/taxonomy/term/78/all en /chenected/2025/05/may-2025-cep-preview <div class="field field-name-field-global-lead-image field-type-image field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/chenected/2025/05/may-2025-cep-preview"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/aiche_content/public/images/Chenected/lead/may2025cepmagazine.png?itok=VSrGMgdO" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">May 15, 2025</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p>This issue, a look at automation and process control standards, understanding U.S. environmental laws and regulations for the chemical industry, self-assembling prodrugs, and much more.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-aiche-chenected-series-pos field-type-number-integer field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">0</div> </div> </div> Tue, 13 May 2025 20:13:18 +0000 Karen Simpson 3549751 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/may/cep-news-update/atomically-small-addition-catalyst-greener-ethylene-oxide <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">May</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A new twist on a catalyst for making a key industrial chemical could prevent the release of millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.</div> </div> </div> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:41:11 +0000 cms_emilf 3549361 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/may/cep-news-update/getting-around-additive-problem-plastic-recycling <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">May</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A new study finds that catalytic cracking over solid acid catalysts can stand up to many of the plastic additives on the market.</div> </div> </div> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:41:11 +0000 cms_emilf 3549371 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/may/cep-news-update/new-emulsions-let-beneficial-bacteria-thrive-pesticide-formulations <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">May</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Beneficial bacteria can survive alongside agricultural chemicals in new emulsions that could be used to deliver multiple treatments to crops in one swoop.</div> </div> </div> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:41:11 +0000 cms_emilf 3549381 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/may/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Cutting Coal Provides the Biggest Benefit of Last Year’s EPA Regulations; An Atomically Small Addition to a Catalyst for Greener Ethylene Oxide; Grass-Fed Beef Isn’t Greener: Emissions Match Factory-Farmed Cattle; Getting Around the Additive Problem in Plastic Recycling; Beneficial bacteria can survive alongside agricultural chemicals in new emulsions that could be used to deliver multiple treatments to crops in one swoop.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">May</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:40:56 +0000 cms_emilf 3549356 at /chenected/2025/04/how-aiches-environmental-division-tackling-todays-urgent-challenges <div class="field field-name-field-global-lead-image field-type-image field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/chenected/2025/04/how-aiches-environmental-division-tackling-todays-urgent-challenges"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/aiche_content/public/images/Chenected/lead/kirtiyenkiepic1copy.png?itok=iEz_cXEg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">April 23, 2025</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p>Learn what the Environmental Division is doing and find out how everyone, from students and early-stage chemical engineers to the most experienced engineers, can get involved. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-aiche-chenected-series-pos field-type-number-integer field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">0</div> </div> </div> Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:13:14 +0000 Idell Bryan 3548956 at /resources/publications/sponsored-whitepapers/improve-ethylene-production-margins-digitalization <div class="field field-name-field-global-lead-image field-type-image field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/lead-image/sponsored-whitepaper/aspen_wp_shutterstock_2236288937.jpg" width="7952" height="5304" alt="" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p>With changing ethylene production landscape, producers are seeking new ways to increase margin and production agility to respond to economic headwinds. </p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:37:38 +0000 cms_tanib 3548646 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/april/catalyzing-commercialization-coal-derived-graphene-safer-antiozonant-tires <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">The global tire industry is under mounting pressure to find safer alternatives to a widely used antiozonant that protects rubber from degradation.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">April</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:36:57 +0000 cms_emilf 3547961 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/february/catalyzing-commercialization-harnessing-chemical-signals-microbes-insect-control <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">By discovering microbes with semiochemical potential for controlling an agricultural pest, it represents a key improvement in crop protection technologies.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">February</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:42:32 +0000 Karen Simpson 3544116 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/january/catalyzing-commercialization-retrofit-dehumidifiers-enhance-air-conditioner-efficiency <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">This company is working on a new way to enhance AC performance with a rapid, compact, and highly efficient dehumidification process.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">January</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:53 +0000 Karen Simpson 3531811 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/january/cep-news-update/fuzzy-accounting-around-net-zero-slows-progress-on-climate-change <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">January</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Overly optimistic accounting around the concept of net zero is hindering attempts to tackle climate change.</div> </div> </div> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:46 +0000 Karen Simpson 3531781 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/january/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Contaminants in Wastewater Circulate Between Landfills and Treatment Plants; New Material Enables Carbon Capture at High Temperatures; Fuzzy Accounting Around "Net Zero" Slows Progress on Climate Change; High Levels of Renewable Power Reduce the Intensity of Blackouts;</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">January</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:54:14 +0000 Karen Simpson 3531771 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/november/cep-news-update/human-activities-are-fueling-troubling-rise-methane-emissions <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">November</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Methane emissions have risen faster over the past five years than in any other time in the historical record, new research finds. This research also posits that human activity is to blame for the release of at least two-thirds of this greenhouse gas...</div> </div> </div> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:06:05 +0000 Karen Simpson 3512926 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/september/cep-news-update/shocking-soil-instantly-degrade-pfas <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">September</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A new method of flash-heating soil with an electrical current can degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a single second.</div> </div> </div> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:51:01 +0000 Gennady Shafirovich 3488821 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/september/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Exploring Hydrogen for Short-Range Flight; Sequestering NOx in Concrete Could Net Economic Benefits; A 3D-Printed "Forest" to Desalinate Seawater; Building Flavor into Cultivated Meat; Shocking the Soil to Instantly Degrade PFAS;</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">September</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:37:41 +0000 Gennady Shafirovich 3488796 at