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  1. Improving Water Sustainability with High-Recovery Reverse Osmosis

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 June Jane Kucera As organizations set goals to increase the sustainability of their water resources, reverse osmosis (RO), particularly high-recovery RO, offers a robust method to achieve these corporate initiatives. The terms “green” and “sustainabl ...
  2. New Products: June 2023

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 June Fluids and Solids Handling Biodiesel Combustion Shut-Off Valves Improve Safety The ASCO Series 262 and 263 biodiesel valves are combustion safety shut-off valves certified for use with biodiesel blend fuels supplied to boilers. Biodiesel’s high ...
  3. Process Safety Beacon: Maintain a Sense of Vulnerability

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 June ▲ Be aware of personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements — they are there to keep you safe. An employee walking through a process area that handled sulfuric acid noticed an operator preparing to disconnect a nitrogen hose. The operator was ...
  4. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 June Same Looms, New “Smart” Textiles A team of researchers has developed a cheaper, scalable, and automated method to manufacture advanced textiles with unlimited size and shape.... Lab-Grown Meat Just Got Tastier Growing fat cells in thin sheets ma ...
  5. Carbon Dioxide Major Accident Hazards Awareness

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 June Cynthia Spitzenberger Tatiana Flechas Sections CO2 characteristics Past incidents CO2 storage and transportation conditions CCS facilities Hazard management In Closing Literature Cited Commercial carbon capture and sequestration projects will ha ...
  6. Building Biological Radar for Global Biosecurity

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 May Casandra Philipson Biological threats, whether natural or engineered, will continue to emerge at an accelerating pace. To keep up, a new approach to biomonitoring is needed. “For the world’s viruses, this is a time of unprecedented opportunity” ( ...
  7. Lessons Learned from Vacuum System Troubleshooting

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 May Jim Lines If not designed and operated correctly, vacuum systems can be prone to fouling, ice formation, and other issues that can affect product quality. Vacuum systems are widely used in the chemical process industries (CPI). Distillation, sepa ...
  8. New Products: May 2023

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 May Operations and Maintenance Vacuum Pump Oil Improves Pump Performance The Bio-Vacuum pump oil is a biobased hydraulic fluid formulated for use in vacuum pumps. It is a biodegradable, biosynthetic lubricant derived from renewable agricultural bioba ...

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