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May 23, 2000
Here are a few titles you may find of interest. For a full list, explore our Online Catalog at http://www.aiche.org/publications/.
Periodicals
AIChE Journal
Editor: M.V. Tirrell, University of Minnesota
Looking for today's leading-edge chemical engineering research and tomorrow's applied technologies? Go to the publication of record for ChE R&D, the AIChE Journal. Each month, the Journal provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and experimental research—and developing technologies—in chemical engineering and related fields. Written by the world's preeminent chemical engineering researchers in industry, government, and academia, and reviewed by peer scientists and engineers with expertise in specialized areas, the AIChE Journal can help you stay current in: advanced materials, bioengineering, food and natural products, computer modeling and design, environmental and energy engineering, fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, interfaces and electrochemical phenomena, process systems engineering, reactors, kinetics and catalysis, thermodynamics, separations, superconductivity...and other technology areas! It provides an invaluable "common forum" where researchers and practicing chemical engineers can meet to share problems and come up with solutions for tomorrow's technical challenges. And, now, the Journal is also available online putting the profession's most important research connection as close as your desktop. With its new four-color cover, and a column called "Perspectives," which reviews various emerging ChE areas, the Journal is ready for a new century.
Monthly
ISSN 0001-1541
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Environmental Progress
Editor: G.F. Bennett
The critical issue of the preservation and improvement of our environment places great demands upon the chemical engineering community. This quarterly meets these demands by covering all aspects of pollution control and management including air, water, and solid and liquid wastes. Its feature articles report on advances of vital interest to the chemical and environmental engineer, and others concerned with environmental issues and solutions. The ever-increasing "Update" section covers not only recent EPA and OSHA regulations and industry's response to these rulings, but also global trends and events in the environmental engineering field.
ISSN 0278-4491
Quarterly
North America: $245/International: $275;
AIChE Members-North America: $45/International: $70
Dues-paying AIChE Members who subscribe to this quarterly automatically become members of the Environmental Division.
Process Safety Progress
Editor: T.A. Ventrone
With industry's continued and growing emphasis on process safety, this quarterly is an ideal way to keep up-to-date on the field's rapid developments. It concentrates on the design, operation, and maintenance of safe, and cost-effective installations in the chemical process industries, as well as new techniques and advances in the promotion of loss prevention and efficient plant operation. Special topics, such as the handling of unscheduled shutdowns with minimum loss of productivity and prevention of incidents, are included. In addition to EPA and OSHA regulations, state-of-the-art process technologies and the industry's movements on safety issues worldwide are regularly encapsulated in the "Update" section.
Quarterly
ISSN 0278-4513
North America: $245/International: $275;
AIChE Members-North America: $39/International: $69
Dues-paying AIChE Members who subscribe to this quarterly automatically become members of the Safety and Health Division
Books
LPS 2000—Proceedings of the 34th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium
Prepared by the Loss Prevention Committee of AIChE's Safety and Health Division, Group 11; Ephraim A. Scheier, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Symposium Chair; Dennis C. Hendershot, Rohm & Haas Company, Symposium Vice Chair
AIChE's Loss Prevention Symposium, founded in 1967, provides a forum for practitioners from industry, academia, and government to share experiences, technological advances, and new ideas. The proceedings book from the most recent conference presents a variety of "plant-proven" strategies for safer process operations and maintenance—from new developments in the field of electrical equipment design for hazardous areas, including the impact of recent changes in the National Electric Code, to toxic hazard recognition and exposure limits on both new and existing facilities.
LPS 2000—Proceedings of the 34th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium explores topics in: advances in fire protection; health and toxicology aspects of loss prevention; fire, explosion, and reactivity hazards; overpressure protection alternatives; and electrical equipment design for applications in hazardous areas. Its 35 papers also include case histories of loss prevention incidents—from how a carefully conducted root cause analysis can reveal something totally unsuspected at the start of an investigation, to the need for widely distributed case histories through international accident databases—that emphasize how such incidents could be prevented or mitigated in the future.
