On the Horizon
Business ML for Predicting Chemical Manufacturing Costs
A practical machine learning (ML) approach for predicting batch manufacturing costs can help empower engineers and managers to anticipate and optimize process profitability.
Safety
The Hidden Power of Critical Steps
By better understanding human performance principles and implementing systems-based safety approaches, organizations can greatly reduce workplace errors that lead to disastrous consequences.
Critical Issues
Process Safety Lessons from the OceanGate Titan Implosion
In June 2023, OceanGate’s Titan submarine and its crew perished while exploring the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. A review of the hazards the company overlooked holds many lessons for engineers working in process safety.
Plant Operations
New Frontiers in Quantitative Analysis of Packed Tower Gamma Scans
A new method of analyzing gamma scans can guide smarter troubleshooting by identifying liquid holdup in packed tower vapor spaces crowded by distributor parting boxes or complex piping.
Update
- Speeding Up “Self-Driving” Labs
- Developing New Ways to Scan IVF Embryos
- Study Shows Strategic Solar Growth Can Deliver Big Emissions Cuts
- DNA Self-Assembly Meets Algorithmic Design for 3D Structures
Plus
- Editorial: From Diabetes Treatment to Global Phenomenon
- Catalyzing Commercialization: Closing the Loop on Plastics Through Biodegradable Technologies and Recycling
- AIChE Journal Highlight: Comparing Exergy and Heat Pump Work in Distillation Systems
- Process Safety Beacon: Several Errors Led to a Hydrogen Leak and Fire
- New Products: Materials and Chemicals; Fluids and Solids Handling; Instrumentation; Operations and Maintenance; Heat Transfer; Laboratory Equipment; Bioprocessing; Software
- Emerging Voices: The Academia to Industry Pipeline: The Experience Dilemma
- ChE Spotlight: H2CIRC Closes the Loop on Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
- Advanced Manufacturing Progress: ChemE Cube Competition Returns to the Premise of Compact Direct Air Capture
- Institute News
- 2025 Chemical Ventures Conference Meeting Recap
- Get Ready for Bright Ideas and Big Connections in Boston; AIChE's Annual Meeting Scheduled for Nov. 2–6
- AIChE Election Begins Sept. 3
The September issue of CEP is now available on the AIChE website, on the CEP app, and as a digital flipbook.
