Issue Archive

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.