Some of the titles include: "The Use of Physical Properties to Identify the Most Significant Contaminant in a Multi-Component System," "Fire Protection in Telecommunication Facilities," "The Development of Acute Exposure Guidance Levels for Hazardous Substances," "Determining Safe Levels of Thermal Radiation Exposure on Personnel," "Tools for Understanding Reactive Chemical Hazards Early in Process Development," and "Cable and Cabling Systems in Hazardous Locations."
2000 575pp. est. Pub No. T-111
Softcover
ISBN 0-8169-0822-2
List Price: $150; Member: $120 AIChE
Coming Soon!
Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry
by Jerome T. Coe, General Electric (retired)
How going against conventional business wisdom and concentrating on long-term corporate diversification helped GE win big in chemicals and plastics.
More often than not, companies that stray too far from their core business fail. Most American firms strictly adhere to Andrew Carnegie's watchwords, "Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket." So how is it that General Electric, an electrical manufacturing company, ended up as one of the top U.S. chemical producers—with 1998 sales of $6.6 billion? Author Jerome Coe suggests in this interesting case history of one of America's most unusual corporate success stories that it was a combination of necessity, forward-thinking on the part of their technical people, and managers wise enough to give them breathing room. "Much of what they did was counter to the prevailing GE culture," he writes. "Today, it has become the corporate culture."
Unlikely Victory tells the whole story of this successful business model, from the early years of GE chemistry from 1900 to 1948, through the company's successes with silicones, synthetic diamond, and Lexan polycarbonate (the "unbreakable" plastic) and other high-performance thermoplastics. It also profiles four scientists and five managers—including current CEO John F. Welch, Jr., a chemical engineer and a product of the GE plastic business—who made a significant difference in the company's chemical success.
Presenting a lively look "behind the scenes," Unlikely Victory tells how the need for basic electrical insulation materials led to the launching of GE's Chemical Division; the story of Loctite—an invention that got away; the breakthroughs that led to the company's manufacture of synthetic diamond for industry applications; and how GE Engineering plastics moved to world leadership through a combination of technical breakthroughs, investment, marketing, and selective acquisitions.
2000 205pp est. Pub No. Q-8
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0819-2
List Price: $60; Member: $48
Profiles in Flue Gas Desulfurization
by R. Lunt, Arthur D. Little, Inc.; and J.D. Cunic, Exxon Research and Engineering Corporation
Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) is a relatively common problem in industry. This book provides a tabular overview of the current status of FGD technology, as well as a compendium of process profiles. The technologies highlighted, which are divided into two groupings—Waste Processes or Byproduct Processes—include "tail-end" SO2 control processes that have either achieved commercial application, or have successfully completed a full pilot-scale test program.
Each technology profile includes a schematic depicting its major equipment components and arrangement, and a narrative explaining its features, including performance capabilities, operational requirements, range of applications, and its advantages and limitations for typical applications. Fully illustrated with charts and graphs, the volume includes a list of principal suppliers or developers of the technology.
2000 148pp est. Pub No. Q-9
Softcover
ISBN 0-8169-0820-6
List Price: $125; Member: $100
Technical Manuals and Symposium Series
Ammonia Plant Safety & Related Facilities, Volume 39
Prepared by the Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Committee of AIChE's Safety & Health Division; I. Dybkjaer, Program Chair; R. Johnson, Program Vice Chair
When it comes to safety, there are no dividing lines between countries. Ammonia Plant Safety & Related Facilities, Volume 39, the latest volume in a series spanning more than three decades, acknowledge this fact, compiling some of the best presentations delivered at the 43rd Ammonia Safety Symposium, a 1998 conference, sponsored by AIChE, which drew about 500 participants from 38 countries.
