February 2016 CEP Preview

SAFETY

Predict Incidents with Process Safety Performance Indicators

Become a seer of process safety incidents with carefully chosen process safety performance indicators (PSPIs). A PSPI program developed using the barrier-based or tier-based approach will serve as your crystal ball.

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BACK TO BASICS

PID Explained for Process Engineers: Part 2 — Tuning Coefficients

The appropriate values for the proportional, integral, and derivative mode tuning coefficients for a PID controller must reflect the behavior of the process and the desired performance from the control loop.

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

Modeling Mixed-Solvent Electrolyte Systems

The fundamental thermodynamic equations developed for aqueous electrolyte systems provide a springboard for modeling the more-complex and less-understood mixed-solvent electrolytes.

REACTIONS AND SEPARATIONS

Designing Polymerization Reaction Systems

Important considerations in polymerization reactor design include heat removal, kinetics, and process dynamics, as well as polymer properties and product quality.

Update:

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  • Smart Material Releases Heat On Demand
  • Taking Away a Metal’s Shine
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Plus:

  • Technical Entity Trends: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
  • Catalyzing Commercialization: Spray-Formed Magnetic Composite Radically Improves Electric Motor Performance
  • Career Corner: Volunteering Is Good for Your Career
  • Process Safety Beacon: Overflowing Tanks
  • Spotlight on Safety: Process Safety Begins in the School Laboratory
  • Profile: Lydia Beall: Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers
  • Meeting Preview: 2016 AIChE Spring Meeting and 12th Global Congress on Process Safety, Apr. 10–14, Houston, TX
  • New Products
  • Product Focus: Solids Handling
  • Software
  • Calendars
  • Institute News:
    • Your AIChE Membership: AIChE Engage
    • Institute and Board Award Nominations Due February 15
    • Member News

The February 2016 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.