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Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   NORTH AMERICA   2007 Chem Show. International Expo Co. (New York, N.Y.). Phone: 203-221-9232; Fax: 203-221-9260; Web: chemshow.com New York, N.Y.…

Mechanical Failure-Rate Data for Low-Demand Applications

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information The use of safety standards, particularly IEC 61508 [1] and IEC 61511 [2], has increased rapidly in the past several years. Along…

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Piping for Process Plants, Part 4: Codes and Fabrication

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   This fourth in a series of articles* on piping for process plants examines two topics that may, at first, seem to…

Will You be Ready When Disaster Strikes?  

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   As evidenced in the headlines, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and infrastructure failures can occur without warning, creating catastrophic results for an…

Wonderful wastewater

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Wastewater may not be exactly wonderful, but it is certainly fashionable. The global market for industrial water and wastewater equipment is…

Prevent Explosions During Transfer Of Powders Into Flammable Solvents

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Explosion prevention must be a primary objective wherever the process of transferring powders into flammable solvents is utilized, irrelevant of the…

Chem Show Preview II (North American edition)

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   The Chem Show, North America’s largest process equipment and technology exhibition, will return to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from…

Honoring a bulk-solids pioneer

Throughout the +100-year history of the chemical engineering profession, there have been numerous examples of a single individual making a breakthrough discovery or contributing a key theory to the field. The awareness of such “single-handed” contributions, however, has certainly diminished…

Increase Productivity Through Better Gas-Liquid Mixing  

    Mixing is one of the oldest unit operations in the chemical process industries (CPI) and can also be one of the most demanding. The complex challenges presented by the wide variety of mixing tasks and scaleup needs encountered…

Multivariable Control

    Multivariable (MV) control is a powerful technology. Applied in industry for several decades now, substantial benefits from its use have been reported in many publications. Yet, this technique is still by far not utilized to the extent it…