As program chair Ib Dybkjaer notes in the introduction, the number of countries represented "confirmed the status of this series of symposia as the most important international forum for the exchange of information within the relevant industries." The new book features 35 papers addressing such topics as the design, start-up, and initial operation of ammonia and methanol plants, equipment testing, equipment failures, solutions to environmental problems, upgrading of older plants, and risk assessment and management. The book also includes the results of a survey on overall safety in ammonia plants, a case study of carbon dioxide removal system failures in an ammonia plant, and a look at syngas purification in gasification-based ammonia and urea plants.
Titles include: "Commissioning a New Ammonia Plant in China," "Damage of Electric Motor of Benfield Solution Circulation Capacity Increase and Energy Savings," "Risk Management Plans for Existing Control Room," "Risk Management Plan Modeling for Ammonia Retailing," "Safe Work Procedures for Profitability," "Dimensional Check of Catalyst Tool to Assess Remaining Life," and "Furnace Section Optimization Using High Emissivity Ceramic Coatings."
1999 332pp Pub No. T-109
Softcover
ISBN 0-8169-0803-6
List Price: $205; Member: $164.00
Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations
Edited by B. Carnahan, University of Michigan; J.F. Pekny, Purdue University; and G. Blau, Dow AgroSciences
In July 1998, the Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Education (CACHE) Corporation, the Computing and Systems Technology Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and APICS, sponsored the third in a series of conferences dealing with the use of computers in support of process operations. Selected peer-reviewed and edited presentations from that conference, which brought together practitioners, management, and researchers for a comprehensive look at the state-of-the-art in computer-aided process operations, are now available in a Symposium Series volume from AIChE.
Entitled Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations, the book offers discussions of "strategies important to thriving in an environment of continuous change and rapidly advancing technology, and the important challenges to be overcome." International in scope, it compiles the best available knowledge from experts working in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Korea, Spain, and Canada.
The opening section features summaries of the eight conference sessions, followed by presentations from that area. The balance of the book is made up of more than 60 contributed papers, including "Pilot Plant Operations in Pharmaceutical Research and Development in the Next Century," "Bringing New Specialty Chemicals to Market—A Nightmare in Planning and Scheduling," and "An Advanced Process Analysis System for Pollution Prevention." The book also features three keynote presentations: "Smart Manufacturing and Integration," by Lowell Koppel of Aspen Technology (U.S.); "To Innovate Chemical Plant Operation by Applying Advanced Technology and Management," by Yukikazu Natori of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation (Japan); and "Towards Intentional Dynamics in Supply Chain Conscious Process Operations," by Wolfgang Marquardt of RWTH Aachen University of Technology (Germany). Rounding out the book is a look at "Building a Prototype of the 21st Century Computational Infrastructure," by Larry I. Smarr of the National Computational Science Alliance.
1999 532pp Pub No. S-320
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0776-5
List Price: $90; Member: $72
Advanced Technologies for Fluid-Particle Systems
Edited by H. Arastoopour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Coedited by D. King, Alberta EnviroFuels; Y.M. Chen, Equilon, Inc.; D. Gidaspow, Illinois Institute of Technology; L.R. Glicksman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and W-C. Yang, Siemens Westinghouse
Because it is one of the cornerstone processes of the chemical industries, AIChE has a long commitment to charting significant fundamental breakthroughs in fluidization research and development, as well as innovative applications of new fluid flow technologies. Advanced Technologies for Fluid-Particle Systems increases this critical knowledge base, with 20 papers, representing the work of 49 researchers from around the world.
The 118-page hardcover book explores such critical topics as: fluidization fundamentals; circulating fluidized beds; advances in fluid-particle flow property measurement; mathematical modeling and computer simulation of fluid-particle systems; applications of particle technology in polymer and rubber processing; and particle interaction and mixing. Its papers were selected by peer reviews from those presented at the Advanced Technologies for Fluid-Particle Systems Symposium, part of the Advanced Technologies for Particle Processing Topical Conference held in Miami Beach in 1998.
