can transform worthless materials into gold.

Resolve to trim that excess air
Five excess air heater good practices can lead the way to peak performance.

Kidney-like membrane boosts desalination

Glycerol girds for new role
Biodiesel byproduct promises to serve as feedstock for hydrogen.