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This month features the use of computational fluid dynamics in reactor design. Next month, be sure to look for our 32 page supplement on the "Evolution of Chemical Engineering: The Journey Ahead." This will feature reflections on the history of chemical engineering, followed by a dozen profiles on chemical engineers in different stages of their career. The last part of the supplement is a look at the future. One article uses employment trends to try to predict where chemical engineers are headed
December 2001Vol. 97, No. 12
This month features the use of computational fluid dynamics in reactor design. Next month, be sure to look for our 32 page supplement on the "Evolution of Chemical Engineering: The Journey Ahead." This will feature reflections on the history of chemical engineering, followed by a dozen profiles on chemical engineers in different stages of their career. The last part of the supplement is a look at the future. One article uses employment trends to try to predict where chemical engineers are headed
In This Issue
Design Reactors via CFD
Using computational fluid dynamics to design commercial-size batch and continuous reactors can eliminate subjective experience and empiricism, leading to better-designed, more-efficient units. Ahmad H. Haidari - Andre Bakker - Elizabeth M. Marshall -
Follow These Best Practices in Steam System Management
These tips on how to improve steam generation, distribution and recovery can help a plant to increase its steam system efficiency by as much as 20-30%. David Jaber - Gilbert A. McCoy - Fred L. Hart -
Dynamic Simulation - Modeling Processes, the Environment, the World
Simulation methods offer a way to study the influence of control algorithms and their parameters Ronald A. Shelden - Irving J. Dunn -
Correctly Calculate the Potential to Emit
Determining maximum capacity and ensuring that permit limits are federally enforceable are critical to calculating PTE. Janet Scheier -
Take the Guesswork Out of FRP Corrosion
The lifetime of fiberglass-reinforced plastic equipment and piping often depend upon previous experience. Here's a way to predict and prolong service life. Gunnar Bergman -
Optimize Process Regulation
Laboratory feedback proportional-integral control integrates statistical process control with automatic process control to minimize process variability. Phillip D. Schnelle - Kenneth D. Jackson - Julie F. Smith -
Expanded Metal Networks: A Safety Net to Thwart Gas Explosions
Using active deflagration suppression is the usual way to prevent or mitigate gas explosions. However, this is not always practical. A passive method is now available - inserting a metal foil into the vessel to absorb the heat of reaction and putting a limit on the temperature rise. Hans K. Fauske - Robert E. Henry -
Preliminary and Final Scopes of Engineering
Use this project template to adress large capital projects in the CPI. Glen Rosentrater -
Achieving Success
Put these seven principles to work to spell success for your professional and personal life. Slava Thaler -