Issue Archive

Renewable Feedstocks are in the Bag
Chemical firms show growing interest in bio-based production.

Intrinsically Safe NeSSI Nears
An emerging bus standard promises to spur application in hazardous environments

Integrated System Improves Operations
Combined process control and safety system cuts costs and boosts efficiency

EPA Seeks Big Help with Nanomaterials Data
It’s time to give the agency the nanoscale materials information it needs

Product Availability Appeals to Everyone
Here’s a guide to using our online New Product Resource Center.

Researchers Target CO2 Capture
Project seeks to develop more cost-effective technology for capturing carbon dioxide.

We Want To Know
How does your site treat professional development of technical staff?

Grasp Maintenance’s Bottom Line
Effective predictive maintenance demands more than technology.

Correctly Manage Change
How you begin is at least as important as your eventual goal

Instrument Promises Better Catalysts
Nanocatalysts provide improved performance.

Chemical Safety Board Gets Rebuke
Recent report points to failings and necessary remedial actions

Integrated System Improves Operations
Combined process control and safety system cuts costs and boosts efficiency.

Group Blazes the Trail to Achieving Energy Efficiency
Texas pilot study may lead to plant certification program

October Process Puzzler: Foil a Future Fire
Readers suggest ways to improve safety at a cylinder storage site. Also, December's Process Puzzler: Improving coagulant consistency.

Engineers Give Silver a Healthier Future
Modern technology enhances the metal’s age-old role in fighting infection

Equipment & Services Product Round-Up

Plant InSites: Look Beyond the Lore
Don’t rely on recollections about how a unit had performed

Bacterium Boosts Ethanol Prospects
Microbe requires far lower level of enzymes to convert cellulosic materials.

Intrinsically Safe NeSSI Nears
An emerging bus standard promises to spur application in hazardous environments.

Product Exclusive: Emerson Provides a Sneak Peek at DeltaV Version 10.3
Duncan Schleiss, vice president for systems at Emerson Process Management, Austin, Texas, provided a sneak peek at the new DeltaV version 10.3.