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August 2008

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Articles
What’s on tap for water?
This increasingly precious resource is attracting more attention
Workplace Safety is a Shared Responsibility
Employers have a general duty to their employees
Protect your plant
Avoid the basic errors in cyber security strategies that many chemical companies are making
Plants seal their fate
Contending with fugitive emissions becomes more of a priority
Keep operations safe
A four-phase risk reduction strategy can play a crucial role
Wireless takes center stage
Vendor playfully shows what the technology offers plants
Reduce column energy consumption
Focus on five costly distillation errors and how to prevent them
Just How do Bacteria Communicate?
Chemical engineer develops way to short-circuit biofilm formation
Are your heat exchanger calculations really right?
Commercial programs give dramatically different pressure drop results
Keeping Peace While Managing Unions
Dealing with unions often poses challenges to engineers
Polystyrene Plant Gains Extra Output and More
Automation upgrade also extends asset life and boosts reliability
September 2008 Process Puzzler: Kayo a Drum Problem
Readers suggest ways to improve the performance of a pot
Nanorods Boost Boiling
Depositing copper nanorods on a copper surface significantly enhances boiling say Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers
Output Jump Looms for Bio-based Polyols
Make the Most of Your Summer Reading
Two new books provide important insights and guidance about plant safety.
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