Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending April 2018

Capacity utilization and the CAB rose but shipments slipped. Source: American Chemistry Council.

EPA Covers Confidential Chemicals

Guidance aims to help companies that need to protect a substance’s chemical identity

What Happens To REACH Post-Brexit?

European chemical group urges firms in Britain to continue following the EU standard

Quick Quiz: General Chemistry Knowledge

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Use Automation To Reduce Operator Stress, Increase Plant Safety

Humans are good at ad hoc intervention and non-linear reasoning. Machines and automation are good at repetitive functions, steady-state functions and transition management.

Intellectual Property: Foil Foreign Filching

Combine Wireless With Analytics To Improve Efficiency

Pairing the technologies eases evaluation of process units with little or no wired instrumentation

Apply Elbow Grease Before Buying Tech Solutions

The key to improvement is changing processes to accommodate a new technology in a manner that maximizes benefits.

Partnering Promotes Environmental Progress

Chemical makers team up with organizations to enhance results

“Green” Methane Pilot Plant Starts Up

Unit converts hydrogen from regenerative energy sources and carbon dioxide from a nearby bio-ethanol plant into methane.

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Plasma Takes Heat off Ammonia Production

Novel method could replace heat- and pressure-intensive Haber-Bosch process

Is Your Data Useful, Helpful And Actionable?

Data without context, without precedents or without an understanding of the factors underlying and contributing to it can be catastrophically misleading.

Get to the Bottom of Level Limitations

Positioning the lowest tap for a measurement demands care

IChemE President Urges Reform

Members voted in favor of resolutions designed to tackle the organization’s challenges

Control Systems: Rule Out A Rule-Of-Thumb

Control system project suffers from an inadequate cost estimate

How To Stock And Store Spare Parts

Implementing this recommended program will reduce the number of days spent on your critical equipment repairs and make your scheduled outages run more smoothly.

EPA Eyes Nonylphenol Ethoxylates

Reporting looms for use of the chemicals due to their high toxicity to aquatic organisms

Refrigerants: What Kind of Fouling is That?

Rigorous manual testing of a refrigeration system revealed an unexpected source of fouling

Imagine Chemistry Challenge Awards Support to Startups

Entries competed in categories relevant to specialty chemicals maker