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A
couple of years ago on Chemical Engineering's 120th anniversary,
I looked back at the history of this publication and
at that time, I wrote: " In September of 1902, the first issue of
Electrochemical Industry was published to serve those applying
the principles of electrochemistry in industry. Excerpts from that
first issue indicate that growth in the electrochemical industry was
largely aided by the growing availability of electric power, particularly
from hydroelectric power such as at Niagara Falls. An article in that
issue by professor C.F. Burgess states that 'Chemical manufacturing
was a number of years ago considered best developed when the processes
were so simple that no power was necessary to assist in the
chemical reactions, but this condition has changed and the chemical
industries are now pre-eminently power-using industries.' "
The name of the publication changed in 1905 to Electrochemical
and Metallurgical Industry, and after a couple more name iterations
eventually became Chemical Engineering in 1946.
This publication's root in electrochemistry was on my mind this
month while editing the article " Electrochemical Processes for the
Chemical Industry " (pp. 29-33). Changes in power generation, availability
and costs affect the energy-intensive chemical process industries
(CPI). With a sharpened focus on decarbonization and an " energy
transition " moving toward electrification, interest in electrochemistry is
resurging. The authors of the Feature Report give examples of modern
electrochemical processes, and share their experience in scale-up.
Also in this issue
As always, this month's Chemical Engineering covers a wide-breadth
of topics. The field of chemical engineering itself is applicable to fields
as broad as petroleum refining, mining, pharmaceuticals, bioengineering,
agriculture, energy, food-and-beverages and many more. We
typically refer to this broad group of industries as the CPI. With each
issue we strive to fill these pages with articles that are broad enough
to inform engineers throughout their many varied job functions, and
yet detailed enough to be useful.
Early in my career I spent a good number of years as a process development
engineer, working on scale-up and troubleshooting of new processes.
While most of my education was focused on the scientific and
technical aspects of chemical engineering, one of the things I learned
early on in industry is that in addition to the technical challenges of process
development, economics can make or break a project. Our twopart
cover story on cost engineering (pp. 19-28) addresses cost estimating
techniques and considerations in choosing new or used equipment.
Safety is always of utmost importance in the CPI, as our Environmental
Manager article (pp. 34-36) notes, whilie discussing hazard
reviews. This issue also features another installation of the " Tower
Doctor, " sharing distillation troubleshooting expertise; a Newsfront
on level measurement; a Chem Chronicles on the history of thin-film
evaporators and more.
This past month we also started something new
- a short, editorial roundup podcast that highlights
some of our content online and in print including
articles, latest news and upcoming webinars. You
can find it on our homepage at chemengonline.com
if you'd like to listen in.
We wish all of our readers happy holidays and all
the best as a new year approaches. We hope you
enjoy reading, and listening.
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