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Chemical Engineers as Biomedical Innovators

AIChE Webinar
Live Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT
Sujata Bhatia
The design of biomedical materials is rooted in principles of chemical engineering. This presentation describes the connections between chemical engineering and biomedical innovations, and discusses the translation of novel materials into clinical applications.
USEPA

Realities of CCS: Geologic Sequestration

AIChE Webinar
Live Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT
Bruce J. Kobelski, Mary Rose Bayer

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a Geologic Sequestration (GS) rule under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC) program .

AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Implications of Shale Gas Development and Use

AIChE and A&WMA Web Forum
May 29, 2013
Dr. Garvin Heath, Michael Pring

This Web Forum takes a unique approach compared to other joint AIChE - AWMA Web Forums focused on emerging regulatory issues/compliance. It provides the latest research results regarding air quality implications of shale gas development, from speakers who are on the cutting-edge of understanding the characteristics of air emissions from shale gas.

Mass Transfer Evaluation of CO2 Absorption in a Wetted Wall Column

Nov 1, 2012
Reynolds A. Frimpong
The chemical absorption of CO 2 in solvents is considered as one of the mature process options for reducing CO 2 emissions in power plants. Solvents with fast mass transfer rates and high CO 2 carrying capacity are therefore desired and continue to be explored to reduce equipment size and its...

Service Life Prediction of 9% Ni Steel LNG Storage Tank Using Fatigue Analysis

Apr 5, 2012
Seung-Rim Lee
As the design life expiration date(about 25 years) approaches for domestic LNG storage tank, the issue of tank lifetime extension is paid more and more attention by the Korea LNG industry. Recently, Korea Gas Safety Corporation is carrying out a project for developing technologies and standards for...

Chemical Engineering in Nigeria: Development, Challenges, and Prospects

June
2013
Global Outlook
Emmanuel Dada, John Erinne, Oluwafem Taiwo
Nigeria is a nation endowed with abundant natural resources and engineering talent. Current policy and reforms in the downstream and natural gas sectors are expected to boost Nigeria’s economy and restore growth and vibrancy to its chemical process industries.

Selecting a Centrifugal Compressor

June
2013
Back To Basics
James M. Sorokes
End users must specify certain performance requirements when requesting a quote for a new centrifugal compressor. Understand your process, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each centrifugal compressor configuration, in order to choose the optimal centrifugal compressor for your application.

CEP: Institute News

June
2013
Institute News
Highlights from the Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety; Saudi Arabia Section Will Host an Expanded Middle East Process Technology Conference — Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, in Bahrain; Calendars.

Singapore’s Chemicals Industry: Engineering an Island

April
2013
Global Outlook
Keith Carpenter, Wai Kiong Ng
The chemicals industry is a pillar of Singapore’s economic success. The island city-state’s emergence as a chemical industry leader has been boosted by investment in infrastructure and the creation of an industrial island complex.

CEP: What's New

June
2013
What's New
Read about new products and services in the areas of instrumentation; fluids and solids handling; materials and chemicals; bioprocessing; and environmental, health, and safety.

CEP: Editorial - ChE Salaries Rebound, But Gaps Remain

June
2013
Editorial
Cynthia Mascone
Two years ago, AIChE’s biennial salary survey found that chemical engineers’ salaries had stagnated and raises were the lowest they had been in two decades. Fortunately, the situation appears to have turned around somewhat. The 2013 salary survey (...

CEP: Process Automation Corner - North America’s Emerging Energy Independence

June
2013
Process Automation Corner
Terry McMahon
What a difference a few years can make! In mid-2005, I wrote a column (for another publication) entitled “The U.S. Chemicals Industry, R.I.P.” The situation got no better for the next few years, but starting toward the end of the last decade, based on improved extraction methods, U.S. natural gas production began to grow rapidly.

CEP: News Update

June
2013
News Update
Sinewy Fibers Boast Strength and Toughness; Graphene Stacks Up to Bandgap Limitations; Squishy Material Toughens Up when Stressed; A Tiny Forest of Semiconductors Mimics Nature’s Photosynthesis; and more

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