Titles include: "Computational Analysis of Some Fluidized Systems," "Investigation of Particle/Gas Flow Characteristics in Long Pipelines," "The ETH Experience: Experimental Database and Results from the Past Eight Years," "DEM Simulation of Fluidized Beds of Polyolefin Synthesis," "Polymer Particle Mixing and Segregation in a Gas Phase Olefin Polymerization Reactor," "Solid State Shear Extrusion (SSSE) Pulverization of Rubber Granules," and "Fluidized Bed Combustion—Areas of Development."
1999 118pp Pub No. S-321
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0815-X
List Price: $100; Member: $80
Fundamental Advances and Innovations in the Pulp and Paper Industry
Edited by B.N. Brogdon, Vinings Industries; Coedited by P.W. Hart and C.C. Walker, Westvaco
Paper production on the brink of the millennium goes well beyond a few trees and some bleach. Today's pulp and paper mills operate under the same constraints as any other manufacturing operation, including the need for cleaner, and more cost-effective, and efficient processes. This latest addition to AIChE's Forest Products Symposium Series addresses these needs by targeting some of the principle environmental and technical challenges within the forest products industries.
Drawn from presentations delivered at conference sessions at AIChE's 1998 Annual Meeting and at the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industries (TAPPI) 1998 Pulping Conference, the 23 papers in Fundamental Advances and Innovations in the Pulp and Paper Industry cover fundamental advances and innovative applications in pulping, bleaching, chemical recovery, paper manufacture, and recycling and deinking. Three papers look at the increasingly sophisticated process control technologies that are optimizing pulping operations, including neural network modeling of power and recovery boilers, and a novel method for real-time measurement of alkaline pulping yields. Of particular interest in the section on recycling is a look at environmentally-benign pressure-sensitive adhesives for "stickie notes," and the special challenge of recycling wax coated papers.
Other titles include: "Flow Compressibility and Resistance of Chips Made with a New Chipping Technique," "Modeling the Fate of Metal Ions During Brownstock Washing with Bleaching Filtrate Recycle," "Effect of Borate and Boric Acid on Brightness Reversion of Lignin Containing Pulps," "Lightweight, High Opacity Paper: Process Costs and Energy Use Reduction," and "Sintering of Calcined Lime Mud—The Influence of the Sodium Phosphate Content in the Lime."
1999 194pp Pub No. S-322
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0816-8
List Price: $100; Member: $80
Proceedings of the 11th Ethylene Producers' Conference, Volume 8
Prepared by the Ethylene Producers Committee of AIChE's Fuels and Petrochemicals Division; J. Verboon, 1999 Conference Chair
Recognizing that even the most traditional of chemical process industries—petrochemicals—needed to adapt to changing market conditions and attitudes towards quality, safety, and environmental control, AIChE founded its Annual Ethylene Producers' Conference in 1989 to provide a place where manufacturers and the companies that provide service and support to the industry could share solutions to these emerging challenges. Since many of these solutions represent "breaking" technologies, too new to be recorded in texts, or even in trade periodicals, AIChE began collecting and publishing the papers from these conferences in 1992 to make them available to the largest possible audience.
The 50 papers included in the newest addition to the series, Proceedings of the 11th Ethylene Producers' Conference, Volume 8, spotlight the development and application of the most recent of these technologies in such areas as process control and operations, revamp and retrofit technology, storage and plant operations issues, environmental and safety concerns; and furnace technologies. Paper titles include: "Implementing Real-time Optimization," "Ethylene Furnace Coke: How Is It Made?" "An Approach to Ethylene Plant Modernization," "An Overview of Olefin Unit Accidents and Safety Lessons Learned," "Ethylene Plant Operator Training," and "Acetylene Removal from Cracked Gas."
Of particular interest are the results of a survey on flare performance in ethylene plants, and a look at how corporations in the energy industries can benefit from volunteer employee-driven wildlife habitat enhancement programs. The presentations on storage focus on the use of salt domes, including the potential for contamination through natural gas infiltration and other factors during pipeline shipment and/or storage.
