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  1. Modernize Training with AI, XR and Microlearning

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 May Coral Siminovich, P.E. Incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and microlearning technologies into training programs to improve worker performance and safety. The current remote working environment has arguably changed th ...

  2. Process Safety Beacon: Valve Position Errors Can Cause Serious Incidents

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 May During a transfer operation on Oct. 29, 2009, more than 260,000 gal (984 m 3) of gasoline was released from a storage tank, leading to a major explosion and fire. The incident killed 11 people, including two operators, and injured 150 others. The ...

  3. Safety Minute: Complex Procedures Can Increase Accidents

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 May TJ Larkin As the length and complexity of procedures increase, the number of safety incidents also increases. Procedure complexity increases errors A study of 632 nurses and doctors from three hospitals and 47 medical units (e.g., surgery, anesth ...

  4. Process Safety Beacon: Recent Nitrogen Fatalities Are a Vivid Reminder

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 April On January 28, 2021, a liquid nitrogen leak occurred at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville, GA (1). The poultry plant had installed the liquid nitrogen system four to six weeks prior to the leak to quickly freeze chicken products. A main ...

  5. Seven Columns, Seven Questions: The Essence of HAZOPs

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 April Michael S. Schmidt, P.E. Conduct a hazard and operability study (HAZOP) by answering a series of seven questions. Before a process risk assessment can be performed, the process hazards (e.g, fires, explosions, toxic exposures) must be identifie ...

  6. Why Chemical Engineering?

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    Site Term  AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers #WhyChemE #WhyChemicalEngineering WhyChemE ChemEChallenge Why Chemical Engineering Video ChemE Viideo When AIChE posed this question to student member Sofia Melgar from La Universidad Nacional Autón ...

  7. Virtual Spring Meeting & GCPS FAQs

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    Site Term  AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers virtual spring meeting virtual gcps virtual conferene virtual spring 2021 virtual aiche   Topics  Chemicals & Materials Chemical Engineering Practice Process Safety ...

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