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Chemical Processing Distilled

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The Chemical Processing Distilled podcast extracts essential elements to serve engineers designing and operating plants in the chemical industry.

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06:47

Troubleshooting Sticky Solids: Solutions for...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/08/22

If you spend enough time dealing with particulate solids, you’ll encounter very sticky solids and end up spending countless hours cleaning out a plugged distributor, opening a discharge chute or banging on the vessel to get the solids to flow. There are many reasons solids clump or stick to surfaces. Let’s face it: sticky solids need special attention. But first, we must identify the source of the stickiness. In this episode, Traci Purdum, CP's editor-in-chief, reads a column from Solids Advice

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05:49

Plant Insights: Bubble-Cap Tray Trade-offs

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/08/15

While bubble-cap trays excel in low-leakage and turndown applications, operators should also be aware of additional challenges such as vapor blowing that can occur at high vapor rates and low liquid rates.

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28:10

Navigating the PFAS Maze

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/08/08

This episode discusses the complex challenge of managing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals amid evolving regulations. Phil Molé from Velocity EHS explains that companies struggle to identify PFAS in their inventories due to vague product names and changing chemical compositions.PFAS are persistent, bioaccumulative toxins that resist biodegradation and contaminate the environment, driving regulatory action across federal, state and international jurisdictions. Companies must

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18:13

ExxonMobil, Honeywell Discuss 50 Years of Distributed...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/08/01

In a recent episode of Amplified from Control magazine, host Keith Larson interviews Brian Reynolds (Honeywell CTO), Alicia Kempf (Honeywell Director Offering Management), and David Patin (ExxonMobil TDC Modernization Program Lead Engineer). The discussion took place at the 2025 Honeywell User Group meeting, celebrating 50 years since the first Honeywell TDC 2000 installation in 1975. The conversation traces the evolution of distributed control systems from centralized cabinet rooms in the 1970s-80s

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06:23

EPA Shakeups, Ethane Carrier Christened and Dow...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/07/25

This week's episode includes exclusive, unpublished content related to Trump administration's R&D cuts within the EPA and their potential effects on environmental research priorities.Recent chemical industry developments highlight regulatory tensions and operational changes. EPA workers are protesting new leadership under Zeldin, with 139 employees placed on administrative leave amid accusations of science politicization and environmental justice program cuts. Trump granted the chemical

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06:27

Why Protective Coatings Damage Metal Artifacts — and...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/07/18

Using new 3D fluorescence imaging, scientists have identified how aging polymer coatings generate corrosive compounds, leading to improved preservation strategies for cultural artifacts.In today’s episode, Editor-in-Chief Traci Purdum will be reading a column from editor-at-large Seán Ottewell – “Why Protective Coatings Damage Metal Artifacts — and How to Fix It,” which was posted to our site on July 7, 2025

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13:47

Outlook of the Chemical Industry: Confused Sea State

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/07/11

Get your sea legs ready. The economy is getting choppy, according to Martha Gilchrist Moore, chief economist and managing director, economics and statistics at the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

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06:18

Why Chemical Plants Are Burning Cash Instead of...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/07/04

Are you leaving $7.7 million on the table? A single chemical plant identified annual energy savings worth that much through an analysis that took just months to complete. The payback period? Less than two years. The solution? None other than your chemical engineering 101 heat integration through pinch analysis and heat exchanger network optimization.Editor-in-Chief Traci Purdum reads the latest Energy Saver column written by Thomas Kwan.

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07:53

June Wrap-Up: CSB’s Bleak Future, Eastman Expands...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/06/27

The Trump administration has proposed to eliminate the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board by October 2026, citing fiscal responsibility and redundancy. Industry experts oppose this move, warning it would remove crucial disaster prevention oversight despite the agency's modest $14 million budget. Meanwhile, recycling advances continue: Eastman expanded molecular recycling operations to 110,000 metric tons annually in Tennessee, while BASF launched Europe's largest battery recycling

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24:47

Celebrating International Women In Engineering Day

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/06/23

Did you know that today — June 23 — is International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)? Launched by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) in the UK in 2014, the event has since grown into an internationally recognized awareness campaign celebrated by various organizations, institutions, and individuals around the world. Each year, INWED adopts a specific theme to focus on women’s contributions to engineering and STEM. This year’s theme is “Together We Engineer.” From the days of Cleopatra to

