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  1. New Products: December 2021

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 December Fluids and Solids Handling Sealed Pneumatic Vacuum Conveying System Prevents Contamination The PPC pneumatic vacuum conveying system automatically transfers active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and/or highly potent APIs (HPAPI). The seal ...
  2. Prescriptive Maintenance Solutions for Unplanned Asset Downtime

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 December Extended asset downtime can cause significant loss in revenue and disrupt supply chains within the chemical process industries (CPI). Addressing this issue has become increasingly important as the speed of business has changed over the past ...
  3. A Framework for Digital Transformation

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 December Jonas Norinder Don Mack The digital transformation is overhauling the chemical process industries. Follow these five steps to implement Industry 4.0 projects at your facility. Manufacturers around the world are being forced to do more with l ...
  4. Finding the Capacity of a Distillation Column

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 December Ken McCarley, P.E. Learn to identify the flood point and system limit of your distillation column to understand its capacity and ensure efficient operation. The capacity of a distillation column is the upper limit of operation, which depends ...
  5. Empirical Process Control: Part 2

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 December Harold Reed Sections Basic PID control theory Basic control equations Setpoint change tuning method Active process tuning method Cascade Control In closing Nomenclature Literature Cited Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers can ...
  6. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 November Converting Waste Nitrates into Ammonia with Solar Power A major waste stream could become a resource in a new process that turns nitrates into ammonia with the power of the sun. Net-Zero Plastics Are Possible with Current Technology A new st ...
  7. New Products: November 2021

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 November Environmental, Health, and Safety Dust Goggles Fit Comfortably The Grasshopper goggles include a soft, comfortable foam dust filter with built-in air channels that prevent dust ingress. The filter can be removed to transform the goggles into ...
  8. New Products: October 2021

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 October Software Cloud-Based Platform Advances Employee Development Unified Learning is a cloud-based learning platform for employee development. It helps organizations advance industrial workers from novice to expert by using custom and generic expe ...
  9. Emergency Isolation Valves to Mitigate Early Pool Fires

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2021 October Henrique Pimenta Marcelo R. Martins Install emergency isolation valves (EIVs) to limit the consequences of uncontrolled releases of ignitable liquids and early pool fires. Uncontrolled releases of ignitable liquids can cause large pool fires ...

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