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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...

Lo Básico para convivir con Procesos Productivos Seguros (Process Safety)

AIChE Webinar
Oct 15, 2008
Roberto Fernandez Blanco

Este sintético seminario conceptual introductorio sobre Seguridad para Procesos Productivos Peligrosos, sin fórmulas ni ecuaciones pero rigurosamente científico, ha sido diseñado para actualizar y reforzar los conocimientos básicos de Gerentes de

Global Relationships Take Center Stage at the 2012 Annual Meeting

January
2013
News Feature
In support of its strategic mission to become a global organization of chemical engineering practitioners, AIChE hosted three joint international symposia at the 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting held in Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28 to Nov. 2. AIChE joined with...

Denmark’s Chemicals Industry: Progress and Challenges

February
2013
Global Outlook
Gurkan Sin, Kim Dam-Johansen, Rafiqul Gani
Denmark’s chemicals industry is characterized by a variety of innovative companies, especially in the life sciences. To remain competitive, these companies must continue to invest in innovation, and the country’s universities must fill a growing need for highly educated engineering professionals.

U.S. Research Universities - Globalize or Face Demise?

January
2007
Special Section
William R. Schowalter
Although the effects of globalization have revolutionized corporate behavior, they are only beginning to affect the thinking, and much less the policies, of U.S. research universities. It is something that should be embraced, rather than resisted.

Fuego por hielo

Un incendio desestabiliza a una refineria despues de que un tanque de propano tiene una perdida de material a travez de una caneria congelada 

The Rise of China - Progress at What Price?

June
2007
News Feature
Boonsri Dickinson
As China undergoes an industrial revolution, its once pristine lands are being choked by pollution from coal-fired plants. Spurred by the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China is quickly cleaning the air. And, it has long-term plans to invest...

Chemical Engineering in China: Past, Present and Future

April
2011
Global Outlook
Yi Cheng, Yong Jin
The need to address ecological problems stemming from China’s burgeoning industrial growth is the impetus behind many recent developments in China’s surging chemical industry.

Japan’s Chemical Industry: From Post-War Recovery to Globalization

June
2011
Global Outlook
Saburo Nakata
The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan had a devastating impact on the people and industry of this economic and cultural giant. This article reflects on the emergence of Japan’s chemical industry in the half-century since World War II that led...

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