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18:49

Turn Training Hopes Into Measurable Success

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/06/20

In this episode, Traci and Dave focus on training evaluation as the final component of instructional system design. Dave explains that evaluation has two aspects: specific (assessing whether students learned what was taught in a particular course) and global (determining if training improves actual job performance).The key insight is that evaluation methods should align directly with learning objectives. If objectives are correctly written to be objective and measurable, they define how students

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05:41

Small Acts, Big Impact: How Micro-Behaviors Shape Teams

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/06/13

In Case You Missed It brings the written word to life. In today’s episode, Editor-in-Chief Traci Purdum will read an article from Lauren Neal, Chemical Processing’s Workforce Matters columnist. This column “Small Acts, Big Impact: How Micro-Behaviors Shape Teams” was published to our website June 4, 2025You know that feeling. You’re in a team meeting, presenting a solid idea, and someone smirks. Another person rolls their eyes. Then silence. No one says a word. That’s a micro-behavior. A subtle

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07:18

Trump Cuts, EPA Restructures, ExxonMobil Expands

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/06/06

In this episode, Executive Editor Jonathan Katz reviews the top news stories for May 2025.Trump's budget cuts and EPA changes reshape the chemical industry amid expansion.

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21:09

Operator Training Inefficiency Costs Millions

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/05/23

In Chemical Processing's Distilled Podcast, we discuss flaws in operator training, focusing on "time to train." Companies can waste millions of dollars by not optimizing training duration, often using fixed-length programs regardless of trainees' prior experience. Feedback loops to adjust training time based on individual competency and learning objectives are imperative. Indeed, proper assessment could identify struggling trainees and high performers who could be fast-tracked.

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06:11

9 Best Practices for Reliability and Maintenance

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/05/16

This episode from Chemical Processing's Distilled podcast shares industry best practices for chemical plant reliability and maintenance. Key recommendations include understanding equipment failure modes through predictive maintenance techniques like vibration analysis and thermography, developing balanced preventive maintenance programs that avoid over-maintaining equipment, and conducting thorough root cause analysis using methods such as 5-why analysis and fishbone diagrams.

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06:26

Chocolate: From Theology and Processing to Functional...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/05/09

With Easter just behind us and chocolate consumption hitting its second-quarter 2025 peak, it’s a good time to reflect on the theological and processing developments that have got us where we are today.In this In Case You Missed It Episode, Chemical Processing's Editor-in-Chief Traci Purdum brings the written word to life, and Seán Ottewell, editor-at-large, provides the story. The original column was posted to the site on May 5, 2025. Chocoholics unite!

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11:28

Environmental Policy Shifts Reshape Chemical Industry...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/05/02

Executive Editor Jonathan Katz highlights the news of April 2025.Trump's EPA eases regulations while confusion stalls recycling innovation and Dow delays climate investments.

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06:28

Why Advice Alone Won’t Get You Promoted in the...

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/04/25

Olivia followed all the right steps. As a chemical engineer at a major manufacturing plant, she had a mentor – a senior colleague who gave her great advice on career growth, technical skills and workplace challenges. She networked, took on projects and worked hard.Yet, after years of effort, she was still in the same role, watching others get ahead. Then she met Rahul, a senior executive who didn’t just advise – he advocated. This In Case You Missed It episode features a column by Lauren Neal,

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09:11

Earth Day — Lax Regulations Burn Rivers

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/04/22

This Earth Day, the chemical industry finds itself at a crossroads in an era of deregulation. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, you learn early on all the things that put the city on the map. Two local cartoonists, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, gave the world Superman. The city pioneered traffic safety with the world's first electric signal in 1914, forever changing how streets operate. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls Cleveland home, as does the house from "A Christmas Story," where the warning

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21:04

The Missing Step in Operator Training? Practice

Chemical Processing Distilled ·

2025/04/18

In this episode, Traci and Dave discuss the importance of practice in operator training programs. Practice is often overlooked despite being crucial. Realistic scenarios that mimic real-world conditions, including time constraints and environmental challenges, are beneficial to anchoring lessons learned. Feedback loops are also necessary to evaluate individual performance and improve training programs. The new concept of micro training, in addition to having operators teach others, helps operators

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