January 2025 CEP Preview

Safety

Safety Considerations in the Design of Small Systems  

Small-scale laboratory systems and pilot plants present unique challenges in process safety. This article offers strategies to overcome these difficulties while prioritizing a robust safety culture.

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Reactions and Separations

Autothermal Reformer-Based Ammonia Production

A relatively new way of producing hydrogen using autothermal reforming makes carbon capture easier for blue ammonia production.

Process Design and Development

Use of Distillation Simulation in Toll Manufacturing

When a distillation campaign at a toll manufacturer ran into some unexpected problems, simulation tools helped provide direction to meet the production target under a strict deadline.

Update

  • Contaminants in Wastewater Circulate Between Landfills and Treatment Plants
  • New Material Enables Carbon Capture at High Temperatures
  • Fuzzy Accounting Around “Net Zero” Slows Progress on Climate Change
  • High Levels of Renewable Power Reduce the Intensity of Blackouts

Plus

  • Editorial: An Eye Toward 2025
  • Catalyzing Commercialization: Retrofit Dehumidifiers Enhance Air Conditioner Efficiency
  • AIChE Journal Highlight: Reviewing Impinging Jet Mixers
  • Process Safety Beacon: See Something, Say Something
  • ChE in Context: New Administration, Familiar Themes
  • Emerging Voices: Adjusting to a New City Post-Graduation
  • Patent Update Protecting Trade Secrets
  • Books
  • New Products: Materials and Chemical; Instrumentation; Laboratory Equipment; Operations and Maintenance; Software; Environmental, Health, and Safety; Fluids and Solids Handling
  • Institute News
    • A Message from 2025 AIChE President Joseph D. Smith: It’s Great to Be a Chemical Engineer in 2025
    • AIChE Gala Lauds BASF, Celanese; Awards Doing a World of Good Medal to MIT’s Gregory Stephanopoulos
    • 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting Recap
    • AIChE Annual Meeting’s Co-Located Conferences Offer Specialized Insights into Dynamic Fields
    • From the 2024 AIChE President, Alan E. Nelson: Looking Back, Looking Ahead – AIChE in 2025
    • Nominations Are Due February 15 for Institute and Board of Directors’ Awards
    • Registration Opens for 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

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