Separations

Walton is being honored for groundbreaking research on the understanding and control of hydrolytic and chemical stability of metal-organic frameworks, and for its transformative impact on industrial gas.

This month, a look back at Bhopal and how it affected process safety culture, tips for heat integration by side reboiling, applying lifecycle thinking for next-generation chemical engineering, and more.

This issue, new possibilities for geothermal, a look at harnessing separation power, case studies on liquid-liquid extraction for contaminant removal, and much more.

This issue, understand the risks of working with carbon dioxide, learn about the need for attorneys with chemical engineering backgrounds, read about high-recovery RO for water sustainability, and much more.

Steam distillation is often used to remove a volatile oil from plant material. Learn why and understand how this process works.

This issue, learn about ultrasonic flowmeters, understand what makes an effective toxic shelter, get tips for starting a robotics program, and much more.

This issue, a look at mega columns and their role in meeting carbon-neutral goals, considerations for keeping your facility safe from hackers, industry and Institute news, and more.

This issue, get tips for finding the capacity of a distillation column, a well as a primer on the Allam power cycle, plus hydrogen safety fundamentals, 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 issue, a special section devoted to plastics recycling, plus tips for strong packed tower performance, reboiler optimization, and much more.

This issue: boosting parting box performance, common failures mechanism of fired heaters, plus AI, XR, and microlearning trends in training, and much more.

This month, hazardous materials use and storage and how they relate to building codes, tips for safe pump operation, a look at process control issues during engineering design, and more.

This issue: opportunities to control plastic waste, a look at design and operation considerations for distillation experiments, and much more.

AIChE’s Award for Service to Society recognizes outstanding contributions by a chemical engineer to community service and to the solution of socially oriented problems.

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.    

In this issue: understand pressure drop correlations, evaluate control valve performance, devise a program to reduce the potential for hazardous chemical releases, and much more.

Problem have you stumped and not sure how to proceed? Try this approach to systematically find a solution to even complex problems.

Keep your flare system safe, get tips to troubleshoot a thermosiphon reboiler, build skills to transition to a leadership role, and much more.

Think low pressure means low risk? Think again! Looking for ways to reduce distillation column energy requirements? We've got smart tips. These topics and much more in the December 2019 issue.

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

Learn to incorporate the bowtie model in HAZOP analysis, brush up on reverse osmosis, understand fire risks of CIBCs, and more.

This month CEP looks at pharmaceutical manufacturing trends in addition to articles on electric heat tracing systems, process intensification, distillation tower inspections, and much more.

This issue, learn how to give a great presentation, look at top chemE's predictions for the future of the profession, delve into deep learning, and much more.

This month: revisiting the O'Connell correlation, commonly overlooked codes and standards for piping, tips for team motivation, and much more.

This month, brush up on the essentials of continuous evaporation, learn new uses for hydrofoil impellers, enjoy the special section on translational medicine, and more.

Chemical engineers have developed an MOF that promises to greatly reduce energy consumption in the propylene-propane separation process.

Learn how to optimize pilot plant testing for liquid-liquid extractions, analyze the performance of pump networks, get an update on the chemical industry in Hungary, and much more.

Chris discusses with Samir Mitragotri of Harvard the work presented in the 2017 Andreas Acrivos Award lecture.

Meet the 35 ChemEs honored in the AIChE 35 Under 35, brush up on adsorption, learn about condition monitoring, and much more.

This month features a special section on solar energy, with a look at concentrating solar thermal (CST), solar thermochemical energy storage (CSP), and more.

I recently caught up with Henry Kister, Symposia Chair for the Kister Distillation Symposium at the

Environmental scientists have been monitoring Chesapeake Bay's dead zone creep for decades.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have devised an efficient and more environmental method for recovering gold from old electronic equipment.

This month, the CEP cover story takes a look at the advantages of fixed valves, while Back to Basics column gives smart tips for a successful energy assessment.

Brazilian chemical engineering student Rafael Vaz shares the process and results of an academic research project as well as its industrial applications.

This video tutorial demonstrates conceptually how to step off stages on a McCabe-Thiele diagram.

This issue, essentials of job hazard analysis, a special section on energy-efficient manufacturing, including a 10-step process for energy analysis, and much more.