February 2025 CEP Preview

Plant Operations

Building a Holistic OT Cybersecurity Program

A comprehensive cybersecurity program for operational technology (OT) includes robust security measures and requires collaboration with engineering teams to ensure that operational continuity and safety are considered.

Safety

Considerations for the Safe Handling and Processing of Unstable Materials

Heat transfer to initiators, monomers, and other unstable materials can quickly become hazardous. This article proposes a simplistic model to analyze the temperature-time profile of an unstable chemical.

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Heat Transfer

Designing Heat Exchangers to Mitigate Fouling

Fouling in heat exchangers is a common problem that all refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical facilities must contend with. Here, basic design considerations for mitigating fouling are discussed. 

Update

  • Early mRNA Vaccines Against Avian Flu Show Promise in Animal Trials
  • Quantifying Carbon Dioxide Storage in Building Materials
  • Altering Wastewater Disposal Methods Prevented Oklahoma Earthquakes
  • Newly Developed Gene Editing Technology Decreases Alzheimer’s Plaque in Mice
  • New Nanosensors Detect a Big Range of Tiny Forces
  • An Enzyme-Solvent Combo to Turn Waste Oils into Fuel

Plus

  • Editorial: Considering Cybersecurity at Every Level
  • Letters: A Perspective on Bhopal Before the Tragedy
  • Catalyzing Commercialization: Harnessing Chemical Signals from Microbes for Insect Control
  • AIChE Journal Highlight: Hydrogen — The Future of Clean Energy?
  • Process Safety Beacon: Communication Is the Key to Safer Operations
  • New Products: Instrumentation; Fluids and Solids Handling; Materials and Chemicals; Engineering Services; Environmental, Health, and Safety; Software; Laboratory Equipment
  • Career Connection: How to Navigate the Hidden Job Market in STEM
  • Profile: Pioneering Biotechnology and Uplifting Humanity
  • Books
  • Meeting Sneak Peek: 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting & 21st GCPS
    • Rebecca Liebert of Lubrizol will Present AGILE Keynote Lecture, Apr. 7
  • Institute News 
    • Take the 2025 AIChE Salary Survey
    • AIChE Introduces Some of Its Recently Elected Fellows
    • In Memoriam: Bob Rosen

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