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Welcome to Chemical Engineering Progress
In this issue, the dialog on the hydrogen economy continues with a letter to the editor on the promising advances in photovoltaics. Also in this issue, is a solid line up of technical articles, including the cover story on Alarm Management for Regulated Industries, as well as Addressing the Hazards of Data Omission in MSDSs, and Part 3 of the Catalyst Recovery series.
April 2005 Vol. 101, No. 4
In This Issue
Alarm Management
Alarm Management for Regulated Industries
This article focuses on the regulatory drivers for alarm management, summarizes key practices, and challenges automation vendors to devise new ways to help customers implement more-effective alarm systems.
Joseph S. Alford - John Kindervater - Robert Stankovich
Heat Transfer
Improve and Maintain Cooling Tower Efficiency
Changing maintenance and/or operating procedures can significantly increase cooling tower performance without major capital expenditures. Here are some tips for ensuring proper design and operation of major tower components.
James L. Willa
Dust Handling
Addressing the Hazards of Data Omission from MSDSs
If certain chemicals lack physical hazards data, suppliers must be proactive to keep workers safe. Here’s how to determine dust flammability and reactivity data for inclusion on MSDSs.
James C. Mulligan
Reactions and Separations
Catalyst Recovery — Part 3: Removing Contaminants from Spent Catalysts
Pre-burning prior to catalyst recovery/refining enhances sampling accuracy for higher returns of the remaining precious metals.
Robert T Jacobsen
Career Catalyst
Solve Problems Inventively
The TRIZ methodology encourages you to approach problems from a different angle. Here’s a primer on the basics of the technique and the tools available to implement it.
Jack Hipple