Plant Operations

Meet Process Engineer Luis Torres Melchor

Denieka Bean — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:31:41 +0000

February 19, 2025

Read about this Senior Process Optimization Engineer's background and his career at Pluspetrol.

February 2025 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:29:59 +0000

February 17, 2025

This issue, build an OT cybersecurity program, improve practices for handling unstable materials, reduce fouling with better heat exchanger designs, and more.

Building a Holistic OT Cybersecurity Program

Karen Simpson — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:44:08 +0000

A comprehensive cybersecurity program for operational technology (OT) includes robust security measures and requires collaboration with engineering teams to ensure that operational continuity and safety are considered.

February

2025

New Products: January 2025

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:53 +0000

New Products for January 2025

January

2025

Catalyzing Commercialization: Entropy Modeling: A Breakthrough in Equipment Life Prediction

Gennady Shafirovich — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:20:29 +0000

CISIA has developed new, innovative methods for assessing and predicting the degradation of equipment and their materials of construction.

October

2024

Meet Process Engineer Sabit Burak

Denieka Bean — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:18:04 +0000

September 17, 2024

Meet Sabit, a risk consultant at AWN Consulting, and learn about his path to becoming a process engineering and about his day-to-day work in the field.

Meet the Process Engineers

New Products: September 2024

Gennady Shafirovich — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:35:36 +0000

Browse our list of new products for September 2024.

September

2024

August 2024 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:21:04 +0000

August 14, 2024

This issue, answering questions about using ChatGPT for chemical engineering, applying AI to process safety studies, harnessing virtual tours to accelerate plant turnarounds, and more.

Employing Virtual Tours to Speed Up Plant Turnarounds

Gennady Shafirovich — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:29:03 +0000

For one ammonia production site in particular, virtual tours ensured a safe and cost-effective turnaround.

August

2024

Meet Process Engineer David Paul

Denieka Bean — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:23:45 +0000

July 30, 2024

Meet this process engineer who works at Sweden’s Vattenfall in a unit responsible for developing renewable energy to hydrogen projects.

Meet the Process Engineers

A Chat With Process Safety Legend John Herber

Denieka Bean — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:35:57 +0000

August 16, 2024

Read about how John got his start in process safety, the incidents that fueled his desire to learn more, the role of mentors, and more.

Meet Process Engineer Reno Imam Arthapersadha

Denieka Bean — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:10:58 +0000

July 3, 2024

Find out what projects Reno thinks have been the most important in his process engineering career, and read how he found his way to his current role as process engineer a methanol plant.

Meet the Process Engineers

April 2024 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:50:45 +0000

April 10, 2024

This issue, tips to better understand operating guidelines for utility water systems, considerations for designing thermoplastic piping systems, low- and mid-cost pollution sensors, and more.

Making Sense of Operating Guidelines for Utility Water Systems

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:43:54 +0000

Engineers should use validated guidelines to control the quality of industrial water systems.

April

2024

Process Digital Twins for Optimal Plant Operations

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:21:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

Process Digital Twins for Optimal Plant Operations Process simulations have been used in most industries since the invention of computers primarily...