Operations & Maintenance
Process Development at the ROSS Test & Development Center
As manufacturing processes become increasingly complex, companies across the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, adhesive, chemical, battery, and specialty materials industries are under growing pressure to improve product consistency, accelerate scale-up, and reduce operational costs. Achieving these goals depends heavily on…
Industrial Heat Pumps for Waste-Heat Upgrading
Electrification of industrial processes using heat pumps is moving from niche applications toward the mainstream, but challenges to their implementation remain Decarbonization initiatives have focused attention on the production of process heat for industrial operations without the combustion of fossil…
Innovating Inspection: Advanced Nondestructive Testing in Hydrocarbon Plants
Nondestructive testing (NDT) can play a key role in ensuring safety at petrochemical and related plants. Provided here is an overview of available technologies for NDT, including capabilities and limitations, as well as training standards Inspection and maintenance of petroleum…
Asset Information Lifecycle Management: The Digital Backbone of Trusted Operations, Compliance, & AI
This eBook explains how organizations can evolve from scattered, uncontrolled engineering information to a governed, connected, and AI-ready digital foundation. It introduces Asset Information Lifecycle Management (AILM) as the extension of engineering document control across the full asset lifecycle—keeping…
Bringing Order to Engineering Information & Capital Projects at Dow Chemicals
This customer story shares how Dow Chemical transformed fragmented engineering document practices into a scalable, global engineering document management foundation. Dow used a structured, requirements-driven approach to select and deploy Synergis Adept, balancing global standards with the flexibility needed…
Why Engineering Document Management Is the Foundation of Manufacturing Success
This playbook explores why engineering documents should be treated as critical business assets—and how poor document control can increase operational risk, rework, project delays, and compliance challenges. It shows how Engineering Document Management (EDM) creates a centralized source of…
Bookshelf: Recently published books for the chemical process industries (CPI)
The following first-edition books were recently published and may have relevance for CPI professionals: Process Control: Bringing Academia and Industry Together. Edited by Pawel Domanski, Elsevier Publishing, May 2026, 508 pages, $191.25. Wastewater Valorization: Turning Effluents into…
Extending the Life of Legacy Rotary Dryers
Rotary dryers are often in operation for many decades after their initial commissioning. This article provides a decision framework to consider whether to upgrade, repair or replace an aging rotary dryer Rotary dryers are fundamental to ensuring product quality and…
Advancing Electrical-System Reliability in the Chemical Process Industries
From Reactive to Resilient Electrical infrastructure has quietly become one of the highest-stakes reliability challenges facing chemical process industries today — and the consequences of getting it wrong extend well beyond equipment downtime. This white paper examines how aging assets,…
Rethinking Electrical-Distribution- System Reliability in the CPI Facilities
The Electrical System Problem CPI Facilities Can No Longer Ignore Electrical distribution systems underpin every pump, compressor, safety instrumented system, and emergency shutdown function in a chemical process facility — yet they remain one of the most under-monitored and under-digitized…