Steam Concepts I enjoy reading your magazine and find many of its articles informative and helpful. I noticed several errors in the [Facts at Your Fingertips] article, Steam Concepts, [February 2017, p. 32] and wanted to bring them to your…
The preliminary value for the December CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) was higher than the previous month’s value by a signficant margin for the second consecutive month. The jump was due to a rise in the…
Pump Safety: Flirting With Disaster I just finished reading your article (Pump Safety: Flirting With Disaster, pp. 67–70, December 2016) and want to indicate the following: In the third example, the text said that the HBEP/HSO is 0.7, but in…
Communicating in acronyms I finally got around to reading the May 2016 issue of Chemical Engineering. I was fascinated with the editorial [p.5]. I have been an engineer since 1968 and in the EH&S (environmental, health and safety) field since…
At the April 2016 Seattle meeting of the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code Committee, a presentation — a cautionary note in a manner of speaking — was given by Barry Messer of Fluor Corp. (www.fluor.com). The topic was the unexpectedly…
I read your article “Flooded Condenser Controls: Principle and Troubleshooting” [ Chem. Eng., January 2016, pp. 37–49]. The article was very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I need your guidance related to Figure 4b. In the…
Thank you for writing this article [Engineering Ethics Survey: What’s Your Opinion?, Chem. Eng. October 2015, pp. 50–55]. Many of us, as we proceed through our careers, are faced with some difficult choices, which can have quite an impact on…
The preliminary value for the June 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The June CEPCI is 3.1% lower than the corresponding value from…
The 2015 Nicholas P. Chopey Scholarship for Chemical Engineering Excellence has been awarded to Stephanie Kong, a student at the University of Buffalo (www.buffalo.edu), who is majoring in both chemical engineering and Spanish. Kong is a member of Tau Beta…
The preliminary value for the May 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The May CEPCI is 2.4% lower than the corresponding value from…