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  1. Changing Tastes

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May Elizabeth Pavone Jell-O salads — neatly chopped vegetables, canned or fresh fruits, and cubes of meat or fish encased in shiny gelatin shaped into decorative molds — have, as Laura Shapiro says in her book Perfection Salad, “congealed in the deco ...
  2. Functional Surfaces in Food Processing

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May Stephen M. C. Ritchie Mainara Costa-Teixeira Ryan M. Summers Food contacts many inert surfaces that direct flow or induce turbulence during processing. These surfaces could be modified to provide additional capabilities. The feed spacer material ...
  3. Putting Pressure on Food

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam Nitin Nitin Kathiravan Krishnamurthy Alifdalino Sulaiman The food industry has embraced high-pressure processing (HPP) as a food safety technology. HPP may also help satisfy consumer demand for clean-label products tha ...
  4. Single-Cell Proteins as Aquaculture Feed

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May Alon Karpol Shawn Jones Bryan Tracy The demand for aquaculture seafood is expected to increase to feed the growing global population. Producing this food source will require a supply of advanced protein ingredients to supplement or replace fishme ...
  5. Small-Scale Winemaking

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May Kerry Shiels Winemaking at small scales can produce wines of distinction. Finding and managing exceptional vineyard sites is a critical first step in the winemaking process. Good grapes coupled with small-scale fermentations and smart cellar prac ...
  6. Engineering Frozen Desserts

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 May Richard Hartel The scraped-surface freezer is at the core of ice cream production. Understanding and controlling this operation and the storage conditions of the final product are critical to creating the smooth and creamy treat consumers expect. ...
  7. Editorial: Resolve to Better the Planet

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 April Elizabeth Pavone Much like New Year’s, spring is a time many of us resolve to improve. After spending winter indoors, it feels natural to celebrate the season of renewal by overhauling our homes. We dust, organize, and clear out clutter, baggin ...
  8. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 March Using Bacteria to Kill Bacteria: A Clean Water Solution In villages and cities around the world, families drink from unclean water and bathe in muddied pools. More than 800 million people lack access to safe drinking water sources, and at least ...
  9. Optimize Plant Water Use from Your Desk

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 February Dominic C. Y. Foo, P.E. Water pinch analysis and mathematical programming can be carried out using only a spreadsheet to determine the optimal water system for your plant. Examples, including a shale gas to ethylene process, illustrate the c ...
  10. The ChE in Context: Perspectives on Industrial Water Reuse

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 January Yoram Cohen Among all of engineering’s grand challenges, those related to water resources must be among the most fundamental. The drive toward water sustainability is a major undertaking that chemical engineers have embraced. ...

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