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March 2008, Vol. 104, No. 3
In This Issue
NEWS STORY
Preventing Dust Explosions: Are You Doing Enough?
Experts agree that greater vigilance is needed to snuff out the ever-present risk at facilities handling powdered materials.
Suzanne Shelley
FLUIDS AND SOLIDS HANDLING
Eliminate Iteration from Flow Problems
This article introduces a novel approach to solving flow and pipe-sizing problems based on two new dimensionless quantities that are independent of line size and flow.
John D. Barry
HEAT TRANSFER
Safe Handling of Heat-Transfer Fluids
Options abound, but operators need to balance performance and safety considerations.
Gaston Arseneault
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: ENERGY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
What are Chemical Engineers Doing About Energy?
The first annual energy survey conducted by AIChE's Research and New Technology Committee provides insights into the energy-related research of chemical engineers.
T. Bond Calloway, Jr.
Conference Explores Developing Bioeconomy
Infrastructure, biomass conversion, sources of biomass, and environmental and other impacts are some of the challenges facing the commercialization of biofuels.
Brad Buecker
Biofuels in the News
How Might Biofuels Impact the Chemical Industry?
Considering the range of possibilities and constraints, a major transformation of the chemical industry's current capital structure is unlikely for at least a few decades.
William F. Banholzer, Keith J. Watson and Mark E. Jones
The Future of Coal-Based Power Generation
Despite its image as a dirty fuel, coal remains an economic choice for baseload power generation — and it can, in fact, have very low emissions.
James R. Katzer
DOE Restructures FutureGen to Emphasize Carbon Capture and Storage
Harnessing Natural Energy
Before solar and wind energy can be widely exploited, a method for storing the energy provided by these intermittent sources and releasing it as demand arises must be developed.
Travis W. Walker
Electricity Storage: The Achilles’ Heel of Renewable Energy
A broad-based, multi-year effort is required to develop and demonstrate massive electricity-storage technologies that are both reliable and economical.
Bernard S. Lee and David E. Gushee