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Don’t Just Collect Data, Use It: How to Harness Data to Optimize Performance and Improve Profitability

Smart devices are the foundation of a connected chemical plant, producing the data that can help you drive better decision-making across your operations. But having access to data is only the beginning — you also need to collect, orchestrate and…

Sasol Chemicals employs AI-based monitoring technologies at Lake Charles Chemical Complex

Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), will deploy innovative, AI-driven technology at its Ethylene Unit at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Louisiana to measure and monitor energy usage and emissions to identify opportunities to…

CE Podcast: Andreas Eschbach, CEO of eschbach

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins is joined by eschbach Europe and North America founder and CEO Andreas Eschbach, who discusses the progress and implications of the digital transformation in the chemical process industries,…

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Traversing a Data-Powered Supply Chain

Transporting chemical products across global supply chains is complex and challenging, but data-supported technologies are helping to improve efficiency, sustainability and reliability Materials produced by the chemical process industries (CPI) are used in nearly all global product chains. According to…

An Ounce of Prevention: Cybersecurity and the CPI

As the frequency and sophistication of industrial cyberattacks continue to rise, chemical companies can follow guidance from industry and government directives to help define their organization’s specific cyber-risk profile Cybersecurity risk is a key topic for all companies, due, in…

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A Primer on pH Measurement

Understanding the basic principles of operation and construction designs of glass membrane sensors can help in choosing the right pH sensor One of the most critical measurements in liquid chemical processing is pH. In this article, the importance of the…

AkzoNobel and Microsoft collaborating on quantum computing tech for paints and coatings sector

AkzoNobel N.S. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Microsoft have teamed up to explore how quantum computing could help fast track the development of high-performance and more sustainable paints and coatings. Scientists from both parties will co-develop what will effectively be a…

Yokogawa and JSR demonstrate 35 days of autonomous plant operation

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) and JSR Corp. (Tokyo) announce the successful conclusion of a field test in which artificial intelligence (AI) was used to autonomously run a chemical plant for 35 days, said to be a world-first achievement. This test…

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Quantum-inspired computing technology drastically accelerates materials design

Semiconductor materials contain numerous ingredients in various mixing ratios, and high-performance materials are obtained by optimizing the formulation. However, more than 1,050 theoretical combinations of ingredients and mixing ratios need to be analyzed, so it would take more than dozens…

Emerson opens integrated manufacturing facility in Chennai

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.) announced the opening of a new integrated manufacturing facility at Mahindra World City, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The 145,000-square-foot facility will manufacture industry-leading products of the company's Automation Solutions business which provides industrial customers in India and…