CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Can You Find the Safety Problem?
We are finishing our celebration of 10 years of the Process Safety Beacon with a “Find-the-Problem” contest.
2012
A MagDot-Nanoconveyor Assay Detects and Isolates Molecular Biomarkers
Brandon Miller, Gang Ruan, Gregory B. Vieira, Jeffrey Chalmers, Jessica Winter, Kalpesh Mahajan, Maryam B. Lustberg, M.D., Ratnasingham Sooryakumar
The ability to quickly analyze, separate, and manipulate multiple types of biomarkers from small sample volumes is a significant step toward personalized medicine.
Saving Energy in Multilevel Steam Systems
Wiroon Tanthapanichakoon
Avoid some common pitfalls by taking this holistic approach when implementing projects to reduce the consumption of steam.
Update
Updates in this issue include: State of the Union Address Identifies Importance of Manufacturing and Energy to U.S. Economy Scorpions Inspire Tough Surface Nanorods Line Up for Assembly Nanosphere Structure Boosts Light Absorption Zeolite Catalyst...
CEP: YPOV - Thinking (and Working) Outside the Cubicle
Arjun Gopalratnam
Workstyles — and the workspaces in which they play out — are evolving. Twenty years ago, offices were often spacious cubicle-villes — ample enough to accommodate bulky office equipment and filing cabinets, and sufficiently roomy for a captive staff...
The Other Bio: Chemicals and Materials
Miriam Cortes Caminero
Just in case you haven’t noticed, a new wave of biotechnology is underway. Over the last three decades, we have seen biological technologies used in therapeutics and agriculture. More recently, we have seen the use of biotechnology for industrial purposes.
The Chemical Industry Phoenix
Terry McMahon
Seven years ago, I wrote a column for another publica tion entitled “The U.S. Chemical Industry: R.I.P.” This pillar of American economic strength, which a few years earlier was the leading exporter among U.S. manufacturing sectors (with net exports of $15–20 billion annually), was shriveling due in large part to policy blunders and regulatory mistakes.
Implement an Effective Alarm Management Program
Todd Stauffer, P.E.
Apply the ISA-18.2 Standard on Alarm Management to design, implement, and maintain an effective alarm system.
CEP: News Update
Slippery Surface Is Too Slick for Bacterial Films; New Materials Put the Brakes on Infection; ITO Flexes Its Muscles; Control Wrinkles with this Simple Method; and more
Smart Manufacturing: The Next Revolution
Michelle Bryner
Moving to the next generation of production can help the U.S. keep its competitive edge.
SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK PROTEINS AND THREADS
Axel H. Leimer, Lin Römer, Nathalie Mougin, Ute Slotta
E. coli can be genetically engineered to mimic the complex natural process by which a spider makes the proteins that it uses to spin the fibers for its web. With additional processing, fibers with properties similar to those of natural spider silk...
CEP: Spotlight on Safety - LOPA — A Valuable Risk-Reduction Tool
John F. Murphy, P.E.
Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) is a simplified process risk-assessment technique that uses order-of-magnitude estimates for initiating events, consequence severity, and likelihood of failure of independent protection layers (IPLs) to approximate the risk of a scenario. It is generally used after a process hazard analysis (PHA) team has identified a hazard scenario that requires further analysis to ensure the adequacy of the safeguards that exist or are being proposed.
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