The April 2026 issue features a cover story on green hydrogen and digital twins. Green hydrogen processes can be difficult to model and optimize without the right tools. Where legacy simulation tools have come up short, next-generation simulation platforms provide far greater flexibility and extensibility. Paired with real-time data to create an operating digital twin, these models allow for real-time optimization of hydrogen production and levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH).
This month's free article:
Design and Optimization of Green Hydrogen Processes Using Digital Twins
Digital twins built on next-generation simulation tools are providing improved design guidance and optimization capabilities to the green hydrogen industry. Read this open access article now!
Process Intensification for Rare Earth Element Solvent Extraction Separations
Solvent extraction is used to separate rare earth elements (REEs). The efficiency and capital cost of the process can be greatly improved by implementing agitated extraction columns in place of mixer-settlers.
Self-Driving Laboratories in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Digitalization, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming pharmaceutical process development and enabling the creation of autonomous, self-driving laboratories.
Also in this issue:
- CEP News Update
- Mass-Transfer Intensification Promises Economic Direct Air Capture
- Addressing Underlying Missing Physics in Dynamic Systems with Embedded Gaussian Processes
- Less is More: How to Stay Sharp When Burnout Looms
- Building Lasting IP Protection
- “Curing” the Gel Industry with Sustainable Practices
- And more!
The April 2026 issue of CEP is now available on the AIChE website.
