Plant Operations

Read about how John got his start in process safety, the incidents that fueled his desire to learn more, the role of mentors, and more.

This issue, answering questions about using ChatGPT for chemical engineering, applying AI to process safety studies, harnessing virtual tours to accelerate plant turnarounds, and more.

Meet this process engineer who works at Sweden’s Vattenfall in a unit responsible for developing renewable energy to hydrogen projects.

This issue, tips to better understand operating guidelines for utility water systems, considerations for designing thermoplastic piping systems, low- and mid-cost pollution sensors, and more.

Learn about Taliya’s work as a process engineer at BP, her career path, and find out how she is helping the next generation of process engineers.

Meet process engineer David Cruz Zamora and learn about his career at Air Liquide and about the responsibilities of his role.

Meet process engineer Arunkumar Yadav, Managing Partner and Process Engineer at Engivate Engineers & Associates, and Technical Head of Shree Shakti Engineering Works.

This issue, learn how to safely install hoods and ventilated enclosures, compare uses of gate and butterfly valves, get the low-down on ABET certification, and much more.

This issue, improve your knowledge of predictive maintenance, get tips for troubleshooting common issues with vacuum systems, learn to boost your career with an entrepreneurial mindset, and much more.

Find out how this process engineer in Texas came to the field and what he values most about his work.

This issue, know-how for heterogeneous catalysts scale-up, tips for using historic field-level data for hazard analyses, ways to create a strong safety culture, and more.

Digitally transforming chemical operations is vital for safer plant shutdowns that limit operational disruption and reduce the risk of environmental impact.

This month, an up-close look at water supply safety, tips for establishing a resilient supply chain for dangerous goods, how to use modeling software during development to evaluate process uncertainties, and much more.

Hear about the careers of other process engineers to learn how they entered the field and about their career choices, challenges, and successes.

Learn about the impressive scale-up process ahead of this process engineer, and read how he discovered his passion for the field and its many challenges.

This issue, read about where effort is most required to break down gender biases in the workplace, learn how mobile tools can help reduce human error, get tips for thermal hazards assessments, and more.

Get tips on designing liquid-liquid extraction systems, understand how emergency isolation valves can mitigate early pool fires, catch up on Institute news, and much more.

This issue, weigh the benefits of short-term and long-term solutions for aging infrastructure, use process safety risk assessment for cybersecurity risks, get tips for accurate detailed capital cost estimates, and more.

This month, chemical engineers exchange tips on safely speeding up bleach processing, debate digital twins, discuss how they can best improve the world, and more.

This issue, take a look at reducing area electrical classification through upgraded ventilation, get the information you need for pressure-relief system design, get tips for managing ammonia in wastewater, and much more.    

This issue, a special section dedicated to process intensification, plus articles on perfecting incident investigations, preventing corrosion, career tips, and much more.

If you vowed to build your network in 2020, AIChE's Engage is an easy way to get started. Check out these current discussions.

Have good advice to share? Want to see what other chemical engineers and chemical engineering students are up to? Check out the latest discussions.

This month in CEP, learn about NSF grants, get tips for safe scaleup, learn about planning a plant decommissioning, and much more.

A careful and methodical approach to technical issues will make your work easier and help save your company time and money.

This month, a guide to distillation tower inspections, a close look at epigenetics, challenges for rare earth elements and other specialty metals, and much more.

A Texas A&M graduate and newly retired engineer, Gayle discusses working in various areas at DuPont, including engineering design, plant improvement, and manufacturing as well as her experiences as an LGBTQ professional.

Get a preview on the April, 2018 issue of CEP.

This month, a focus on safety and applying human factors considerations to improve alarm systems. Also, a look at computational methods, and much more.

This month CEP looks at troubleshooting, offers a feature on process safety management don'ts (read full text online), looks at air-cooled heat exchanger performance, and much more.

Chemical engineers continue to earn more than the average U.S. worker. The median salary of survey respondents is $127,000 — a 5.8% increase over 
the median reported in 2013.

The 59th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium will take place on September 7-11, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

If you're just starting out as a working chemical engineer, consider a rotational program to gain maximum exposure and experience.

Once, all of Tesla's cars were hand-assembled "alpha builds." Now the Model S is rolling off a high tech production line located in Fremont, California.

This post is the first in a series of 12 posts about who ChEs are, what we’re doing, and where we’re going. 2013 AIChE president Phil Westmoreland looks at trends, considers the wide range of chemical engineers' abilities and achievements, and writes about some of the core and new directions emerging.

With the rising cost of energy and increased government oversight of greenhouse gas emissions, reducing energy consumption is a key topic for chemical engineers. Christianto Wibowo, principal engineer at ClearWaterBay Technology, talks about ways to manage energy consumption in chemical plants.

Environmental management groups are cracking down on industries by imposing tighter discharge limits and making industries everywhere contemplate in-house pretreatment programs—and dilution is no longer an acceptable solution.

In the continuing series, we bring you more answers to questions about Fukushima and nuclear energy, from AIChE's Nuclear Engineering Division (NED).

P&IDs may be viewed as a database of equipment, devices, lines and various sundry items that make up a process plant. Like a properly designed database, the tagging method employed on P&IDs needs to be robust and extensible. This Part 4 reviews key considerations and presents techniques that can be applied.