1999 930pp Pub T-110
Softcover
ISBN 0-8169-0809-5
List Price: $185; Member: $148
From the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
AIChE established the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) in 1985 to focus on engineering and management practices that will help prevent or mitigate catastrophic process safety accidents. CCPS' publishing program offers the latest guidelines for all those who produce, store, and handle reactive chemical materials. With this information, large and small companies can measure their own practices against today's best, accepted industry practices and plan facilities and operations that protect staff, neighbors, and the environment.
Avoiding Static Ignition Hazards in Chemical Operations
by L.G. Britton, Union Carbide Corporation
When confronted with one of the many situations not covered in published, recommended standards, this is the reference to have on your shelf. It bridges the gap between recommended practice and the literature. Britton, with more than twenty years of experience in the field, has written a work that is particularly applicable to safety analyses and accident investigations. Topics include the nature of static electricity, characteristics and effective energies of different static resources, techniques for evaluating static electricity hazards, general bonding, grounding, and other techniques used to control static or prevent ignition, gases and liquids, powders and hybrid mixtures.
1999 308pp Pub No. G-67
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0800-1
List Price: $74.95; Member: $59.96
Guidelines for Process Safety in Batch Reaction Systems
Batch reaction systems pose unique challenges to process safety managers because they do not operate in a steady state. The sequence of processing steps, and frequent startups and shutdowns, increase the possibility of human error and equipment failures. And, since batch plants are often designed for shared use, frequent modification of piping and layout may occur, resulting in complex "management of change" issues. The book identifies the singular concerns of batch reaction systems, and provides a "how-to" guide for the practicing engineer in dealing with them. It highlights potential sources of unsafe conditions, and offers guidance in applying appropriate practices to prevent accidents.
1999 208pp Pub No. G-62
Hardcover
ISBN 0-8169-0780-3
List Price: $139; Member: $111.20
From IChemE
On the international front, AIChE has expanded its partnership with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in England. IChemE was founded in 1922 as a qualifying and professional body for chemical engineers. These original roles, and the accompanying one of a learned society, have continuously expanded and today IChemE has a membership of over 21,000. AIChE has agreed to cooperatively distribute a number of titles in North America, including the following:
Benchmarking in the Process Industries
Edited by M. Ahmad, University of Teesside, and R. Benson, ICI Manufacturing Technology
Benchmarking is the process of continually measuring and comparing business performance against leading comparable organizations, to help identify and implement improvements. Ahmad and Benson apply this technique to manufacturing operations in the process industries and offer valuable insights.
1999 120pp Pub No. U-5
Hardcover
ISBN 0-85295-411-5
List Price: $75; Member: $60
Fluid Mixing 6
This proceedings book from the Sixth International Meeting on Fluid Mixing deals with all aspects of mixing solids, liquids, and gases in single and multi-phase flow. Currently, non-intrusive methods and simulations by computational fluid dynamics are fashionable. Get the latest information in this compilation.
1999 Pub No. U-53
Hardcover
ISBN 0-85295-425-5
List Price: $98; Member: $78.40
Coming Soon!
Capital Cost Estimating, Fourth Edition
Edited by M. Gerrard, Teesside University
The IChemE's classic text brought right up to date. Known as the "Blue Book" in the trade, this invaluable handbook for cost estimators was last updated 10 years ago. Mark Gerrard has fully revised the contents and added up-to-date information on a wide range of industrial cost indices. The Association of Cost Engineers supports IChemE in the publication of this book.
June 2000 Pub No. U-60
Hardcover
ISBN No: 0-85295-399-2
List Price: $50; Member: $40
An Engineer's View of Human Error, Third Edition
by T. Kletz
A fully-revised and updated edition of a classic best-seller, which was last released in 1991. Although written for the chemical engineer, the philosophy Kletz puts forth crosses disciplinary frontiers.
May 2000 200pp est. Pub No. U-64
ISBN 0-85295-430-1
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