Think Outside the Box to Reduce Wastes
Martin C. Welch, R. Bruce Hartman
Use this audit procedure to evaluate the current performance of your process safety management processes as well as their future viability.
Design/Green Engineering
Develop and Maintain Your Environmental Management System
Kristin M. Malosh
Achieving and maintaining ISO 14000 certification for an environmental management system (EMS) is a difficult task that can be made easier by following these suggestions.
Consider Mixed-Flow Impeller Technology for Odor Management
Charles Gans
Propelling an odorous exhaust stream high into the air at a high velocity is often an effective way to eliminate odors.
How Sustainable are Your PSM Processes?
Martin C. Welch, R. Bruce Hartman
Use this audit procedure to evaluate the current performance of your process safety management processes as well as their future viability.
Determine the Efficiency of Air-Pollution Control Devices
Lewis S. Buchanan
Forbatch processes, use a surrogate feed stream to simulate the inlet conditions necessary for stack testing to demonstrate compliance.
Collect and Destroy Emissions Safely
Tony Ennis
Vent collection and destruction systems are complex, and their safety depends on the proper integration of the discrete elements. This article provides guidance on how to achieve that.
Nanomaterials: What are the Environmental and Health Impacts?
Nastassja Lewinski
As with previous emerging technologies, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the environmental and health risks associated with nanotechnology. This article reviews some of the ongoing efforts to better understand and characterize...
Predesign for Pollution Prevention and Control
Gael D. Ulrich, Palligarnai T. Vasudevan
A plant's intrinsic cleanliness is determined during the predesign stage. This article provides guidance for making critical decisions during preliminary design.
Specifying Vessels for High-Pressure Dust Collectors
Todd Russelburg
ASME codes and standards govern the design, fabrication, testing and certification of high-pressure dust collector vessels. This article will assist you in working with a code vessel designer and/or manufacturer.
Achieving Technical Sustainability
Subhas Sikdar
Avoid Common Pitfalls When Using Henry's Law
Allan H. Harvey, Francis L. Smith
Here is practical guidance on the use of Henry's law in engineering calculations and how to account for the temperature dependence of the Henry's constant— which is often ignored but which can be crucial for accurate process design.
Evaluating In Situ Bioremediation for Groundwater Cleanup
Bart Faris, D. Jack Adams, Dimitri Vlassopoulos
This systematic approach can be used to assess the suitability of in situ bioremediation for a particular contaminated site.
Mitigating Global Climate Change Through Power-Generation Technology
Frank Princiotta
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change set to release its Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report later this month, now is a good time for chemical engineers to take a look at this topic. This article provides a succinct integration of...
Industrial-Scale Flare Testing
Charles Baukal, Jianhui Hong, Mahmoud Fleifil, Robert Schwartz
Advanced flare testing at full scale can help to ensure that the system operates as designed. This article explains what's involved and the parameters that should be measured and evaluated to demonstrate performance, reliability and safety.
What Does It Mean To Be Green?
Phillip E. Savage, P.E.
Sustainability encompasses green chemistry and green engineering, among other concepts. This article explores some of the principles of sustainability and provides a framework for developing a lifecycle approach to chemical engineering.
Green Factories for Pharmaceuticals
Rita D'Aquino
A number of companies are honing techniques to produce a wide variety of pharmaceuticals, such as therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies in plants.
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