Imagine a process temperature that climbs beyond the setpoint. The temperature continues to increase and goes outside of the operating range. The available cooling capacity is sufficient, but the control system is slow to bring the process back into...
October
2019
Fluids And Solids Handling Agitation and Rotation Promote Uniform Mixing and Drying The Comber Pressofiltro Nutsche Filter-Dryer meets stringent current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. It...
October
2019
AIChE Names Keasling 2019 Doing a World of Good Medalist His humanitarian and lifesaving work to be celebrated at AIChE Gala, Dec. 3 Jay D. Keasling, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Bioengineering at the Univ. of California...
October
2019
Several years ago, prompted by something I noticed as I entered the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) Billy Jean King National Tennis Center (BJKNTC), I wrote an editorial on sustainability in sports (“Alternative Paths to Sustainability,”...
October
2019
Humidity is a very important parameter to monitor and control when drying food products, pulp and paper products, chemicals, and other semi-moist, porous materials. It can impact drying optimization and, ultimately, product shelf life. However,...
October
2019
When the writers of The Office were creating the show, they studied how people interacted in actual offices. Based on their research, they created Dunder Mifflin’s regional manager Michael Scott, whose off-color comments offend many of his peers and...
October
2019
AIChE Meetings For information and registration details, visit www.aiche.org/conferences or call Customer Service at 1-800-242-4363 or 1-203-702-7660 (outside the U.S.). Oct. 14–15, 2019 • 2019 International Center for Hydrogen Safety Conference...
October
2019
At the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, we spend a great deal of time thinking about how we can shape the future of the U.S. chemical process industries (CPI). This means working with RAPID members to define both the technical concepts that underpin...
October
2019
Control and optimization problems are ubiquitous in process design and operations. However, the scale and complexity of these problems are constantly increasing. Decomposition is a common approach to reduce the complexity of such problems...
Researchers at Iowa State Univ. (ISU) have developed a unique technology that prints metal patterns on the softest of surfaces, including rose petals and gelatin.
