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April 2009, Vol. 105, No. 4
In This Issue
BACK TO BASICS
Process Simulation from the Ground Up
Today's process simulators produce graphical, data-filled and detailed results that can improve the effectiveness of the engineers who use them.
David Hill
SAFETY
Controlling Risk During Major Capital Projects
Think of process safety management (PSM) as a project deliverable, and follow these best practices for scheduling and performing process hazard analyses (PHAs) and completing other PSM requirements during key phases of a major project.
William Bridges and Revonda Tew
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: ENERGY
AIChE Addresses Energy Challenges
The ChE's Role in Energy Research and Technology
Surveys of the energy-related papers presented at AIChE's annual meetings provide insights into the role of chemical engineers in energy science and engineering.
T. Bond Calloway, Jr. and Aldo Cordova
Renewable Power: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Before renewable sources such as wind and solar can contribute significantly to the overall energy mix, massive electricity storage is needed to turn the raw power into dispatchable power.
Bernard S. Lee and David E. Gushee
Bringing a Star to Earth
An international R&D effort to build a fusion reactor and demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power is underway.
Jan Berry, Juan Ferrada, Andrei Petrov, Kirby Wilcher and T. Bond Calloway, Jr.
Capturing Carbon from Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is spearheading R&D on a variety of post-combustion and oxy-combustion technologies to cost-effectively achieve 90% CO2 capture.
Jared P. Ciferno, Timothy E. Fout, Andrew P. Jones & James T. Murphy
Capturing CO2: Membrane Systems Move Forward
Membranes offer inherent advantages over absorption-based CO2 capture from post-combustion fluegas and pre-combustion syngas, but numerous design and scale-up challenges remain.
Suzanne Shelley