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Safety
December 3 marks the 30th anniversary of the worst chemical accident in history — the release of methyl isocyanate from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984. Two articles and the Process Safety Beacon in the December issue of CEP review some of the lessons learned from that tragic incident.
- Process Safety Beacon Bhopal — The Worst Industrial Disaster in History.
- Consider the Role of Safety Layers in the Bhopal Disaster. As the situation unfolded, numerous layers of protection failed. Take a look at the safety layers that worked and those that did not, and ask whether there are similarities at your facility.
- Apply Can’t Rather than Don’t to Your Process. Many safety systems rely on human intervention to prevent incidents. A different approach is to make it impossible for a catastrophic accident to occur. Learn how to implement the Can’t Rather than Don’t principle.
Back to Basics: Avoid Fluidization Pitfalls
Fluidized beds are susceptible to such problems as bed slugging, loss of fines, and gas bypassing. This article explains how to avoid these pitfalls.
Instrumentation: Account for Uncertainty with Robust Control Design — Part 2
Robust control can be applied to design controllers that can handle process uncertainty. Learn how to use identification experiments to obtain estimates of this uncertainty.
Reactions and Separations: Choosing a Fine Particle Filtration System
Filtration technology has advanced to meet the demand to remove small particles at low concentrations. When designed correctly, a candle filter or a pressure plate filter may be a more efficient replacement for a traditional filtration scheme.
News
- Fossil Fuels Inspire Clean-Hydrogen Catalyst
- Organic Solar Cells Heat Up
- Biomass Waste Gets Upgraded
- New Technique Puts Catalysts on the Right Track
- Silicon Gets Pressured into a New Structure
- Paper-Based Genetic Circuits Diagnose Disease
- A Masquerade: Disguising RNA Drugs
- Beetle Inspires Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Plus
- AIChE Journal Highlight: Solving Wicked Sustainability Problems Requires a New Approach
- Catalyzing Commercialization: Bioabsorbable Magnesium Alloy Doubles the Strength of Orthopedic Implants
- Career Corner: Surviving an International Relocation
- Profile: Perry Romanowski – Formulating Cosmetics and Educating Millions
- What’s New
- Software and Information Technology
- Product Digest: Fluids Handling
- Institute News: President’s Corner: Strengthening AIChE for Growth; New Fellows; Divisions and Forums Present Awards; AIChE Election Results; AIChE Foundation Provides Travel Grants for Overseas ChE Student Leaders
- Calendars
The December 2014 issue of CEP is now available online. AIChE members receive access to CEP, including a searchable archive of issues dating back to 2001, online at http://www.aiche.org/cep.