July 2024 CEP Preview

Safety

Duck, Duck, Black Swan: How the Brain Can Simplify Rare, High-Impact Events

The human brain tends to simplify high-consequence, low-frequency events, which can be particularly dangerous in process hazard analysis (PHA) development.

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Heat Transfer

Troubleshooting and Evaluating Air Condenser Limitations

When an operating air condenser fell short of meeting its design heat duty on hot summer days, a troubleshooting team set out to determine the cause.

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Managing Combustible Dusts with Data

Combustible dust data should be representative of the material in the process and applicable to the operation.

Update

  • New Method Can Completely Destroy “Forever Chemicals”
  • Sensor Detects Minuscule Quantities of the Deadly Opioid Fentanyl
  • Zinc and Lignin “Green” Batteries Could Offer Low-Cost Energy Storage
  • New Lead Sensor Is Inexpensive and Quantitative 
  • Pairing Pulp and Paper Waste with CO2 Reduction
  • Business Update

Plus

  • Editorial: Is Predicting Black Swans a Worthwhile Endeavor?
  • Catalyzing Commercialization: High-Carotenoid Orange Corn Promises Nutritional Enhancement
  • AIChE Journal Highlight: Enhancing Process Safety in Industry 4.0
  • Process Safety Beacon: Are Your P&IDs Up to Date?
  • New Products: Fluids and Solids Handling; Software; Heat Transfer; Bioprocessing; Instrumentation; Laboratory Equipment; Environmental, Health, and Safety
  • Emerging Voices: Reimagining Industrial Spaces
  • Che in Context: Chemical Engineers Embrace the Frontiers of AI/ML
  • Patent Update: When AI Invents
  • Books
  • Institute News
    • AIChE Foundation Announces 2024 Gala Honorees
    • AIChE 2024 Election Candidate Platforms
    • 2024 Middle East Process Engineering Conference and Exhibition Recap
    • AIChE 2023 Financial Statements

The July issue of CEP is now available on the AIChE website, on the CEP app, and as a digital flipbook.